John Watts (fl 18th c), music publisher (arranger)

John Watts (fl 18th c) John Watts, music publisher, was in business in London in the early eighteenth century. His published works include The Musical miscellany: being a collection of choice songs, set to the violin and flute / by the most eminent masters, 6 vols. (London: John Watts, 1729 - 1731); Patie and Peggy: or the Fair Foundling, A Scotch Ballad Opera As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants (London: J. Watts, 1730); and Joseph Mitchell, The Highland Fair; or Union of the Clans. An Opera As it is Perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by Mr Mitchell (London: J. Watts, 1731). No further details of his life and work have been established.

John Murdoch Henderson (1902 - 1972) John Murdoch Henderson, son of Charles Henderson, farmer, and Mary Jane Murdoch, was born in New Deer on 31 March 1902, and graduated from the University of Aberdeen, MA 1926. He taught for several years in the south of Scotland, before returning to Aberdeen where he taught science and mathematics at Frederick Street, and latterly, Ruthrieston School. A gifted composer, and an authority on Scottish fiddle music, he wrote The Flowers of Scottish Melody: A First Companion to the Scottish Violinist and Pianist (Glasgow: Bayley & Ferguson, 1935), and arranged J. Scott Skinner's The Scottish Music Maker Skinner: a choice selection of strathspeys, Scots reels, schottisches, double jigs, waltz tunes, song airs, pastorals, marches, quicksteps, hornpipes ... arranged for the violin (Glasgow: Bayley & Ferguson, 1957). He was also a prolific collector of music for the fiddle and pipes, and during his life made several significant manuscript deposits to the University of Aberdeen.

His printed music collection was bequeathed to the National Library of Scotland in 1975/6, and duplicates from this collection transferred to Aberdeen University, where they form the University's John Murdoch Henderson Collection. A further collection of his papers was deposited more recently in the North East Folklore Archive, Aden Country Park, Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, by his family. See Related Units of Description for further details.

John Watts (fl 18th c) John Watts, music publisher, was in business in London in the early eighteenth century. His published works include The Musical miscellany: being a collection of choice songs, set to the violin and flute / by the most eminent masters, 6 vols. (London: John Watts, 1729 - 1731); Patie and Peggy: or the Fair Foundling, A Scotch Ballad Opera As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Sevants (London: J. Watts, 1730); and Joseph Mitchell, The Highland Fair; or Union of the Clans. An Opera As it is Perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by Mr Mitchell (London: J. Watts, 1731). No further details of his life and work have been established.

J. Walsh (fl 1695 - 1736) London publishers, J. Walsh and J. Hare produced a large volume of printed music throughout the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, including several collections of dance music. They became noted for their annual collections of dance music, from c 1710, with publication of Nathaniel Kynaston's, Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1711. With proper new Tunes, & Figures, or Directions to each Dance ... Dedicated to ... Henry Ld. Newport ... by ... N. Kynaston, etc (London: Printed for J. Walsh and P. Randall & J. Hare, [1710]); and in 1718 followed these with The Compleat Country Dancing-Master: containing Great Variety of Dances, both Old and New; particularly these perform'd at the several Masquerades: Together with all the Choicest ... Country-Dances ... With their Proper Tunes, and Figures ... to each Dance: The Tunes fitted to the Violin, or Haut-Boy, and most of 'em within the Compass of the Flute ... more correct than the former Editions; printed in the London Capital Character, etc (London: H. Meere, for J. Walsh and J. Hare, 1718; 2nd edn. 1719). Walsh's six-volume The British Musical Miscellany, or the Delightful Grove. Being a Collection of Celebrated English and Scotch Songs. By the Best Masters. Set for the Violin, German Flute, the Common Flute and Harpsichord was published, 1734 - 1736 (London: Printed for ... I. Walsh, [1734-6]).

John Murdoch Henderson (1902 - 1972) John Murdoch Henderson, son of Charles Henderson, farmer, and Mary Jane Murdoch, was born in New Deer on 31 March 1902, and graduated from the University of Aberdeen, MA 1926. He taught for several years in the south of Scotland, before returning to Aberdeen where he taught science and mathematics at Frederick Street, and latterly, Ruthrieston School. A gifted composer, and an authority on Scottish fiddle music, he wrote The Flowers of Scottish Melody: A First Companion to the Scottish Violinist and Pianist (Glasgow: Bayley & Ferguson, 1935), and arranged J. Scott Skinner's The Scottish Music Maker Skinner: a choice selection of strathspeys, Scots reels, schottisches, double jigs, waltz tunes, song airs, pastorals, marches, quicksteps, hornpipes ... arranged for the violin (Glasgow: Bayley & Ferguson, 1957). He was also a prolific collector of music for the fiddle and pipes, and during his life made several significant manuscript deposits to the University of Aberdeen.

His printed music collection was bequeathed to the National Library of Scotland in 1975/6, and duplicates from this collection transferred to Aberdeen University, where they form the University's John Murdoch Henderson Collection. A further collection of his papers was deposited more recently in the North East Folklore Archive, Aden Country Park, Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, by his family. See Related Units of Description for further details.