Symphony Hall

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concert hall music venue tourist attraction

Symphony Hall is a renowned concert venue in Boston, Massachusetts, celebrated for its exceptional acoustics and as one of the world’s premier homes for classical music performances.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Symphony Hall, Boston	5
Boston Symphony Hall	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concert hall ⓘ music venue ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
acousticConsultant	Wallace Clement Sabine ⓘ
address	301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
architect	Charles Follen McKim ⓘ McKim, Mead & White ⓘ Stanford White ⓘ William Rutherford Mead ⓘ
builtFor	Boston Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
category	Concert halls in Massachusetts ⓘ Music venues in Boston ⓘ Tourist attractions in Boston ⓘ
city	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston
considered	one of the finest concert halls in the world ⓘ
constructionStart	1899 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedWith	scientific acoustic principles ⓘ
floorCount	multiple levels of seating ⓘ
hasBalconies	yes ⓘ
hasMainHall	yes ⓘ
hasOrgan	Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ ⓘ
hasType	shoebox concert hall ⓘ
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
notableFor	classical music performances ⓘ exceptional acoustics ⓘ home of the Boston Pops Orchestra ⓘ home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
NRHPListingYear	1999 ⓘ
NRHPType	National Historic Landmark ⓘ
opened	1900 ⓘ
openingDate	1900-10-15 ⓘ
operator	Boston Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
ownedBy	Boston Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
partOf	West End neighborhood of Boston ⓘ surface form: Cultural district of Boston
predecessorVenue	Old Boston Music Hall ⓘ
primaryTenant	Boston Pops Orchestra ⓘ Boston Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
region	New England ⓘ
seatingCapacity	about 2625 ⓘ
style	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
usedFor	chamber music concerts ⓘ film music performances ⓘ lectures ⓘ orchestral concerts ⓘ popular music concerts ⓘ