Vienna for the Music Lover: The complete guide to Vienna's musical sites and performances today
David L. Nelson is a professor who has been taking music lovers to see the musical sites of Vienna since 1992. In 2008, he received the Golden Medal of Honor of the City of Vienna for his contributions to the musical life of the Austrian capital. This was the second highest honor Vienna has ever given to an American. (Leonard Bernstein received the highest.) In 2002, he was named the Marshall Plan Anniversary Professor of Austrian Studies at the University of New Orleans. He is currently a professor of music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Music.