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We used to have an excellent link here to a site with
all kinds of links to live radio stations etc. Unfortunately,
they started to incorporate pornographic ads in their
site, and since we were sending rather a lot of students
to the site, we had to delete the link. If you find
a site without such ads that includes lots of links
to live radio stations, info about the charts and
other music news etc. in Germany, Austria and/or Switzerland,
please email Hartmut!
- mamarazzo A fun starting point: this site features easy-to-read articles with all the latest music/entertainment industry gossip and news!
Band homepages
- 2raumwohnung Currently popular band. Very mellow music. Very user-friendly homepage: click on "Videos" to see a few of their videos, and on "Songtexte" to see the "minimalist" lyrics.
- Abba
Deutschland
- Die
Ärzte Die Ärzte are a punk band and
are known for their provocative lyrics (e.g. "Männer
sind Schweine," "Madonnas Dickdarm," "Omaboy"
etc.)
- Konzertberichte:
Die Ärzte Follow the links to "Konzertberichte" [ignore the merchandising] to see reports on
various Ärzte concerts. This is a fun way
to see people using fairly hip language to
talk about music. The reports range from set
lists to kids talking about how they weren't allowed
to bring drinks in and had to bring them back to
their mother, who must have been waiting in the
car, before they could get in and get crazy...
- Wolf Biermann This link takes you to the Wikipedia entry for this provocative musician and writer. He voluntarily emigrated from West Germany to East Germany in 1953 at age 17, but was eventually expelled from the DDR and forced to move back to West Germany in 1976, because his songs were consistently critical of the DDR regime.
- Einstürzende
Neubauten
- Eko Fresh German rapper. Enter the site and then click on "Onlie-Media" for access to a couple of his videos and some audio files.
- Fettes
Brot
- Herbert
Grönemeyer
- Juli Currently popular pop band; very pierced lead singer. Click on "foto & video" for links to some of their more popular videos.
- Nina
Hagen Homepage
- MJackson.de
German MMJ World
-
Georgie's Kraftwerk
homepage
- Modern
Talking Deutschland Germany's non-answer to the
Backstreet Boys. Modern Talking was Dieter Bohlen and Thomas Anders, two untalented, tanned one-hit
wonders from the 80s who came out with a remix of
their little song a few years ago and subsequently feuded and broke up. They have become
cult figures of popular obsession and disgust. Dieter
Bohlen, better known than the other guy and a favorite
topic of German tabloids, plays the role of "Simon"
on "Deutschland sucht den Superstar," the
German version of "American Idol," i.e.
he's the mean-spirited #$%@& who entertains the
nation by his vicious putdowns of the contestants.
- Nena
==> 99 Luftballons (check out the German lyrics, where
the 99 balloons cause a nuclear holocaust)
- Pink
Floyd auf Deutsch Tons of info, including German trannslations of the lyrics!
- Die
Prinzen Witty a capella group popular with German teachers (e.g. for Subjunctive II practice: "Ich wär so gerne Millionär...")
- Pur
Deutschland Popular, squeaky-clean rock. To my great shame, the lead singer is apparently called Hartmut.
- Rammstein
Some very disturbing lyrics, but also lots of very clear, simple German, and interesting plays on words. Rammstein remains one of the most internationally successful German bands. Click here to find some excellent translations of the lyrics, next to the original German, and accompanied by occasional explanatory notes.
- Reinhard Mey Songwriter known for his thought-provoking, sometimes humorous lyrics.
- Die
Scorpions Die international erfolgreichste [=most
successful] deutsche Band.
- Silbermond Currently popular pop band. Very user-friendly homepage: click on the links under "Musik" to see videos, listen to songs and see song lyrics ("texte").
- Sportfreunde Stiller Currently popular pop band. Click on "Netzgut" to hear some of their music/see some videos.
- Bruce
Springsteen Fanseite
- Die
Toten Hosen Sie singen zum Beispiel das Lied "Bayern"
("Ich würde nie zum FC Bayern gehen..."). This webpage is available in German, English and Polish.
- U2
Tour.de
- Marius
Müller Westernhagen
- Wir sind Helden Currently popular pop band. Very user-friendly homepage: click on "Helden Musik" and then on "Helden hören" to hear their music, and on "Helden auswendig lernen" to see the lyrics.
- Wise
Guys A capella group popular for their witty lyrics.
