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{{Short description|Group of institutions dedicated to music in Paris, France}}
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[[File:1984-1995 The City of Music, Paris 03.jpg|thumb|250px|The Cité de la Musique]] The '''Cité de la Musique''' ({{lang-en|'''City of Music'''}}) is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the La Villette quarter, [[XIXe arrondissement|19th arrondissement]], [[Paris]], [[France]]. It was designed by the architect [[Christian de Portzamparc]] and opened in 1995. It consists of an amphitheater; a concert hall that can accommodate an audience of 800-1,000; a museum of music, containing an important collection of classical music instruments dating mainly from the fifteenth- to twentieth-century; and exhibition halls, workshops and archives. Part of [[François Mitterrand]]'s ''Grands Projets'' along with the [[Parc de la Villette]], the Cité de la Musique reinvented La Villette - the former slaughterhouse district.<ref>{{cite book | last=Fierro | first=Annette | coauthors=p. 17 | title=The Glass State: The Technology of the Spectacle, 1981-1998 | location= | publisher=MIT Press | year=2003 | isbn=0-262-06233-X}}</ref>
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[[File:1984-1995 The City of Music, Paris 03.jpg|thumb|250px|The Cité de la Musique in Paris]]
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The '''Cité de la Musique''' ({{IPA|fr|site də la myzik}}, "City of Music"), also known as '''Philharmonie 2''', is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the [[Parc de la Villette]], [[19th arrondissement of Paris]], [[France]]. It was designed with the nearby [[Conservatoire de Paris]] (CNSMDP) by the architect [[Christian de Portzamparc]] and opened in 1995. Part of [[François Mitterrand]]'s [[Grands Projets of François Mitterrand|Grands Projets]], the Cité de la Musique reinvented La Villette – the former slaughterhouse district.<ref>{{cite book | last=Fierro | first=Annette |author2=p. 17 | title=The Glass State: The Technology of the Spectacle, 1981–1998 | publisher=MIT Press | year=2003 | isbn=0-262-06233-X}}</ref>


Its official address is 221, Avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris.<ref>{{cite web | title=Plan and location of all the elements at the official website | url=http://www.cite-musique.fr/anglais/cite/acces.html | publisher=Cité de la Musique | accessdate=2007-09-06}}</ref>
It consists of an [[Amphitheatre|amphitheater]], a concert hall that can accommodate an audience of 800–1,000, a music museum containing an important collection of music instruments from different cultural traditions, dating mainly from the fifteenth- to twentieth-century, a music library, exhibition halls and workshops. The Cité de la Musique, as an EPIC, was also entrusted by the State with the management of the Salle Pleyel, which reopened on 13 September 2006, after major renovations. In 2015, it was renamed Philharmonie 2 as part of the [[Philharmonie de Paris]] when a larger [[symphony]] hall was built by [[Jean Nouvel]] and named Philharmonie 1. Its official address is 221, Avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris.<ref>{{cite web | title=Plan and location of all the elements at the official website | url=http://www.cite-musique.fr/anglais/cite/acces.html | publisher=Cité de la Musique | access-date=6 September 2007 | archive-date=1 October 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001141138/http://www.cite-musique.fr/anglais/cite/acces.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Philharmonie de Paris==
==Philharmonie 2==
The Cité de la Musique, also known as Philharmonie 2, with an area of 28,748 m<sup>2</sup>, includes:
The Paris Philharmonic (''[[Philharmonie de Paris]]''), a 2400-seat symphony hall, had been planned for about 20 years and is now scheduled for completion by 2014. The announcement was made on March 6, 2006 by the French [[Minister of Culture (France)|minister of Culture and communication]] [[Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres]], the mayor of Paris [[Bertrand Delanoë]], and the director of the Cité de la Musique, Laurent Bayle, at a press conference concerning the reopening of the Pleyel Hall, now associated with the Museum.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/actualites/communiq/donnedieu/pleyel06.html | title=Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres et Bertrand Delanoë, maire de Paris, annoncent les partenariats noués entre l’Etat et la Ville de Paris pour le développement de la vie musicale symphonique à Paris | publisher=Ministry of Culture and Communication | date=2006-03-06 | accessdate=2007-09-06}} {{fr icon}}</ref>


