THE name of J. Michael Diack is well . known to Scottish music lovers in more than one connection, and he has dono valuable work in editing and arranging many of the fine old Scottish songs. Although his life work has been rather closely bound up with the publishing side of music, he has found time to devote not merely to Scottish folk song, but to such splendid music as the great Bach's. Among many other valuable tasks, he brought out an edition of the ' Peasant Cantata' with English text which has done a good deal to make that joyous work better known than it was before.