Music in Central Europe

Overview of Music in Central Europe

·         Music is more respected and of higher importance than it is in the United States. An example of this is how operas in Europe are state funded, making them affordable for any person whether they have a high or low income.

·         Any form of art is more respected

·         The arts, including music, are huge tourist attractions

·         The arts increase the value of the city

·         American music is played everywhere, including in stores and restaurants. This is because Central Europe doesn’t have a huge music producing industry like the United States does

·         Both Kultur and kultur music use many of the same instruments. They just use them to create different sounds.

Berlin, Germany

·         Both Kultur and kultur music

·         Examples of Kultur: the orchestra concert we went to! The city also has other major forms of “fancier” music such as opera and other sorts of concerts.

·         Examples of kultur: musicians playing the in streets

·         Kultur seems to be more important in Berlin

Leipzig, Germany

·         VERY important musical city

·         Huge focus on Kultur

·         Bach and other important artists worked here

·         Saw orchestra and opera buildings (Kultur)

·         Monuments and churches preserved to remember Bach and other important composers and musicians

·         There was also kultur music—mostly located near the city center

Dresden, Germany

·         Both Kultur and kultur

·         In my experience, I saw more kultur music being played

·         Saw accordion players near the city center multiple times both during the day and at night

·         Unique, local music in Kusthof Passage. There was a device attached to the outside of a building that makes noise when it rains.

·         The locals really make the city what it is by their music

Prague, Czech Republic

·         Both Kultur and kultur

·         We went to a ballet (Kultur)

·         Kultur music was played in both the Old Town and New Town part of the city, especially in the main town square by the clock tower

Brno, Czech Republic

·         Music seemed to not be as dominant here, probably because it’s a smaller city than the others

Vienna, Austria

·         Both Kultur and kultur

·         Kultur is VERY important here

·         The non-street music really promotes the city, it makes the city more respected and more desirable

·         We went to an opera. If a city has an opera house, it immediately becomes “fancier.”

·         The architecture matches the music of the city. They are both “elegant.”

·         There was also street music. But, many tourists come to Vienna for the known non-street music (Kultur).

Budapest, Hungary

·         Both Kultur and kultur

·         From my experience, the locals seemed to truly embrace their street music (kultur)

·         We went to a Hungarian Folk concert (kultur). We all loved this!

·         Music seems more “real.” It isn’t fancied up.

·         Hungarian Folk concert had dancers, violin players, clarinet player, bass player, xylophone player, clapping, whistling, etc. Had some of the same instruments that were in the opera, ballet, and orchestra concert. Yet, the instruments made an entirely different sound.

·         Just like Vienna, the opera house brings in money to the city
Krakow, Poland

·         Both Kultur and kultur

·         kultur seemed to be embraced more

·         We went to a jazz concert

·         We went to a Klezmer concert

·         Klezmer and jazz use some different instruments, but both use instruments that are used in bigger performances such as opera, ballet, and orchestra

·         The Klezmer concert had 3 instruments-violin, accordion, bass. Many of the street music we have seen around Europe also consists of accordions and sometimes even violins

·         Jazz music here was just as jazz music is in the United States

·         Preserve their cultural music