When some music lovers cue up the oldies, they go way back —sometimes 1,000 years or so.
Definitions vary as to what exactly counts as early music, but the wide-ranging category goes back at least to the beginning of European music notation, around the 10th century. Early music ensembles may perform music from the medieval era, the Renaissance, the Baroque period and even some music written as late as the 19th century.
In this episode of Cut & Paste, we talk with two early-music experts who help keep early music alive in and around St. Louis.