**1. Introduction**

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought new challenges to modern life. Through the influence of the media, without precedent, we have been able to follow the daily development and the impact of the virus on people's lives. Every single person can probably tell in some way or another how the virus has affected their lives. With the current study, we investigated the role of music in these challenging times with a specific focus on retrospectively assessed changes from before and during the first lockdown in Germany. Hence, we took into account the particular situation in this country during the lockdown and related it to known music listening habits and functions of music in daily life.