* a 250-seat amphitheater;
The cost of construction of the new auditorium may reach [[euro|EUR]]170&nbsp;million, and will be paid for equally by the French Government and by the [[Mairie de Paris|Ville de Paris]], who has not excluded the possibility of funding from [[Conseil régional d'Île-de-France|Région Île-de-France]] or the use of private financing.<ref>{{cite news | author= | title=La Cité de la musique bientôt achevée | url=http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3246,36-747865@51-729467,0.html | work=Le Monde | language=French | date=2006-03-07 | accessdate=2007-09-06}}</ref>
* a fully modular concert hall, which can accommodate from 900 to 1,600 spectators;
* the music museum containing an important collection of classical musical instruments dating mainly between the 16th and 21st centuries;
* a large musical media library and professional documentation spaces;
* exhibition halls;
* educational workshops;
* a bookshop.


Placed under the supervision of the [[Ministry of Culture (France)|Ministry of Culture]]. Designed by the architect [[Christian de Portzamparc]] and inaugurated on December 7, 1995, it brings together a set of facilities and services dedicated to music and is located on the Place de la Fontaine-aux-Lions at the Porte de Pantin in the district du Pont-de-Flandres in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, on the edge of the [[Parc de la Villette]].
It was announced in April 2007 that the hall would be built by [[Jean Nouvel]].


==Musée de la Musique==
==Musée de la Musique==
The Museum of Music (''Musée de la Musique'') features a collection of several hundred musical instruments collected by the [[Conservatoire de Paris]]. The museum's collection contains instruments used in classical and popular music from the seventeenth century to the present time including [[lutes]], [[archlute]]s, almost 200 [[classical guitar]]s,<ref>[http://mediatheque.cite-musique.fr/MediaComposite/CMDM/CMDM000000700/guitare_musee_00.htm Les guitares classiques du Musée de la musique (almost 200 classical guitars)]; [http://mediatheque.cite-musique.fr/masc/?INSTANCE=CITEMUSIQUE&URL=/clientbooklineCIMU/toolkit/p_requests/FSFormulaire.asp?GRILLE=CIMUINSTRUMENTAVANCEE_0&TYPEMENU=catalogue-instrumentoeuvre-bandeau.asp?TYPESOUSMENU=2 Instruments et oeuvres d'art] - use search-phrase: Mot-clé(s) : ''guitare''</ref> violins by Italian luthiers [[Antonio Stradivari]], the [[Guarneri|Guarneri family]], [[Nicolò Amati]]; French and [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[harpsichords]]; pianos by French piano-makers Erard and [[Ignaz Pleyel]]; and [[saxophone]]s by [[Adolph Sax]].
The [[Musée de la Musique (Paris)|Musée de la Musique]] features a collection of about {{formatnum:8390}} items, comprising around {{formatnum:4442}} musical instruments, {{formatnum:1097}} instrument elements or {{formatnum:939}} pieces of art ([[Painting|paintings]], [[Sculpture|sculptures]], etc.) collected by the [[Conservatoire de Paris]] since 1793 as well as some archives and a library of {{formatnum:110000}} written and [[audiovisual]] documents. The museum's collection, which opened to the public in 1864, and was relocated at the Cité de la Musique in 1997, contains instruments used in [[Classical music|Western classical]], [[Modernism (music)|modern]] and [[World music|non-European music]] from the sixteenth century to the present time. It includes [[lutes]], [[archlute]]s, almost 200 [[Classical guitar|classical guitars]],<ref>[http://mediatheque.cite-musique.fr/MediaComposite/CMDM/CMDM000000700/guitare_musee_00.htm Les guitares classiques du Musée de la musique (almost 200 classical guitars)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313073529/http://mediatheque.cite-musique.fr/mediacomposite/cmdm/cmdm000000700/guitare_musee_00.htm |date=13 March 2010 }}; [http://mediatheque.cite-musique.fr/masc/?INSTANCE=CITEMUSIQUE&URL=/clientbooklineCIMU/toolkit/p_requests/FSFormulaire.asp?GRILLE=CIMUINSTRUMENTAVANCEE_0&TYPEMENU=catalogue-instrumentoeuvre-bandeau.asp?TYPESOUSMENU=2 Instruments et oeuvres d'art] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725002715/http://mediatheque.cite-musique.fr/masc/?INSTANCE=CITEMUSIQUE&URL=%2FclientbooklineCIMU%2Ftoolkit%2Fp_requests%2FFSFormulaire.asp%3FGRILLE%3DCIMUINSTRUMENTAVANCEE_0&TYPEMENU=catalogue-instrumentoeuvre-bandeau.asp%3FTYPESOUSMENU%3D2 |date=25 July 2009 }} – use search-phrase: Mot-clé(s) : ''guitare''</ref> [[Violin|violins]] by Italian [[Luthier|luthiers]] [[Antonio Stradivari]],<ref>[http://collectionsdumusee.philharmoniedeparis.fr/search.aspx?SC=MUSEE&QUERY=stradivarius&_lg=fr-FR# Instruments by Antonio Stradivarius at the Musée de la Musique], website of Philharmonie de Paris.</ref> the [[Guarneri|Guarneri family]], [[Nicolò Amati]]; French and [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[harpsichords]]; pianos by French piano-makers [[Sébastien Érard]] and [[Ignaz Pleyel]]; [[Saxophone|saxophones]] by [[Adolph Sax|Adolphe Sax]], etc. and many are also presented [[Online and offline|online]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Les incontournables du Musée de la musique|url=https://collectionsdumusee.philharmoniedeparis.fr/?_lg=fr-FR|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-05|website=collectionsdumusee.philharmoniedeparis.fr|language=fr-FR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005083549/https://collectionsdumusee.philharmoniedeparis.fr/?_lg=fr-FR |archive-date=5 October 2021 }}</ref>


