Classical music from Germany plays a vital role in the German music scene because of its number of orchestras, concert halls and festivals.
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Germany is known as the land of poets and thinkers, and this includes musicians as well. Händel and Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, Schumann and Schütz, Wagner and Hindemith, Weill and Stockhausen – hardly an era has passed when Germany has not spawned a world-renowned classical musician. Only the Austrians, Italians and French can compete with Germany in this regard, although such high self-praise is always problematic. Unfortunately, in the minds of adamant patriots, intellectual competence usually stops abruptly at the national border.