Dorothy Carter

Dorothy Carter (1935 - June 7, 2003) was an American musician.^[1][2]

She was born in New York, New York in 1935 and died in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2003. Carter performed contemporary, folk, traditional and medieval music with a large collection of stringed instruments such as the hammered dulcimer, zither, psaltery and hurdy-gurdy. She was a founding member of Mediæval Bæbes. She began studying classical piano at age 6; she studied at Bard College in New York, the London Royal Academy and Guildhall School of Music in France.

She is survived by a son and daughter, Justin Carter of Los Angeles, California and Celeste Carter of Picayune, Mississippi and a grandson, Damien Helgason.

Appearances

• 2000, Vancouver, BC. Dorothy Carter played hurdy-gurdy at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.^[3] A recording can be heard on the Soundscapes 2000 album.

Discography

• Troubadour (Dorothy Carter album) (1976)
• Waillee Waillee (1978)
• Salva Nos Mediæval Bæbes. (Save Us) (1997)
• Worldes Blysse Mediæval Bæbes. (1998)
• The Best of the Mediæval Bæbes (1999, a compilation of tracks from the first two albums)
• Undrentide (2000)
• Lonesome Dove (2000)
• The Rose (2002)
• Dorothy Carter (2003)

External links

• Dorothy Carter on Last FM (illustrations, music, information)

References

1. Billboard - 1998 8 8 " ... in Berlin in 1996. While there, she hooked up with MEDIAEVAL BAEBES Dorothy Carter, an older woman ..."
2. Willin, Melvyn J. (2005). Music, witchcraft and the paranormal. p. 252. The Mediaeval Baebes were formed in 1996 when a medieval music enthusiast, Dorothy Carter, inspired Katherine Blake, a professional singer with the group Miranda Sex Garden, with her performance on medieval instruments.
3. "Soundscapes". Vancouver Folk Music Festival.