ABSTRACT
There are labels attached to large cities. Paris is described as a city of fashion and love, London is known as the capital of money, while Vienna is celebrated as the world capital of music. This chapter describes how Vienna earned this 'tag' and whether it still deserves it. It examines whether there is only music in Vienna or also Vienna in its music and, if so, what kind of city was projected by its artists. The presence of a large and receptive audience, attractive venues and the fame of artists working there attracted to Vienna a new crop of artists, eager to learn from their predecessors and tap into the existing market. Cinematic Vienna of the interwar period was predominantly the Vienna of the mythical past, suspended between the Congress in Vienna and the beginning of the First World War.
