The German nation is a nation that loves music and is also a nation with great musical talent. From Bach, Handel, Beethoven and other outstanding classical musicians, to the German "King of Songs" Schubert and Schumann, and then to Wagner, Brahms, Midmitt and other famous musicians, they all occupy an unparalleled lofty position in the history of world music. Up to now, many art festivals or music groups in Germany have been specially set up to commemorate these masters. Such as Bonn International Beethoven Festival, Wagner Cultural Festival in Bayreuth, Gexing Church Choir dedicated to Bach's music and Bach Cultural Festival held from time to time.
There are many famous German bands and musicians, such as Munich Philharmonic, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra, Dresden National Small Band, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and so on. Anne-Sophie Mutter, a famous German violinist, Ludwig Gail Taylor, singers Hildegart Bach Rennes, Dietrich Fisher Dieskau, Peter Hoffman, René Koro, Peter Schlayer, Herman Prey and Ida Mo Ze are all outstanding figures in the international music scene.
Classical music has been the mainstream of German music for a long time, but in recent decades, jazz, rock music and pop music have gradually been accepted by German audiences and formed their own unique styles. German jazz is mainly famous for its free jazz. Albert mengle Stoff is one of the best trombone players in the world. The younger generation in Germany is very keen on rock music. The famous German rock bands Scorpion and Prince are world-famous bands.
Music plays an important role in German life. Germans attach great importance to the cultivation of the next generation of music quality. Children are influenced by music from society, school and family since childhood. It is reported that among the younger generation in Germany today, 1 in every two people can play more than one musical instrument. Germans spontaneously organized millions of small family bands. Whenever after work or public holidays, people would rather turn off the TV, get together with relatives and friends to play and sing, and entertain themselves. Music has become a social way for Germans to express their common feelings. Germans not only like listening to music, but also like being musicians themselves. On the train, the reporter once saw an ordinary German studying an abstruse music score with great interest.
Just because music has cultivated the temperament of the German nation, the music market in Germany is also very huge. Germany sells 240 million records, tapes and CDs every year. Germany has 12 1 opera houses and 146 professional bands, all funded by the state. Berlin Philharmonic was once the lifelong chief conductor of karajan, and he was very famous in the world. Karajan can be regarded as an internationally recognized generation of music conductors in modern German music. The Salzburg Easter Music Festival, founded by him, is the "Fairy Mountain Pavilion" in the hearts of musicians all over the world. Under his command, he produced more than 800 kinds of music tapes and records, with a total sales volume of more than 654.38 billion boxes.
The travel agency has a "German Music Tour" specially designed for music lovers: 1 The station is the fairy tale city of Eisenacher, where there is the Bach Memorial Hall; The second stop is Weimar. Goethe, Schiller, Liszt, Bach, Wagner, Strauss and Brahms all lived in this kind of life. Known as the "King of Music", Liszt's former residence in piano master is here, in a garden villa next to Illm River Park. The third stop is Bayreuther, where streets, buildings and shops named after Wagner opera characters abound; The fourth stop is Bamberg, which is mainly famous for the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and its church buildings. The fifth stop is Salzburg, where the film The Sound of Music was filmed.
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