Zur Rezeption von „Wiener Klassik“ und „Wiener Schule“ als Schule

The concepts of “Viennese Classicism” and “Vienna School” have a historical dimension that cannot be entirely ignored in their scientific usage, but rather, needs to be examined. When Raphael Georg Kiesewetter talked in 1834 of “Vienna School”, he was referring to Haydn and Mozart. Guido Adler understood through “Vienna School” the so-called pre-classics, such as Georg Cristoph Wagenseil and Georg Matthias Monn. Moreover, he designated, through the expression “Viennese Classical School” the triumvirate – apparently so well-understood nowadays - Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, shortening the expression to “Vienna School” or even “Viennese Classicism”. The current contribution follows a few traits of this historical-conceptual development and consciously tries to underline terminological implications.