The Music of Austria

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The Music of Austria

• By Kathryn

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History

• For centuries, Austria was the center of the
  classical music world. Still today, musicians
  flock to Austria for the annual Salzburg Music
  Festival, among other events.
• In the 18th and 19th centuries, Austria was a
  classical music haven, boasting composers like
  Ludwig von Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  The Hapsburg family was very supportive of the
  arts, and this made Vienna become very popular
  for music and culture.

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Types of Music

• Music of the Classical Era
• In the classical era, classical music was the
  most popular form of music. This included
  concertos written for several instruments,
  usually an orchestra, which included instruments
  like cellos, violins, lutes, and oboes. Some
  Austrian artists are still creating classical
  music.

Modern Music Schrammelmusik The most
folk-like form of modern Austrian music is
Viennese schrammelmusik. It arose when
immigrants from several German-speaking countries
crowded the slums of Vienna, and collaborated
their music with accordians and double-necked
guitars. It includes waltzes and laendlers.
Modern Music Alpine New Wave Over the last
few years, European artists have strove to create
a new sound. Alpine New Wave was introduced to
Austria in 1991, and it was a huge hit, being
typical folk music with a modern twist.
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Famous Musicians from Austria
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Ludwig von Beethoven

• Ludwig von Beethoven was born in 1770, and was
  the son of a tenor-singing drunkard. His father
  would often beat music lessons into him, and
  force him to play in front of drunken friends.
  However, Ludwig rose above it.
• When he was a young man, his father
• passed away. He provided for his
  family for
• several years, and then was discovered
  by
• composer Haydn, who took him as an
• apprentice. After awhile, Beethoven
  com-
• posed some wonderful works. However,
• deafness unfortunately hit him later in
  life.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1757 to two
  caring parents, Leopold and Anna Maria. He had
  one older sister, Maria Anna.
• Both children were exceptionally gifted in
  music, so their father taught them very
  intensely. At first, music was family business,
  with Leopold and Maria Anna touring on the road
  with Wolfgang. However, Wolfgang was eventually
  writing concertos and touring by himself. He is
  one of the best-known composers in the world.

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The Von Trapp Family

• The Von Trapp family is perhaps one of the best
  loved families in history. Being the basis for
  The Sound of Music, they have been the storyline
  for a German movie, a Broadway play, and one of
  the most successful Hollywood movies of all time.
• The Trapp family lived in Vienna (which is
  different from the movie---then, the baroness
  lived in Vienna). The Captains wife died, and
  the children were left with an elderly cousin, so
  the Captain could be free to travel. Unlike in
  the movie, Maria was actually raised as a
  socialist atheist, but was converted to
  Catholicism after she heard a priest speak. At
  the convent, she was sent to the Trapp household
  to be a governess to specifically one ill child,
  because she was too ill.
• The rest happened just like it did in the
  movie. The family made their premier performance
  at the Salzburg Music Festival, and then escaped
  across the Alps on foot. They then opened up a
  dinner theatre in Vermont.

The Trapp Family Singers
The Sound of Music Cast