Hamburger Ratsmusik

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