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Boston Camerata

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Early music ensemble, founded in 1954 by Narcissa Williamson, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as an adjunct to the museum's musical instrument collection. It was directed from 1969 to 2008 by Joel Cohen (3), then by Anne Azéma.

     
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Free Americay! on Free America! by Anne Azéma & Boston Camerata
Rise Columbia! on Free America! by Anne Azéma & Boston Camerata
Traditional: Watchman of Zion on An American Christmas by Traditional, Joel Cohen & Boston Camerata
Handel: Joy to the World on An American Christmas by Traditional, Joel Cohen & Boston Camerata
Gilles: Requiem: VII. Offertorium on Peaceful Rest by Johann Sebastian Bach, André Campra, Antonio Vivaldi, Antonín Dvořák, Arvo Pärt, Béla Bartók, Charles Gounod, Claude Debussy, Edvard Grieg, Erik Satie, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Francois-Joseph Gossec, Frédéric Chopin, Gabriel Fauré, Gabriel Pierné, George Frideric Handel, Hector Berlioz & Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Shall We Gather at the River on The American Vocalist. Spirituals and Folk Hymns, 1850-1870 by Traditional, Joel Cohen & Boston Camerata
Traditional: A Christmas Hymn on An American Christmas by Traditional, Joel Cohen & Boston Camerata
Cuando el rey Nimrod on The Sacred Bridge. Jews & Christians in Medieval Europe by Joel Cohen & Boston Camerata
Trad: Riu, riu, chiu on A Renaissance Christmas by Joel Cohen & Boston Camerata
Anonymous: L'homme armé on L'homme armé. Musique de guerre et de paix, 1450-1650 by Joel Cohen, Boston Camerata, Andrea Gabrieli, Claude Goudimel, Claudio Monteverdi, Heinrich Schütz, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Orlande de Lassus, Tylman Susato & William Byrd

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Band Membership
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
What Then Is Love? An Elizabethan SongbookBoston Camerata, Joel Cohen1998Album
Carmina BuranaBoston Camerata, Joel Cohen1996Album
Lamentations: Holy Week In ProvenceSchola Cantorum Of Boston, Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen1995Album
Simple GiftsBoston Camerata / Joel Cohen / Schola Cantorum Of Boston1995Album
Nueva Espana - Close Encounters In The New World 1590 - 1690Boston Camerata Directed By Joel Cohen1993Album
An American ChristmasBoston Camerata, Schola Cantorum Of Boston, The Black Chorus Of Brown University, Joel Cohen1993Album
The American Vocalist - Spirituals And Folk Hymns, 1850-1870Boston Camerata - Joel Cohen1992Album
A Baroque ChristmasBoston Camerata, Joel Cohen1992Album
Noël, Noël! Noëls Français/French Christmas Music 1200-1600Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen, Boston Shawm And Sackbut Ensemble1990Album
The Sacred Bridge (Jews & Christians In Medieval Europe)Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen1990Album
A Renaissance ChristmasBoston Camerata, Joel Cohen1986Album
Messe De Nostre-Dame ChansonsGuillaume de Machaut, Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen1985Album
La Primavera - La Nature Dans La Musique De La RenaissanceBoston Camerata, Joel Cohen1984Album
Musik Der RenaissanceBoston Camerata, The Purcell Consort Of Voices, Musica Reservata, The Jaye Consort, Instrumentalensemble Helga Weber, Gambenquartett Heinrich Haferland1984Album
E Viva Venezia - Venise En Musique Vers 1600Giovanni Gabrieli, Orazio Vecchi, Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen1983Album
Missa Pange LinguaJosquin Des Prés - Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen1982Album
Chants De L'Exil - Musiciens Juifs En Europe 1200-1600Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen1981Album
Dido & AeneasHenry Purcell, Boston Camerata / Joel Cohen1980Album
Chansons / Messe «Sus Le Pont D'Avignon»Pierre Certon - Boston Camerata / Joel Cohen1980Album
Music Of Josquin Des PresBoston Camerata, Joel Cohen, Josquin Des Prés1979Album
Musique Judeo-BaroqueSalomone Rossi - Louis Saladin - Carlo Grossi, Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen1979Album
Sing We Noel: Christmas Music From England & Early AmericaBoston Camerata, Joel Cohen1978Album
Deutsche Musik Aus Mittelalter Und RenaissanceThe Camerata Motet Choir, Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen1978Album
Messe De Minuit Sur Des Noels - Sonata A Six - ChristmetteBoston Camerata / Joel Cohen, Marc Antoine Charpentier1978Album
MotetsAdrian Willaert - Boston Camerata, Joshua Rifkin1977Album
A Medieval ChristmasBoston Camerata, Joel Cohen1975Album
A Renaissance ChristmasBoston Camerata1974Album
Flemish Composers In Renaissance Italy (The Wandering Musicians)Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen1974Album
Scherzi MusicaliClaudio Monteverdi, Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen1970Album
L'Homme Arme / Musique De Guerre Et De PaixJoel Cohen, Boston CamerataAlbum
Courts And Chapels Of Renaissance FranceBoston Camerata, Joel CohenAlbum
Tristan & IseultAnne Azéma - Henri Ledroit - Andrea von Ramm, Boston Camerata, Joel CohenAlbum
RequiemJean Gilles — Anne Azéma - Jean Nirouët - William Hite - Patrick Mason ┃ Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius, Choers Du Festival D'Aix-En-Provence, Boston Camerata / Joel CohenAlbum
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