1. German Classical
Electronic Music
Erich und Silke

2. Minnesingers and Meistersingers
12th century
“love poets”
Meistersingers
14th century
Middle class male workers
Competitions

3. Classical music sixteen century to present
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Born in Vienna, Austria
Greatest composer of all time
Started composing at the age of 5
Mood swings “bi-polar”
Know for his variety of symphonies

4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Played for French and English royal families
1768 he produced his first opera “Singspiel”
Wrote 22 Operas
Also Made 626 Compositions
Wrote 44 Concertos
1000 pieces big and small were written
600 were documented and categorized
41 Symphonies

5. Hans Florian Zimmer Born September 12th, 1957 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Attended high school in London, received no formal music education.
Began career playing synthesizer and using computer technology for several late-70’s New Wave pop groups.
He is a film composer and music producer.
Plays piano, keyboard, synthesizer and the guitar.

6. Hans Zimmer
Wrote music for many famous bands including The Buggles, Tangerine Dream, and Ultravox.
The Buggle's hit “Video Killed The Radio Star” was the first music video ever played on MTV, which opened a new era of entertainment.
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7. Hans Zimmer’s Achievements
Composed scores for the following films (among many others):
1988- Rain Man
1994- The Lion King- Soundtrack has sold over 15 million copies to date. He won Academy Award for Best Original Score, a Golden Globe, an American Music Award, a Tony, and two Grammy Awards for this film.
1997- As Good as It Gets
1998- The Price of Egypt
2000- Gladiator- Won Golden Globe, Satellite Award, and BFCA Award
2001- Black Hawk Down, Hannibal

8. Hans Zimmer’s Achievements
2005- Madagascar
2006- The Da Vinci Code
2007- The Simpsons Movie
2008- The Dark Knight
2009- Angels & Demons, Sherlock Holmes
2011- Inception- Won Saturn Award

9. Brandt Brauer Frick Formed in 2008 German trio
Brandt and Brauer studied together “Scott”
Frick studied at the Berlin University of the arts
Brandt Brauer Frick Video

10. Brandt Brauer Frick “Mr Machine” obsession to “Kraftwerk”
Expanded there band to 10 Skilled Instrumentalist
CD is called Mr Machine has 9 tracks
“you make me real”,” Bop”, and “Caffeine”
Focused on Classical and Electronic Music
BBF plays all classical instruments in a faster pace
Very Popular in all of Europe
Live Classical Music

11. Kraftwerk Kraftwerk means “power station” From Düsseldorf, Germany
Started in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider, who were both leading members of the band, until Schneider left in 2008.
The members of the band always fluctuated.
All electronically produced. Vocals made by computer speech software or spoken through a vocoder.

13. Kraftwerk
The two leading members of the band hold a patent for an electronic drum kit.
Kept their recording studio's location and contents a complete secret.
Released 11 albums in German and also released most in English: Tone Float, Kraftwerk, Kraftwerk 2, Ralf und Florian, Autobahn, Radio-Aktivität, Trans Europa Express, Die Mensch-Maschine, Computerwelt, Electric Café / Techno Pop, Tour de France Soundtracks
They influenced many of today's artists.

15. Sources
Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th edition 11/1/2011 p1-2, 2p