Opera in Scotland Isles incident). Non-Scottish based operas by Davies include Mr Emmet Takes a Walk, Kommilitonen!, The Doctor of Myddfai, Cinderella and Resurrection. Davies died in 2016. Another major composer, with a questionable Scottish background is Judith Weir. In 2014 she was appointed Master of the Queen's Music, following on from Davies and becoming the first woman to hold this honorary role. Weir is of English birth, but Scottish heritage, and has worked both north and south of the border. She has used Scottish material in her opera, "The Vanishing Bridegroom". Commissioned by the Glasgow District Council, the opera was premiered by
Hugh Weir Hugh Weir Hugh Richard Weir OBE CBE (21 July 1894 – 5 March 1975) was an Australian sports administrator and International Olympic Committee member. Weir was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 21 July 1894. He died of a heart attack on 5 March 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales. During his working career, he was a Manager with shipping company McIllwraith McEacharn. Weir joined the Essendon Amateur Athletic Club in 1913 and was a highly regarded hurdler, sprinter and long jumper until 1926. In 1920, he was the Club's delegate to the Victorian Amateur Athletic Association and was appointed Association