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Musica da Camera's Continuum

CONTINUUM: The Art Of The Recorder

By Milton G. Scheuermann Jr.
Published February 11, 2024 at 2:58 AM CST

This week, Continuum features early music featuring the recorder, as played by David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London. Englishman Munrow was a music historian and considered one of the finest recorder players in the world. He died in 1973 at the age of 33.

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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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