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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 209 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MACCUNN, HAMISH (1868— )

MACCUNN, HAMISH (1868— ) , Scottish musical composer, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

GREENOCK

Greenock, the son of a shipowner, and was educated at the Royal See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of See also:

MUSIC

Music. His first success was with the See also:

OVERTURE (Fr. ouverture, opening)

overture See also:

LAND

Land of the See also:

Mountain and See also:

Flood in 1887 at the Crystal See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace, and this was followed by other compositions, with a characteristic Scottish colouring. From 1888 to 1894 he was a See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor at the Royal College of Music, and this latter See also:

YEAR

year saw both his See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage to a daughter of See also:

John See also:

PETTIE, JOHN (1839-1893)

Pettie, R.A., and the See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of his See also:

OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera Jeanie Deans at See also:

EDINBURGH

Edinburgh. He was for some years conductor to the Carl See also:

Rosa Opera See also:

COMPANY

company, and subsequently to other companies. His opera Diarmid was produced at Covent See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden in 1897, and his other music includes cantatas, overtures, See also:

PART

part-songs, instrumental pieces, and songs, all markedly Scottish in type.

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