About German Music [offsite link]
Covering music, composers and performers from Johann Sebastian Bach and Richard Wagner to Rammstein, Hans Zimmer who wrote the theme music for Lion King, and Nina Hagen of 99 Luft Balloons.

German Music - Fast Facts
Germany's spirited German music scene ranges from classical to techno. It has one seventh of the world’s opera houses, almost a million music school students, world famous music festivals and a singer whose continuing live show hit is a song sung in praise of a sausage, the "Curry Wurst".

Germany's Last Love Parade
Its beginnings were in the still divided Berlin of 1989, a small demonstration for peace and understanding through music, and it became one of the world's most popular musical festivals. The Duisburg Love Parade in 2010 ended with 21 deaths and over 500 injured, and was the last.

Johann Sebastian Bach, Baroque Era Composer
German born Johann Sebastian Bach is the last of the Baroque era composers and recognized as one of the greatest geniuses in music history. However there was relatively little appreciation of his more than one thousand works during his lifetime, and after his death they were consigned to history.

The German Music Centre [offsite link]
Das Deutsche Musikinformationszentrum, government and foreign service supported. Data sets in English which, with a bit of clever navigating, give information covering everything in Germany’s world of music. From professional, semi-professional and amateur orchestras, bands, and choirs, to future concerts and festivals, music education courses at all levels, and the role music plays on Radio and TV.

The Oberammergau Passion Play
The wind of change has blown through the Bavarian village of Oberammergau’s centuries old and unique Passion Play, although Jesus’ entrance to Jerusalem, his crucifixion and resurrection remain the focal points.

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