Cappella Coloniensis

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Cappella Coloniensis is a German orchestra founded by the West German Radio in Cologne in 1954 for the purpose of introducing historically informed performance of Baroque music to the listening public.{{cite web | title=Cappella Coloniensis: Feiner Originalklang aus Köln | website=BR-KLASSIK | date=12 August 2018 | url=https://www.br-klassik.de/themen/klassik-entdecken/alte-musik/stichwort-cappella-coloniensis-100.html | language=de | access-date=15 July 2021}}{{cite web | title=Musikerdatenbank: Cappella Coloniensis | website=Forum Alte Musik Köln | url=http://www.forum-alte-musik-koeln.de/data/cappella_coloniensis.html | language=de | access-date=15 July 2021}}{{cite web | title=Cappella Coloniensis | website=Ars Lounge | url=https://www.ars-produktion.de/lounge/orchester/cappella_coloniensis/cappella_coloniensis.php | language=de | access-date=15 July 2021}}{{cite web | title=MGG Online | website=MGG Online | date=29 June 2021 | url=https://www.mgg-online.com/article?id=mgg02442&v=1.0&rs=mgg02442 | language=de | access-date=15 July 2021}}

In 1998 the orchestra received the Georg Philipp Telemann Prize from the City of Magdeburg."Cappella Coloniensis erhält Georg-Philipp-Telemann Preis," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 20 March 1996, Wirtschaft p. 40.