Famous People from German speaking countries:<p>

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	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)<br>
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	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_LLFfFXaUA  target="_blank">St. Matthew Passion</a><br>
	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpf38dQpMzk target="_blank">Brandenburg Concerti</a><br>
	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjXhCSu2hlo    target="_blank">Die Kunst der Fugue</a.><br>
	Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5TI4z7qBZE" target="_blank">orchestral version)</a> <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXoyr_FyFw&feature=related target="_blank">(organ version)</a><p>
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	Ludwig van Beethovan (1770-1827)<br>
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	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKbkpokQ-hE&feature=fvw target="_blank">Symphony #5</a><br>
	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ggvWvwsUFk target="_blank">Symphony #9</a><br>
	<a href+http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0CmnFtg19A target="_blank"Fidelio<a/><p>
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	Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)<br>
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	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nZ0GKX97BM target="_blank">Akademische Festouvertüre</a><br>
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	Karl Maria von Weber  (1786 - 1826)<br>	
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	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LKRm2wWBwE&feature=relatedDer target="_blank"> Freischutz</a> (Wolf's Glen Scene)<p>
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	George Fridric Händel (1685 – 1759)<br>
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	Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)<br>
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	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiIDNlEP9KE&feature=related target="_blank">Der fliegende Holländer</a> (The Flying Dutchman)<br>
	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J7Jhx93s9w target="_blank">Lohengrin</a>: Bridal Chorus<br>
	Der Ring des Niebelungen<br>
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	Joseph Haydn (1732-1809 )<br>
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	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLjwkamp3lI&feature=related target="_blank">Symphony # 94 "Surprise"</a>
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	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  (1756-1791), Austria<br>
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	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wi7UsXW1As target="_blank">Cosi Fan Tutti</a>: Soave sia il vento <br>
	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ufeyarJxNQ target="_blank">Die Zauberflöte</a>: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (audio only) <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ODfuMMyss target="_blank">staged version</a> <p>
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	Franz Schubert  (1797-1828)  (Austria)<br>
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	Johann Strauss, <br>
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	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG2ZrwIeJWU target="_blank">Die Fledermaus (Overture)</a><br>
	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTqlLKBKFhg&feature=related target="_blank">An der schönen blauen Donau</a><br>
	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s3ZrALhrAA&feature=related target="_blank">Kaiser-Walzer</a><p>
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	 Richard Strauss<br>
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	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op1VoQXXARs&feature=related target="_blank">Salome</a>: Final Scene<br>
	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVgsu0P3wZA&feature=related target="_blank">Elektra</a>: Murder of Klytaemnestra<br>
	<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuS337uc-4Y target="_blank">Der Rosenkavalier</a><br>
	<a href=http://www.archive.org/details/also_sprach_zarathustra>Also Sprach Zarathustra</a> <p>
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<H2><b>ARTISTS</b>:</H2><p>
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	Albrecht  Dürer (1471-1539)<p><br>
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	Self Portrait<p><br>

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	Praying Hands<p><br>

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	Adam and Eve<p>


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	Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751-1828) <p><br>

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	Goethe in the Campagna (1787)<p>
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<H2><b>WRITERS AND POETS</b></H2><p>

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	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe <br>
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	<a href=faust.html>Faust:</a> Faust's opening monologue (German and English)<br>
	<a href=apprentice.html>Der Zauberlehrling</a> (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)<p>
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	Heinrich Heine<br>
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		Auf Flügeln des Gesanges <br>
		<a href=Lorelei.html> Die Lorelei</a><br>
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	Freidrich Schiller<br>
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	<a href=tell.pdf target="_blank">Wilhelm Tell (Opening lines)</a> <p><br>
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	Heinrich von Kleist<br>
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	Der Prinz von Homberg<p>
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	Hugo von Hoffmannsthal<p>
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	<i>Elektra <br>
	Ödipus und die Sphinx <br>
	Jedermann </i><p>
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	Libretti<br>
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	<i>Elektra <br>
	Der Rosenkavalier <br>
	Ariadne auf Naxos <br>
	Die Frau ohne Schatten<br>
	Die ägyptische Helena <br>
	Arabella</i><p>

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	Thomas Mann<br>
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	<i>Der Tod in Venedig<br>
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<H2><b>SCIENTISTS</b></H2><p>

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	Johann Kepler  (1571-1630)<br>Mathematician/Astronomer<p>
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	<a href=leibniz.html><img src=photos/leibniz_s.jpg><br>Click for a larger image</a><br>Leibniz, Gabriel (1646-1736)<br>Mathematician and Philosopher<P>
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	Alexander von Humboldt  (1769-1859)<br>
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	Wilhelm von Humbold  (1767-1835)<br>
	Linguist and educator
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	Robert Wilhelm Bunsen  (1811-1899)<br>
	Chemist and inventor of the Bunsen burner
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	Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900)<br>
	Automotive engineer and industrialist<p>
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	Karl Benz (1844-1929)<br>
	Engine designer and automotive engineer<p>
	
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	Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913) <br>
	Inventor (diesel engine) and mechanical engineer<p>
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	Robert Koch  (1843-1910)<br>
	Physician and Nobel Prize winner in physiology<p>
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	Ferdinand Zepplin  (1818-1917)<br>
	General and aircraft manufacturer<p>
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	Albert Einstein  (1879-1955)<br>
	Physicist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics<p>
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<H2><b>PHILOSOPHERS</b></H2><p>

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	<a href=kant.html><img src=photos/kant_s.jpg><br>Click for a larger image</a><br>Immanuel Kant  (1724 - 1804)<br>Mathematician and Philosopher<br>
	Author of <i>Die Kritik der reinen Vernunft</i><p>

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	<a href=Hegel.html><img src=photos/hegel_s.jpg><br>Click for a larger image</a><br>Immanuel Hegel  (1724 - 1804)<br>Philosopher<br>
	Author of <i>Phänomenologie des Geistes </i><p>

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	<a href=schopenhauer.html><img src=photos/schopenhauer_s.jpg><br>Click for a larger image</a><br>Arthur Schopenhauer  (1788 – 1860)<br>Philosopher<br>
	Author of <i>Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung</i>
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	<a href=nietzsche.html><img src=photos/nietzsche_s.jpg><br>Click for a larger image</a><br> Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900)<br>Philosopher<br>
	Author of <i>Also Sprach Zarathustra</i><br>
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