Rayner Taylor, by his training and contacts, brought to the cultural landscape of the nascent United States the highest levels of musical education and stylistic perspective. Taylor composed chamber music that catered to the growing musical marketplace (sonatas, popular arrangements, songs) and also larger-scale symphonic works.
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Peter Bassano’s story goes back 500 years, when five Bassano brothers were hired by Henry VIII as court musicians. In the late 1960s, Peter joined David Munrow in London’s exploding early-music scene. He describes it as “an electric shock going through me.”
(Vancouver, B.C.) – We all know that the ‘real’ New Year starts September 1. It’s when the school year starts, people head back to work from summer vacation and the season begins to change to fall. September is also the beginning of Early Music Vancouver’s (EMV) new concert season, just weeks after its exciting summer
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The music of Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, perhaps the most prolific and important composer in Spanish Colonial America, has been remarkably well preserved. He’s our best source on the role of the vernacular ‘villancicos’ in New Spain’s Christmas celebrations.
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One of the nation’s leading organizations for the advancement of early music, the San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS), has announced its 2022–23 season featuring some of the most exciting early music practitioners from here and abroad in six wide-ranging programs. The season runs from September 30 through April 23, with concerts presented in Palo
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EMA seeks presentations proposals for the 2025 EMA Virtual Summit. The Summit will be presented online October 17-19 with select hybrid events in Montréal on Friday, October 17. Early Music America encourages approaches that present early music from around the world within their historical and cultural contexts – Global Early Musics. Special Call: EMA invites
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The EMA Summit brings the early-music community of North and South America together for three days of thought-provoking presentations, performances, workshops, and networking, including featured performances by outstanding local partners. The Summit has concluded, but video recordings of the sessions will be available soon on the Summit platform! The 2025 Virtual EMA Summit included a
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Performer-scholar Charles Metz’s 2021 valuable recording includes English virginal music by William Tisdale, plus 16 works by other late 16th-century English composers. The lovely instrument, mostly preserved, dates to c. 1590.
CD Review: Rewarding Music for Virginal on a c. 1590 Instrument Read More »
Early Music Seattle is thrilled to present a performance like never before! For All Our Sisters seamlessly melds poetry, music, and dance to showcase the viewpoints of women in scenarios where men have historically had the predominant narrative power.
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North America’s First Permanent Baroque Orchestra Hits a Half-Century Milestone. Anniversary Season features a roster of all-star soloists, including Susanna Phillips, Tamara Mumford, Wendy Bryn Harmer, Amanda Forsythe, William Burden, Nicholas Phan, Sidney Outlaw, and more BOSTON, MA—Boston Baroque is delighted to celebrate its 50th Anniversary Season with both concerts and events at NEC’s Jordan
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