The instruments are exhibited by period and by type. Audio devices are provided at the entrance allowing visitors to hear commentary and excerpts of music played on the instruments.
The instruments are exhibited in five departments by period and by type. Personal audio devices are provided to visitors at the entrance, allowing them to listen to commentary and musical excerpts played on the instruments, complemented by video screens and scale models along the way.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:John Singer Sargent - Gabriel Fauré.jpg|[[Gabriel Fauré]] by [[John Singer Sargent]], c. 1889
Image:Musée-de-la-musique.jpg|Harpsichord, 1677, Bologne, Italie
File:Virginal.jpg|[[Virginal]] by [[Hans Ruckers]], 1583, [[Antwerp]].
Image:Musee-de-la-musique-2.jpg|17th century guitars
Image:Musee-de-la-musique-3.jpg|Harpsichords from the second half of the 18th century
File:Musee-de-la-musique-2.jpg|17th century guitars
Image:Musee-de-la-musique-4.jpg|18th century instruments with a hunting horn by Carlin
File:Musee-de-la-musique-3.jpg|Harpsichords from the second half of the 18th century
Image:Musee-de-la-musique-5.jpg
File:Musee-de-la-musique-4.jpg|18th century instruments with a hunting horn by Carlin
Image:Musee-de-la-musique-6.jpg
File:Musee-de-la-musique-6.jpg|19th and 20th century guitars and by [[Antonio de Torres]]
Image:Musee-de-la-musique-7.jpg|Pianos from the beginning of the 19th century
File:Musee-de-la-musique-7.jpg|Pianos from the beginning of the 19th century
File:Octobasse.jpg|[[Octobasse]] by [[Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume]], 19th century
</gallery>
</gallery>


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[List of music museums]]
* [[Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie]], in Parc de la Villette
* [[Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie]], in Parc de la Villette
* [[La Géode]], an [[IMAX]] domed theatre in Parc de la Villette
* [[La Géode]], an [[IMAX]] domed theatre in Parc de la Villette
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* [[List of museums in Paris]]
* [[Parc de la Villette]]
* [[Philharmonie de Paris]], new concert hall attached to Cité de la Music (under construction)
* [[Salle Pleyel]]
* [[Zénith de Paris|Le Zénith]], a concert arena in Parc de la Villette
* [[Zénith de Paris|Le Zénith]], a concert arena in Parc de la Villette


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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*Kim Eling, ''The Politics of Cultural Policy in France'', Chapter 3: "La Cité de la Musique", Macmillan, 1999, pages 38–61. ISBN 0-312-21974-1.
*Kim Eling, ''The Politics of Cultural Policy in France'', Chapter 3: "La Cité de la Musique", Macmillan, 1999, pages 38–61. {{ISBN|0-312-21974-1}}.


