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Calliope (Renaissance band)

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Origin
  
New York City

Labels
  
Nonesuch Records

Record label
  
Nonesuch Records Inc.

Genres
  
Renaissance music

Genre
  
Renaissance music

Members
  
Lucy Bardo, Lawrence Benz, Allan Dean, Ben Harms

Albums
  
Swings: Jazz Rags & Blues, Calliope Swings, Diversions

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Calliope is a New York City-based band which plays Renaissance music and modern music using early music instruments.

Calliope won the Naumburg Chamber Music Award in 1975. The band performed at the 1977 U.S. Presidential inauguration and later contributed to the soundtrack for R O Blechman's 1978 PBS holiday special Simple Gifts. The band released three albums: Calliope Dances: A Renaissance Revel (Nonesuch Records, 1982); Calliope Festival (Nonesuch Records, 1984); and Diversions (Summit Records, 1990). The band recorded Peter Schickele's composition Bestiary in 1984.

Members:

  • Lucy Bardo, viola, vielle, rebec;
  • Lawrence Benz, sackbut, lute, recorders, krummhorn;
  • Allan Dean, cornetto, sackbut, recorders, krummhorn;
  • Ben Harms, percussion, viol, recorders, krummhorn, pipe, tabor

    • Songs

    BranslesDiversions · 1995
    Par Le RegardDiversions · 1995
    Estampie 'English Dance'Diversions · 1995

    References

    Calliope (Renaissance band) Wikipedia
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