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David John Munrow (12 August 1942 – 15 May 1976) was a British musician and early music historian. Early life and education. Munrow was born in Birmingham where both his parents taught at the University of Birmingham.
Nov 28, 2016 · David Munrow (second left), playing with (left-right) Christopher Hogwood, James Tyler, Oliver Brookes and James Bowman. Pied Piper came to an end in 1976 because Munrow took his own life, aged...
Feb 21, 2017 · The composer, Professor Peter Dickinson, remembers the charismatic early music pioneer and recorder virtuoso David Munrow, for whom he wrote new works. Home Founder’s page
Jun 1, 2012 · On Saturday, as part of the Bath festival, there's a celebration of the life and legacy of one of the true pioneers of early music: David Munrow, who would have been 70 this year, had he not...
May 23, 2012 · In a brief but blazing career — he committed suicide in 1976 aged 33 — he unearthed a treasury of instrumental music from the medieval and Renaissance periods, and brought it to life in...
Jan 25, 2021 · The gifted multi-instrumentalist – who brought ancient instruments and forgotten music into the 20 th century – hanged himself in 1976 at just 33, curtailing a remarkable and productive career which had lasted less than a decade.
May 15, 2007 · Munrow is best known for bringing little known medieval and Renaissance music to a wide audience. But his activities were not confined to concerts and recordings. He used early instruments in the film and television scores which he composed, including The Six Wives of Henry VIII, A Man for All Seasons, and The Devils (with Peter Maxwell Davies ).
David Munrow's passion for early music and musical instruments commenced in 1960 when he was 18. Teaching in Peru under the British Council Overseas Voluntary Scheme, he became interested in South American folk music and took back to England with him Bolivian flutes, Peruvian pipes, and dozens of other obscure instruments.
May 1, 2015 · David Munrow (1942-1976) was one of the most widely-known early music ‘personalities’ of the 1960s and 70s. He was a woodwind specialist and director of the Early Music Consort of London and also a prolific broadcaster.
English player of early wind instruments, writer, and broadcaster. His brief career as one of the finest virtuoso ... From: Munrow, David (John) in The Oxford Companion to Music » Subjects: Music. Reference entries. The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev) Length: 87 words.
