Music of Germany

Germany claims some of the most renowned composers, singers, producers and performers of the world. Germany is the largest music market in Europe, and third largest in the world. German classical music is one of the most performed in the world; German composers include some of the most accomplished, influential, and popular in history, among them Georg Friedrich Händel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Maria von Weber, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Carl Orff and Paul Hindemith, many of whom were among the composers who created the field of German opera. German popular music of the 20th and 21st century includes the movements of Neue Deutsche Welle, disco, metal/rock, pop rock, and indie.