UNESCO considers classical music heritage city – and it's not Vienna

UNESCO considers classical music heritage city – and it's not Vienna

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norman lebrecht

January 27, 2012

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  • Galen Johnson says:
    January 27, 2012 at 5:31 pm

    Leipzig.

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  • Theresa says:
    January 27, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    Looks like Leipzig!

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  • Elmira Darvarova says:
    January 27, 2012 at 5:45 pm

    That’s Leipzig!

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  • Nelson Armitano says:
    January 27, 2012 at 5:59 pm

    LEIPZIG

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  • Ignacio Martínez-Ybor says:
    January 27, 2012 at 6:25 pm

    Leipzig!

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  • Hendrik Slegtenhorst says:
    January 27, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    Leipzig.

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  • Thomas P says:
    January 27, 2012 at 10:31 pm

    Liverpool?

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  • David Snyder says:
    January 28, 2012 at 4:12 am

    Easy guess. Bach, Mendelssohn, Gewandhaus, Schumann…wasn’t Mahler there for a short while?

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  • Bryan Townsend says:
    January 29, 2012 at 8:30 pm

    Yep, looks like Leipzig to me too–taken outside the Thomaskirche.

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  • Barry Johnstone. says:
    January 29, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    Hey hey hey! What about somewhere in the (gasp!) southern hemisphere! After all, any good music belongs to the WORLD!

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