Hadden, James C.

J. Cuthbert Hadden (1861–1914) was a prolific Scottish author, journalist, biographer and organist. He was born in Banchory, Aberdeenshire on 9th September 1861.^[1] His father was James Hadden, a general labourer, and his mother was Elizabeth Mathieson.^[2] He began his working life as a bookseller’s assistant in Aberdeen and afterwards studied music in London while employed in the publishing house of George Routledge & Sons. He entered the musical profession and returned to Aberdeen as an organist. In 1881, he became organist of St Michael’s Parish Church, Crieff.^[3] In 1886, he married Elizabeth Couper Gordon and they had one daughter. He removed to Edinburgh in 1889, where he abandoned music in favour of literature and his remarkable literary output is shown below. His recreations are listed as 'walking and gardening.'^[4] Hadden wrote at least 98 articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is taken from the following site [2] though it may not be complete. Articles written by him in the DNB were designated by the initials "J. C. H." He died in Edinburgh on 2nd May 1914.

[edit] Works

[edit] Biographical

• George Frederick Handel. [A biography.] (London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1888.)
• Mendelssohn. [A biography.] (London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1888.)
• The Story of James Hogg, the "Ettrick shepherd": With a Selection from his Poetical Works. (Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [1893.])
• Are You Married? Papers on Love, Courtship, Marriage and Kindred Subjects. (Glasgow: Morison Bros., 1894.)
• George Thomson, the friend of Burns: his life & correspondence. (London: J. C. Nimmo, 1898.)
• Thomas Campbell. (Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1899, "Famous Scots Series")
  
• Haydn, (London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1902. Series: 'The Master Musicians'.)
• Chopin, (London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1903. Series: 'The Master Musicians'.)
• The Life of Handel. (London: J. J. Keliher. Series: The Kelkel series of volumes relative to song, music, and biography.)
• The Life of Mendelssohn. (London, J.J. Keliher & Co., 1904. Series: The Kelkel series of volumes relative to song, music, and biography.)
• Prince Charles Edward, His Life, Time, and Fight for the Crown. (London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1913).
• Composers in Love and Marriage. (London: John Long, 1913.)

[edit] Operatic and Other Musical

• The Guildhall School of Music. (London: Cassell, 1889.)
• Bell Inscriptions. (London, Griffith, Farran, Okeden, and Welsh, 1891).
• The Great Operas. (London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1907.)
• Meistersingers, Wagner. (London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1907.)
• Lohengrin, Wagner. (London: T.C. & E.C. Jack [1907?])
• Carmen, Bizet. (London: T.C. & E.C. Jack [1907?])
• The Bohemian Girl, Balfe. (London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, [1907.])
• The Operas of Wagner: Their Plots, Music and History. (London: T. C. & E. C. Jack: London, [1908.])
• Modern Musicians: A Book for Players, Singers & Listeners. (Edinburgh & London: T. N. Foulis, 1909.)
• Favourite Operas from Mozart to Mascagni: Their Plots, History, and Music, with twenty-four drawings in colour by Byam Shaw. (London & Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack: , 1911.)

[edit] Boys' Books

• The Boy's Life of Nelson. (London: S. W. Partridge & Co.[1905.])
• The Nelson Navy Book. (London: Blackie & Son, 1906 [1905].)
• Stirring Sea Fights: A Book for British Boys. (London: S. W. Partridge & Co., [1908.])
• The Boy's Book of the Navy: Its Ships and its Services. (London: S. W. Partridge & Co., [1910.])

[edit] Sources

• Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [3]
• http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:James_Cuthbert_Hadden
• Scotlandspeople internet site: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.
• British Library catalogue at www.bl.uk.
• Open Library catalogue at www.openlibrary.org
• World Cat at www.worldcat.org

[edit] Contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900

Thomas Willert Beale - John Tiplady Carrodus - Nathaniel Gow - Niel Gow - George Farquhar Graham - James Hyslop - John Imlah - William Inglott - Elizabeth Inverarity - James Johnson (d.1811) - William Kethe - Robert Kirk - William Knapp - Joseph Philip Knight - George Jackson Lambert - John Frederick Lampe - Edward Land - Richard Langdon - Christian Ignatius Latrobe - John Antes Latrobe (including Peter Latrobe) - James Leach - David Leech - Samuel Leigh - Richard Limpus - Henry Liston - Henry Littleton - John Bernard Logier - John Longmuir - Charles Lucas (1808-1869) - Thomas Lyle - Thomas Toke Lynch - Agnes Lyon - Henry Francis Lyte - Joseph Maas - Hugh Macdonald - Patrick Macdonald - Alexander MacGlashan - Mary Mackellar - James McKie - William McLaren - James Maidment - Joseph Mainzer - Gertrude Elizabeth Mara - John Marckant - John Marsh (1750-1828) - George William Martin - George Martine (1635-1712) - Mary Masters - James Maxwell (1720-1800) - Alfred Mellon - Andrew Mercer - Richard Alfred Milliken - [ohn Milton (1563?-1647) - William Henry Monk - Alexander Monro (d.1715?) - Thomas Moore (d.1792) - John Morison (1750-1798) - Nathaniel Morren - Thomas Molleson Mudie - James Nares - Laurence Cornelius Neilson - Sydney Nelson - Charles Nicholson - John Nicholson (1790-1843) - Richard Nicholson (d.1639) - Charles Nisbet - John Norman (1622-1669) - Thomas Norris - Marianne Nunn - William Orem - John Park (1804-1865) - John Parry (d.1782) - John Parry (1776-1851) - Elizabeth Parsons - Samuel Pearce - Henry Phillips - George Rawson - Joseph Reinagle - Henry Brinley Richards - Joseph Richardson - John Ross (1763-1837) - Michael Desmond Ryan - Hew Scott - Andrew Shirrefs - William Shrubsole (1729-1797) - William Shrubsole (1760-1806) - John Sinclair (1791-1857) - Reginald Spofforth - Anne Steele - William Stenhouse - John Andrew Stevenson - John Templeton (1802-1886) - George Thomson (1757-1851) - Thomas Henry Weist-Hill - Thomas Welsh - Alice Mary Meadows White - John Wilson (1800-1849)

[edit] References

1. According to his 'Who was Who' entry, except that the 1861 has been transposed at 1816. As a result, some webpages quote the year of birth as 1816, however, Scottish census records confirm that Hadden was born in 1861.
2. According to his death certificate, available on the website www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.
3. Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [1]
4. Who Was Who entry.