Performance practice, musical instruments and theory, especially in Renaissance and Baroque music
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Francis Knights studied at Royal Holloway College, Magdalen College, Oxford and Nottingham University. He has held positions at the Royal Northern College of Music, Green College, Oxford, Somerville College, Oxford, the BBC, the British Library and King's College, London. He is a very busy performer and director, has edited a number of leading music journals and is Chairman of the National Early Music Association.