-The Reichstag: Kyle & Sion
-Berlin Buildings: andrew and shelby
-Berlin During WWII: Jessical and Khrystyna
-Berlin Structure: Jen and Krystal
-Berlin's Nightlife: Kayla and Lacey
-Berlin Sports, clubs and nightlife: Conner
-Tourism in Luebeck: Vaughn amd Breanna
-Berlin life, now and then: Steve & Kyle
-Tourism: Danielle
-Berlin's Entertainment/Today compared to the past: David & Patrick
-Berlin Tram System: Ryan
-The Brandenburg Gate: Kelsey & Nichole
-http://lexigerman110.blogspot.com/ Germany in the 1920's: Lexi and matt
-The U-Bahn & The S-Bahn: Kevin & Kevin
Friday, September 10, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera)
9/7/2010
Berlin Music Today vs Berlin Music in the Past
• MUSIC IN THE PAST
9/7/2010
Music in Berlin during the 1700's used to be much different than what it is today. around the 1700 a new king came around to rule by the name of Frederick I. With his strong focus on military there wasn't that much money to be put towards entertainment and music. the music events played at the court could only be done on rare occasions such as on holidays or during lent. They also played during special ceremonies like in the presence of the kings mother..
Eventually music came back around and exploded into the scene again during the 18th century. This time was known as the "golden age" because of the huge uproar in music making for Berlin. Most credit for the big comeback in music goes to a new ruler after Frederick I named Frederick II. Back at his hometown he formed a group of musicians to come play in Berlin, this consisted of Carl Heinrich, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Franz and Johann Benda, Christoph Schaffrath, and Johann Gottlieb Janitsch. This turned out to be a great decision as it soon became one of the most successful Kapelles in Europe. Frederick II was also talented in music himself, would compose music and skillfully play the flute. In 1740 Frederick employed Johann Joachim Quantz, a very talented flutist along with 50 other musicians.
Stadtschloss
9/7/2010
- Music today
Even though today music has changed so much compared to the days back then, Berlin still has opera houses around that still have classical music being played in them. Deutsche Opera, Berlin State Opera, and the Komische Oper are a few buildings still in use today for music.
Technology today has changed a lot since the 1700’s and thus musicians have taken advantage of it, especially the people in Germany. Berlin has a school that is known for having developed an electronic style of music. This is made up of electronic preloaded sounds on computers such as synthesizers, electronic drum beats, ambient noises, and occasional electric guitar riffs. Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream and Ashra are a few artists that made it big in Berlin playing this type of music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZt64_XOflk
The length of 1700’s classical music was insanely long compared to what we are used to. Some songs could last 15mins or more. This new age music that was developed in the 1970’s had that same thing in common with it, true vintage Berlin old school songs would sometimes last 20-30mins. This became a problem for most artists since they would want some songs to be continuous for 80mins. That wasn’t possible since everyone recorded on vinyl but once the compact disk came about they were able to change their style of music even further. Berlin has made a huge name for itself in the genre of Elecronica/Techno and New Age music.
9/7/2010
Literature
- In the 20'sA German novelist Erich Maria Remarque wrote the book All Quiet on the Western Front in 1929. The novel was about a young soldier who was 19 years old named, Paul Bäumer, who was a German soldier fighting on the French frontline. This book has become one of the most widely known novels in the world with over one million copies being sold in 1929. The nazis thought this book gave the first World War a bad image on the Germans so they ordered all copies of the book to be burned. During this time Remarque also lost his German citizenship and the book was translated into 20 different languages around the world.
- Today
Herta Muller was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2009. The latest book she wrote was called Everything I Possess I Carry With Me which was written in 2009. The novel is about the difficult life of a Romanian-German poet named,Oskar Pastior. Herta Muller was born in Romania but she was kicked out in 1987 because she did not agree with the governments rules. Since then she has lived in Berlin where she continues to write about literature involving serious topics such as the way Romanian-German immigrants were treated. She is known for having a strong way of using words to tell her stories and sending a powerful message.
Art
- In the 20's
George Grosz was a famous painter, music artist, and writer who was born in Berlin in 1893. He painted his most famous artworks, Lovesick and Suicide in 1916. He was a rebellious artist who liked to draw pictures of images that would cause scandals about the government. He began writing music in in 1921 when he wrote the song, God With Us. He got into trouble with the government with this song because he was said to be defaming the army. He also started up a magazine called "Die Pleite" in 1919.
