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  Music of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the 18th century, the classical music era dominated European classical music, and the city of Vienna was an especially important city for musical innovation.
Schrammelmusik arose as a mixture of rural Austrian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Moravian and Bavarian immigrants crowded the slums of Vienna.
Alpunk fuses the chaotic, energetic rhythms of punk music to the accordion-based folk music which the region is famous for.
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 Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy consisting of nine federal states and is one of two European countries that have declared permanent neutrality, the other being Switzerland.
Austria is a member of the United Nations (since 1955) and the European Union (since 1995).
Austria was the cradle of numerous scientists including physicists Ludwig Boltzmann, Lise Meitner, Erwin Schrödinger, Ernst Mach, Wolfgang Pauli, Richard von Mises and Christian Doppler, philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper, biologists Gregor Mendel and Konrad Lorenz as well as mathematician Kurt Gödel.
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 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Music of Austria
Music of Central Europe Music of Austria Music of the Czech Republic Music of Germany Music of Hungary Music of Liechtenstein Music of Poland Music of Slovakia Music of Slovenia Music of Switzerland Categories:
Austria is a republic in central Europe, located in the middle of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany.
While his music was not as emotionally intense and radical as that of Beethoven (who was his pupil at one point), or as profound and probing as Mozart's, Haydn's music shows a very solid structure that was an important part of the Classical Era.
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 Austria
Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy consisting of nine federal states and is one of two European countries that have declared their everlasting neutrality.
The territory of Austria was conquered by the Romans during the reign of Augustus and made a province of Rome in 16 BC.
Austria's territory stretches from the high mountains of the Alps in the west of the country to the low and plain fields of the East.
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Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy consisting of nine federal states and is one of two European countries that have declared their everlasting neutrality, the other being Switzerland.
The consuls of England and Austria are dismissed from the Confederacy.
Austria is destroyed as a march and absorbed by the Magyars, whose frontier is bounded by the river Enns.
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 Music of Austria: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people....
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments-usually two violins, a viola and cello-or a piece written to be performed by such...
An accordion is a small portable free-reed wind instrument with a musical keyboardkeyboard, the smallest representative of the organ family....
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 Music of Austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Schrammelmusik arose as a mixture of rural Austrian, Hungarian, Slovenia n, Moravia n and Bavaria n immigrants crowded the slums of Vienna.
At the time, waltz es and ländler s mixed with the music of the immigrants absorbing sounds from all over central and eastern Europe and the Balkans.
VIENNA, Austria He is wanted in Germany on charges of breaking into a chicken coop, killing sheep and -- surprise -- stealing honey.
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 The Music of Austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Modern-day Austria was born in 996 when Emperor Otto III signed a deed specifying the borders of a new land – the Österreich (Austria in German).
Their musical performances in the USA proved successful enough to enable them to purchase a farm in Stowe, Vermont, which ultimately became the Trapp Family Lodge (www.trappfamily.com).
Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria, the son of composer, musical author, and violinist, Leopold Mozart and his wife, Anna Maria Pertl.
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 Music in Austria
AUSTRIA - Franz Schubert (1797 -1828) - Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Background Franz Schubert was born in Vienna, 1797, the son of a schoolmaster who had moved to Vienna from his native Moravia.
AUSTRIA - Joseph Haydn - Background and Relationship - Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) Background Franz Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau, Austria, in 1732, the son of a wheelwright who was also an amateur harpist and singer.
AUSTRIA - Gustav Mahler - Background and Structure - Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) Background Gustav Mahler was born in Kalist, Bohemia, in 1860.
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 Vienna, Austria - Capital of Classical Music - Famous Austrian Composers from Vienna
Ludwig van Beethoven received his musical education by his father Johann, who was a singer and instrumentalist in the service of the Elector of Cologne at Bonn.
Brahms was traveling around Europe and gave concerts of his own music and after he became the manager of the Vienna Singers' Academy in 1862 and in 1868.
Vienna's fascination with 'serious' music did not vanish at the end of the 19th century, nor did the Viennese confine themselves to the classic standards of Mozart, Beethoven or the Strauss family.
www.aboutvienna.org /composers/musiker.htm   (608 words)

  
 Countries: Austria
Euro¹, Currency Austrian euro After the abolition of the Holy Roman coins Empire, Austria became part of the Time zone UTC +1 double-monarchy Austria-Hungary in 1867.
States A federal republic, Austria is divided into nine states, or BundeslŠnder.
Economy Austria, with its well-developed market economy and high standard of living, is closely tied to other European Union economies, especially Germany's.
www.morelawinfo.com /Countries/Austria.shtml   (829 words)

  
 Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For more details on this topic, see Politics of Austria.
For more details on this topic, see States of Austria.
Austria • Belgium • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Hungary • Ireland • Italy • Latvia • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malta • Netherlands • Poland • Portugal • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • United Kingdom
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 Austria Flag, Austria History, Culture of Austria, Economy of Austria, Flag of Austria
Austria has a rich heritage in art work which includes wood carvings, Gobelins tapestries, hand-carved and hand-painted chests, intricately forged grates and other ironwork, stained-glass windows, Augarten porcelain from Vienna, lace, and leatherwork.
Austria is also known as the land of music and has seen the birth of many a musicians and composers like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anton Bruckner, Joseph Haydn…the list can go on and on.
The economy of Austria is mainly based on private and public enterprise.
www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/austria1.html   (426 words)

