From Early Music America...Blog..
From Early Music America...Blog.. Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10 Most Influential Early Music Ensembles Recently, Early Music Today (the London-based equivalent of Early Music America magazine) published an article entitled "10 Most Influential Early Music Ensembles." I rolled my eyes before I even read their list, which not surprisingly was very Anglo-centric (7 of their top 10 are English ensembles). The only "foreigners" allowed in the top 10 were Concentus Musicus Wien (founded by Nikolaus Hanoncourt in 1953), Les Arts Florissants (founded by William Christie in 1979), and Hesperion XXI (found by Jordi Savall in 1974). Those three probably belong in anybody's top 10, along with The Early Music Consort of London (founded by David Munrow in 1967) and The Tallis Scholars (founded by Peter Phillips in 1973). But where were the North Americans? Or even the Netherlands' all-stars, for that matter? How can anyone leave out the New York Pro Musica (fo...