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which country is known as land of music?
Austria is called the land of music.

Austria has been the birthplace of many famous composers such as Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner, Johann Strauss, Sr. and Johann Strauss, Jr. as well as members of the Second Viennese School such as Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Alban Berg. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, then an independent Church Principality of the Holy Roman Empire, though one that was culturally closely connected to Austria, and much of Mozart's career was spent in Vienna.

In Salzburg and Vienna, it is clear why Austria is often called "The Land of Music." The Mozarteum University Salzburg, Actilingua Academy in Vienna and Cultura Wien offer outstanding programs combining German language and music study. Austria's cultural life has been enriched by such luminaries as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, and Gustav Mahler. Vienna's Volksoper (People's Opera) opened in 1904, and the Salzburg Festival, a prominent opera, drama and music event, has been held continuously since 1920.


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