Daisy Kennedy

Daisy Fowler Kennedy (16 January 1893 – 30 July 1981) was an Australian-born concert violinist.

She was born in Burra-Burra, 160 km north of Adelaide, to parents of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father, Joseph A. Kennedy, was headmaster of Glenelg Primary School and president of the South Australian Public School Teachers' Union. For three years, she was Elder scholar at the Adelaide Conservatory under Mrs. Alderman and Hermann Heinicke. She was a private pupil of Otakar Ševčík in Vienna for a year, and then studied for two years in the Meister-Schule there. She appeared in London in 1911 and toured widely in Europe and in the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

On 15 April 1914, she married the Russian pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch; their daughter, the theatre designer Tanya Moiseiwitsch, was born in December the same year. They had a second daughter, Sandra. After divorcing Moiseiwitsch, she married the English playwright and poet John Drinkwater in December 1924. They had a daughter, Penny Drinkwater, who went on to become a wine writer and member of the circle of wine writers.

On 24 August 1927 a Proms performance of Brahms' Violin Concerto ground to a halt in the first movement. Kennedy apparently blamed a lack of rehearsal time, but the Times said that she suffered "a lapse of memory...which had the effect of making her play all the better when she recovered her nerve".

She was a cousin of cellist Lauri Kennedy, and thus also related to Lauri's son John Kennedy, another cellist, and grandson, the violinist Nigel Kennedy.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 16, 1893 (Burra), Died July 30, 1981 (Hammersmith)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1922

Roles Represented in DAHR: violin

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 30 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia 35882 10-in. approximately 1916 Danse, opus 96 Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 35885 10-in. approximately 1916 Swing song (L'Escarpolette) Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 65489 10-in. approximately 1916 Lament Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 65490 10-in. approximately 1916 Slavonic dance no. 2 (Hebrew song and dance) Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 65491 10-in. approximately 1916 Liebesfreud Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 65492 10-in. approximately 1916 Idylle finnoise Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 65831 10-in. approximately 1917 Canzonetta Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 65832 10-in. approximately 1917 Cradle song Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 65833 10-in. approximately 1917 Melodie tartare Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 65834 10-in. approximately 1917 Russian dance Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 69390 10-in. approximately 1919 Air on the G string Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 69479 10-in. approximately 1919 Minuetto Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 69480 10-in. approximately 1919 Preghiera Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 69481 10-in. approximately 1919 Hornpipe Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 69483 10-in. approximately 1919 Waltz : Scherzo Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 69842 10-in. approximately 1919 Dragonflies Daisy Kennedy instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 75111 12-in. 6/23/1922 Sonata in F major, part 1 Hamilton Harty ; Daisy Kennedy Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 75112 12-in. 6/23/1922 Sonata in F major, part 2 Hamilton Harty ; Daisy Kennedy Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 76508 12-in. approximately 1919 Sonata in A minor, op. 105, part 1 Hamilton Harty ; Daisy Kennedy Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 76509 12-in. approximately 1919 Sonata in A minor, op. 105, part 2 Hamilton Harty ; Daisy Kennedy Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 76510 12-in. approximately 1919 Sonata in A minor, op. 105, part 3 Hamilton Harty ; Daisy Kennedy Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 76511 12-in. approximately 1919 Sonata no. 3, in D minor : Adagio Hamilton Harty ; Daisy Kennedy Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 76512 12-in. approximately 1919 Scherzo in D minor Hamilton Harty ; Daisy Kennedy Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 76513 12-in. approximately 1919 Sonata in G major : Allegro tranquillo Hamilton Harty ; Daisy Kennedy Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia 76514 12-in. approximately 1919 Sonata in G major : Allegro animato Hamilton Harty ; Daisy Kennedy Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
(Results 1-25 of 30 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kennedy, Daisy," accessed May 2, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/353543.

Kennedy, Daisy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 2, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/353543.

"Kennedy, Daisy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 May 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/353543

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