Pembaur – who? A history of music in Innsbruck

For almost half a century – from his appointment as Music Director of Innsbruck in 1874 until his
his death – Josef Pembaur (1848–1923) played a defining role in the cultural life of his home town, Innsbruck.

Today, a street, a bridge, a student hall of residence and several other places in Innsbruck still bear his name. Despite his significance for Tyrolean musical life during his lifetime – as director of the Musikverein, composer, musician, music teacher, choir director and concert organiser – few people today know who Josef Pembaur actually was.

That is why, throughout the exhibition, we repeatedly ask the question: ‘Pembaur – who?’ in an attempt to shed light on the many facets of Pembaur’s wide-ranging body of work.

Exhibition team

Project Manager: Renate Ursprunger

Curators: Franz Gratl, Andreas Holzmann (Music Collection of the Tyrolean State Museums)

Exhibition design and graphics: Christian Höller

Exhibition design and construction: Robert Simmerle, Harald Pezina

Conservators at the Tyrolean State Museums: Alexander Fohs, Ursula Lingscheid, Noam Schwarz, Marlene Sprenger-Kranz

Proofreading: Esther Pirchner

Photographs: Günter Richard Wett

Reproductions: Johannes Plattner

Audio: Niko Hofinger

Education: Verena Kaiser, Nina Mayer-Wilhelm, Hanna Rusch, Barbara Thaler

Contractors: Köll Bookbinders, Gerriets Stage Supplies, Zösmayr Electrical Engineering, Bacher Glaziers, Pixelproject

Loan providers: Music Collection of the Tyrolean State Museums, Library of the Tyrolean State Museums, South Tyrolean State Archives, Bolzano, Tyrolean State Theatre