{"id":10728,"date":"2026-05-12T07:55:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/05\/12\/the-connoisseur-of-the-crumhorn-the-showman-of-the-shawn-the-brilliance-of-early-music-pioneer-david-munrow-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T07:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:55:24","slug":"the-connoisseur-of-the-crumhorn-the-showman-of-the-shawn-the-brilliance-of-early-music-pioneer-david-munrow-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/05\/12\/the-connoisseur-of-the-crumhorn-the-showman-of-the-shawn-the-brilliance-of-early-music-pioneer-david-munrow-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"The connoisseur of the crumhorn, the showman of the shawn: the brilliance of early music pioneer David Munrow Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six decades ago, Munrow\u2019s passionate and persuasive advocacy for early music opened audience\u2019s eyes and ears \u2013 and took the rackett on to primetime TV.  Fifty years after his early death, we look back at an inspirational and influential musician<\/p>\n<p>In March 1968, a 25-year-old musician strode on to the stage of London\u2019s Wigmore Hall with a collection of unusual instruments. He proceeded to entertain the audience with tongue-in-cheek descriptions of a shawm, a crumhorn and a rackett \u2013 the first time they\u2019d ever been seen, let alone heard, on the Wigmore stage \u2013 and he played them with breathtaking virtuosity. <a href=\"https:\/\/uploads.guim.co.uk\/2026\/05\/11\/David_Munrow_Early_Music_Consort_first_Wigmore_Hall_concert_March_1968.jpg\">That concert<\/a>, the London debut of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Early_Music_Consort\">Early Music Consort<\/a>, was greeted with delight, which set the pattern of things to come. With all the bravura of the 1960s, David Munrow erupted into the world of early music and transformed what had been a minority interest into popular listening.<\/p>\n<p>His flame burned brightly, but briefly: in May 1976 he took his own life at the age of 33. But his impact lives on in the music he rediscovered and popularised, and the innovative ways in which he presented and performed it. The Dufay Collective\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.william-lyons.com\/new-page\">William Lyons<\/a> has said that his own \u201cprogramming ethos was very much influenced by that of Munrow: variety and information\u201d. Recently, Skip Semp\u00e9, the director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piccolaaccademia.org\/capriccio-stravagante\/\">Capriccio Stravagante,<\/a> wrote that \u201cMunrow \u2026 inspired all those who, however unconsciously, followed him with great professional and commercial success. To this day, I feel that every early musician in the UK owes their career to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2026\/may\/12\/the-brilliance-of-early-music-pioneer-david-munrow-by-edward-blakeman\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2026\/may\/12\/the-brilliance-of-early-music-pioneer-david-munrow-by-edward-blakeman\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/17e2c23a219d09e57856ec23c8dad7112381e640\/92_311_2881_2304\/master\/2881.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=27f1f7177e369c4274cf5693cc3e1845\" title=\"The connoisseur of the crumhorn, the showman of the shawn: the brilliance of early music pioneer David Munrow\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six decades ago, Munrow\u2019s passionate and persuasive advocacy for early music opened audience\u2019s eyes and ears \u2013 and took the rackett on to primetime TV. 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