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Alfred Deller, 100 years on, and what a lot has changed.

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The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge and the man who made it famous. Part 1

The first of a two blog posts about Boris Ord, the organist and choirmaster who took over the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge in 1929 and made it world-famous. […]

Frans Brüggen on Gustav Leonhardt

This is a translated extract from a 1971 interview, in which Frans Brüggen was asked to explain the “phenomenon Gustav Leonhardt”. It also includes details of a very extensive tribute by an eminent former student and some interesting links relating to Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (including an interview with Leonhardt himself) . […]

In Early Music, how famous is “famous enough”?

Following on from my last post on Mary Potts, the forgotten harpsichord teacher of many, including Christopher Hogwood and Colin Tilney (who, like Professor Peter Williams, went on to study with Gustav Leonhardt), I’ve been looking into who else, from Mary’s circle, is remembered – or not. […]

“A Long and Beautiful Life”: A tribute to Gustav Leonhardt by Ton Koopman

“A Beautiful Life”: A tribute to Gustav Leonhardt by Ton Koopman […]

The forgotten harpsichord teacher of Christopher Hogwood & Colin Tilney

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Gustav Leonhardt (1928–2012), the end of an era

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Arnold Goldsbrough – Yorkshireman, organist, harpsichordist & conductor Part 1

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Gustav Holst’s 1911 revival of Purcell’s “Fairy Queen”

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The Play of Daniel: the first early music blockbuster

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