Miscellaneous music, c 1908-1930
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Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous music.
- Several Marjory Kennedy-Fraser songs, Hebridean and others, mainly manuscripts, some printed sheets, some transposed versions of published songs, manuscripts, several arrangements for harp accompaniment, manuscripts.
- ‘A Parting Toast’, ‘M.K.F.’s [Marjory Kennedy Fraser] Key or for general use’, and ‘Loom Blessing’, manuscript.
- ‘Bloweth the West Wind’, ‘transposed to G major’ (and two other keys), manuscript; ‘’S a Mhairit og’, manuscript; ‘Ae Fond Kiss’, duet for soprano and tenor, manuscript; ‘Leis an Lurgainn’, manuscript.
- ‘Peat-Fire Smooring Prayer’, from Songs of the Hebrides, arranged for unaccompanied chorus by T. S. Drummond, manuscript.
- ‘Fire, Faire’, ‘Barra Milking Croon, noted from the singing of Joseph Campbell, N. Bay, Barra’, manuscript.
- ‘A Landward Lad to the Sea’, words by Violet Jacob, air from Barra, arranged by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser; ‘The Reiving Ship’, ‘Rosing’s key?’
- ‘A Quern Lilt = Ash Eve’, ‘Obbe, S. Harris’.
- ‘On her Soft Bosom’/“Righinn nam bruadh”, ‘words from Carmina Gadelica, air from Rod. McKinnon [Roderick McKinnon], Barra, arranged by MKF [Marjory Kennedy-Fraser]’.
Dates
- Creation: c 1908-1930
Creator
- Fraser, Marjory Kennedy-, 1857-1930 (singer, pianist, folk-song collector and arranger) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English and Scottish Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
Due to format, there is no current listening access to the recordings.
Extent
From the Box: 1 box
Previous reference
Gen. 277
Creator
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk