Background
MACCUNN, Hamish was born on March 22, 1868 in Greenock, Scotland. 2nd son of James MacCunn, formerly shipowner, Greenock.
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Most of the piano works of McCunn, whose operas are being rediscovered, McEwen, and Mackenzie, who is acknowledged to be one of Elgar's main influences, are on this disc, all for the first time. Pieces ranging in mood from Chopin to Debussy via Liszt, and all with an unmistakeable Scottish lilt. Voted one of the best CDs of 1996 by Scotland's Music
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(Britain, long revered for its choral music and partsongs,...)
Britain, long revered for its choral music and partsongs, had largely neglected art songs since the Elizabethan era. The middle of the nineteenth century witnessed efforts to revive the genre, particularly in the works of Sir C. Hubert Parry and Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. The following generation, including the Scottish composer Hamish MacCunn (18681916), built on the foundations laid by Parry and Stanford and served as the bridge to the vocal music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Edward Elgar, Ivor Gurney, John Ireland, and ultimately Benjamin Britten. Though best known for his Scottish-influenced compositions, MacCunn composed over 100 songs that, free from national constraints, are some of the most refined and sophisticated examples of his music. Almost no modern editions of MacCunns song exist, though many were published during the composers lifetime. The current two-part edition presents the composers 102 extant songs. Part 1 contains 53 individual songs; part 2 presents the songs that were first published as sets.
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MACCUNN, Hamish was born on March 22, 1868 in Greenock, Scotland. 2nd son of James MacCunn, formerly shipowner, Greenock.
Studied at various schools in Greenock. Private tutors; Royal College of Music, London. Scholar, 1883-1887; studied there.
Composition under Doctor.
C. H. H. Parry; also pianoforte and viola. Composer of music; conductor and teacher.
Hamish MacCunn was a prominent composer. His music includes cantatas, concert 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.
(Most of the piano works of McCunn, whose operas are being...)
(Britain, long revered for its choral music and partsongs,...)
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