Recording Pioneers

Kenneth MUIR1867 - 1922     PIONEER |  PARENTS |  LIFE |  NOTES |  LABELS |  PHOTOS |  THANK YOU

PIONEER

Kenneth MUIR

nationality
occupation
birth 28 May 1867, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA
baptism
death .. April 1922, Hertford, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND
burial
marriage late March-April 1911:

Mariucha/Maria BESOZZI VON REISER

b. ...........
d. ...............

children
  • Valeria/Valerie/Varia Mary Alison

    b. .... 1912, .........
    d. ..............

  • Andrew

    b. 27 June 1913, ........
    d. .. June 1983, Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI

  • Donald Neal McLeod

    b. .... 1918, .......
    d. .. Feb 1985, Hertford and Ware, Hertfordshire


PARENTS

father Andrew MUIR

b. .... 1817, .............
d. 11 June 1899, Hambledon, Surrey, ENGLAND(Alice's 2nd husband)

mother Alison/Alice BELL or PHILIP

b. .... 1822, .........
d. 15 Dec 1910, Kensington, London, Middlesex (88y)

marriage they got married on 16 April 1861, Kensington, London
children
  • Margaret Alice ("Meta")

    b. 4 Oct 1862
    d. .... 1943

  • Martin

    b. 14 July 1864
    d. 26 Dec 1918, Hertingfordbury

  • Eva

    b. 14 July 1864
    d. .... 1946

  • Mary Hilda ("Molly")

    b. 15 Dec 1865
    d. 1923

  • Kenneth

    b. 28 May 1867, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA
    d. .. April 1922, Hertford, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND


LIFE


joined in 1903 manager Zonophone in Russia & Assistant manager of Russian Gramophone Branch
Berlin - St Petersburg (letter 17/7/1905)
Aug 1904-1909 Manager of the Italian Branch
Address in 1910: 11 Campden Hill Court, Kensington (In 1910 ? USA)
October 1909 - 31 Dec 1911 with Fonotipia

Spent the war [WWI] as an interpreter and liaison officer with the Scottish forces in Italy.
(from: Muir & Mirrielees. The Scottish Partnership that became a Household Name in Russia by Harvey Pitcher. Swallow House Books, Cromer 1994
A picture of Kenneth Muir is found opposite p. 110, illustration 21


NOTES

  • EMI correspondence
  • Muir & Mirrielees. The Scottish Partnership that became a Household Name in Russia by Harvey Pitcher. Swallow House Books, Cromer 1994
  • "Favorite: the story of an independent German record company (1904-1914)" by Hugo Strötbaum (in: The Lindström Project. Contributions to the history of the record industry / Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schallplattenindustrie. Vol. 2 (editors: Pekka Gronow & Christiane Hofer). Gesellschaft für Historische Tonträger, Wien 2010. ISBN 978-3-9500502-1-9


COMPANIES & LABELS



PHOTOS

Kenneth MuirKenneth Muir


THANK YOU


Patience Bagenal
Harvey Pitcher
Frank Koedood




© Hugo Strötbaum