Music in
Gemrany:
Music is universal. Music can be
read from anyone in any language. I guess you could say music could be perhaps
a universal language. Each note can be read and played no matter where you are
from or what language you speak. It is the same throughout!
Music in Germany include Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW),
Krautrock, Hamburger Schule, Volksmusik, Classical, German hip hop, trance,
Schlager, Neue Deutsche Härte (NDH) and diverse varieties of folk music,
such as Waltz and Medieval metal. Although there are several types of music,
the most popular by far is classical. German Classical is among the most
performed in the world. Some of Germany’s famous composers would include Johann
Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, and
Richard Wagner. Also Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart who was born in Austria, but was
among many opera composers who created the German Opera.
In the 19th century, two
figures were paramount in German opera, Carl Maria von Weber and Richard
Wagner. Wagner introduced devices such as leitmotiv, a musical theme that
recurs for important chararters or ideas. Wagner based his operas on German
history and folklore. His most important was Ring f the Nibelung in 1874.
When the Nazis came to power in
Germany during the 1930s, many composers fled Germany. But following the war,
German composers began to experiment with electronic sounds in classical music.
Germany has many unique regions with their own folk traditions of
music and dance. Much of the 20th century saw German culture appropriated for
the ruling powers (who fought "foreign" music at the same time). Most
recently, the East German regime promoted folk music as long as it was what
they saw as an expression of pure German tradition, and a tool for spreading
party propaganda. Folk songs were taught to children because they were seen as
sunny and optimistic. They had little to due with German tradition. Germany
underwent changes in their music, songs started to become more about political
activism and realistic joy, sad, and passion.
There are many more kinds of music
Germany has, but if I were to talk about them all, I would be talking all day.
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