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commonscat|Cité de la musique}}
{{Commons category|Cité de la musique}}
* [http://www.cite-musique.fr/anglais/ Cité de la Musique official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111126154153/http://www.cite-musique.fr/anglais/ Cité de la Musique official website]
* [http://mediatheque.cite-musique.fr/ Médiathèque de la Cité de la musique {{fr icon}} ] - Listen to excerpts of concerts
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050324022402/http://mediatheque.cite-musique.fr/ Médiathèque de la Cité de la musique {{in lang|fr}} ] – Listen to excerpts of concerts
*[https://collectionsdumusee.philharmoniedeparis.fr/ Online archive of musical instruments in the Musée de la Musique] (in French)


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Latest revision as of 13:23, 27 November 2024

The Cité de la Musique in Paris

The Cité de la Musique (French pronunciation: [site də la myzik], "City of Music"), also known as Philharmonie 2, is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was designed with the nearby Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP) by the architect Christian de Portzamparc and opened in 1995. Part of François Mitterrand's Grands Projets, the Cité de la Musique reinvented La Villette – the former slaughterhouse district.[1]

It consists of an amphitheater, a concert hall that can accommodate an audience of 800–1,000, a music museum containing an important collection of music instruments from different cultural traditions, dating mainly from the fifteenth- to twentieth-century, a music library, exhibition halls and workshops. The Cité de la Musique, as an EPIC, was also entrusted by the State with the management of the Salle Pleyel, which reopened on 13 September 2006, after major renovations. In 2015, it was renamed Philharmonie 2 as part of the Philharmonie de Paris when a larger symphony hall was built by Jean Nouvel and named Philharmonie 1. Its official address is 221, Avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris.[2]

Philharmonie 2

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The Cité de la Musique, also known as Philharmonie 2, with an area of 28,748 m2, includes:

  • a 250-seat amphitheater;
  • a fully modular concert hall, which can accommodate from 900 to 1,600 spectators;
  • the music museum containing an important collection of classical musical instruments dating mainly between the 16th and 21st centuries;
  • a large musical media library and professional documentation spaces;
  • exhibition halls;
  • educational workshops;
  • a bookshop.

Placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture. Designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc and inaugurated on December 7, 1995, it brings together a set of facilities and services dedicated to music and is located on the Place de la Fontaine-aux-Lions at the Porte de Pantin in the district du Pont-de-Flandres in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, on the edge of the Parc de la Villette.

Musée de la Musique

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The Musée de la Musique features a collection of about 8,390 items, comprising around 4,442 musical instruments, 1,097 instrument elements or 939 pieces of art (paintings, sculptures, etc.) collected by the Conservatoire de Paris since 1793 as well as some archives and a library of 110,000 written and audiovisual documents. The museum's collection, which opened to the public in 1864, and was relocated at the Cité de la Musique in 1997, contains instruments used in Western classical, modern and non-European music from the sixteenth century to the present time. It includes lutes, archlutes, almost 200 classical guitars,[3] violins by Italian luthiers Antonio Stradivari,[4] the Guarneri family, Nicolò Amati; French and Flemish harpsichords; pianos by French piano-makers Sébastien Érard and Ignaz Pleyel; saxophones by Adolphe Sax, etc. and many are also presented online.[5]

The instruments are exhibited in five departments by period and by type. Personal audio devices are provided to visitors at the entrance, allowing them to listen to commentary and musical excerpts played on the instruments, complemented by video screens and scale models along the way.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Fierro, Annette; p. 17 (2003). The Glass State: The Technology of the Spectacle, 1981–1998. MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-06233-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Plan and location of all the elements at the official website". Cité de la Musique. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  3. ^ Les guitares classiques du Musée de la musique (almost 200 classical guitars) Archived 13 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine; Instruments et oeuvres d'art Archived 25 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine – use search-phrase: Mot-clé(s) : guitare
  4. ^ Instruments by Antonio Stradivarius at the Musée de la Musique, website of Philharmonie de Paris.
  5. ^ "Les incontournables du Musée de la musique". collectionsdumusee.philharmoniedeparis.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

Further reading

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  • Kim Eling, The Politics of Cultural Policy in France, Chapter 3: "La Cité de la Musique", Macmillan, 1999, pages 38–61. ISBN 0-312-21974-1.
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