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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 ...
The Elbphilharmonie (German pronunciation: [ˈɛlpfɪlhaʁmoˌniː] ⓘ; "Elbe Philharmonic Hall"), popularly nicknamed Elphi, [3] [4] is a concert hall in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany, on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River.
Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo: September 4, 2010 The first time in history that a United States military band had performed on Moscow's Red Square. [8] Moscow International Festival of Brass Music May 9, 2005 It had performed inside the Moscow Kremlin for the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two. [9] [10]
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. [3] [4]
Germany is the third largest music market in the world, and the largest in Europe. [1] This is a list of the best-selling albums in Germany that have been certified by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI). Since January 1, 2003, BVMI certifies an album platinum for the shipment of 200,000 copies across Germany.
The tower is built as one large steel framework construction, similar to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The 150-metre-high (490 ft) and approximately 600-metric ton radio tower was originally planned strictly as a transmitting tower, but later additions included a restaurant at a height of approximately 52 m, and observation deck at a height of approximately 125 m.
The Mojo Club is a music club and live venue in Hamburg, Germany located on the city’s famous Reeperbahn.Founded in 1989, it is considered to be a pioneer in the field of modern breakbeat-oriented sounds such as acid jazz and had a major impact on dancefloor jazz.