David Munrow

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

Life and work

Munrow was born in Birmingham, the son of a high school teacher. 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 went through a friend acquaintance with a curved horn. Based on his experience as a singer, pianist and bassoonist, he learned many other ancient instruments, including Cornamuse, Kortholt, Pommer, rankett, Rauschpfeife and shawm. A special significance had the game on the recorder for him.

In 1967 he became a teacher at the University of Leicester. His interpretations were documented on numerous recordings as well as by radio and television recordings.

In 1976 he retired from suicide from the life. In 1977, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy for "Best Chamber Music Performance".

Writings

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

Sounds (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 )
  • 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 )
  • 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 )
  • The Art of the Netherlands (1976 )
  • Galleries (1968 )
  • Spinning Wheel (1969 )
  • "Saturday Gigue / Scarborough Fair " (single) (1969 )
  • Anthems in Eden (1969 )
  • Music From Shakespeare 's Time (1969 )
  • Pleasures of the court - Festival dance music by Susato & Morley (1971 )
  • The amorous flute (1973 )
  • Telemann: Suite for Recorder and Orchestra, Concerti for Recorder and Orchestra by Sammartini and trade
  • The Art of the Recorder ( 1975)
  • The Art of David Munrow (1971 - 1976)
  • The Six Wives of Henry VIII ( BBC TV) ( 1970)
  • Elizabeth R ( BBC TV) ( 1970)
  • The Devil ( The Devils ) ( Director: Ken Russell) (1971 )
  • Zardoz (directed by John Boorman ) ( 1973)
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