LARTER

PIONEER

Douglas Ewen ("Duggie") LARTER

nationality
occupation	balance engineer

birth	13 Mar 1900, Chiswick/Brentford, Middlesex
baptism
death	.. Oct/Nov/Dec 1969, Poole, Dorset, ENGLAND
burial

marriage	married in .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1926, Brentford, ENGLAND: Mabel Louise EBBUTT b. 6 Dec 1899 (.. Jan/Feb/Mar 1900), Royston, Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire d. .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1970, Worthing, Sussex, ENGLAND
children	..............

PARENTS

father	Albert Lewis LARTER b. .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1873, Hales, Loddon, Norfolk d. .. July/Aug/Sep 1954, Colchester, Essex
mother	Margaret Alice EWEN b. .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1865, Greenwich, Greater London, Kent, London d. .. July/Aug/Sep 1941, Windsor, Berkshire (75y)
marriage	they got married in .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1897 in Distr. Paddington, London, Middlesex:
children	Elsie Mary b. .. Jan/Feb/Mar 1899, Chiswick/Brentford, Middlesex d. /.. Jan/Feb/Mar 1961, Sidcup, Kent/? Douglas Ewen b. 13 Mar 1900, Chiswick/Brentford, Middlesex d. .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1969, Poole, Dorset, ENGLAND

LIFE

recorder (BL/CL; BLR/CLR; 0L/2L (from 1 Jan. 1931))

joined Gramco on 12 Sept 1923

26 Sept 1924 - 18 Dec 1930 (and in other series afterwards)

recorder in Berlin (in 1930 to Vienna)

Tomas Ekström replaced Douglas Ewen Larter from March 1937 to November 1939

residence in 1932: 21, Roseberry Gardens, Ealing, London W.5

One of the three senior operators (Beckett, Larter and Davidson) who handles the preparation of classical recordings (March, 1954)

Larter won Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Classical in 1965 (internet).

NOTES

The Lindström Project. Contributions to the history of the record industry/Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schallplattenindustrie, Vol. 1 (editors: Pekka Gronow - Christiane Hofer). Gesellschaft für Historische Tonträger, Wien 2009 (ISBN 978-3-9500502-8-8)

Walter Legge: words and music by Alan Sanders (Routledge, 1998, p. 201)

Carl Lindström and the Lindström labels in Scandinavia by Björn Englund (on p. 75 of The Lindström Project. Contributions to the history of the record industry / Beiträge zur Gechichte der Schallplattenindustrie Vol. 1 (Pekka Gronow - Christiane Hofer (eds.). Gesellschaft für Historische Tonträger, Wien 2009.)

The Gramophone Company's Persian Recordings 1899 to 1934 by Michael S. Kinnear. Bajakhana, Victoria, 2000 (p. 15)

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