Kenneth MUIR

PIONEERRESPOND

Kenneth MUIR 1867 - 1922

aka	K. Muir
nationality
occupation

birth	28 May 1867, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA
baptism
death	18 April 1922, Hertford, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND
burial

marriage	late March-April 1911: Mariuccia/Maria Anna Antonietta BES(S)OZZI VON REISER b. 26 July 1884, Milan, ITALY d. 11 Jan 1962, Hertford, Herdfordshire, ENGLAND (77y)
children	Valeria/Valerie/Varia Mary Alison b. 16 Mar 1912, Milan, ITALY d. 8 Sep 1988, Harlow, Essex, ENGLAND Andrew Tormod Neal McLeod b. 27 June 1913, Fulham, London, ENGLAND d. 1 June 1983, Hertford & Ware, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND on holidays (res.: Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI) Donald Neal McLeod b. 21 July 1918, Codesino, Como, ITALY d. 26 Feb 1985, Hertford & Ware, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND

PARENTS

(= Alice BELL's 2nd husband)

father	Andrew MUIR b. 6 Jan 1817, Greenock, Renfrewshire, SCOTLAND d. 11/12 June 1899, Bryony Hill, Hambledon, Surrey, ENGLAND
mother	Alison/Alice BELL (PHILIP from 1st marriage) b. 25 Oct 1822, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, SCOTLAND 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, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA d. 13 Oct 1943, Hertford, ENGLAND (81y) James Martin b. 14 July 1864, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA d. 26 Dec 1918, Hertingfordbury, ENGLAND Anne Evelyn ("Eva") b. 14 July 1864, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA d. 12 Mar 1946, Tanner Lodge, New Abbey, Dumfries, SCOTLAND Mary Hilda ("Molly") b. 15 Dec 1865, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA d. .. Jul/Aug/Sep 1923, Hertford, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND (57y) Kenneth b. 28 May 1867, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA d. 18 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

From October 1909 - 31 Dec 1911 with Fonotipia

Kenneth MUIR (43y)
SS "KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE"
dep.: 26 Oct 1910, Southampton
arr.: 1 Nov 1910, New York
contact in ENGLAND: J. M. MUIR: 11 Campden Hill Court, Kensington

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)

A Fonotipia Fragmenta by H. Frank Andrews (in: The Talking Machine Review International, No. 44, Vol. 6 (of Feb 1977), pp. 901-930)

Jenseits einer Reihe tönender Punkte. Kompositorische Auseinandersetzung mit Schallaufzeichnung, 19001930 by Ralph Kogelheide (Dissertation zu Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophie an der Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften der Universität Hamburg, 2017)

COMPANIES & LABELS

PHOTOS

Kenneth Muir

THANK YOU

Patience Bagenal
Harvey Pitcher
Frank Koedood
Maria Kapkidi (co-researcher RP)