Music

Germans have played an overwhelming role in world music.

Many of the best classical musicians such as Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Handel, Brahms or Mahler were ethnically German.



PUNK
German punk has a long and diverse history. Important rock band like Die Ärzte and Die Toten Hosen originated from the underground punk scene in the 1980s.

HEAVY METAL
Heavy metal bands from Germany include Scorpions, Accept, Helloween, Blind Guardian and Rage.

ROCK
Neue Deutsche Härte is a style of rock music. It combines the common sound of metal with electronic samples and is mostly sung with German lyrics.


Germany has the largest electronic music scene in the world.
The band Kraftwerk was one of the first bands in the world to make music entirely on electronic equipment, and the band Tangerine Dream is often credited as being among the originators and primary influences of the "Berlin School" of electronic music, which would later influence trance music. Some other bands like Liaisons Dangereuses, Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft and Die Krupps created a style later called Electronic body music.



FAMOUS MUSICS OF GERMANY

Carl Friedrich Zelter
Richard Strauss
Aribert Reiman
Arnold Schönber
Felix Mendelssohn Barthol
Albert Lortzin
Frederick Loewe
Paul Hindemit
Clara Schumann


SOCIAL ACTS

Sarah Barsamian - BBRAVO
Cheryl Duggan - Production of RUMORS at the 1870 Hall
Maryanne MacLeod - The Indians of Berlin
Tahanto Music Parents Organization - Quintessential Brass Enrichment Program
John Porcino - To Life! Celebrations of Life and Songs
Berlin Lions Club - Christmas in Berlin
Evelyn Dueck - Summer Community Band
Martin Miller - Shaping the Environment, Farming in Berlin
John Root - Senior Citizen Musical Program
Tahanto Music Parents Organization - Worcester Jazz Orchestra Workshop/Concert
1870 Town Hall - Youth Summer Band Woekshop
Art to Gogh - Wild About Art Workshop
Berlin Memorial School - Tales for Peace & Tall Tales and Whoppers
Nicole Reardon - Publishing Children’s Book
Tahanto Regional High School - Boston Symphony Orchestra Youth Concert Series
The Bolton Fair, Inc. - Kids Country
Berlin Memorial School - Worcester Art Museum
Berlin Public Library - Cooking with Katie
Berlin Art and Historical Society - National Registry Photo Documentation
Berlin Country Orchestra - Free Family Dance
Worcester County Horticultural Society - Five-Star Concert Series
Berlin Public Library - Science Quest
Calliope Productions, Inc. - 2008 Youth Theatre Program
Hudson Area Arts Alliance - River’s Edge Participant & Performance Program
Berlin Country Orchestra - Free Contra Dance