Fraser, Marjory Kennedy-, 1857-1930 (singer, pianist, folk-song collector and arranger)
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 59 Collections and/or Records:
Printed music collections, 1898-c 1930
Printed music collections, c 1880-1928
Proofs, also sheets prepared for engraving, of Songs of the Hebrides, vol. 2, Part 1 & 2, c 1900-1930
‘Proofs & M.S.S. [manuscripts], More Songs of Hebrides, 1929’, c 1929
‘Proofs & M.S.S.[manuscripts], More Songs of [the] Hebrides, 1929’.
- Proofs and some manuscripts of More Songs of the Hebrides, 1929.
- ‘Que veut cette horde d’esclaves’, three verses in French, manuscript.
- ‘In Summer’, canon, manuscript.
- Some proofs of piano four hands arrangements.
‘Proofs & M.S.S. [manuscripts] of Vol. IV’, c 1925
‘Proofs & M.S.S. [manuscripts] of Vol. IV’. Proofs of vol. 4, also various notes and working material.
Proofs of A Life of Song by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, c 1929
Proofs of A Life of Song by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser. Proofs.
‘Proofs of transposed ed. of Vol. 1 Songs’, c 1909
‘Proofs of transposed ed. of Vol. 1 Songs’.
Puirt-a-beul - mouth-tunes: or Songs for dancing,... collected and arranged by Keith Norman MacDonald, 1901
Puirt-a-beul - mouth-tunes: or Songs for dancing, as practised from a remote antiquity by The Highlanders of Scotland, collected and arranged by Keith Norman MacDonald, reprinted from the Oban Times, [Edinburgh], 1901. Softbound, cover torn and partly missing, one leaf missing (pp. 47-48), copy heavily annotated by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser.