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Music of Luxembourg
The Music of Luxembourg is an important component of the country's cultural life. The prestigious new Philharmonie concert hall provides an excellent venue for orchestral concerts while opera is frequently presented in the theatres. Rock, pop and jazz are also popular with a number of successful performers. The wide general interest in music and musical activities in Luxembourg can be seen from the membership of the Union Grand-Duc Adolphe, the national music federation for choral societies, brass bands, music schools, theatrical societies, folklore associations and instrumental groups. Some 340 music groups and associations with over 17,000 individual members are currently represented by the organization.〔"Union Grand-Duc Adolphe", ''Luxemburger Lexikon'', Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg, 2006. 〕
==History==
Music in what is now the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has a history stretching back to the Gallo-Roman period. The 3rd-century Roman mosaic from Vichten presents excellent representations of the muses Euterpe with her flutes and Erato playing the lyre, testifying to an early interest in music. The 6th-century Latin poet Venantius Fortunatus tells us he was impressed by the music he heard in the region. From the 8th century, the Abbey of Echternach became an important centre for church music. Around the year 900, the abbey produced the ''Officium Sancti Willibrordi'' manuscript, one of the first examples of musical notation from Luxembourg.〔("Classical Music in Luxembourg" ), ''Information and Press Service of the Luxembourg Government''. Retrieved 10 January 2011.〕
After the Grand Duchy was established in 1815, interest in music slowly developed across the country, initially with patriotic music played by military bands. In 1842, the Luxembourg Army Band known as the ''Musique militaire grand-ducale'' was founded in Echternach with some 25 musicians from the battalion stationed there.〔("Historique de la musique militaire grand-ducale" ), ''Rotaryweb.lu''. Retrieved 10 January 2011.〕 In 1852, the ''Société philharmonique'' was founded in Ettelbrück by the local priest J. B. Victor Müllendorf with the objective of "supporting all types of vocal and instrumental music".〔("Philharmonie grand-ducale et municipale de la Ville d'Ettelbruck" ). Retrieved 10 January 2011.〕 On the occasion of the first train from Luxembourg to Thionville on 4 October 1859, the national poet Michel Lentz wrote the words and music for ''De Feierwon'', a patriotic song with the famous line ''Mir welle bleiwe wat mir sin'' (We want to remain as we are).〔
In the middle of the 19th century, music and singing societies became increasingly popular. A series of local composers wrote vocal music and light pieces to be performed by the brass bands and choirs which were also emerging everywhere. They included Joseph-Alexandre Müller, Louis Beicht and Emile Boeres as well as Gustave Kahnt and Pol Albrecht who, apart from being prolific composers, were bandmasters for the Luxembourg Army Band.〔"Die luxemburgische Musik", ''Luxemburger Lexikon'', Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg, 2006, pp 310–311. 〕
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