Fraser, Marjory Kennedy-, 1857-1930 (singer, pianist, folk-song collector and arranger)
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- 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 7 Collections and/or Records:
‘Burns as a Scots Folksong Collector’, 10 December 1910-20 January 1911
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‘Burns as a Scots Folksong Collector’.
Burns lecture by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, [20 January 1911], filed together with ‘Scottish National Song Society [...] Lecture by Mrs Kennedy-Fraser on Burns as a Scots Folk-Song Collector’, Edinburgh, 20 January 1911, leaflet, multiple copies, lecture text often on reverses of discarded letters etc., including stencilled letter from James Kyd, Edinburgh District Board of Lunacy, Edinburgh, 9 December 1910, ‘To the Town Clerk,...
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10 December 1910-20 January 1911
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Lectures, Part 1, 2, 3, & 4, 12 August 1895-5 November 1918
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Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Lectures, Part 1, 2, 3, & 4.
‘Schubert Lecture’, 21 November 1903, modified and re-read two years later [1905], also various notes, and Schumann lecture, [23 January 1904], manuscripts. ‘When asked by your secretary to read a paper before you [...]’, lecture, undated, manuscript.
‘On listening to music’, lecture, [Edinburgh] Summer Meeting,...
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12 August 1895-5 November 1918
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Lectures, Part 1 & 2, 11 May 1895-16 May 1923
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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....
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11 May 1895-16 May 1923
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Lectures, Part 1 & 2, 1808-17 August 1896
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Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Lectures, Part 1 & 2.
‘Gibbon and the Madrigalists’, lecture, also one edited copy, undated, typescripts.
‘Lawes and the Monodists’, lecture, undated, typescript.
‘Purcell and the Dramatists’, lecture, two slightly edited copies, undated, typescripts.
‘Arne and the Eighteenth Century Composers’, lecture,...
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1808-17 August 1896
Miscellaneous items, Part 1, 2, & 3, 1891-1928
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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
Miscellaneous working material, Part 1, 2, 3, & 4, 26 January 1907-1925
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Miscellaneous working material, Part 1, 2, 3, & 4.
‘My first Heb. [Hebridean] Lecture’, also marked ‘Pan-Celtic’, lecture, [1907], manuscript.
‘Tonality’, lecture, [30 March 1910], manuscript.
‘“Monster” Scribbling Book’, notepad, 22 x 14 cm, marked ‘E61/19’, including various notes, manuscript.
Several loose pages, in no...
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26 January 1907-1925
Various Marjory Kennedy-Fraser manuscripts, deposited in 1967, 1 April 1923-19 May 1967
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Various Marjory Kennedy-Fraser manuscripts, deposited in 1967.
Envelope, marked ‘Given by Mr Megaw S.S.S. [School of Scottish Studies], 19/5/67, Pat Kennedy-Fraser gift, E67/28’, containing letter from Basil Megaw to Mr Finlayson, Edinburgh, 18 May 1967.
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Lecture – ‘Theosophical’, ‘Traces of Esoteric Tradition in Hebridean Lore. Paper read by Mrs...
Dates:
1 April 1923-19 May 1967