Europe was the birthplace of classical music, notably, Germany, France, Italy and England. Important classical composers from Europe include Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Hayden and Vivaldi.
Europe has also imported many different genres of music, mainly from America, ranging from pop, rap, hip-hop, r&b, dance, jazz and soul, etc. Britain has been most successful in re-exporting this type of music from the Beatles to Oasis; however, countries like Spain and Germany have not been far behind with artists such as Julio Igesias and Kraftwerk.
