9 March 1971: Meirion Bowen on the scholar, virtuosic musician and crumhorn whizzkid at the forefront of the period-instrument movement, who died tragically young 40 years ago I recall first seeing ...

For most of history, the territory of what people called music didn’t extend very far. It consisted, by and large, of the sounds and styles they grew up with. Anything else was a barbaric noise. Now, ...

The great populariser of early music was a man of scarcely believable energy and productivity What's happened to early music? Now we've got conductors such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt and John Eliot ...

Edward Breen revisits the recordings of the early music evangelist David Munrow A box-set always offers pause for reflection, ...

Dufay Collective director William Lyons celebrates the life and work of early music specialist, historian, multi-instrumentalist, broadcaster and pioneer David Munrow. Show more Director of The Dufay ...

Fifty years after David Munrow’s death, Edward Blakeman reflects on the music‑making, ambitions and legacy of the dynamic figure who helped transform Britain’s understanding of Early Music in the ...