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Tchaikovsky (1884) and Szymanowski (1929-30) stayed in Davos, Bartók in hotel Waldheim in Silvaplana-Surlej (1939) and Martinů in hotel Isla in Arosa (1957), but no addresses available.

Bought by conductor Willem Mengelberg in 1912, his permanent house from 1945 until his death in 1951 - during the following decades a quiet place for musicians, but sold in 2009.

Richard Strauss stayed here in 1900 and during his voluntary exil in 1947/48 (see also 1241)

Richard Strauss stayed here in 1912.

Built in 1908, great tradition - among the guests: R. Strauss 1928, Honegger 1946, Paul Sacher and several great soloists and conductors - Welte-Mignon pianola

House of Friedrich Nietzsche from 1881; Also sprach Zarathustra was written here. Nietzsche (1844-1900) was himself a composer of some pianoworks.

organ originally by Ategnati, 1588, 11 stops - several extensions (a.o. by Bossi 1910), restored in 1998, II/p/45.

Annual jazz festival (June-July) and chamber music festival (July-August).

Last house, from 1918, of the composer Hans Huber (1852-1921). Now a B&B.

Leoncavallo archive.

www.leoncavallo.ch

Museum with documents and personal belongings of the composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858-1919)

Grave of Ruggiero Leoncavallo, †1919 in Montecatini (IT).

Last house of the conductor Hermann Scherchen (1895-1966), from 1954. Visits by several composers. Remarkable triangular music room and experimental studio. Now apartments.

Concert hall, opened in 2015, 984 seats. Home of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana. Also theatre performances. The building houses a fine arts museum too.

Grave of the composer and pianist Eugen d'Albert, born 1864 in Glasgow, died 1932 in Riga.

Summer house of Giacomo Puccini 1890-92, Manon Lescaut was composed here in 1892. He had already visited the area (Roggiana, Pizzamiglio) in the 1880's.

Former Trattoria Rizza; Ruggiero Leoncavallo stayed here in 1891 - annex to the trattoria was a small concert hall.

Organ, 14th century (!). Manual 7 stops; pedal 1 stop, 8 pipes - Last restoration (Kuhn) 2004. Considered the worldwide oldest unchanged and playable organ.

Organ from 1619, 6 stops, pull-down pedal, painted wings - last restoration (Kuhn) 1965.

Hindemith stayed here in 1938 as guest of his friend and maecenas Werner Reinhart - also the composer Heinrich Kaminski stayed here, in 1933.

House of Paul Hindemith, 1938-40.

Wagner's residence from Dec.1865 to April 1866 was 'Les Artichauts'; demolished (photo) - The composers Milhaud and Ginastera died in Geneva, resp. in 1974 and 1983; addresses even unknown to the municipal archive!

Graves of Frank Martin (†1974 in the Netherlands;), Alberto Ginastera, Ernest Ansermet, Emile Jaques-Dalcroze.

Conservatiore, established in 1835 at the Place Neuve; new building - concert hall.

Opera and ballet theatre, opened in 1879. A fire in 1951 destroyed nearly the whole interior; reopened in 1962, 1500 seats.

Concert hall from 1894, restored after a fire in 1984. Home of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. 1850 seats.

birthplace of the composer Ernest Bloch, °1880, †1959 in the USA.

Rousseau monument (J. Pradier, 1835). Other marks of honour: his Air des cloches is played on the carillon of St Peter's Cathedral and a street is named after his opera Le devin du village.

Birthplace of the writer and composer Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) and museum 'Espace Rousseau'.

House of the composer André Ernest Modeste Grétry in 1766 - meeting with Mozart.

probable appearance by Mozart, end of August or beginning of September 1766.

Collection of western musical instruments; various concerts. The museum of musical instruments at rue Lefort 23 closed its doors.

House of Ferenc Liszt, 1835-36 with Marie d'Agoult. One century later Frank Martin lived here, 1931-36 - plaque only for Liszt.

City house of the Martin family.

House of Frank Martin, 1938-39.

House of Frank Martin 1939-46, before moving to Amsterdam. He died in Naarden (NL) in 1974 but was buried in Geneva (see 2401).

