Famous People from German speaking countries:

MUSICIANS:


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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

St. Matthew Passion
Brandenburg Concerti
Die Kunst der Fugue
Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor (
orchestral version) (organ version)




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Ludwig van Beethovan (1770-1827)

Symphony #5
Symphony #9




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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Akademische Festouvertüre



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Karl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)

Freischutz (Wolf's Glen Scene)




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George Fridric Händel (1685 – 1759)

Der Messias (The Messiah)




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Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)

Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus
Der Ring des Niebelungen
Die Walküre: Walkürenritt
Die Götterdämmerung: Siegfrieds Trauermusik




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Joseph Haydn (1732-1809 )

Symphony # 94 "Surprise"




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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austria

Don Giovanni:The Commandatore Scene
Cosi Fan Tutti: Soave sia il vento
Die Zauberflöte: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (audio only) staged version




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Franz Schubert (1797-1828) (Austria)

Unfinished Symphony




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Johann Strauss,

Die Fledermaus (Overture)
An der schönen blauen Donau
Kaiser-Walzer




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Richard Strauss

Salome: Final Scene
Elektra: Murder of Klytaemnestra
Der Rosenkavalier
Also Sprach Zarathustra



ARTISTS:



Albrecht Dürer (1471-1539)



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Self Portrait



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Praying Hands



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Adam and Eve



Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751-1828)



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Goethe in the Campagna (1787)



WRITERS AND POETS


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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust: Faust's opening monologue (German and English)
Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)




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Heinrich Heine

Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
Die Lorelei




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Freidrich Schiller

Wilhelm Tell (Opening lines)





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Heinrich von Kleist

Der Prinz von Homberg




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Hugo von Hoffmannsthal

Plays

Elektra
Ödipus und die Sphinx
Jedermann

Libretti
Elektra
Der Rosenkavalier
Ariadne auf Naxos
Die Frau ohne Schatten
Die ägyptische Helena
Arabella




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Thomas Mann

Der Tod in Venedig
Buddenbrooks



SCIENTISTS


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Johann Kepler (1571-1630)
Mathematician/Astronomer




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Leibniz, Gabriel (1646-1736)
Mathematician and Philosopher




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Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
Naturalist and Explorer




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Wilhelm von Humbold (1767-1835)
Linguist and educator




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Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811-1899)
Chemist and inventor of the Bunsen burner




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Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900)
Automotive engineer and industrialist




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Karl Benz (1844-1929)
Engine designer and automotive engineer




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Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913)
Inventor (diesel engine) and mechanical engineer




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Robert Koch (1843-1910)
Physician and Nobel Prize winner in physiology




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Ferdinand Zepplin (1818-1917)
General and aircraft manufacturer




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Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Physicist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics



PHILOSOPHERS


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Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
Mathematician and Philosopher
Author of Die Kritik der reinen Vernunft




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Immanuel Hegel (1724 - 1804)
Philosopher
Author of Phänomenologie des Geistes




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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860)
Philosopher
Author of Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung




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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900)
Philosopher
Author of Also Sprach Zarathustra