Marjory Kennedy-Fraser
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (1 October 1857 – 22 November 1930) was a Scottish singer, composer and music teacher and supporter of women's suffrage and pacifism. According to Ray Perman, Kennedy-Fraser "made a career of collecting Gaelic songs in the Hebrides and singing her own Anglicized versions of them." |
Birth and Death Data: Born Perth (city in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom), Died November 22, 1930 (Edinburgh (capital city of Scotland, UK) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: arranger, composer, songwriter
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-047084 | 10-in. | 2/21/1940 | An Eriskay love lilt | Trapp Family Choir | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | arranger | |
| Columbia | W151529 | 10-in. | 5/6/1931 | Road to the isles | Sandy MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | arranger | |
| Columbia | 76066 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | An Eriskay love lilt | Frank Mullings | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | arranger | |
| Columbia | 76301 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | A fairy's love song | Frank Mullings | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | arranger | |
| Brunswick | E27811 | 10-in. | 7/2/1928 | The road to the Isles (The Skye gathering) | George B. Smith | Bagpipe solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | E27821 | 10-in. | 7/2/1928 | The road to the Isles | Sandy MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | [Br (U.K.) cat 20053-a] | 12-in. | approximately November 1928 | Songs of the Hebrides | Light Symphony Orchestra [Brunswick Records] | Orchestra | arranger | |
| Brunswick | [Br (U.K.) cat 20053-b] | 12-in. | approximately November 1928 | Songs of the Hebrides | Brunswick Light Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | arranger | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | A46 | 10-in. | between May 1923 and October 1925 | Hebridean cattle croon | W. H. Squire | Cello solo, with piano | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103577.
Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103577.
"Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.
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LCNAR: Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory, 1857-1930 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82047867
Wikidata: Marjory Kennedy‐Fraser - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6766361
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/79256496
MusicBrainz: Marjory Kennedy‐Fraser - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/10eb02a2-0b8d-42a7-a985-bf460b25458f
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/90169 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/90169
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