Bauhaus and music
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Bauhaus and music – a combination only few have ever explored. And yet, the first guest event at the Bauhaus Weimar in 1919 was dedicated to music, and many more musical performances followed. When the school opened its doors to the public for the first time in 1923 and presented its working methods as well as products, music played a preeminent role again. The exhibition was preceded by the so-called Bauhaus Week – a five-day event comprised of lectures, plays and, above all, concerts. The composers Igor Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith and Ferrucio Busoni and conductor Hermann Scherchen were all present.
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The Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung has been studying the relationship between the Bauhaus and music in an interdisciplinary research project since 2021. The team of art historians and musicologists systematically reconstructed musical life at the Bauhaus during the Weimar, Dessau and Berlin periods. -
The project identified over 160 musicians with whom the Bauhaus maintained close contact – evidence of the vibrant exchange that existed between the various artistic genres. Consequently, the project is closing an important gap in musical and Bauhaus research, and at the same time, reveals exciting new angles from which the legacy of the Bauhaus can be artistically explored today. -
In 2023 the results of the research project were presented for the first time as part of the three-year festival Bauhaus Music. In 2024 the festival’s motto was “Freedom”. In 2025 Bauhaus Music will be a guest at Musikfest Berlin, and it will include the world premiere of Marc Blitzstein’s rediscovered opera “Parabola and Circula”.