Pelléas and Mélisande
His compositions include the symphonic poem, "Sir William Wallace" (1905; based on his namesake, the freedom fighter William Wallace, one of Scotland's national heroes); a cantata, "The Massacre of the Macpherson"; and an overture, "In Praise of Scottish Poesie" (1894). He also wrote a "Creation Symphony" (1899), influenced by numerology. He was inspired by Maurice Maeterlinck's play, "Pelléas and Mélisande", to write music by the same name.