The notes of “O Tannenbaum,” the 19th-century German Christmas carol, plink out of the sound system. A trio of tots race ...

1, 1917, the Germans resumed unrestricted submarine warfare ... U.S., it would be rewarded with its “lost territories”: Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. In another intercepted cable, Berlin ...

The Austin, Texas, choir has been in operation since 1879. This year, NPR joined the choir as they prepped for their annual Christmas concert.

One of the great things you learn about the Texas-Mexico border is that the music has more than Mexican influence. German immigrants touched it, too, as we hear from Patrick M. Davis. PATRICK M ...

UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Singing in German). DAVIS: For NPR News, I'm Patrick M. Davis in Austin, Texas. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) AUSTIN SAENGERRUNDE DAMENCHOR AND MAENNERCHOR: (Singing in ...