Jon Gallant writes:
>The "Early Music" boom actually goes back considerably further,
>to the 10-15 years following WWII. Two giant influences were Noah
>Greenberg and his group, the New York Pro Musica; and Safford Cape
>and his group, the Pro Musica Antiqua of Brussells.
I agree that the 1950s were a touchstone for the "boom" (as articulated
earlier), but want to note that Cape was recording this music since the
1930s. Greenberg didn't start until 1953, however.
See:
http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/performers/cape.htmlhttp://www.medieval.org/emfaq/performers/nypm.html
Todd McComb
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