West Palatine Travelling Music Tradition
The West Palatine travelling music tradition (german: Westpfälzer Wandermusikantentum) were part of a tradition established by travelling musicians from a region of West Palatinate in Germany that is now called Musikantenland ("Musicians' Land"). The tradition started around 1830 and had its heyday between 1850 and the First World War. During this time, several thousand musicians travelled through the world and a livelihood for themselves and their families. History Origin The West Palatinate has always been one of the poorest agricultural regions of Germany. In the 19th century, transport links to industrial centres did not exist and harvests, such as those of 1816/17 or 1831, were poor, regularly resulting in famine. The region was also badly impacted by the decline in mining on the Königsberg (North Palatinate Uplands), Königsberg and Potzberg. For many families, the way out of this misery was either to emigrate or to work as migrant workers in the better-off regions of Eu ...
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Kapelle Carl Weber 1883 (retuschiert)
Kapelle () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. As of January 2017, the municipality's population amounts to 12,620. Population centers Topography ''The municipality of Kapelle, June 2015'' Transport * Kapelle-Biezelinge railway station Famous people * Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911 in Kapelle – 1995) a Dutch writer, the mother of the Dutch theatrical song * Jan Elburg (born 1919 in Wemeldinge – 1992) a Dutch poet * Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956 Biezelinge) a retired politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010 * Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969 in Kapelle) a retired Dutch politician, former Dutch finance minister Sport * François Marits (1884 in Kapelle – 1945) a Dutch sports shooter, competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics * Jo de Roo (born 1937 in Schore) a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist * John Karelse (born 1970 in Wemeldinge) a retired Dutch football goalkeep ...
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