[Ed. Note: This is the second of five posts in a series where teacher/scholars reflect on the challenges and opportunities of teaching music after… Read More
by Charles T. Downey The giants of the early music movement of the 1970s have reached their golden years, a fact brought home in the last couple years by the passing of Gustav Leonhardt and Christopher Hogwood. One of them, viola da gambist and conductor Jordi Savall, 73,… Read More
Amateurs, Professionals, and the British Early Music Movement by Nick Wilson Many aspects of the British early music movement (“Early Music”) continue to intrigue. One thinks of the authenticity debate; the relationship between high culture and commerce; the incubating role of the BBC; or even what I refer… Read More