German Traditions and Heritage

Below are some customs and information on traditions found within Germany and the surrounding regions.

HOLIDAYS

Information on traditional holidays will be available shortly. Please check back soon.

HERITAGE SONGS

Songs sung in the Ratskeller

Typically these are songs brought over from Germany by our forebears, but also include songs that can still be heard at Oktoberfests and in the Hofbrau House. This group of songs can be heard sung in the Ratskeller at the Teutonia. The current version of the songs may be viewed and downloaded by clicking here (updated 10/03/06).  A larger picture of the Ratskellar is here  .

Collections of Songs and More

You will find songs of the homeland, hunting songs, songs of the sea, songs to german wine and songs of soldiers. These links are to collections of german songs, information about german clubs and international choral societies

• Ingeb.org is a very large collection of german folk songs.20,000 Volkslieder among other things German
   
• Cazoo.org has links to many german clubs in america. It has a large collection of Volkslieder. If you look our link is there. Many Volkslieder, clubs and news
   
• These links were supplied by Leo S. (If you don't know who Leo S is ask a chor member.)
  • Liedertafel, Studentlieder, Volkslieder
  • Herrn Zahns supertolles deutsches Liederbuch  Volks- und Kinderlieder, Weinachtlieder and Popmusik
  • THE VIRTUAL CHORAL LIBRARY, Musica International, c/o La Fabrique de Théâtre 13 rue de Phalsbourg, F-67000 Strasbourg, France.  Home Page  This is the organization that owns the site below.
  • Deutschsprachiges Liederverzeichnis/German Language Song Index Alle Lieder