Minerva Scientifica Birthday: Marjory Kennedy Fraser

Name: Minerva Scientifica Birthday: Marjory Kennedy Fraser
Start: 2025-10-01
End: 2025-10-01

1st October 2025
Marjory Kennedy Fraser
Composer, Poet, Musician
BORN 1^st October 1857, Perth, Scotland

“In Hebrid Seas” by Marjory Kennedy Fraser (1857-1930)

The song is performed by BBC Singer Margaret Cameron with Frances M Lynch (piano). It was recorded as part of the electric voice theatre project “ECHOES FROM PERTHSHIRE – MINERVA SCIENTIFICA” at AK Bell Library, Perth, Scotland in Nov 2019.

An old photo of a woman with her bouncy hair up and a fur collared coat with a brooch fastened at the neck looking out as if to a distance

Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (1857 – 1930)

Marjory Kennedy Fraser was a collector of songs from the Gaelic tradition. Her work took these beautiful melodies to a wider audience by setting them for piano and taking them into the concert hall. “In Hebrid Seas” is just one that references the seas that this remarkable woman traversed in all weathers. It was noted from the singing of Joan Stuart, Coll. Lewis, and arranged for voice and piano with English words by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser.

You can find more about Marjory Kennedy Fraser on her Minerva Scientifica page
https://minervascientifica.co.uk/marjory-kennedy-fraser/

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