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William Shield
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The facts behind the Masters of Music
36. William Shield
One of the pieces in the opera is the tune of 'Auld Lang Syne' which led some to argue that he wrote the tune. But music scholars believe that it's an old folk song that neither Shield, nor Robert Burns who it's often credited to, wrote the original.
