Leader, Alfred Barker
Conductor, T. H. MORRISON
MARY-KAY (contralto)
Mrs. (Marjory) Kennedy-Fraser spent much time during her life in the islands of the Hebrides collecting the Gaelic folk-songs which had found their last refuge there.
Her musical life began at the age of twelve, when she travelled with her father on his singing tours, acting as his accompanist. After his death, she practically devoted herself to collecting, singing and making known the beautiful Hebridean songs which in the collections she published from time to time form her monument. She wrote the libretto for Sir Granville Bantock 's opera, The Seal Woman, the music of which was largely founded on melodies from her collections.