Fraser, Marjory Kennedy-, 1857-1930 (singer, pianist, folk-song collector and arranger)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1857 - 1930
Biography
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, singer, pianist, folk-song collector and arranger, was born in 1857. She was the daughter of singer David Kennedy (1825-1886). Her series of works The songs of the Hebrides published variously between 1909 and 1922 remain a useful resource for both Gaelic and English speakers. She collected songs chiefly in the Western Isles. Aware that the material collected would, in the concert performance, lose something of the original essence, she provided the songs with sensitive accompaniment. For service rendered to the cause of music in Scotland, an honorary degree of Doctor of Music was conferred on her in 1928. Marjory Kennedy-Fraser had also been awarded the C.B.E. She died on 22 November 1930.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Book, medals, and printed ephemera relating to Helen Patuffa Hood and Marjory Kennedy Fraser
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1592
Identifier: Coll-1978
Content Description
This collection includes a printed book with two enclosures, printed ephemera, and two medals related to harpist Helen Patuffa Hood and her mother Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, Scottish musician and folk-song collector.
The printed book is a signed copy of The Road to the Isles (Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son, 1927) by Kenneth Macleod given by the author himself to Patuffa...
Dates:
1889; 1925-1928; 1946
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Lectures, Part 1 & 2, 11 May 1895-16 May 1923
File
Scope and Contents
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Lectures, Part 1 & 2.
‘Paper read to E.M.E.S. [Edinburgh Musical Education Society], 13 January 1915’, text on reverses of various recital programmes, mainly from Marjory Kennedy-Fraser’s Art Song recitals in 1905-1907, some pages missing, manuscript.
‘Matthay Paper to Boston, M.K.F. [Marjory Kennedy-Fraser]’, manuscript, letter from Mr C....
Dates:
11 May 1895-16 May 1923
Miscellaneous items, Part 1, 2, & 3, 1891-1928
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Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous items, Part 1, 2, & 3.
‘General’, bundle of miscellaneous notes, wrapped in ‘Songs of the Hebrides (Ancient Scots Minstrelsie). From the Western Isles of Scotland’, Music Hall, Edinburgh, 21 January 1913, recital programme, containing various lecture notes, notes, excerpts, etc., in no particular order, manuscripts. & typescripts, texts often on reverses of...
Dates:
1891-1928
Recital programmes and publicity leaflets, c 1916-c 1931
File
Scope and Contents
Recital programmes and publicity leaflets.
Publicity leaflet, with photograph of Marjory and Patuffa Kennedy-Fraser (at the harp), ‘Songs of the Hebrides, Folk Songs from the Scottish Isles’, [1916], New York.
Leaflet/advert, unknown publication, [New York], with photograph of Marjory and Patuffa Kennedy-Fraser (at the harp), ‘Mrs. Kennedy-Fraser, Miss Patuffa...
Dates:
c 1916-c 1931
Various items, c 1907-1928
File
Scope and Contents
Various items.
Some music sheets, presumably Marjory Kennedy-Fraser’s original notations of the songs, sheet including ‘Capt. [Captain] Ritchie, Iona, June 1928’, ‘Angus Macphail, Iona, June 1928’ (also on separate sheet, marked ‘Iona Waulking Song d A Angus Macphail’), ‘Rope-hauling chanty’, double-sheet, marked ‘Lewis’, including ‘Waulking Tunes – from the Lewes’: ‘Herman Dubh’, ‘’S...
Dates:
c 1907-1928