A 1988 Los Angeles Times review of a performance by the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra mentioned a “generally solid continuo team” that included cellist Mark Chatfield and lutenist Michael Eagan, potentially the earliest published evidence of the two musicians who led the creation of Musica Angelica in 1993. American ensembles specializing in historical performance practice developed a decade or two after their European counterparts, relying longer upon modern classical performers to double but also initially sharing a larger pool of specialists across nascent groups which often changed identities and memberships with a fluidity appropriate for the postmodern era.
