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Innsbruck is a city in the Austrian Alps whose musical heritage long played an important role in themusic of Austria. Modern Innsbruck is home to theInternational Festival of Early Music (which features music from 1500 to 1750), an Eastern music festival, theSummer Dance Festival, theInnsbruck International Choral Festival and theAmbras Castle Concerts. Other major music venues include theTiroler Landestheater ("Federal state-theatre of Tyrol").
Innsbruck was the site of the first non-courtopera house in Germanic lands, though it was funded mainly by theArchduke and provided with much of its repertoire by his court composer, the residentItalianAntonio Cesti. From 1654 to 1665, the company here produced several successful operas in the prevailingVenetian/pan-Italian style, some of which even later circulated in Italy.
The city is also known as the subject of 15th-century composerHeinrich Isaac's songInnsbruck, ich muss dich lassen, with a text about his sorrow at having to leave his post at court.
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