The Musikverein in Vienna, Austria was opened on January 6, 1870, and is famous for its acoustics. The concert hall was built by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (Society of Friends of Music) which had been given the land by Emperor Franz Joseph. The building soon came to be known simply as the Musikverein ("music club").
The Goldener Saal (Golden Hall) is forty-eight metres long, nineteen metres wide, and eighteen metres high. It has 1,744 seats and standing room for 300. Every year on January 1 the Vienna New Year's Concert is held here.
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