History of Music in Luxembourg
Music of Luxembourg is a significant part of the country’s cultural life. The respected modern philharmonic show hall provides an excellen...
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Music
of Luxembourg is a significant part of the country’s cultural life. The
respected modern philharmonic show hall provides an excellent scene for
orchestral shows while opera is frequently presented in the theatres. Pop jazz
and rock are also renowned with a number of successful artists. The extensive
general interest in the music and musical events in Luxembourg can be seen from
the membership of the Union Grand-Duc Adolphe, the national music federation
for choral societies, music schools, brass bands, folklores association,
instrumental groups and theatrical societies. There are 340 music groups and
associations with over 17,000 individual members are presently represented by
the organization.
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Music,
which is now the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, has a record extending back to the
Gallo-Roman era. The 3rd century Roman mosaic from Vichten presents
the excellent representations of the muses Euterpe with her flutes and Erato
playing the lyre, attesting to an early interest in music. The 6th
century Latin poet, Venantius Fortunatus tells how he was impressed by the
music he heard in the area. From the 8th century, Abbey of
Echternach became a significant point for church music. Approximately the year 900,
the Abbey released the Officium Sancti Willibrordi document which is one of the
first instances of the musical notation from Luxembourg.
Grand
Duchy was created in 1815, the interest in music slowly created over all the
country, firstly patriotic music played by the military bands. In 1842 the
Luxembourg army bands refer as the Musique militaire grand-ducale was created
in Echternach with some 25 artists from the battalion stationed there. In 1852,
the Societe philharmonique was initiated in Ettelbruck by the local priest J.B.
Victor Mullendorf with the aim of helping all forms of vocal and instrumental
music. During the occasion of the first train from Luxembourg to Thionville in
4 October 1859, the national poet Michel Lentz wrote the words and music for De
Feierwon which is a patriotic song with the popular line, ‘Mir welle bleiwe wat
mir sin (which mean we want to remain as we are)’.
During
the mid of the 19th century, music and singing societies became highly
renowned. A number of local composers wrote the vocal music and light pieces to
be performed by the brass bands and choirs who were also appearing everywhere.
This group included Louis Beicht, Emile Boeres, Joseph Alexandre Muller as well
as Gustave Kahnt and Pol Albrecht who part from being creative composer, were
bandmasters from the Luxembourg army band.
Luxembourg
inherits their music and culture from Germanic. The national music federation
is the Union Grand-Duc Adolphe (UGDA); another significant institution is the
Luxembourg conservatory of music with 2,600 students in each year. The annual
music festival include the Echternach music festival and the rock um Knuedler
in Luxembourg City. The country national radio station, which is radio
Luxembourg, is listened to all over Europe. The new Luxembourg is a home to a
collection of artists, classical, folk and pop, as well as rock, hip hop and
other genres such as hardstyle, jumpstyle and hardcore.
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