Carl Dolmetsch

Classical musician. Specialised in the recorder and violin. Born Fontenay-sous-Bois, France 23 August 1911. Died Haslemere, Surrey 11 July 1997. Musical Director, Society of Recorder Players 1937-97; Director, Haslemere Festival of Early Music and Instruments 1940-96; CBE 1954; chairman and managing director, Arnold Dolmetsch Ltd 1963-78; Musical Director, Dolmetsch International Summer School 1970-97; chairman, Dolmetsch Musical Instruments 1982-97; married 1937 Mary Ferguson (one son, two daughters, and one son deceased; marriage dissolved 1961), 1997 Greta Matthews.