The Montagu Encounter...
I had some email contact with Jeremy Montagu who knew David Munrow but was somewhat critical of him. He indicated that he would only "speak out" if other people revealed the latter's "faults". His last email comment was that David Munrow was "..commercially, artistically, and intellectually dishonest..." without giving any specific examples. However, unlike most if not all the other pioneers (including Greenberg), Munrow was the man who really put early music on the map.. http://jeremymontagu.co.uk/index.html Since the above post was sent Montagu gave a "derogatory" reference to Munrow in his autobiography. At the same time he also made something out of the the term nakers whose relevance becomes clear in relation to an earlier "cheeky" post on this blog!! ( http://earlymusiclegend.blogspot.com/2013/01/nakers-not-knackters.html ) http://www.jeremymontagu.co.uk/Random%20Memories.pdf The item ...