CONTINUUM: Early Voices of Early Music

By Milton G. Scheuermann Jr.

Published June 16, 2019 at 6:00 AM CDT

This Continuum program features three famous singers of the past performing songs from the early music repertoire. The singers are countertenor Alfred Deller, mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani and soprano Victoria De Los Angeles. They present a variety of early music selections recorded over forty years ago. Recordings used are: Alfred Deller: Portrait of a Legend (Alfred Deller et al) - Harmonia Mundi HNX 290261, Jan DeGaetani Early Music Recital (Jan DeGaetani et al) - Bridge 9087, and Songs of Spain (Victoria De Los Angeles) - EMI Classics 7243 5 66937 2 2.

Musica da Camera's Continuum

Milton G. Scheuermann Jr.

Milton has been the co-host (with Thais St. Julien) of Continuum since 1976. He is a true New Orleanean, born on Mardi Gras day, attending P. A. Capdau Grammar School and Warren Easton High School. After completing the five year program of the Tulane School of Architecture in 1956 he was drafted into the Army. After a two year stint in the combat engineers in Germany he returned to New Orleans to work with the architectural firm of Goldstein, Parham & Labouisse, becoming an associate in the firm of Parham & Labouisse after Mr. Goldstein’s death. He was appointed University Architect for Dillard University in 1972 and retired from that position in 2002.

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