The Early Music Legend

Another populariser of Early Music who died just before Munrow set up his Early Music Consort was Noah Greenberg. However, the former though is still regarded by many as the greatest  populariser of Medieval, and Renaissance Music. But Noah Greenberg is certainly well worth knowing about as he played a vital role in Early Music................... (Ref liberensemble.com) Section I Pied Piper: The Many Lives of Noah Greenberg James Gollin (Pendragon Press Hillsdale NY 2001) Our Reviewer at Work                                              (ref ralphmag.org) In 1928, Max Schachtman and a number of other comrades were expelled from the US Communist Party for heresy: they had been guilty of reading articles by Leon Trotsky, and of raising questions about the increasingly arbitrary rule of General Secretary Stalin. The group came to b...

They are a)   Probably more than anyone else in the 20th Century David Munrow popularized Early Music to the public with his records, public performances, and ofcourse radio, and tv programmes. This is his most important achievement. b) He presented Early Music as something which could be taken seriously, and ensured the highest degree of professionalism amongst his players. c) He helped to inspire other people to become musicians. d) He was one of the first to be willing with his Early Music Consort of London to use medieval, and renaissance instruments, and their general music style as a means of experimenting with other genres notably Jazz! e) He was one of the first musicians to try, and make people aware of how similiar early musical instruments were to their folk "counterparts". f) He was probably the first truly wealthiest performer of Early Music as indicated in a part of his Will which was made public in the Times after his passing. g) He may have ...