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Desmond Dupré

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released the first of his many recordings with Deller. In this one he accompanied him on the guitar. Like Deller, Dupré was much interested in a more authentic style of performance. Instead of continuing to play lute repertoire on the guitar, he taught himself the lute, and his subsequent
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and studied chemistry at Oxford University in 1936, graduating with a first in chemistry in 1940. He went on to study music at the
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Dupré was the first president of the Lute Society, a post he held from 1956 to 1973.
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performances with Deller were predominantly on that instrument, including his 1951
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His first professional engagements were as a guitarist and as a cellist with the
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He was a regular performer with many leading early music groups, including the
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Consort, the Jacobean Consort of Viols, and Musica Reservata. He recorded
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Desmond Dupré was the third child of Frederick Harold Dupré, an
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This article on a musician who plays a string instrument is a
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Bach – The Three Viola da Gamba Sonatas (L'Oiseau-Lyre
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and a prominent figure in the 20th century revival of
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He formed a duo with Alfred Deller in 1948. In 1950,
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London
Tonbridge
Kent
lutenist
gambist
early music
lute
viola da gamba
counter-tenor
Alfred Deller
analytical chemist
Merchant Taylors' School, London
Royal College of Music
cello
Ivor James
Herbert Howells
viol
Boyd Neel Orchestra
HMV
Wigmore Hall
Julian Bream
Bach
Thurston Dart
Handel
LP


JSTOR
959896
JSTOR

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