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Tower music is a musical performance from the top of a tower. It can also designate the music composed for or played in such a performance. In the early European Middle Ages, musical instruments on towers were used to warn of danger and mark the passage of time.
The carillonneur guides groups through the tower and (in English and German) answers questions, explains the special features of the instrument, and recounts the history of the carillon in Berlin from its beginnings under the first king of Prussia to the reunification of Germany. He demonstrates the instrument's playing technique and plays a ...
Tower Music (also known as Musique de la Tour), is a musical project and album (2016) by composer and musician Joseph Bertolozzi. The project used microphones placed on the surfaces of the Eiffel Tower to capture the sounds of the tower.
Hesse is also the federal state whose largest city, Frankfurt, is the only real skyscraper city in Germany. Out of a total of 22 skyscrapers in Germany, meaning buildings at least 150 metres (492 ft) tall, 20 are located in Frankfurt. Six of them are 200 m (660 ft) or higher.
Since the 18th century Berlin has been an influential musical center in Germany and Europe. First as an important trading city in the Hanseatic League, then as the capital of the electorate of Brandenburg and the Prussian Kingdom, later on as one of the biggest cities in Germany it fostered an influential music culture that remains vital until today.
OpernTurm (Opera Tower) is a 43-storey 170 m (560 ft) skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany. The property is situated opposite Alte Oper on the corner of Bockenheimer Landstraße and Bockenheimer Anlage. The building was designed by Christoph Mäckler.
Barbershop in Germany; Bee and Flower; Bell, Book & Candle (band) Berlin Comedian Harmonists; Birth Control (band) Bläck Fööss; Blackmail (band) Bogenhauser Künstlerkapelle; Boozed; Boskops; Boy Robot; Brainstorm (German band)
Gottfried Reiche (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɔtfʁiːt ˈʁaɪçə]; 5 February 1667 – 6 October 1734) was a German trumpet player and composer of the Baroque era. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Reiche is best known for having been Johann Sebastian Bach 's chief trumpeter at Leipzig from Bach's arrival there in 1723 until Reiche's death.