John Grant (pipe-major)

John Grant
Pipe-Major John Grant c.1911
Born11 August 1876
Died25 April 1961(1961-04-25) (aged 84)
Occupation(s)musician and composer

John Grant FSA Scot (11 August 1876[1] – 25 April 1961)[2] was an amateur aficionado of the Great Highland bagpipe who, for over fifty years, composed piobaireachd and Ceòl Beag for members of the British Royal Family, important noblemen and women, and contemporary statesmen;[3] wrote and published books on the Great Highland Bagpipe and its music;[4] and taught students under the auspices of the [Royal] Scottish Piper's Society.[5][6]

  1. ^ National Register of Scotland, Birth Certificate 129/00 0018. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ National Register of Scotland, Death Certificate 4521816 CE. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Armstrong, Alan (Summer 2010). "A Piobaireachd for a President". The Voice. 38 (2): 35–38.
  4. ^ Cannon, Roderick (1980). Geoff Hore (ed.). A Bibliography of Bagpipe Music (PDF). Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  5. ^ Unsigned Reviewer (19 August 1922). "Tribute to Moray Man As Teacher of Piping". Northern Scot.
  6. ^ "Fifty-Two Years' Piping Record". Oban Times. 20 March 1948. Retrieved 19 March 2014.