3. Johann Sebastian Bach
• A German composer, cantor
• He was born in Eisenach in
1685 and died in Leipzig in
1750
• The three well known works
from his: b minor Mass,
Mathäuspassion,
Johannespassion
https://youtu.be/7
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4. German Schlager
• German Schlager are very popular in
Germany.There are many artists who
make a lot of money with it. The songs
are usually about love and often very
sentimental, but catchy.
• The style started after WW2.
• Some popular singers of Schlager:
Freddy Quinn, Roy Black, Roland
Kaiser, Hansi Hinterseer, Andrea
Berg, Andrea Jürgens, DJ Ötzi
• At the moment, Helene Fischer is the
most popular singer of Schlager
Fischer
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5. Neue Deutsche Welle
• It was a rock/pop music style in the
early 1980s influenced by British
Punk and New Wave music
• The lyrics were in German, but it was
very different from German Schlager
• Mostly teenagers and young people
loved it, while they hated German
Schlager which was popular with
their parents‘ generation
• Popular bands were: Nena, Ideal,
Extrabreit, Spliff, Trio, Rodgau
Monotones, Joachim Witt, Peter
Schilling, Falco, Spider Murphy Gang
6. The Scorpions
• German rock band formed in 1965
• hard rock to heavy metal and rock ballads
• most famous song: „Wind of Change“ from 1990,
about the political changes in Eastern Europe and
the fall of the Berlin Wall. It‘s one of the best-selling
singles in the world (more than 14 million copies)
• sold over 110 million records in total.
• have received three World Music Awards, a star on
the Hollywood Rock wall and are in the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame.
• In the summer of 2018 they are on their „crazy
World Tour“ in Europe and North America.
• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjRas1yOWvo
• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1UUYjd2rjsE
• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6yP1tcy9a10
• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ
7. Wincent Weiss
• Wincent Weiss is a German Popsinger
• He became known through the
German talent show DSDS („Germany
is looking for the super star“)
• He was born in 1993 (25 Jears now)
• In 2017 he won the MTV award for
best German artist.
• Three well - known singles: An
Wunder, Feuerwerk, Frische Luft
https://youtu.be/IfpvdHhIRIg
