• The Wiener Waltz is a social and competitive dance
• It is one of the most traditional dances in the world
• It has about 60 beats per minute
Vienna Waltz
• The dance is one of the fastest and oldest in the world
• The Waltz is originated from the "German Dance"
• Today's “guard dance” originates from the troops of the Girl Revue Theatres of the 1920s and 1930s
Guard Dance
• It is originated by village people and named “Schuhplattler“
Schuhplattler
• “Schuhplattler” is the name of a Bavarian dance
• The dance is named after “platteln” which means “beating“
We should also mention that the dances in style clothing and sequence are regionally different
Traditional German
Music
Jodler
• Probably the most famous kind of song is the “Jodler“ (engl. yodeling)
• It is a form of singing that involves singing an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch
Yodeling is typical of Bavaria, but it is also popular in Austria and Switzerland.
Dieter Bohlen:• Dieter Bohlen is a German
songwriter, singer, musician, producer, entertainer, TV personality
• Bohlen is best known for being part of popular pop-duo Modern Talking
Modern Talking:• Modern Talking is
the1980s German synthpop duo of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen
• It was Germany's most successful pop duo,and they had a number of hit singles, reaching the top five in many countries
Nena:• Gabriele Susanne
Kerner better known as Nena, is a German singer and actress.
• She rose to international fame in 1983 with the antiwar song "99 Luftballons"
• He describes his music as a mixture between pop and rap, which he calls "Raop"
Cro:•Cro is a German newcomer
•He is a rapper, singer, producer and designer
Germany is also well-known for its many
composers of classical music
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Georg Friedrich Händel
Franz Schubert
Johannes Brahms
Richard Wagner
• He is regarded as the composer who
performed the music of the “Viennese Classic”
• It is classical music at its highest development
• He composed the famous “Symphony No. 9 (Freude schöner Götterfunken)“ which has been chosen to be the anthem of the European Union
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Wagner • lived 1813 – 1883• composed operas lasting
up to four hours• His themes were taken
mainly from German history and mythology
• The Bavarian King Ludwig was one of his biggest fans and paid him a lot for his work