The Early Music Legend

Blogger Ref  http://youtube.com/Searle8 The following is some details from the radio series of the Hobbit. David Cain wrote the music, and Munrow and his consort performed it. I had contact with Cain a long time ago. He claimed that David Munrow nearly killed himself on a dish of curry!   RS Music by David Cain/Ref source Discogs David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London play music by David Cain The Hobbit - Hajji Baba - The Jew of Malta - Much ado about nothing The Early Music Consort of London - David Munrow, dir. BBC records REC 91S [LP] Contents: David Cain: The Hobbit Opening And Bilbo's Theme Elves' Dances Bilbo's Lullaby Fanfare And Dance In Esgaroth James Morier (t) / David Cain (m): Hajji Baba Zeenab And Hajji Brigands' Song In Teheran Hajji's Dance Love Is No Rare Commodity I Weighed Thy Beauty King Hajji ---- Christopher Marlowe (t) / David Cain (m): The Jew of Malta Opening Night On The Canal The Market Come ...

When I first entered the lecture area at the Royal Academy of Music I instantly recognized the profile at a distance of Ed Bream who is writing a thesis on the DM, and the performance practices of the Early Music Consort. He told me that progress on it was "..very slow" unfortunately. Anyway, I must confess there was quite an assortment of individuals who came. A veritable all, and sundry!! The lecture itself was illustrated by extracts from Pied Piper, and music samples plus on screen projections from two PCs of some material from the RAM collection, and other sources mentioned here. I did not take notes on the talk but here are some key points which were made by Mr. Summerly. However, I have tried to be reasonably accurate ...... a) Munrow had the ability via his radio broadcasts to make long deceased composers come alive. One also felt that he was talking directly to the listener. b) Munrow helped popularise the recorder. However, a certain John  Paul Jones of ...