CONTINUUM: The King's Musick

By Milton G. Scheuermann Jr.

Published September 18, 2016 at 6:00 AM CDT

This Continuum presents a program of early music related to a number of important Kings of the past, including King Rene, Henry VIII, Richard the Lion-Hearted and a few more. Performers include a number of well-known early music music ensembles. Recordings used are: At the Court of King Rene (Ensemble Perceval) - Arion ARN 68104, Henry VIII and His Six Wives (Early Music Consort of London) - Testament SBT 1250, Music for the Lion-Hearted King (Gothic Voices) - Hyperion CDAA66336, and The King’s Musick (Ricercare für Alte Musik, Zurich) - EMI 724382648826.

Musica da Camera's Continuum

Milton G. Scheuermann Jr.

Milton has been the co-host (with Thais St. Julien) of Continuum since 1976. He is a true New Orleanean, born on Mardi Gras day, attending P. A. Capdau Grammar School and Warren Easton High School. After completing the five year program of the Tulane School of Architecture in 1956 he was drafted into the Army. After a two year stint in the combat engineers in Germany he returned to New Orleans to work with the architectural firm of Goldstein, Parham & Labouisse, becoming an associate in the firm of Parham & Labouisse after Mr. Goldstein’s death. He was appointed University Architect for Dillard University in 1972 and retired from that position in 2002.

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