- Today
Berlin is one of the best places in the world to live in if you are an artist. Berlin contains over 170 museums and art galleries. The ensemble on the Museum Island is one of the sites found on the World Heritage Site. Berlin is also the home to 50 theaters, the most famous is the Deutsches Theater which has been used continuously since 1849 excluding a 1 year break during WWII. There are three major opera houses in Berlin, the oldest opera house, Berlin State Opera, which was opened in 1792.
http://www.berlin.de/international/museums/index.en.php
Monday, August 30, 2010
Berlin Wall
-The Building of the Berlin Wall
-17 million East Berliners
-three million people that had fled to Western Berlin
-Russian government knew they would have to do something
-build a wall covering over 90 miles surrounding the city.
-August 13, 1961
-first portion built on August 17
-mine fields and obstacles to prevent anybody from crossing
-100 meter area leading up to the wall
-The Death Strip
-1975-1980 fourth generation wall built
-Guards ordered to shoot people escaping
-Reasons for escaping to East Berlin
-Communist government
-financial aid from the United States
-3 million people had fled to West Berlin
-difficult for the East to keep up with technology
-West lost some important people
-East 30 years behind than the West
-currency differences
-tunnels, climbing over the wall, escaping by flight.
-most well-known, escape by flight
-hot air balloon to float over the wall
-They would construct a metal enclosure to use as a basket for standing in, and install railings to keep from falling out. Attached to that was a variety of fabrics stitched together. Those were used as a balloon that would be inflated by some gas burners from their home. The first effort at trying to get the balloon airborne failed due to forceful winds, but the second attempt was a success. They reached a surprising height of 2,400 meters, at that height it was probably hard or close to impossible for guards to spot them.
-5,000 people escaped
-3,200 were arrested
-160 people killed
-120 injured
Fall of the Berlin Wall
-November 9, 1989
-People began cheered as bulldozers dismantled the wall
-East Berlin finally allowed to cross the border
-Demolition ended on October 3, 1990
-The destroying of the wall was the beginning steps in the reunification of Germany.
-17 million East Berliners
-three million people that had fled to Western Berlin
-Russian government knew they would have to do something
-build a wall covering over 90 miles surrounding the city.
-August 13, 1961
-first portion built on August 17
-mine fields and obstacles to prevent anybody from crossing
-100 meter area leading up to the wall
-The Death Strip
-1975-1980 fourth generation wall built
-Guards ordered to shoot people escaping
-Reasons for escaping to East Berlin
-Communist government
-financial aid from the United States
-3 million people had fled to West Berlin
-difficult for the East to keep up with technology
-West lost some important people
-East 30 years behind than the West
-currency differences
-West Berliners earned more $ than East
How People Tried Escaping the Wall
-interzonepasses
-illegal ways of getting through -tunnels, climbing over the wall, escaping by flight.
-Tunnels dug in grave yards and people's homes
-In one case, people had went to a grave yard and pretended to have a funeral, then when they would lower the body down into the pit, the "dead" person would get out of the coffin and drawl down the tunnel to the other side.
-Climbing over the wall, a lot more risky
-Most people wait til night
-One successful story of climbing over the wall involved a chair lift and a rope attached to a hammer. The family that did this crawled onto the roof of a nearby building. They then tied one end of the rope to the building they were on, and the other end to the hammer. The next step would be to throw the hammer across the wall and hook it onto another building. Once that was done they used the chair lift to glide across the rope with.
-most well-known, escape by flight
-hot air balloon to float over the wall
-They would construct a metal enclosure to use as a basket for standing in, and install railings to keep from falling out. Attached to that was a variety of fabrics stitched together. Those were used as a balloon that would be inflated by some gas burners from their home. The first effort at trying to get the balloon airborne failed due to forceful winds, but the second attempt was a success. They reached a surprising height of 2,400 meters, at that height it was probably hard or close to impossible for guards to spot them.
-5,000 people escaped
-3,200 were arrested
-160 people killed
-120 injured
-November 9, 1989
-People began cheered as bulldozers dismantled the wall
-East Berlin finally allowed to cross the border
-Demolition ended on October 3, 1990
-The destroying of the wall was the beginning steps in the reunification of Germany.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
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