The Early Music Consort of London was a British music ensemble in the late 1960s and 1970s which specialised in historically informed performance of Medieval and Renaissance music. It was founded in 1967 by music academics Christopher Hogwood and David Munrow and produced many highly influential recordings. The group disbanded in 1976 following Munrow's suicide. == History == The formation of the Early Music Consort of London in the late 1960s has been credited with popularising the genre of Early... [more on Wikipedia]