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The Wienerlied (German, literally: Viennese song, pl. Wienerlieder) or Weanaliad (viennese, pl. Weanaliada) is a traditional song genre which has its roots in Austria's capital and largest city, Vienna. Wienerlieder often center on life in Vienna. They are almost exclusively sung in Viennese German, a local Austro-Bavarian dialect. The ...
Austropop is pop music from Austria, which came into use in the late 1960s, but had its heyday in the 1970s and early and up until the mid-1980s. Austropop comprises several musical styles, from traditional pop music to rock, and it also sometimes includes traditional folk elements such as yodeling.
Although Austria is not exactly the biggest exporter of international rock and pop-bands, there are a few notable musicians and bands. Opus also made it in the charts worldwide as well. In the last few years, several music groups toured Europe and had commercial success in the international charts. The most prominent being Christina Stürmer.
"Edelweiss" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. It is named after the edelweiss (Leontopodium nivale), a white flower found high in the Alps. The song was created for the 1959 Broadway production of The Sound of Music, as a song for the character Captain Georg von Trapp.
Austria portal; Music portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. Austrian hip-hop songs (1 C, 1 F) ...
Alpine folk music (German: Alpenländische Volksmusik; German's Volksmusik means "people's music" or as a Germanic connotative translation, "folk's music" [1]) is the common umbrella designation of a number of related styles of traditional folk music in the Alpine regions of Slovenia, Northern Croatia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol ().
Quadriga Consort aka Quadriga Early Music Band is an early music ensemble from Austria. [1] Founded in 2001 by harpsichordist Nikolaus Newerkla , the ensemble plays rearranged early British and Irish traditional music performed on period instruments.
Austrian music-related lists (1 C, 6 P) A. Albums by Austrian artists (5 C, 1 P) Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest (2 C, 60 P) Austrian music awards (13 P) B.