!!!Kunstuniversitäten
Art Universities (Kunstuniversitaeten) are institutions of higher
learning devoted to the various arts. In Austria there are the
Akademie der bildenden Kuenste in Vienna and another five art
universities: The ''''Universitaet fuer angewandte
Kunst</I''>(University of Applied Art)'' ''in Vienna was founded by
the "Oesterreichisches Museum fuer Kunst und Industrie" in 1867
as a school of arts and crafts and won great renown thanks to R.
Eitelberger and outstanding teachers such as J. Hoffmann, K. Moser
and A. Roller. In the period 1941-45 it was called "Reichshochschule
fuer angewandte Kunst", and in 1948 taken over by the Austrian
state as an academy, raised to the rank of ''Hochschule ''in 1970 and
university in 1998. The ''''Universitaet fuer kuenstlerische und
industrielle Gestaltung'' (University of Art and Industrial Design)
''in Linz was founded as the School of Art of the City of Linz in
1947, made a ''Hochschule'' under federal control in 1973 and made a
university in 1998. These two universities offer the following
courses of study: architecture, sculpture, art education, industrial
design, painting and graphic arts, textile working and design, visual
media art, handicraft instruction; additionally, the university in
Vienna runs courses for stage design, fashions, product design,
restoration and conservation, while Linz offers courses on ceramic,
metal and textile working.
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''''Universitaeten fuer Musik und darstellende Kunst'''' (Universities
of Music and the Performing Arts): In ''''Graz''''originally founded
in 1816 as a school of music established by the ''Musikverein fuer
Steiermark'', made a conservatory in 1920 (authorised to issue
diplomas in 1927), 1939-45 "Staatliche Hochschule fuer
Musikerziehung''"'', then Provincial Conservatory (with a seminar for
music education, 1948), State Academy in 1963, ''Hochschule'' in 1970
and university since 1998; branch institute at Oberschuetzen,
Burgenland, since 1965. In ''''Salzburg'''' the university developed
from the "Mozarteum" school of music (founded by the Salzburg
Cathedral Music Association in 1841); supported by the "Internationale
Mozarteumstiftung" society (founded in 1870), which strongly advocated
establishment as a ''Hochschule. ''Public music school from 1880,
converted into a conservatory in 1914, passed into federal hands in
1922, "Reichshochschule fuer Musik Mozarteum" from 1939 to 1945,
reorganised as a conservatory in 1948, became the state-controlled
''"Akademie fuer Musik und darstellende Kunst Mozarteum"'' in
1953, made a ''Hochschule'' in 1970 and a university in 1998. Since
1981 the university has also operated a Department of Music Education
in Innsbruck. In ''''Vienna'', ''a forerunner of the present
institution was founded in 1817, when the "Gesellschaft der
Musikfreunde des oesterreichischen Kaiserstaates" initiated the
establishment of a conservatory, which was gradually enlarged and
taken over by the state authorities as an academy in 1909. After an
interlude as "Reichshochschule fuer Musik" (1939-45), it became a
''Hochschule'' in 1970 and a university in 1998. These three
Universities of Music and Performing Arts offer the following courses
of study: bass tuba, bassoon, Catholic church music, clarinet,
composition and music theory, conducting, double bass, guitar, harp,
harpsichord, horn, instrumental and vocal pedagogy, instrumental music
teaching, music education, oboe, organ, percussion instruments, piano,
piano chamber music, piano accompanying, Protestant church music,
recorder, saxophone, singing, transverse flute, trombone, trumpet,
viola, violin, violoncello, voice, as well as all subjects in the
field of drama and performing arts; in addition, the Graz University
of Music and the Performing Arts teaches stage design and jazz;
Salzburg also offers courses in art and craft education, stage design,
painting and graphic arts, music and movement education, textile
design and working, handicraft education; the Vienna University of
Music and the Performing Arts also offers courses in image technology,
camera, script production, dramaturgy, production, direction, editing
and sound engineering at its Film Academy, as well as music and
movement education, and music theatre stage direction.
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