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Some Basic Background to Michael Morrow and Musica Reservata

The following is about Micheal Morrow, and Musica Reservata which was a great influence on David Munrow. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia/Blogger ref  https://www.youtube.com.Searle8   Michael Morrow Born 2 October 1929 Origin London, England Died 20 April 1994 Hampstead , London, England Genres Early music Occupation(s) Musician, music director Instruments Lute , recorder Years active 30 Labels Vox, Argo, Delysé, Philips, Decca, Vanguard, Boston Skyline Associated acts Musica Reservata Michael Morrow (2 October 1929 – 20 April 1994) was an Irish artist, ornithologist, musician and musicologist who, together with John Beckett , founded the British early music group Musica Reservata in London during the late 1950s. He directed the group, which became famous for its ground-breaking and vigorous approach to performing medieval and early Renaissance music, until it was disbanded in the 1980s. Contents 1 Beginnings 2 Move to London ...

"Indicators" of Public Influence? Noah Greenberg, and Michael Morrow

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I have been having a look on the Genome site on the BBC which lists past programmes of all kinds. As my search words I have used Noah Greenberg, and Michael Morrow. Both these chaps were great pioneers in the propogation of Early Music to the public. However, David Munrow seems to have won hands down.....as the amount of public recordings completely outstrips them... It should be stressed though that in the case of Noah Greenberg who mainly worked in the US that there may be more substantial listings of his public recording productions at specific American media outlets of the 1950s, and early 1960s. PS Also, Thomas Binkley has only two pages on the BBC Genome. This is revealed in the following link    http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=thomas+binkley#search Wednesday 7 January 1959 22.00 'THE PLAY OF DANIEL' A gramophone record of a twelfth-century music...