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Ritchie Blackmore, and the Munrow Connection

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(Wikipedia) Legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore co-founded hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow before making a dramatic switch in 1997 with the creation of Blackmore?s Night. Formed with his wife Candice Night, Blackmore?s Night is a Renaissance-influenced pop rock band. Fender News recently caught up with the esteemed guitarist ? Rolling Stone lists him as one of its ?100 greatest guitarists of all time? ? for the following Q&A? FN: As a founding member of Deep Purple and Rainbow, it?s very interesting that you have also become so successful in a totally different genre. When did you first feel an inclination towards Renaissance-inspired music? RB: I felt an inclination towards Renaissance inspired music ever since I heard the song ?Greensleeves? when I was 11 years old. And then again in 1972 when I heard David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London. I would always listen to this music at home or in the hotels on the road. I was fascinated by the sound of w...

The UMS Concert Program 1974

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UMS Concert Program, April 13, 1974: The Early Music Consort Of London -- David Munrow Published In: UMS Concert Programs, Season XCV (1973-1974) Original Images: Date: April 13, 1974 Get PDF: ums/programs_19740413e.pdf

The Young Tradition

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Image Unavailable Image not available for Colour:                                               Image Ref Amazon The Young Tradition were a British folk group of the 1960s, formed by Peter Bellamy , Royston Wood and Heather Wood . They recorded three albums of mainly traditional British folk music , sung in arrangements for their three unaccompanied voices. Contents  [ hide ]  1 Biography 2 Discography 3 References 4 External links Biography [ edit ] The Young Tradition was formed on 18 April 1965 by Peter Bellamy (8 September 1944 – 19 September 1991), Royston ...

The Genesis of the Early Music Shop

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The Early Music Shop was run by Richard Wood, and the term "Early Music" in the title was originally suggested by David Munrow. It has played a vital, and pioneering role in the development of Early Music. Munrow himself was closely connected with it, especially in the recreation of "new" arcane instruments for his work. The Old H istory and the Legacy       Joe Wood   Joe Wood, organist and choirmaster of St. Paul's in Huddersfield, started his business in 1850 with the name of 'J Wood Music' selling pianos, and later sheet music.  By 1861 he was manufacturing pianos and his business was later named ‘J Wood’s Pianoforte & Harmonium Depot’. Around 1874, Joe took on his apprentice, and brother-in-law, Joshua Marshall as his partner and the shops were re-named ‘Wood & Marshall’. I n 1877 Wood extended his empire to Bradford, sending his son William to take over a music business already established there (d'Este's). ...

Multiple Munrows play the Double Pipes.....

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  h 2 2 2   2 2 2 Source Ref http://www.pipeandtaborcompendium.co.uk/associated_pipes/double_pipes/doublepipesAll.html

The Pentangle Connection

David Munrow, and his consort would appear to have done some work for the Pentangle group http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentangle PS. Internet reference to the following which needs to be explored further if I have the time, and energy. Pentangle, The David Munrow Ensemble - Wondrous Love (LWT - Journey into Love 1971)

Gryphon: Blowing through the Ages

  ACKET... Rauschfeiffex... Shawn... Cornemuse . . . Hocket Hocket . . Crumhorn - what the hell are they? Some new kind of ice cream confection, or perhaps names or the conspirators against Hitler in the bomb plot?         No, they are all early music wind instruments.         Thanks to a number of musicians who have made them more and more popular in recent years, notably David Munrow and the medieval-style rock band, Gryphon, they have all been added to the repertoire of available sounds in pop in the past year or so.         It was hearing early music played by John Renbourn on his "Sir Johnalotof" album, and two recorded broadcasts by David Munrow, that turned Gryphon multi-instrumentalist Richard Harvey back on to his first instrument the recorder, and then on to all the rest of them.         "To get started on the recorder, you can use a tutor until you get the stage where you can think of a simpl...