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Originally Posted by ihearttrisigma
VictoriaGermany,
I just wanted to tell you this is one of the most interesting threads I've read in awhile! Thank you so much for sharing! 
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I agree. Thanks for starting the thread, VictoriaGermany.
My own (possible) German connection: I am a brother in Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity, a social fraternity for men with a particular interest in music. We were founded at the New England Conservatory (Boston) in 1898, and our original name was The Sinfonia Fraternity (or often simply, The Sinfonia). Fraternity lore has it that the name was suggested by the director of the Conservatory, who suggested that the newly-forming group adopt the name of an organization he had belonged to when he was a student in Leipzig.