An Eriskay Love Lilt
Originally by (unknown), (unknown)
Released on Deirdre's Farewell to Scotland (1929)
- Born
- October 1, 1857
- Died
- November 22, 1930
- Country
- United Kingdom
- IPI
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00016094895 1 work
- Comments
- Born in Perth to David Kennedy, a well-known Scottish singer, Marjory would, as a child, accompany him on piano in concert performances. She married Alec Yule Fraser in 1887 but was widowed with two children in 1890 and made her living as a music teacher and lecturer. With an interest in the Celtic Revival, she visited Eriskay in 1905. There she witnessed many Gaelic folk songs endangered as a result of population decline and began a project to record and transcribe the music of the Hebrides. In the following years, she visited many of the islands to the west of Scotland, recording the traditional songs with a wax cylinder phonograph. She later arranged them for voice and piano, or sometimes for harp or clàrsach, publishing four volumes of songs. For her contributions, she was awarded with a CBE and an honorary degree of Doctor of Music from the University of Edinburgh, to which she presented her archive of songs, including her original wax cylinders of recordings.
- Family
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Margaret Kennedy Sister
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