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Maelzel's Panharmonicon: A Virtual Exhibition of a Musical Automaton from Beethoven's Era

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Created by: Oakes, Jon (VR consultant)

Last Updated: 2025-08-01

This project brings to life one of the most celebrated creations of the German inventor Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772–1838): the Panharmonicon.

Parent Collections (1)

Beethoven Center Exhibitions

Collection Details

Total items: 9
Size: unknown
Resource Type: Collection
Creator: Oakes, Jon (VR consultant)
Everett, Nathan (Music arrangers/transcribers)
Gutierrez, Andrea (music arranger/transcriber)
Huynh, Thong (artist/VR designer)
San José State University Artistic Excellence Programming Grant (sponsor)
Dominguez, Mary (artist/VR designer)
Buurmann, Erica (project lead)

Works (9)

List of items in this collection
	Title	Date Added	Visibility
	8. Wellington's Victory		Public
	2. Manuscript of Cherubini's Air pour le Panharmonicon		Public
	4. Illustration of the Panharmonicon from the journal L'Illustration, May 25, 1846		Public
	1. Maelzel's Panharmonicon		Public
	9. Reconstruction of a promotional poster for a Maelzel exhibition in London in 1814		Public
	8. Audio example: Beethoven's Wellingtons Sieg bei Vittoria, op. 91 -- Original version for panharmonicon		Public
	3. Audio example: Air pour le Panharmonicon		Public
	6. Audio example: Haydn's Symphony no. 100, movement 2		Public
	5. Audio example: Cherubini's Overture to Lodoïska		Public