James Tyler (August 3, 1940 – November 23, 2010) was a 20th-century American lutenist, banjoist,

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ist, composer,

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and author, who helped pioneer an early music revival with more than 60 recordings.James Tyler obituary
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Background

James Henry Tyler was born in Hartford, Connecticut. His father worked for his father worked for Pratt-Whitney. Initially, he studied the banjo (classic 5-string and tenor) and Mandolin with Walter K. Bauer (1954–1958), then the lute with Joseph Iadone (1958–1961) and mandoline with Martha Blackman - he also played the

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As a lutenist, Tyler performed and recorded with

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, with whom he first recorded. He performed with Sidney Beck's Consort Players and, in 1963, played with them at the

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for U.S. President

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. He also toured and recorded as a banjoist with "

Max Morath Max Morath (born October 1, 1926) is an American ragtime pianist, composer, actor, and author. He is best known for his piano playing and is referred to as "Mr. Ragtime". He has been a touring performer as well as being variously a composer, rec ...

and the Original Rag Quartet." In 1968, he studied early music in Germany, where he played with Studio der Frühen Musik. In 1969, his interest in early music took him to London. During the 1970s and 1980s, he performed and recorded in London with

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, the

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, the Julian Bream Consort and the

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under

David Munrow David John Munrow (12 August 194215 May 1976) was a British musician and early music historian. Early life and education Munrow was born in Birmingham where both his parents taught at the University of Birmingham. His mother, Hilda Ivy (né ...

. In 1975, he formed the "New Excelsior Talking Machine," a ragtime ensemble for which he played banjo. In 1977, he founded the "London Early Music Group," an early music ensemble which lasted until 1990. He composed music for

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