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St.Charles's Church, Vienna
On Oct.12th, 1896 Anton Bruckner died in the gate-keeper's lodge, a building on the edge of the park near the Upper Belvedere. As a guest of the Emperor, Bruckner did not have to pay any rent. His body was embalmed and after a service in St.Charles's Church, which the whole music world of Vienna attended, among them Johannes Brahms, it was transferred to St.Florian and buried under the organ. In St.Charles's a memorial plaque was affixed with the following text:
"In this church Anton Bruckner's body was solemnly blessed on October 14th, 1896, in the presence of Vienna's music world."
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