There is a permanent exhibition, "Musikstadt Halle", about the lives and works of composers associated with Halle: Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654), George Frideric Handel, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814), Carl Loewe (1796–1869) and Robert Franz (1815–1892); and about "Hausmusik" (home concerts) in Halle.