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MS 2434 - A Collection of the Best Scots Tunes. Fited to the German Flute. With several divisions and variations, 1732 (transcript by John Murdoch Henderson, collector of music)

Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Fonds
Ref No	MS 2434
Title	A Collection of the Best Scots Tunes. Fited to the German Flute. With several divisions and variations, 1732 (transcript by John Murdoch Henderson, collector of music)
Date	1951 (transcript of 18th century printed music sheet)
Extent	1 folio
Creator Name	A. Munro (?fl 1732) (arranger) John Murdoch Henderson (1902 - 1972), of Aberdeen, school teacher, collector of Scottish music (transcriber)
Administrative History	A. Munro (?fl 1732) Munro's A Collection of the Best Scots Tunes. Fited to the German Flute. With several divisions and variations was published in Paris in 1732. 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
Source	Gifted to the University in 1963, by John Murdoch Henderson
Description	Transcript of A. Munro's A Collection of the Best Scots Tunes. Fited to the German Flute. With several divisions and variations (Paris, 1732) made by John Murdoch Henderson, 1951. This is one of several significant music manuscripts gifted to the University by John Murdoch Henderson, and contains minor annotations, in his hand, throughout. An index to the tunes, prepared by him, is prefixed to the collection.
Appraisal	This material has been appraised in line with normal procedures.
Accruals	None expected.
Access Status	Open
Access Conditions	The records are available subject to the signed acceptance of the Department's access conditions.
Copyright	Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the University Archivist and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
Language	English
Physical Description	No physical conditions affecting use of collection.
Related Material	John Murdoch Henderson Collection (University of Aberdeen, Special Libraries collection: ref. Hend inst (instrumental); and Hend voc (vocal)). Originally bequeathed to the National Library of Scotland in 1975/6, duplicates of items already in stock came to the University of Aberdeen and helped create this Collection. The collection was accumulated between 1908-1960, with a contents date range of 1780-1935. Composers represented range from Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) to Joshua Campbell (fl. 1762). Famous Scottish composers feature strongly as with Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), son of Neil Gow (1727-1807), Robert Mackintosh (1745-1807), and J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Music from the Highlands, mainly for the fiddle and some for the bagpipe are well represented in the Collection, with famous Scottish composers for the fiddle forming a core of the musical volumes. Scots songs, particularly those from the Jacobite era, feature strongly in the vocal arrangement of the Collection. Works in English and Gaelic are also represented. John Murdoch Henderson Collection (North East Folklore Archive, Aden Country Park, Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, Scotland UK AB42 5FQ: http://www.nefa.net/index2.htm). This collection, which includes several untitled manuscripts, original copies of 19th century fiddle and pipe tune publications, posters advertising local shows and dances in the early 1900s and several photographs from Henderson's own album, was deposited in the North East Folklore Archive in November 1999, by his family. Papers of John Murdoch Henderson, c 1920 - 1972 (National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division: ref. MSS 21669 - 713)
Publication Note	A. Munro A Collection of the Best Scots Tunes. Fited to the German Flute. With several divisions and variations (Paris, 1732)

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