Music of Austria

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Music of Austria
General topics
Austrians in music Folk dance Opera Viennese School First Second
Genres
Austropop Folk music Volkstümliche Musik Hip hop
Specific forms
Ländler Schrammelmusik Viennese waltz Wienerlied Yodeling
Media and performance
Music awards Amadeus Austrian Music Awards Mozartinterpretationspreis Mozart Medal Salzburg Music Prize Music charts Ö3 Austria Top 40 Music festivals Donaufestival Donauinselfest Grafenegg Festival Innsbruck Festival of Early Music Salzburg Festival Salzburg Easter Festival Styriarte Vienna Spring Festival Wien Modern Music media MTV (Austrian TV channel)
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem "Land der Berge, Land am Strome"
Regional music
Local forms Innsbruck Vienna Related areas Liechtenstein
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Vienna has been an important center of musical innovation. 18th- and 19th-century composers were drawn to the city due to the patronage of the Habsburgs, and made Vienna the European capital of classical music. Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert and Johann Strauss II, among others, were associated with the city, with Schubert being born in Vienna. During the Baroque period, Slavic and Hungarian folk forms influenced Austrian music. Vienna's status began its rise as a cultural center in the early 16th century, and was focused on instruments including the lute.