England and Scotland were among David Popper's travel destinations in the 1890s; the 1892 Largo in the Olden Style, Op. 67/1 bears a dedication to "Queen Victoria at Balmoral."

Published in 1900, the Scottish Fantasia (or Scotch Fantasia, as some title pages read) is certainly one of Popper's most remarkable musical travelogues and is not inferior to the Hungarian Rhapsody by any stretch of the imagination, though it still falls short of the latter's popularity.