Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP Schlager icon Helene Fischer is a star in German speaking countries. So what is Schlager music — and how did Fischer become its modern representative? Her concerts ...

With her warm and catchy voice, she captures the hearts of many listeners and has long since made a name for herself in the German music scene with her sensitive lyrics. Inspired by folk, pop and ...

Composer Schütz was one of music’s 17th century giants*; known as “the father of German music,” he composed the first German opera (Dafne), and was the man who managed to fuse solid German ...

POLITICAL CONTROVERSY DISAGREEABLE TO ME STOP AM NOT POLITICIAN BUT EXPONENT OF GERMAN MUSIC WHICH BELONGS TO ALL HUMANITY REGARDLESS OF POLITICS STOP I PROPOSE POSTPONE MY SEASON IN THE INTERESTS ...

He was hooked by the song’s combination of rap lyrics over a funky electronic beat but was surprised to learn the song actually borrowed its melody from German electronic music quartet Kraftwerk ...

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-British baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel ...