Hamish MacCunn
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It is catalogued under topics including 1868 births, 1916 deaths and 19th-century British classical composers.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1868
- Died
- 1916
- Works
- 4
Top works
- The pageant of Darkness and Light
- The land of the mountain and the flood
- Lie there my lute
- Lord Ullin's daughter
- Jeanie Deans
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1868-03-22
- Active to
- 1916-08-02
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,401
- Total plays
- 5,750
Tags
Hamish MacCunn (22 March 1868 – 2 August 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 Sir Hubert Parry and Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. MacCunn's first success was with the overture The Land of the Mountain and the Flood in 1887 at the Crystal Palace, and this (which remains far and away his best-known piece) was followed by other compositions, with a characteristic Scottish colouri
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hamish
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Greenock
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- Royal College of Music
- Employer
- Royal College of Music
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Hamish MacCunn.JPG
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- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- date of birth
- 1868-03-22
- date of death
- 1916-08-02
- Commons category
- Hamish MacCunn
- student
- Liza Lehmann
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