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Music of Germany
General topics
German composers
Genres
Church music
Classical
Electronic
Heavy metal
Thrash metal
Highlife
Electronic music
Hip hop
Jazz
Medieval metal
Neue Deutsche Welle
Opera
Punk
Rock (Neue Deutsche Härte, Krautrock, Ostrock)
Schlager
Volkslied
Volksmusik
Volkstümliche Musik
Specific forms
Guggenmusik
Lied
Schuhplattler
Yodeling
Media and performance
Music awards
ECHO Award
Eurovision Song Contest
MTV Europe Music Awards
Music charts
GfK Entertainment charts
Deutsche Black Charts
Music festivals
Rock am Ring and Rock im Park
Wacken Open Air
Fusion Festival
Hurricane Festival
Mayday
Summerbreeze
Music media
Radio stations in Germany
De:Bug Magazine
Folker
Juice
Melodie und Rhythmus
Metal Hammer
Musik und Gesellschaft
Musikmarkt
Neue Zeitschrift für Musik
Orkus
Sonic Seducer
Spex
Zillo
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem
"Deutschlandlied"
Regional music
Local forms
Berlin
Dresden
Related areas
Austria
Liechtenstein
Switzerland
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Germany claims some of the most renowned composers, singers, producers and performers of the world. Germany is the largest music market in Europe, and third largest in the world.[1]
German classical music is one of the most performed in the world; German composers include some of the most accomplished and popular in history, among them Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Carl Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss were among the composers who created the field of German opera. The most popular living German composer is probably film score composer Hans Zimmer.
German popular music of the 20th and 21st century includes the movements of Neue Deutsche Welle (Nena, Hubert Kah, Alphaville), disco (Boney M., Modern Talking, Dschinghis Khan, Milli Vanilli, Bad Boys Blue), metal/rock (Rammstein, Scorpions, Accept, Helloween), punk (Die Ärzte, Böhse Onkelz, Nina Hagen, Die Toten Hosen), pop rock (Sandra, Enigma, Michael Cretu, Herbert Grönemeyer) and indie (Tocotronic). Famous female singers were Marlene Dietrich and Hildegard Knef. German electronic music gained global influence, with Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream being pioneer groups in this genre.[2][3] The electro and techno scene is internationally popular, namely due to the DJs Paul van Dyk, Scooter and Cascada.
Germany hosts many large rock music festivals. The Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festival is among the largest in the world. Since around 1990, the new-old German capital Berlin has developed a diverse music and entertainment industry.
^"Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Deutschland drittgrößter Musikmarkt weltweit". Musikindustrie.de. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 31 December 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
^"Kraftwerk maintain their legacy as electro-pioneers". Deutsche Welle. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
^"Tangerine Dream's Edgar Froese, Electronic Pioneer: An Appreciation". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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