The Jacobite rising of 1745 was a disaster for much of Highland Scotland that led to the weakening of the traditional clan system and the Act of Proscription, which outlawed wearing the kilt, except as a soldier or officer in the British Army. The Master of Ballantrae, loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel of […]
Maestro: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
When I think of the classic Hollywood sound I think of Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The first internationally respected composer to write music for Hollywood, he was also one of the most influential, setting a template for symphonic scores which shaped the sound of American films for over a decade. He was born on 29 May […]