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CULTURE: MUSIC. THE ORIGINS AND MEDIEVAL MUSIC According to Shoe-wiki, the development of a German musical tradition came relatively late compared to France, Italy and Great Britain. There is very little information on music in Germanic countries in the first…
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CULTURE: MUSIC. FROM HÄNDEL TO BEETHOVEN The German Lied continued to have great success in the form of accompanied monody and became increasingly popular with composers such as H. Albert (1604-51) and A. Krieger (1634-66). The opera, on the other…
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CULTURE: ART. FROM THE ORIGINS TO THE SALIC PERIOD The surviving artistic products of the barbarian populations settled in the German-speaking territories (Bavarians, Alamanni, Thuringians, Franks, Saxons) are limited to goldsmithing (with zoomorphic and intertwining motifs), weapons and ceramics. No…
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The federal state of Lower Saxony is located in northwest Germany. It completely encloses the city-state of Bremen. The state capital is Hanover. The larger northern part of the country belongs to the natural area of the North German lowlands,…
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Munich lies on the Isar on one of the great gravel plains of the Alpine foothills. The capital of Bavaria is the third largest city in Germany and is known as the “secret cultural capital”. Numerous industrial and service companies,…
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North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous and densely populated German state. It touches two large areas of landscape: the North German lowlands and the low mountain range threshold. North Rhine-Westphalia is an important industrial state with a rapidly expanding service…
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The Ruhr area is the region to the right of the Rhine, which stretches in the west between the Ruhr and Lippe rivers and in the east over Dortmund to Hamm. The Ruhr area is located in the federal state…
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Saarland, in the west of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the smallest German state. The state capital Saarbrücken is the center of the only metropolitan area and economic center of the state. After the end of the dependence on…
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The capital of the state of Brandenburg, Potsdam, borders directly on the southwestern urban area of Berlin. Potsdam is the location of numerous educational and research institutions, which are mainly concentrated on Telegrafenberg and in the Babelsberg district. There are…
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The state of Saxony is located in the east of Germany. Dresden is the capital of the state and next to Leipzig the economic and cultural center. Saxony lies on the border between the North German lowlands and the low…
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