About
The Early Music Consort of London was a British music ensemble in the late 1960s and 1970s which specialised in historically informed performance of Medieval and Renaissance music. It was
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founded in 1967 by music academics Christopher Hogwood and David Munrow and produced many highly influential recordings. The group disbanded in 1976 following Munrow's suicide.
Members
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Valerie Butts treble recorder / alto recorder
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David Pugsley tenor recorder
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Eleanor Sloan hurdy gurdy, rebec, Irish harp / clàrsach
Discography
Albums
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Songs of Love and War: Music of the Crusades
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Two Renaissance Dance Bands
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Music From Four Radio Plays
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Pleasures of the Court - Festive dance music by Susato and Morley from times of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
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Guillaume de Machaut and his age
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The Triumphs of Maximillian I
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Birthday Odes For Queen Mary
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Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
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Vespers (1610) (Vespro della Beata Vergine)
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Greensleeves to a Ground
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Music of the Gothic Era
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Music of the Crusades
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Musik Des Mittelalters: Gregorianischer Choral / Musik Der Gotik
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Praetorius / Dances from Terpsichore / Motets
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Dances from Terpsichore, Motets
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Se la face ay pale
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Monteverdi's Contemporaries
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Music of the Gothic Era
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Renaissance Dance
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The Art of Courtly Love, Volume 1
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The Art of Courtly Love, Volume 2: Late Fourteenth Century Avant Garde
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The Art of Courtly Love, Volume 3: Late Fourteenth Century Avant Garde
Compilations
Links
Founder
Also known as
The Early Music Consort of London
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 17274eb2-27bd-4cab-b617-410111f9f040
- ISNI
- 0000000120341775
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 13 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.