City Piper Festivals
Historical
In the years 1400-1600, many cities left a group of paid musicians, who musically represented the city at important receipts and events. That could be in the 'own' city, but at the larger events it could also take place elsewhere.. The municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch also had such a group of musicians: the Stadpipers of 's-Hertogenbosch. In the historical archives, the Stadpipers are present until about 1629, then no longer. 1629 was a historic year, when Stadtholder Frederik Hendrik conquered the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, and came under the rule of the northern Netherlands. Presumably, the new board has made short work with the old, including all cultural facilities. Presumably that is not the only reason for the disappearance of city musicians paid by the municipality, you saw the phenomenon slowly disappear elsewhere.
800 years of 's-Hertogenbosch
In 1984, the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch existed exactly 800 years. That had to be celebrated appropriately and one of the ideas was to revive the City Pipers for that occasion. Initially only meant for the festivities, but it was too fun for that. With renewed attention to historical clothing, but especially historical musical instruments and music from the period 1400-1600, the group started to work with new impetus — the group still exists.
