▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁dying ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 9 1 . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁death ▁he ▁was ▁remembered ▁for ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁popular ▁pieces ▁( such ▁as ▁Lot us ▁Land ) ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁composed ▁over ▁si xty ▁years ▁before . ▁His ▁many ▁books ▁and ▁pam ph lets ▁on ▁occ ult ism ▁and ▁alternative ▁medicine ▁always , ▁however , ▁found ▁readers . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁de cade ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁mill en ni um ▁saw ▁a ▁rev ival ▁of ▁interest ▁in ▁his ▁music , ▁stim ulated ▁by ▁a ▁flo od ▁of ▁record ings , ▁discussed ▁below . ▁ ▁Music ▁Scott ▁was ▁a ▁late ▁rom antic ▁composer , ▁whose ▁style ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁strongly ▁influenced ▁by ▁impression ism . ▁His ▁harm ony ▁was ▁not ably ▁ex otic . ▁If ▁in ▁his ▁early ▁works ▁it ▁was ▁perhaps ▁over - s weet ▁( Al ban ▁Berg ▁dismiss ed ▁his ▁music ▁as ▁' m ush y '), ▁it ▁became ▁stead ily ▁more ▁varied ▁and ▁more ▁ref ined ▁in ▁his ▁later ▁years . ▁Indeed , ▁it ▁is ▁his ▁late ▁works ▁( written ▁between ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁and ▁his ▁death ) ▁that ▁are ▁the ▁most ▁individual , ▁with ▁their ▁ever - sh ifting ▁harm onic ▁colours ▁and ▁way ward ▁inf lections ▁of ▁phrase ▁and ▁m ood , ▁capt uring ▁perfectly ▁the ▁way ▁the ▁mind ▁sh ifts , ▁backwards ▁and ▁for wards , ▁between ▁rem in isc ence , ▁reg rets , ▁and ▁self - assert ion . ▁ ▁Scott ▁wrote ▁around