Academy of Ancient Music

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The Academy of Ancient Music is a period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England. Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after a previous organisation of the same name of the 18th century. The musicians play on either original instruments or modern copies of instruments from the period of time the music was composed. They generally play Baroque and Classical music, though they have also played some new compositions for baroque orchestra in recent years.

• also known as AAM
• members:
  • Alan George
  • Nicola Akeroyd
  • Marina Ascherson
  • Helen Gough
  • Alastair Ross
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Andrew Manze
  • Imogen Seth-Smith
  • Richard Egarr
  • Rachel Brown
  • Rachel Byrt
  • Frank de Bruine
  • Emma Skeaping
  • Nigel North
  • Jonathan Manson
  • Pauline Nobes
  • Pierre Joubert
  • Joanna Parker
  • Rebecca Livermore
  • Peter Lissauer
  • Iona Davies
  • Fiona Duncan
  • Pavlo Beznosiuk
  • Persephone Gibbs
  • William Thorp
  • Joanna Lawrence
  • Trevor Jones
  • Joseph Crouch
  • Katy Bircher
  • Judith Evans
  • Lars Henriksson
  • Alastair Mitchell
  • Paula Chateauneuf
  • Philip Turbett
  • Simon Standage
  • David Miller
  • Lisa Cochrane
  • Angela East
  • Brian Smith
  • Helen Orsler
  • Peter Colyer
  • Nicholas Parle
  • Mark Caudle
  • Emilia Benjamin
  • Ann Monnington
  • Jonathan Kahan
  • Tom Finucane
  • Katherine Sharman
  • Desmond Heath
  • Richard Campbell
• albums: "Athalia", "Venice Preserv'd", "Christmas Concertos", "12 Solo Sonatas, Op. 1", "BBC Music, Volume 17, Number 5: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 Nos. 1, 2 / Chandos Anthems Nos. 6, 10", "Concerti Grossi, op. 6", "Rebel: Les Elémens / Destouches: Les Eléments (The Academy Of Ancient Music feat. conductor: Christopher Hogwood)", "Brandenburg Concertos", "Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8", "Solo & Double Violin Concertos", "Violin concertos 1 & 2 / Concerto for 2 violins", "The Piano Concertos / 3 Sonatas", "Messiah", "Symphony No. 40 / Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"", "Octet D.803", "Oboe Concertos", "Orchestral Suites 3 & 4", "Chandos Anthems", "Music of Pachelbel, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Gluck, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven", "Orchestral Suites", "6 concerti, op. 11", "Symphony No. 6 / Coriolan / Egmont", "The Symphonies", "Orchestral Suites 1 & 2", "Zaide", "Symphonies Nos. 2, 6", "Concertos for 3 & 4 Harpsichords / Concerto for 3 Violins", "Symphonies Nos. 1, 2", "Symphonies Nos. 4, 5", "The Five Piano Concertos", "Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" (The Academy of Ancient Music feat. conductor: Christopher Hogwood)", "Harpsichord Concertos / Triple Concerto BWV 1044", "Organ Concertos op. 7" (disc 1), "The Four Seasons", "6 Violin Concertos, op. 12", "8 Symphonies, 3 Quartets", "The Violin Concertos (The Academy of Ancient Music feat. conductor: Christopher Hogwood, performer: Simon Standage)", "Esther (The Academy of Ancient Music & Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir feat. conductor: Christopher Hogwood)", "Water Music / The Music for the Royal Fireworks / The Alchymist / Three concerti a due cori / Two arias for wind band (The Academy of Ancient Music feat. conductor: Christopher Hogwood)", "Orlando", "Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Academy of Ancient Music feat. conductor: Christopher Hogwood)", "Concerti and Concerti Grossi", "Coronation Anthems", "Pachelbel: Canon / Bach / Handel / Vivaldi / Corelli / Marcello", "Mozart Horn Concertos", "3 Cello Concertos & Sonatas", "The Baroque Experience", "Concerti Grossi Op. 3 / Sonata a 5 (Academy of Ancient Music, director: Richard Egarr)"
• official website: www.aam.co.uk

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Historical Dictionary of Baroque Music (2013)

by Joseph P. Swain

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC. Founded in London in 1726, it is one of the earliest organizations dedicated to the revival, study, and performance of “ancient music,” that is, music that was no longer current, including compositions of ...

The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music (2006)

by Theodore Libbey

Academy of Ancient Music Founded by Christopher Hogwood in 1973. The name was inspired by the original Academy of Ancient Music, established in 18th- century London by Samuel Pepusch, with a mission to perform "old" music, which Dr.

The American History and Encyclopedia of Music (1908)

by William Lines Hubbard

The first English academy was the Academy of Ancient Music, founded in 1710, closed in 1792. Its members were professors and amateurs, gentlemen and children of the Chapel Royal and St. Paul's Cathedral, interested in the study and ...

Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1904)

by Sir George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC. This association was formed about the year 1710 at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, by a body of distinguished instrumentalists, professional and amateur, including the Earl of Abercorn, Mr.

Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians (1909)

Covering the Entire Period of Musical History from the Earliest Times to the Season of 1908-09 by Leander Jan Bekker

Academy of Ancient Music organized in London, 1710, by amateurs and professionals ...

A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1940)

by G. Grove

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC. This association was formed about the year! 710 at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, by a body of distinguished instrumentalists, professional and amateur, including the Earl of ACCADEMIA.

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