Charles Duff

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Charles Duff was a Scottish composer and musician. From "Biographical Sketches of Early Scottish Musicians and Musicsellers" by John Glen, from a forward to The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music, Edinburgh, 1891: CHARLES DUFF. Charles Duff, who published his Collection bearing his name, was a Musician. He is stated to have been the leader of the Musical Dociety in Dundee for some time. As to whether he combined the teaching of dancing with music at any time, there is no information. His brother Archibald, however, was a dancing master in Montrose and Aberdeen. For reasons deduced from the title page of his Collection, it may be presumed that the work was published in 1792, or perhaps a short time before that date, though no advertisement has been discovered relating to it. Duff includes in his Collection a number of tunes composed by John M’Donald, late dancing master, Dundee, which were probably given to him by that individual, or purchased at the sale of M’Donald’s effects, which took place on Thursday, the 22nd October 1789. Prolonged search has failed to make known where Duff was born, whether in Dundee or about that locality. The John M’Donald above referred to, advertised in June 1782 for a person properly qualified in playing ball music on the violin &c., and it is believed that Duff obtained that situation. In 1798, there appears the advertisement, that “Charles Duff, Musician, begs to inform the public that he will remove at Whitsunday next from Dundee to M

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