Today we go back even further to 1551 and dance music played by the Early Music Consort led by David Munrow. This is another example of the contents of my LP collection!
Despite his relatively short life, David Munrow left behind a huge legacy with respect to early music. I remember listening to his “Pied Piper” radio show and first heard about crumhorns, sackbuts, cornetts and racketts from that source I think. He was both a brilliant (multi-instrument) musician and an engaging communicator.
This is a selection of dances from Danserye (that is the short title) – a collection of around 50 short dance tunes. The first, “La Mourisque” was often used by us as an ‘opener’ for our Glorianna concerts – I was tempted to share, as a bonus, our version – however the balance in the recording leaves a lot to be desired – it certainly sounds as though the tape recorder (yep – it was that long ago) was placed far too close to my bell 😂. So – I will leave it to the professionals…..