Their name reflects the ensemble's structure and purpose. "Stimmwerck" comes from a 16th-century German term often used (for example, by
Michael Praetorius) for a group of instruments of the same type but of different ranges, similar to the English term "
consort of instruments". Thus, the ensemble was a “Stimmwerck” of classically trained male voices in varying ranges, attuned to one another in skill. The focus of their work together was the bringing of forgotten or less well known renaissance composers of
early music in the German-speaking regions once again into public recognition. To achieve this, they collaborated extensively with
musicologists such as Ian Rumbold, Inga Mai Groote, and Katelijne Schiltz and actively engage in research. The results tok form as recordings, public performance in concerts, on tour and at early music
festivals, and as their own 3-day annual festival in August, the Stimmwercktage, on the Adlersberg near
Regensburg, Germany, which was broadcast each year by
Bayerischer Rundfunk. Stimmwercktage are being continued as Singer Pur Tage. == Recordings ==