Musical training according to the Dalcroze method of 'rhythmique, solfège, mouvement' - performances.

www.dalcroze.ch

House of Frank Martin 1893-1918; 1926-28 - he was born in 1890 in the previous house at this address.

House of Frank Martin 1936-38.

Collection of ethnic musical instruments and recordings (16.000 hours of music) in the department of ethnomusicology.

Grave of the Romanian pianist and composer Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950). He lived in Genève since 1943 and moved to Chêne-Bourg (Avenue Bel-Air) in 1948; his bust was erected in the village.

Frank Martin lived here from 1920 to 1926. At the French border, 1 km. from Collonges-sous-Salève. (see next item)

Marriage of Giusppe Verdi & Giuseppina Strepponi in 1859, a private and secret ceremony in a remote corner of (then Italian) Savoy - The grandfather of Maurice Ravel was born in Collonges.

House of Igor Strawinsky, summer 1937; composition of the first movement of the concerto Dumbarton Oaks.

The composer Pierre Maurice was born in Allaman in 1868; the composer Julien-François Zbinden was born in Rolle in 1917; the pianist Alfred Cortot was born in Nyon in 1877. No addresses available.

Appearance by Mozart in September 1766.

Lausanne opera, opened in 1871 as a municipal theatre, it transformed into a renowned opera house with c 1000 seats, also presenting ballet and concerts.

Theatre, built in 1920; with 1844 seats the largest theatre in Switzerland. Various performances, home of the ballet company Béjart Ballet Lausanne.

Concert Hall, dedicated to Ignace Paderewski.

Music academy and music school with concert hall - Strawinsky 1918, FP L'histoire du soldat

Richard Strauss stayd here during the late 1940s during his voluntary exil.(see 1241)

The great impresario of the Ballets Russes, Sergey Dyagilev, resided here in 1915; visits by Stravinsky, working on Les Noces. Today, extended, a Business School.

House of Igor Stravinsky 1917-20.

Monument of the Polish politician, pianist and composer Ignace Paderewski (1860-1941). He lived for over 40 years in Morges. His villa Riond-Bosson was demolished in 1965.

Musée Paderewski since 1991.

Last house of the composer Heinrich Sutermeister (1910-1995).

Sutermeister plaque (with Ed Tervooren - the author of the current website).

House of the conductor and composer Igor Markevich (1912-1983) from 1947.

Last house of the great German Composer Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), from 1953. Courses (the students can stay overnight), three music rooms, library.

Grave of Paul Hindemith, †1963.

Last house of the great movie star Charles Chaplin (1889-1977), from 1952. He was a composer too! Now a top museum (see www.chaplinsworld.com).

Monument and grave in this village

Home of the composer Henri Duparc, 1907-13; Villa Amélie was demolished.

Last house on the Mont Pélerin of the Hungarian composer Emánuel Moór (1863-1931), who lived in Switzerland from the beginning of the century; his grave is on the grounds.

Concert hall; famous jazz festival.

Richard Strauss stayd here during the late 1940s during his voluntary exil (see also 1241)

Igor Strawinsky lived from 1912 to 1915 in Clarens, writing Le Sacre du Printempsin this house. A later address, rue Gambetta 29, cannot be verified.

Maurice Ravel stayed in the 'hôtel des Crêtes' (1913), meeting Stravinsky - building transformed in apartments and post office.

Tchaikovsky stayed in 1877-78 in the 'Villa Richelieu', writing his violin concerto - demolished.(photo)

Birthplace of the conductor and composer of mostly vocal music, Gustave Doret (1866-1943). He was the founder of the Théâtre du Jorat (> next item)

Wooden construction, built in 1908 - various musical performances, including the FP of Honegger's Le Roi David in 1921.

Ste-Croix is a centre of music box making. The museum comprehensively illustrates the history of mechanical music. - In reconstruction, to be reopened in the course of 2023.

Another collection of music automates.

Hans Kotter was organist here, 1514-30 - new organ by Kuhn, 1954, as a combination of 2 organs (Bihler 1764 + Mooser 1834); III/p/62.

Music automates, including 'robots', such as La Musicienne by Jaquet-Droz..

House of the Dutch writer and composer Belle van Zuylen (1740-1806), from 1771 (marriage) named Isabelle de Charrière and living here.