- ZERSEZTER.DE
-- Punkpop aus Freiburg, c/o Lutgerius Greuel
"ZERSETZER.DE ist Punkpop aus Freiburg. Subkultur
pur. Heisse Scheisse. Das geniale Finale. Coole Jungs
mit Gitarren. Was dort geschmiedet wird, ist schräg
und gerade neu und alt, na dann bis bald." [Some vocab
for this: zersetzen=to corrode, subvert, cause to
decompose; schmieden=to create (from der schmied =
smith); schräg=crooked ==> unconventional, suspicious,
weird; na dann bis bald=well then see you soon]
Song
Lyrics
Note
that many of the band homepages above include song lyrics.
- German for Music Lovers Great site with song lyrics to an eclectic range of newer and older songs, including vocab annotations and exercises.
- Let's
Sing It.com Not a German site, but you can find
the lyrics to many German songs using the "search"
function here, if you know the name of the artist(s)
or song(s) you are looking for.
- Deutsche
Liedertexte und englische Lyrics Searchable collection
of lyrics for currently (1/2003) 4,000 English and
1,300 German songs. Works in Explorer, but not in
Netscape 4 on my Mac (I haven't tried it in Netscape
6 or 7)
- German
Music Database Excellent collection with all kinds
of info on lyrics and German Music generally.
- Virtuelle
Lieder-Bibliothek Massive collection of links
to German and English sites offering song lyrics.
- Schnellsuche.de
Lyrics und Songtext-Suche Search engine for finding
song lyrics. Loads rather slowly on my computer, contrary
to the name :)
- SWR3
"Lyrix" German lyrics for lots of English
songs.Based on a popular radio show.
- Schlagertexte
A collection of lyrics for German "Schlager."
This word means "hits," but has come to
designate specifically the kind of squeaky clean songs
that one imagines only one's parents listen to. Great
for practicing your German, and maybe you can even
persuade your instructor to play a couple of classics
in class, like "Er hat ein knallrotes [=bright
red] Gummiboot," or "Aber bitte mit Sahne
[=whipped cream]" [about a group of overweight
ladies who want to have everything with whipped cream;
concludes with the priest's sermon at the funeral
of the last of them, in which he expresses the hope
"Daß der Herrgott den Weg in den Himmel
ihr bahne [=that the Lord may open the way to heaven
to her]/Aber bitte mit Sahne."
- Volkslieder Verzeichnis Very comprehensive site with lyrics,
and in many cases sound files of the melodies, of
German folk songs, religious hymns etc. A fun song
to look for for starters is "Meine
Oma fährt im Hühnerstall [=chicken coop]
Motorrad." A more serious song you may like,
with lyrics by the poet Heinrich Heine, is "Die
Lorelei."
Online
Music Magazines/Sites
- Audiomap Not really a music site, but they sell the HiFi equipment you'll need :)
- Breakzine "Brekabeat, Hip Hop, Dancehall, Partydates, online since 1998"
- Bright
Eyes Germany Metal and Hard Rock site including
CD and concert reviews and previews, photos, tour
dates etc.
- Chartsteam
Includes charts, lyrics, real audio samples, and,
I think, a search engine to help you locate and download
MP3s, but I seem to be too old to figure it out.
Let me know if
you do.
- Discover "Musik und mehr"
- DJ
Netz.com Devoted to genres such as Acid-House, House, Techno, Trance, Jungle/Breakbeat, Ambient/Industrial.
- German Hip Hop Directory Web catalog focused on German Hip Hop sites.
- hit1.de
Thorough compilation of current and past charts in
Germany and abroad
- JazzNetz Deutschland
- JazzPages Deutschland
- JazzThing Deutschland
- Laut Broad coverage of the current music scene.
- Musik
Netz Web catalog focusing especially on info for musicians.
- MZEE.com Comprehensive German HipHop site--claims to be the "größtes deutschsprachiges Hip Hop Medium überhaupt."
- PopKomm
Website for a huge Pop music trade show located in Berlin.
- Powermetal "The Power of Metal, Rock and Gothic"--English title, but German articles.
- Rap.de Focused on rap music, as the name says :)
- Techno
Online Check out e.g. the "Love Parade"
section [In recent years, the "Love Parade" has moved from Berlin to venues such as Tel Aviv and Chile], or the CD reviews.
- Wildstylz
HipHop Magazin Check out the cool graffiti gallery,
or the Plattenkritiken.
Classical
Music
- Lied
and Song Texts Page A very large collection of
texts of classical and traditional songs. You can
search by composer or by poet, for example.
- Klassik-Forum
Sortierte und kommentierte Linkliste zur klassischen
Musik. Hier gibt es auch kostenlose [=free] mp3 Downloads!
