Hamish MacCunn
Scottish composer, conductor and teacher (1868–1916)
Biography
Hamish MacCunn, né James MacCunn (22 March 1868 – 2 August 1916) was a Scottish composer, conductor and teacher.
He was one of the first students of the newly founded Royal College of Music in London, and quickly made a mark. As a composer he achieved early success with his orchestral piece The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (1887), and, later, his first opera, Jeanie Deans (1894). His subsequent compositions did not match those two successes, and although he continued to compose throughout his life, he became best known as a conductor and teacher. He held teaching appointments at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music.
As a conductor MacCunn served as musical director to the Carl Rosa, Moody-Manners and D'Oyly Carte opera companies, and worked with Thomas Beecham in the latter's London opera seasons in 1910 and 1915 and on tour.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- Royal College of Music
Genres
- opera
Instruments
- piano
Quick answers about Hamish MacCunn
- How old was Hamish MacCunn?
- Hamish MacCunn died on August 2, 1916 at the age of 48.
- When is Hamish MacCunn's birthday?
- Hamish MacCunn was born on March 22, 1868.
- Where was Hamish MacCunn born?
- Hamish MacCunn was born in Greenock.
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- Hamish MacCunn's zodiac sign is Aries.
- What is Hamish MacCunn's nationality?
- Hamish MacCunn is a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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- Hamish MacCunn is known as pianist, composer, conductor, musicologist.
