[1] The earliest record of Richard Carter is as a violinist where he performed a benefit concert at the York Buildings on 12 April 1728.
Carter was one of the original members of the Royal Society of Musicians (RSM) upon its founding in 1738.
[1] As a composer, Carter is known for a set of Baroque violin sonatas entitled Six Solos op.1.
These sonatas were originally written for Carter's violin pupils, and he published them c.1751 in a circulation whose subscribers included the composers Johann Christoph Pepusch and Jackson of Exeter.
Also known is his trio sonata Six Sonatas or Chamber Airs op.2 (c. 1756 – 1757), which was written in a galant style, and an ode on the 1755 Lisbon earthquake which was published alongside a cantata penned by Carter that had premiered at Ranelagh Gardens.