Hamish MacCunn (March 22, 1868 – August 2, 1916), Scottish romantic composer, was born in Greenock, the son of a shipowner, and was educated at the Royal College of Music, where his teachers included Parry and Stanford. March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1916 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ... Romance or romantic can refer to: Romance (genre) - a style of Medieval narrative fiction. ... Greenock (Grianaig in Scottish Gaelic) is a town in the district of Inverclyde in western Scotland. ... The Royal College of Music from Prince Consort Road, London The front facade of the RCM The Royal College of Music is a prestigious music school located in Kensington, London. ... Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (February 27, 1848 – October 7, 1918) was an English composer, probably best known for his setting of William Blakes poem, Jerusalem. ... Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (September 30, 1852 - 29 March 1924) was an Irish composer. ...

His first success was with the overture The Land of the Mountain and the Flood in 1887 at the Crystal Palace, and this was followed by other compositions, with a characteristic Scottish coloring. From 1888 to 1894 he was a professor at the Royal College of Music, and this latter year saw both his marriage to a daughter of John Pettie, R.A., and the production of his opera Jeanie Deans at Edinburgh. He was for some years conductor to the Carl Rosa Opera company, and subsequently to other companies. His opera Diarmid was produced at Covent Garden in 1897. Overture (The Who) is also a song by the rock band The Who. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... The facade of the original Crystal Palace side view of the Crystal Palace A huge iron and glass building, The Crystal Palace was one of the wonders of 19th Century Britain, if not the world. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... John Pettie (17 March 1839 - 21 February 1893) was a Scottish painter. ... This article refers to an art institution in London. ... Edinburghs location in Scotland Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... Carl August Nicholas Rosa (1843, Hamburg - April 30th 1889, Paris) was an English musical impresario, his family name (which he subsequently changed) being Rose. ... Covent Garden is a shopping and entertainment complex in central London. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

His other music includes cantatas, overtures, part-songs, instrumental pieces, and songs, all markedly Scottish in type. He had a genuine love of Scottish folksong, and although he lived in London he was a lifelong champion of Scottish music and of the country’s musical life. Cantata (Italian for a song or story set to music), a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (possibly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... St. ...

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External links

• Biography from the British Musical Society
• MacCunn Collection, University of Glasgow

See also: McCunn