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3 unusual facts about New York Pro Musica


Bernard Krainis

Bernard Krainis was a musician and co-founder of New York Pro Musica.

New York Pro Musica

It was co-founded in 1952, under the name Pro Musica Antiqua, by Noah Greenberg, a choral director, and Bernard Krainis, a recorder player who studied with Erich Katz.

Play of Daniel

The latter play was revived in the 1950s by Noah Greenberg, director of the New York Pro Musica; a commentary in English, written and performed by W. H. Auden, was used in some of their performances.



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Russell Oberlin

In 1952 he was a founding member of the New York Pro Musica Antiqua ensemble, with which he appeared as soloist in works from the medieval and Renaissance periods.