- Klassik-Netz
Klassik im Internet - Komponisten, Werkverzeichnisse,
Bilder, Texte klassischer Werke, Dirigenten, Links,
Midi-Links
- Klassik
heute Alles über "Klassische Musik heute":
CD-Besprechungen [=reviews], Konzertinformationen,
Interviews mit Musikern usw.
- Links
zum Thema "alte Musik" Hier finden Sie Links zu
"alter" klassischer Musik.
Klassik.com Links: Hier gibt
es kurze Biografien, und Links zu mehr Information und
Online-Musik von den KomponistInnen.
- Klassik.com
Information über Konzerte, Orchester--alles,
was Sie über klassische Musik wissen wollen...
Leider ist die Seite manchmal etwas langsam. Klicken
Sie auf "Magazin", dann "Komponisten"
[benutzen Sie "Find", wenn Sie den Link nicht finden können!] und suchen Sie dann den Namen eines Komponisten/einer
Komponistin, der/die Sie interessiert, zum Beispiel
- Johann
Sebastian Bach
- Ludwig
van Beethoven
- Alban
Berg
- Hildegard
von Bingen
- Johannes
Brahms
- Anton
Bruckner
- Dietrich
Buxtehude
- Georg
Friedrich Händel
- Joseph
Haydn
- Paul
Hindemith
- Engelbert
Humperdinck Nicht der Schnulzen Sänger :)
Er hat die Oper Hänsel und Gretel
komponiert.
- Franz
Lehár
- Gustav
Mahler
- Felix
Mendelssohn Bartholdy
- Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
- Jacques
Offenbach Komponist des "Can-Can"
- Carl
Orff Komponist von Carmina Burana...
- Arnold
Schönberg
- Franz
Schubert
- Clara
Schumann
- Robert
Schumann
- Karlheinz
Stockhausen
- Richard
Strauss
- Johann
Strauß, jun.
- Richard
Wagner
Andere KomponistInnen Links
- J.S.Bach
Biographie
- Ludwig van Beethoven Alles über Beethoven! If you follow the links to the symphonies far enough, you can eventually get to sound files. The Quicktime files show you a simplified score while you listen!
- Hildegard
von Bingen Viele interessante Links. Es
gibt auch einen "FAQ"-Link!
- Johannes
Brahms Biographie und Bilder. If you follow the link to symphony No. 2 far enough, you can eventually get to sound files. The Quicktime files show you a simplified score while you listen!
- Anton
Bruckner Viel Information über Bruckner. If you follow the link to symphony No. 7 far enough, you can eventually get to sound files. The Quicktime files show you a simplified score while you listen!
- Georg
Friedrich Händel Biographie ["Ausführlicher Lebenslauf"], Bilder, Werkverzeichnis usw.
- Joseph
Haydn Biographie und Bilder. If you follow the links to the "Reiterquartett" or Symphony No. 96 far enough, you can eventually get to sound files. The Quicktime files show you a simplified score while you listen!
- Paul
Hindemith Detailed Wikipedia entry
- Gustav
Mahler Detailed Wikipedia entry
- Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Biographie und Bilder. If you follow the links to "Eine kleine Nachtmusik," the "Jupiter-Symphonie" or the overture to "Don Giovanni" far enough, you can eventually get to sound files. The Quicktime files show you a simplified score while you listen!
- Hier ist ein leichter Mini-Quiz über Mozarts und Haydns Musik: hören Sie die Musik, und identifizieren Sie sie dann!
- Hier war eine Biographie mit Online Fragen
und Feedback! This link is broken [1/23/06], but hopefully it will return!
- Noch eine Biographie von Mozart finden Sie hier (etwas länger, mit Links zu Auszügen [=excerpts]
aus Mozarts Kompositionen.
- Carl
Orff [Komponist von "Carmina Burana"] "Die offizielle
Seite."
- Arnold
Schönberg Center Alles über Schönberg!
- Franz
Schubert Alles über Schubert! If you follow the link to Symphony No. 8 far enough, you can eventually get to sound files. The Quicktime files show you a simplified score while you listen!
- Clara
Schumann Detailed Wikipedia entry
- Robert
Schumann A page created by the city of Zwickau
for its famous son.
- Johann
Strauß Sohn Alles über den "Walzerkönig" Strauß! If you follow the links to the "Donauwalzer" ["The Blue Danube" waltz], "Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald" or the "Fledermaus" overture far enough, you can eventually get to sound files. The Quicktime files show you a simplified score while you listen!
- Richard
Wagner "Wagner Web--Der Online Führer [=guide] durch das Werk Richard Wagners"
- Essentials
of Music In English, but a great introduction
to classical music. Includes biographies of
77 major composers, and listening samples for many
of them.
Miscellaneous Music
Sites
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