▁Land ▁of ▁the ▁Mountain ▁and ▁the ▁Flo od . ▁Ex cer pts ▁from ▁Jean ie ▁De ans ▁have ▁been ▁recorded . ▁The ▁other ▁figure ▁is ▁William ▁Wal lace , ▁whose ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁piece ▁Br ass olis ▁is ▁a ▁lyr ical ▁tra ged y ▁in ▁one ▁act . ▁Again , ▁like ▁McC unn , ▁he ▁was ▁mainly ▁an ▁orch est ral , ▁and ▁non - oper atic ▁composer . ▁In ▁the ▁following ▁generation , ▁we ▁find ▁John ▁Black wood ▁Mc E wen ▁writing ▁The ▁Royal ▁Reb el , ▁a ▁Com ic ▁Opera ▁in ▁ 3 ▁acts ▁( 1 9 0 9 ). ▁ ▁Later ▁tw enti eth - century ▁Scottish ▁opera ▁compos ers ▁include ▁two ▁surpr ises ▁– ▁namely ▁the ▁unusual ▁number ▁of ▁female ▁compos ers , ▁and ▁second ly , ▁Scottish ▁G ael ic ▁opera ▁( see ▁below ). ▁Perhaps ▁the ▁best ▁known ▁opera ▁composer ▁resident ▁in ▁Scotland ▁was ▁Peter ▁Max well ▁Dav ies . ▁Dav ies , ▁an ▁English man , ▁lived ▁in ▁Or k ney ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 1 - 2 0 1 6 . ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁works ▁take ▁Scottish ▁them es , ▁but ▁as ▁often ▁they ▁do ▁not . ▁His ▁Scottish ▁based ▁works ▁include ▁The ▁Mart yr dom ▁of ▁St ▁Magn us , ▁a ▁chamber ▁opera , ▁and ▁The ▁L ighth ouse ▁( about ▁the ▁Fl ann an ▁Is les ▁incident ). ▁Non - Sc ott ish ▁based ▁oper as ▁by ▁Dav ies ▁include ▁Mr ▁Em met ▁T akes ▁a ▁Walk , ▁Komm il