page_title: John Walsh (printer)
section_title: John Walsh the younger
hierarchical_section_title: John Walsh (printer) / John Walsh the younger
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover of "Solos for a German Flute a Hoboy or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin Compos'd by Mr. Handel" by Walsh 1732
context_page_description: John Walsh was an English music publisher of Irish descent, established off the Strand, London, by c. 1690. He was appointed musical instrument-maker-in-ordinary to the king in 1692.
  Walsh began publishing music in 1695, at which time he had few rivals in the trade. The firm established by John Playford in 1647 was in decline under his son Henry, and Thomas Cross was more involved with engraving than publishing. Walsh took advantage of this situation, and soon his firm was printing engraved music on a scale previously unknown in England. In addition to English composers, he published a good deal of music by foreign composers, which he often copied from Dutch editions.
  Among his innovations were the use of softer but cheaper pewter rather than copper for the shorter runs of most music, and the introduction of punches.
  From 1711 he published Handel's works, beginning with Rinaldo. He also issued two periodicals, The Monthly Mask of Vocal Music and Harmonia anglicana. From about 1716 he started to collaborate with Estienne Roger in Amsterdam. Walsh was also a distributor for Roger's editions, many of which survive with Walsh's label.
context_section_description: Around 1730 his son John (1709–66) took control of the business, and was responsible for developing the firm's relationship with Handel from that time onward.  About half of Walsh's output was of Handel compositions (Kidson et al. 2001b).
  In the 1732 publication of Handel's solo sonatas, the following was printed on the cover page: "Printed and Sold by John Walsh at the Harp and Hoboy in Catherine Street in the Strand". The cover also displayed other works by Handel that had been printed by Walsh, and the prices for those publications.
  In 1738 Walsh published a set of keyboard concertos, Handel's organ concertos, Op. 4.
  In 1739 he was granted a monopoly on Handel's music for 14 years.
caption: Cover of the 1732 publication of solo sonatas by Handel.
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