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HAMISH MACCUNN (1868— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 209 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MACCUNN (1868— )  , Scottish musical composer, was See also:born at See also:Greenock, the son of a shipowner, and was educated at the Royal See also:College of See also:Music . His first success was with the See also:overture See also:Land of the See also:Mountain and See also:Flood in 1887 at the Crystal See also:Palace, and this was followed by other compositions, with a characteristic Scottish colouring . From 1888 to 1894 he was a See also:professor at the Royal College of Music, and this latter See also:year saw both his See also:marriage to a daughter of See also:John See also:Pettie, R.A., and the See also:production of his See also:opera Jeanie Deans at See also:Edinburgh . He was for some years conductor to the Carl See also:Rosa Opera See also:company, and subsequently to other companies . His opera Diarmid was produced at Covent See also:Garden in 1897, and his other music includes cantatas, overtures, See also:part-songs, instrumental pieces, and songs, all markedly Scottish in type .

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