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Hamburger Ratsmusik

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Albums
  
Lübecker Virtuosen

Record labels
  
Carus-Verlag, Christophorus Records, United Classics, Bella Musica Edition, K&K Verlagsanstalt

Similar
  
Simone Eckert, Dorothee Mields, Johann Schop, Jan Kobow, Benno Schachtner

The Hamburger Ratsmusik was the name, in German, for the Hamburg city government musical establishment of Hamburg during the baroque period. Ratsmusik was a generic term to distinguish from Hausmusik, domestic music making, during the Hanseatic period.

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It is also the name of a modern ensemble for early music. Hamburger Ratsmusik, led by Simone Eckert.

Directors

  • 1608-1610 and 1613-1615 William Brade
  • 1616- Christian Hildebrand
  • 1621- Johann Schop, with a salary of 800 marks.
  • 1665- Samuel Peter Sidon
  • 1667- Dietrich Becker
  • 1678- Nicolaus Adam Strungk
  • 1682- Friedrich Nicolaus Brauns
  • 1718- Hieronymus Oldenburg
  • 1721- Georg Philipp Telemann
  • 1768- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • 1789- Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwenke, the last Musikdirector of the five churches.

    • Songs

    Allein nach dir - mein Herr und GottWach Auf Mein Geist (Awake - my Spirit) · 2006
    Merk auf - o sündig's MenschenkindWach Auf Mein Geist (Awake - my Spirit) · 2006
    Gott - der du mit großer MachtWach Auf Mein Geist (Awake - my Spirit) · 2006

    References

    Hamburger Ratsmusik Wikipedia
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