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Harpsichordist and conductor Trevor Pinnock is one of the leading figures on the international period-instrument scene, with numerous recordings to his credit both as a soloist and as leader of the English Concert, the period instrument group he founded. Pinnock was a singer in the boys choir at Canterbury Cathedral, where his musical education began. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London. At the time he studied there it was becoming increasingly recognized that the common performing traditions of Classical Era and Baroque music had been very much altered from their original starting point by later changes in musical tastes, particularly those of the Romantic Era. One of Pinnock's areas of study was authentic performance style, which was being rediscovered by study of treatises on playing, ornamentation, and interpretation written during the relevant period. in addition to other evidence. Many recitalists had used instruments built in Bach's or Haydn's time and restored ...