David Munrow

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David Munrow (born August 12, 1942 in Birmingham , † May 15, 1976 in Chesham Bois ) was an English musician , composer and music researcher.

life and work

Munrow was born in Birmingham to a university professor. In 1960 he spent some time in Peru , from where he brought Bolivian flutes and other instruments to England. During his studies at Cambridge he became acquainted with a Krummhorn through a friend . Based on his experiences as a singer, pianist and bassoonist, he learned numerous other old instruments, including cornamuse , kortholt , pommer , rankett , rauschpfeife and shawm . Playing the recorder had a special meaning for him .

In 1967 he became a teacher at the University of Leicester . His interpretations have been documented on numerous sound carriers as well as through radio and television recordings.

David Munrow headed the Early Music Consort of London , which included the lutenist James Tyler.

In 1976 he passed away by suicide. In 1977 he was posthumously awarded a Grammy for “best chamber music performance”.

Fonts

  • Musical instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance , Moeck 1980 (Original edition: Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 1976)

Sound documents (selection)

  • Recordings with Musica Reservata
    • French Court Music of the Thirteenth Century (1967)
    • Music from the 100 Years War (1968)
    • Music from the Decameron (1969)
    • 16th Century Italian Dance Music (1970)
    • Music from the Court of Burgundy (1971)
  • Recordings with The Early Music Consort (London)
    • Ecco la primavera - Florentine Music of the 14th Cent (1969)
    • Music of the Crusades (1970)
    • The Triumphs of Maximilian I (1970)
    • Music for Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain (1972)
    • The Art of Courtly Love (1973)
    • Praetorius - Dances and Motets (1973)
    • Music of Guillaume Dufay: Missa "Se La Face Ay Pale" (1974)
    • Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (1976)
    • Monteverdi's Contemporaries (1976)
    • Greensleeves to a Ground (1976)
    • Festival of Early Music - Music from 14th Century Florence, Music of the Crusades & The Triumphs of Maximilian (1976)
    • Henry Purcell : Birthday Odes for Queen Mary (1976)
    • The Art of the Netherlands (1976)
  • The Young Tradition and Early Music Consort
    • Galleries (1968)
  • The Round Table & David Munrow
    • Spinning Wheel (1969)
    • "Saturday Gigue / Scarborough Fair" (single) (1969)
  • Shirley and Dolly Collins & the Early Music Consort of London
    • Anthems in Eden (1969)
  • Royal Shakespeare Wind Band, directed by Guy Wolfenden
    • Music From Shakespeare's Time (1969)
  • David Munrow, Gillian Reid, Christopher Hogwood
    • Pleasures of the court - Festival dance music by Susato & Morley (1971)
  • David Munrow, Oliver Brookes, Robert Spencer, Christopher Hogwood
    • The amorous flute (1973)
  • David Munrow solo
    • Telemann: Suite for Recorder and Orchestra, Concerti for Recorder and Orchestra by Sammartini and Handel
    • The Art of the Recorder (1975)
    • The Art of David Munrow (1971-1976)
  • Music for radio, television and cinema

Individual evidence

  1. ^ David Munrow: Musical instruments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance , Edition Moeck 1980 ISBN 3-87549-012-6
  2. ↑ James Tyler: A Guide to Playing the Baroque Guitar. Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis 2011, ISBN 978-0-253-22289-3 , p. 161.

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personal data
SURNAME Munrow, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English musician, composer and music researcher
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1976
Place of death Chesham Bois