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James Weaver, Period-Instrument Pioneer And Founder Of Smithsonian Chamber Players, Dead At 82 by Artsjournal1

He was part of the first generation of American musicians to work seriously on the revival of historical keyboard instruments and their repertoire. He used the Institution's instrument collection for both solo work and to start one of the first professional Baroque-instrument groups in the U.S., the Smithsonian Chamber Players (1976), and expanded into the […]

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AM on April 29, 2020

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