  
 Music of Austria - TheBestLinks.com - Accordion, Blues, Bavaria, Baroque, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Music of Austria - TheBestLinks.com - Accordion, Blues, Bavaria, Baroque,...
Music of Austria, Accordion, Blues, Bavaria, Baroque, Classical music, Clarinet...
With the addition of a clarinetist, George Dánzer, schrammelmusik's form settled on a quartet.
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 Music Festivals, Parades and Events: Gateway Music Festivals & Tours: Europe: Austria Events
Nowhere is classical music's rich history more pronounced than in Vienna, Austria, "The World Capital of Music." Many of the great composers, from Beethoven to Shubert, have emerged from Vienna to captivate the world's attention.
As a part of the renowned International Youth and Music Festivals and Competition, the Youth and Music event is open to choirs, bands, and orchestras who excel at their craft.
You'll also see an amazing array of historical marvels from the Golden Age of classical music, as well as wonderful museums, and the remarkable sights and sounds of a European city that is second to none in terms of beauty and charm.
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 Art & Culture in Austria
Schloss Laxenburg, Austria - Schloss Laxenburg, Austria - The institute conducts inter-disciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context of human dimensions of global change.
Schönbrunn Palace, Austria - Schönbrunn Palace, Austria - Is one of the most important cultural monuments in Austria and since the 1860s has also been one of the major tourist attractions in Vienna.
The History of Austria - The History of Austria - The History of Austria, Pictures of Austria, Maps of Austria, Flags of Austria, Facts on Austria, The Culture of Austria, The Traditions of Austria, The Leaders of Austria, The Habsburgs, Genealogies, Germania, Chronology and more.
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 Austria national football team - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Austria national football team has qualified for seven World Cups, most recently in 1998.
It has not yet qualified for a European Championship; it will play in the tournament for the first time in 2008 when it co-hosts the event with Switzerland.
In the 1938 finals, Austria qualified but withdrew and did not play any matches because of Anschluss.
education.music.us /A/Austria-national-football-team.htm   (298 words)

  
 phoenixnewtimes.com | News | The Wizard of Austria
In music and words, it tells the horrific story of the Austrian concentration camp called Mauthausen.
His musical vision has been huge, his stew of ideas profound, yet accessible.
One thing that defines Zawinul's greatness is his ability to make his sophisticated music inviting to anyone with an open mind and ear.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com /issues/1999-03-25/music2.html   (716 words)

  
 Austria Europe Regional Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Austria Baroque Academie - The Austrian Baroque Academy provides master classes for early music.
Music, Culture and Events in Salzburg - Covering diverse events such as the Salzburg Festival to Mozart-Week, Jazz-Festival and Advent Singing.
A comprehensive musical overview of the city of Salzburg.
www.music.infotut.com /Regional/Europe/Austria   (242 words)

  
 folk music of austria -- folk music of austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
His long life and irreistible music were deeply influenced by the simple religious feelings and melodic folk music of the Croatian peasants who had...
Austria Search the WNCLN catalog for books and recordings: "folk music austria" Read about the traditional music of Austria in the New Grove II online Belgium Search the WNCLN catalog for books and...
HISTORY OF THE ACCORDION IN AUSTRIA It is commonly known that the accordion was invented in Austria, where the instrument was used in traditional folk music.
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 Austria Travel Video, DVD, Vienna Video, Austria Videos
Vienna is the capital of Austria and lies at the heart of central Europe.
Known as the city of music, it is the birthplace of the waltz and the
Known as the city of music, it is the birthplace of the waltz and the resting place of Beethoven.
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 Artists in Austria - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
From the artist: "If there was no music, I would have invented music, and if there was no music industry, I would have become the music industry."...
From the artist: Fhangor is a synonym for one man, who has music in his head and keys in his fingers.
He loves to make music and thinks, that it is time to create new pieces cause remixes rule the world now.
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 mica - music information center austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Providing all people involved in contemporary music with information, practical knowledge and creative impulses, mica acts as mediator in the fields of culture, research and technology, establishing contacts between creators, multipliers and the interested public in Austria and abroad.
On behalf of IAMIC, mica is project leader of the EC-Culture 2000 funded European Music Navigator, the European portal for contemporary music of all styles.
This internationally regarded reference work and a wealth of other information on musical life in Austria are now being published step by step on mica’s online-databases at http://www.mica.at.
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 Music of Austria Reference @ GreatArtworks.com (Great Artworks)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 Title: "The Sound of Music" - Topics: Drama/Musicals; World/WW II & Austria; Von Trapp; Maria Von Trapp; ...
This is an adaptation of the award winning Rogers and Hammerstein musical, "The Sound of Music." The story is based on the experiences of the singing von Trapp family of Austria when they fled from the Nazis just before World War II.
On March 12, 1938, Nazi troops peacefully entered Austria to effect the union of Austria and Germany.
This was called the "Anschluss." Germany and its friends in Austria claimed that there was a common Austro-German language and culture and that Austria should be an equal part of the Third Reich.
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 base records: electronic music from austria (dance2experimental)
And against it speak all the tiny little splinters of ideas, all the labyrinthine branchings-off and the radical breaks inside his music.
I'm interested in the manifold cross-currents between language, sound, the acoustic environment and music." Although Dorninger admits he has nothing against melodies, and is a selfprofessed "synth pop fan", such factors are of only secondary relevance in his music.
Venturing into Dorninger's music is like booking an auditory adventure holiday with stage decorations that may all be known in advance, but will still be placed on foreign ground, on terrain still unmeasured, un-chartered or impossible to charter due to constant sedimentary shifts.
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 Austria Pen Pals and Penfriends
Female and male penpals from Austria with photo ads - see their newest pictures.
The highest mountain is the Grossglockner, at 3.798 m, followed by the Wildspitze (3.774 m above sea level).
Austria has been the birthplace for several famous composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Strauss, Sr.
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