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James Macpherson, Massenet, Werther and Ossian – a Scotch Myth

This Scottish operatic link is a peculiar one, and stems from Goethe’s enthusiasm for a piece of literary deception by a wily Scotsman. It links Massenet’s opera Werther with a completely non-existent but extremely influential ancient Scottish bard – Ossian. The Ossian fraud fooled many people for many years (including Napoleon, who was fascinated by...

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