{
  "name": "German Music",
  "description": "Music of the German-speaking people, spanning predominately central Europe, primarily Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, among others.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/german-music/",
  "parent": "European Music",
  "level": "sub-2",
  "children_count": 10,
  "children": [
    {
      "name": "Alsatian Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/alsatian-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional music of the Alsatians.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "German Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "German Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/german-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of Germany.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "German Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Guggenmusik",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/guggenmusik/",
      "description": "Alemannic type of Marching Band played at carnival events, featuring a cacophonous, seemingly \"out of tune\" sound.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "German Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lied",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/lied/",
      "description": "Form of song arising from 19th century German Romanticism, usually for solo vocalist & piano with a text derived from poetry.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "German Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Liedermacher",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/liedermacher/",
      "description": "German style having its origins in literature and theatre rather than American forms like Blues or Rock.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "German Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Luxembourgish Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/luxembourgish-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional folk music of the Luxembourgish people.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "German Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ländler",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/landler/",
      "description": "Swiss-German dance band music based on the accordion, combining traditional Alpine Folk Music with elements from Schlager and Jazz.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "German Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Romantische Oper",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/romantische-oper/",
      "description": "Early 19th century Germanic style of Opera influenced by German Folk Music and legends with a focus on fantasy, emotivity, heroic figures, and nationalism.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "German Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Volkstümliche Musik",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/volkstumliche-musik/",
      "description": "Light Pop with borrowings from German Folk Music (volksmusik), often misleadingly labeled as being volksmusik.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "German Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Zeitoper",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zeitoper/",
      "description": "Short-lived scene in Weimar Germany, often having satirical plots and allusions to popular music.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "German Music"
    }
  ]
}