New York Pro Musica

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New York Pro Musica was a vocal and instrumental ensemble that specialized in Medieval and Renaissance early music. It was co-founded in 1952, under the name Pro Musica Antiqua, by Noah Greenberg, a choral director, and Bernard Krainis, a recorder player who studied with Erich Katz. The ensemble is perhaps best known for reviving the medieval Play of Daniel in the 1950s, which has since become a popular liturgical drama among early music groups. The group gave its first concert at the New School for Social Research in New York City on April 26, 1953. The ensemble performed in 1960 for the Peabody Mason Concert series in Boston.[2] The group continued after Greenberg's death in 1966 and disbanded in 1974. Greenberg's successor, musicologist John Reeves White, took over the direction of the ensemble in 1966; the last director was George Houle, who tried to bring the group more in line with trends in Europe at a time when the United States was not ready for such changes. Houle went on to teach musicology at Stanford University. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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The Tudor Dynasty: Court Music

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Renaissance Dances

The Play Of Herod: A Medieval Musical Drama

The Play Of Daniel

Instrumental Music From The Courts Of Queen Elizabeth And King James

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English Medieval Christmas

Music For a Medieval Day

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Spanish Medieval Music

Music Of The Medieval Court And Countryside (For The Christmas Season)

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English Medieval Christmas Carols

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Music of the Medieval Court and Countryside

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Medieval Roots

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