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Of the number of choral societies in Chicago that existed prior to 1871, only the Germania Mannerchor was still in existence as of 1893. [5] In 1889, the group built the Germania Club Building on Germania Place in the Near North Side of Chicago. It produced a catalog of the 500 books in its library [13] and a 1903 Yearbook in German. [14]
English-language musical groups from Germany (37 P) Pages in category "English-language singers from Germany" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of 99 total.
German-language musical groups from the United States (1 P) Pages in category "German-language singers of the United States" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Eva Bartova (March 26, 1938, Bohemia - September 17, 1989, Chicago) emigrated to Germany in 1963, having studied classical ballet and voice in Czechoslovakia.She began recording with a group known as Eve Bartova & the Bartovs, where she met John Christian Dee (February 1944, Tonawanda - August 18, 2004, London), [2] an American who had moved to England in the 1950s.
B. Louis Bacon (musician) LaVern Baker; Two Ton Baker; Brooke Barrettsmith; Willis Earl Beal; Herbert Beattie; William Beckett (singer) Gary Beisbier; Lurrie Bell
Harold Loeffelmacher, circa 1957. The Six Fat Dutchmen was an American polka band, formed around 1932 by Harold Loeffelmacher in New Ulm, Minnesota, United States.The band was known mostly for playing the German-American (sometimes called "oom-pah") style of polka music that originated from Germany and the German-speaking areas of Czechoslovakia.
The Nord-Amerikanischer Sängerbund (English: North American Singers' Association) is an association which promotes the culture of German music, culture and song. Eligibility for the association is open to any independent Germanic singing society located in North America consisting of at least 12 singers at the time of their application.
Stracke was born in Lorraine, Kansas but grew up in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood, and had ties to the area his entire life. He was the son of German immigrants and his father was a Baptist pastor who originally practiced in Lorraine and during Win's childhood moved the family to Chicago's Old Town, where Rev. Stracke had been sent to lead the Second Baptist Church. [2]