LaNoue Davenport

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LaNoue Davenport (born January 26, 1922 in Dallas , † November 4, 1999 in Suffern ) was an American musician ( recorder , also trumpet , composition ), who distinguished himself as a promoter of early music .

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Davenport began his musical career as a jazz trumpeter in various ensembles. With a double scholarship in both basketball and music, he studied at Texas Christian University before serving in the US Navy during World War II. During this time he played in the orchestra of Claude Thornhill , with whom he appeared in troop support on US warships. After the war ended, he moved to New York City, where he worked in Broadway orchestras. During his studies at the New York College of Music from 1948 he began to occupy himself with Erich Katz increasingly with early music; In 1953 he was co-founder of the New York Pro Musica ensemble , which he was to direct from 1966. In 1970 he founded his own ensemble, Music for a While , with Sheila Schonbrun (vocals) and Judith Davidoff (viol), and in 1957 the Manhattan Recorder Consort . In 1960 he became the first chairman of the American Recorder Society . In addition to numerous recordings in the field of early music, he took part in the production Medieval Jazz Quartet Plus Three in the early 1960s , in which the jazz musicians Bob Dorough , George Duvivier and Paul Motian were also involved. With The Manhattan Consort , which Davenport wrote with Shelley Gruskin, Bernard Arnold and Martha Bixler, he spanned a wide range of styles in popular music genres. From 1971 until his death in 1999, Davenport taught early music at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville .

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  1. ↑ a b Obituary. Local 802, January 5, 2000, accessed July 5, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Entry (FindAGrave)
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 4, 2018)
  4. ^ Geoffrey Burgess: Well-Tempered Woodwinds: Friedrich von Huene and the Making of Early Music , 2015, p. 87
personal data
SURNAME Davenport, LaNoue
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Davenport, Lanoue
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 1999
Place of death Suffern