Carl Dolmetsch, the son of Arnold Dolmetsch, became one of the first virtuoso recorder players in the 1920s; but more importantly he began to commission recorder works from leading composers of his day, especially for performance at the Haslemere festival which his father ran. Initially as a result of this, and later as a result of the development of a Dutch school of recorder playing led by Kees Otten, the recorder was introduced to serious musicians as a virtuoso solo instrument both in Britain and in northern Europe.
carl dolmetsch the son of arnold dolmetsch became one of the first virtuoso recorder players in the 1920s; but more importantly he began to commission recorder works from leading composers of his day especially for performance at the haslemere festival which his father ran initially as a result of this and later as a result of the development of a dutch school of recorder playing led by kees otten the recorder was introduced to serious musicians as a virtuoso solo instrument both in britain and in northern europe