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German CultureGermany is known as a land of great thinkers, musicians and poets. This is because there were well-known German writers and poets even before the nation had formed a single state. German Music Germany is today the fifth largest market of music in the world. Germans have been influenced by Rock and Pop music. There have been several German musicians and composers in the past including Johan Sebastian Bach, Karl Maria Von Weber, Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann and Richard Wagner. The ‘Scorpions’ rock band of Germany is one of the most famous heavy metal bands in the World. Rammstein is a German industrial band that has also seen international success. Kraftwerk is yet another famous band hailing from Germany. German students begin music education in elementary school; moreover, there are several competitions and shows that help them to compete and acquire further knowledge of music. German Literature German writers have been famous since the Carolingian days of Old High German (that is, after 500 A.D.). This was further seen in the Middle High German period. It is thought that the well-known German writers from the Old High German period on were the driving force behind the standardization process of the written German language. This was because the old German writers had to work hard to write their books in a language that would be understood by the major German speaking populations. This process effectively led to the standardization of the German language. The literature of old writers like Goethe, Schiller, Heine and Mann can be found even today in German libraries. Literature in Germany includes subjects like cosmopolitan culture, metaphysics, pop culture, religion, everyday life stories, etc. Famous German authors in recent period include Schulze, Judith Herrmann, Thomas Brussig, Feridun Zaimoglu, Elke Naters, Christian Kracht and Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre. German Visual Arts The visual arts in Germany have been well known for over thousand years. Lucas Cranach and Albrecht Durer were the most famous German artists of the past and were very good at painting. There were some famous German artists in the 19th century but German art saw a real boost in the 20th century. Artists like Franz Marc, Emil Nolde, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Max Beckmann, George Grosz and Otto Dix were famous prior to the Second World War. The most famous German artist of modern times is Gerhard Richter, who is believed to change his painting style every year and who applies modern techniques in his paintings. |