Biography:John Hall
John Hall
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| Given name: | John |
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| Family name: | Hall |
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| Place of death: | Ayr, Scotland |
| Year of birth: | 1788 |
| Year of death: | 1862 |
| Profile: | Collector, Composer, Editor, Musician, Publisher |
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Biographical notes
John Hall (1788-`1862) was a musician and dancing master in Ayr who had his own music shop. His c. 1818 music collection (A Selection of Strathspeys Reels, Waltzes & Irish Jigs) contains some thirty of his own compositions as well as popular dance tunes and a number of Irish tunes, including many attributed to Jackson ("Jackson's Admired Airs"). Several of his manuscripts used in his teaching have been preserved, along with his 'kit', a small fiddle used by dancing masters to accompany their dance instruction (it was small enough to be able to slip into the tails of the dancing master's coat). The instrument can be seen in the Kelvingrove Museum. One of his manuscripts contains some 300 tunes in his own hand.