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Biography
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Hamburger Ratsmusik
Effective period / Period of releases: 2000 - 2011
Members: Barbara Hofmann, Annegret Siedel, Gabriele Steinfeld, Frauke Hess, Bettina Ihrig, Sven Holger Philippsen, Christoph Heidemann, Ulrich Wedemeier, Dorothee Palm, Simone Eckert, Renate Gentz, Katharina Huche-Kohn, Micaela Storch-Sieben, Barbara Messmer, Christian Walter (3), Karl Ernst Went, Laurence Dean, Anke Dennert, Michael Fuerst, Hermann Hickethier
The beginnings of Hamburg Ratsmusik date back to the 16th century when the city of Hamburg kept an elite ensemble of eight musicians able to compete with many court chapels.Reawakened in 1991 by the German violist Simone Eckert, the ensemble has specialised in music of the 16th - 18th centuries.