Country of origin
Austria music genres
Explore music genre guides with documented origins in Austria.
5 genre guides
1700Classical period (music)
A cautious tag for the Classical era rather than a precisely documented modern microgenre.
1900Expressionist music
A historically grounded early-modernist tag, best used for Schoenberg-centered works that push emotional extremity through dissonance, fragmentation, and speech-like vocal writing.
1900Schlager
A warm, mainstream German-language pop tradition with deep roots in operetta and postwar hit culture, schlager remains a durable home for big hooks, plainspoken emotion, and a polished, communal feel.
1920Twelve-tone technique
A concise, evidence-based record for Schoenberg’s twelve-tone method, emphasizing its Austrian origins, early-1920s development, and canonical early recordings.
1997Electro swing
A compact, club-friendly offshoot of swing revival culture, electro swing sits between old records and new machines. The best-documented early names are Caravan Palace and Parov Stelar, both tied closely to the style’s rise in Europe.