Arnold Dolmetsch

Arnold Dolmetsch
Portrait of Arnold Dolmetsch playing a recorder, by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1916
Born
Eugène Arnold Dolmetsch

24 February 1858
Le Mans, France
Died28 February 1940(1940-02-28) (aged 82)
Surrey, England
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Musician
  • instrument maker
Spouses
Marie Morel
(m. 1878; div. 1898)
Elodie Désirée
(m. 1899; div. 1903)
Mabel Johnston
(m. 1903)
Children4
AwardsChevaliers of the Legion of Honour

Eugène Arnold Dolmetsch (24 February 1858 – 28 February 1940), was a French-born musician and instrument maker who spent much of his working life in England and established an instrument-making workshop in Haslemere, Surrey. He was a leading figure in the 20th-century revival of interest in early music.