Music

      In the 18th, thousands of German-speaking peoples established major German settlements in Russia along the Volga River. In the late 19th and early 20th century, many migrated again, this time to North and South America. Throughout their travels, these Germans maintained their traditional religious music, their lullabies and folk songs, their vocal and instrumental music alike.

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      Music played an important role in many aspects Volga German life. There was a wide range of musical types from folk and wedding music to religious hymns sung in the churches. Explore the music of the Volga Germans.

"The Emigrant may lose everything, Love of the Fatherland and the use of his Mother tongue, but the songs of his Homeland survive the longest." Gustave Freytag

The cover page from a Wolgadeutsche Volkslieder (Volga German Folk Songs) book by Georg Dinges published in Berlin in 1932.

Volga German Band in Chicago (1930s).
Source: George Valko.

Wind orchestra (Blasorchester)
in Nieder-Monjou.
Second from the left (back row) is David Müller, son of Heinrich Müller and Dorothea née Rüb.
Source: Katharina Dawydow.