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BROWSE GERMAN MUSIC CATEGORIES:
Popular
& contemporary music: Many pages
of info and bios on German bands and singers from New German Wave
and punk to German hip hop, pop, and rock, images, fun facts, audio
clips from CDs, more ...
German
movie soundtracks: Soundtrack CDs with
audio clips from several German films such as The Edukators,
Run Lola Run, Das Boot, more
...
East
German music: Nostalgic collections
of music produced in the former East Germany.
German
classical music: Info and brief bios
on over 20 German composers with audio clips of some of their best-known
compositions, sound samples from collections of German Lieder,
opera, waltzes, polkas, church & military music, more
...
German
folk & traditional music:
Regional folk songs including drinking and Oktoberfest music,
yodeling and Alpine music, and hunting songs, more
...
German
children's songs: Lyrics, melodies,
and some sheet music of popular Kinderlieder, plus CDs of children's
music.
German
Christmas carols: Lyrics and melodies
of the most popular Christmas music, plus CDs of holiday tunes.
ABOUT GERMAN MUSIC
Over the centuries, German-speaking musicians and composers
have made substantial contributions to music. Well-known are the early
musical geniuses Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart. Alongside the development
of classical music reigns a
long tradition of popular folk music
in German-speaking regions, which still remains strong today.
In the 1920s, musical developments in the United States began to influence
modern German
music, and later in the century, German musicians also began to
take notice of developments in Great Britain. In the 1970s, the German
band The Scorpions appeared on the international music scene with their
English-language rock and heavy metal songs. Then in the 1980s the German
Neue Deutsche Welle movement thrust a number of German singers
onto the international music charts: Falco with "Der Kommissar"
and "Rock Me Amadeus", Trio with "Da Da Da", Peter
Schilling with "Major Tom", and Nena with her hit "99
Luftballoons". In the 1990s, the German band Rammstein became popular
among heavy metal enthusiasts around the world.
Several German artists are now making a name internationally in a variety
of genres. The once widely accepted notion that English lyrics were
a prerequisite for success is increasingly being abandoned in favor
of producing songs with native German-language texts. The new term Deutschrock
and up-and-coming bands like Glashaus, Juli, and Silbermond are evidence
of the expanding place of German in the contemporary
music scene.
In our German music pages, you can find out more about the bands and
singers popular in German-speaking Europe and beyond. You will also
find audio clips for 100s of CDs with 1000s of different songs. You
can therefore sample the music of many bands, singers, and composers
from German-speaking countries and have a listen to the collections
of German traditional and folk music. There will surely be some songs
you recognize, and you might even discover a new band or musician to
add to your list of favorites!
German Music Weblinks
Music
in Germany: Introduction and current news and events from the Goethe
Institut. [English or German]
Deutsches
Musik-Exportbüro: Information about German music internationally
[German or English]
Fachlexikon
der Musik: Dictionary of 1001 musical terms. [German]
Links to German,
Austrian,
and Swiss
radio stations with streaming audio.
German
Popular & Contemporary Music
The links will take you to pages with information & interesting
facts about the German bands and singers, with info about their CDs,
some with music reviews, and audio clips totalling 1000s of songs. Bookmark
us and come back to check out new pages as we add them!
Contemporary German Artists Weblinks
German
popular music: An overview from Facts about Germany by the
German government. [In English or German]
History
of German popular music: Since the end of the 19th century. [In
German]
Popular &
contemporary German music | German
movie soundtracks | East
German music
German classical music |
German folk & traditional music
| German
Christmas carols | Kinderlieder
German books | German
magazines | German
newspapers | German film | German
music
East German Music
East German Music Weblinks
OstRock-Lexikon:
History of popular music in East Germany with info on bands. [In German]
Popular &
contemporary German music | German
movie soundtracks | East
German music
German classical music |
German folk & traditional music
| German
Christmas carols | Kinderlieder
German books | German
magazines | German
newspapers | German film | German
music
German
Classical Composers & Musicians
The links will take you to pages with brief bios on
the composers, music samples, and CDs.
Popular
& contemporary German music | German
movie soundtracks | East
German music
German classical music |
German folk & traditional music
| German
Christmas carols | Kinderlieder
German books | German
magazines | German
newspapers | German film |
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