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Throughout his 50-year career, conductor, musicologist and keyboard player Christopher Hogwood directed his synthesis of scholarship and performance towards revealing the true form of musical works and thus exciting their fullest appreciation. Spearheading the movement that became known as 'historically-informed performance', he promoted it to the mainstream through his work on Baroque and Classical repertoire with the Academy of Ancient Music and his solo keyboard recordings, and went on to apply its principles to music of all periods with the world's leading symphony orchestras and opera houses. At every stage he prepared editions of music from the 16th to 20th centuries, both for his own performances and for the major publishing houses, and through his accompanying essays and other writings he enabled musicians and audiences to consider not only the composer's intentions but also the circumstances of a work's first performances and the processes of its composition, revision and adaptation.
In recognition of his work, he received Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Cambridge, Keele and Zurich, and the Royal College of Music, as well as the Handel Prize, the Martinů Medal and the Distinguished Musician Award from the Incorporated Society of Musicians. He was created a CBE in 1989. At the University of Cambridge, he was Emeritus Honorary Professor of Music and an Honorary Fellow not only of his own college, Pembroke, but also of Jesus College. He was a Visiting Professor at both the Royal Academy of Music and King's College London, Professor of Music at Gresham College, a Tutor and Visiting Artist at Harvard University, and Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.
Christopher Hogwood died of a brain tumour at his home in Cambridge on 24 September 2014.
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