Composer Defends Historian Against Holyrood 'Witch Hunt'
Scotland on Sunday › May 23, 2005
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ONE of Scotland's most celebrated composers has reignited the row over the Highland Clearances by dedicating his latest work to a controversial author who claims the notorious episode is a myth.
Dr James MacMillan, composer-conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, has ridden to the defence of Michael Fry, who has been widely attacked for claiming tales of mass eviction are exaggerated.See the full content of this document
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Composer Defends Historian Against Holyrood 'Witch Hunt'
MacMillan said Fry was the victim of a "Scottish witch hunt" by the nation's left-leaning and nationalist politicians, who were following a "tyrannical intellectual agenda".
MacMillan said he was dedicating his short work, Nemo te condemnavit, to Fry as a gift to sho...See the full content of this document
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