The Music of Hamish Maccunn

For many people, Hamish MacCunn's name is forever associated
with one work The Land of the Mountain and the Flood. Yet, in
his short life (1868 - 1916) he wrote other equally fi ne orchestral
works, cantatas, two grand operas and over 100 songs. This book is
the fi rst detailed examination of his output, providing a contextual
basis for, and a stylistic analysis of his major works. In this way it
seeks to establish informed criteria by which a truer assessment of
MacCunn's signifi cance may be made, challenging the sovereignty
of The Land of the Mountain and the Flood in the public's reckoning,
and hence revealing it to be not an isolated peak but one summit
among many.