![]() ![]() Welch gave his lectures in 1898 Arnold Dolmetsch acquired a recorder in 1905 and his family began playing it. We can only be amazed at the speed with which the recorder was revived at the beginning of this century. This extraordinary achievement needs placing, briefly, in its historical context. Remarkable vision and remarkable determination. What makes this even more remarkable is that in each of these recitals Carl Dolmetsch played a new work for the recorder. ![]() A third in 1941, and then an unbroken series of 42 from 1948 to 1989. He was speaking about his Wigmore Hall recitals, the first of which was given on 1 February 1939. "One of my aims will be to demonstrate the possibilities of the recorder as a virtuoso instrument on a par with the already accepted violin, flute or pianoforte, and to present masterpieces of music which form part of its literature." This statement could have been made by any of the finest recorder players of this century, but in fact it was Carl Dolmetsch writing in the first issue of The Recorder News in 1939, nearly sixty years ago. The Recorder Music Composed for Carl Dolmetsch, 1939-1989ĭedicated to the memory of Carl Dolmetsch (1911-1997) To use the menu you must first enable javascript ![]()
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