Organist and Harpsichordist Aymeric Dupré la Tour has Died, Aged 49
The French-American keyboard player Aymeric Dupré la Tour, of Niantic, Connecticut, has tragically died following a car accident. Dupré la Tour was driving on the Interstate in the early hours ...
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The Violin Channel
Some very healthy early music canaries
Most exciting, arguably, is the next generation of musicians who are taking tradition and quietly making it their own — brilliantly showcased over the past week by the London Festival ...
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The Critic
Cellist Allen Whear has died
The baroque cellist and viola da gamba specialist passed away aged 64 on 10 February following a long battle with cancer ...
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The Strad
The Twenty Tests for Applicants for the Post of Choirmaster at Toledo Cathedral in 1604
#1 [Improvise] free [suelto] counterpoint on a plainsong in the bass, as well as concerted [counterpoint], showing two voices on the [Guidonian] hand and singing another ...
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Cacophony! Reimagining Historical Voices
Judith Davidoff, Master of Long-Dormant Instruments, Dies at 94
A master of the viola da gamba and other stringed instruments, she was a central part of the early-music scene ...
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The New York Times
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