Music for 'The Lone Highland Glen' by John Murdoch Henderson

Alexander Grant (1856 - 1942) was a native of Battangorm, Carrbridge, which gave rise to his familiar name - 'Battan'. As a boy he was exposed to what were to become his two great passions - fiddling and fishing. He went on to excel in both areas; as an angler by inventing his own unique fishing rod known as the 'Grant Vibration Rod', and as a fiddler by leading the Highland Strathspey and Reel Society for almost forty years and by becoming an expert in fiddle making techniques. He also invented a unique disc-shaped violin known as a 'Rondello'. An example of Grant's fishing rod, fiddle and Rondello can be seen at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery (IMAG).<br /> <br /> This hand-written manuscript is part of the Grant collection. It contains the music for 'The Lone Highland Glen' by John Murdoch Henderson, written in 1927. A footnote indicates that Henderson has presented the tune to 'The Highland Strathspey and Reel Society' with his 'Sincerest Compliments'. (A native of New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Henderson (1902 - 1972) was a prolific musician (fiddle and piano), composer, and collector of music. He published his acclaimed collection of music, 'Flowers of Scottish Melody', in 1935.)