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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Nan Spowart

Tour will celebrate pioneer who saved Gaelic folk songs

A still of celebrated music collector Marjory Kennedy-Fraser

NEW light is being shed on an early supporter of Scottish independence who was a pioneering but controversial collector of traditional music.

Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, who also supported women’s suffrage, became aware Gaelic folk songs were in danger of disappearing when she made a visit to the island of Eriskay from her home in Edinburgh in 1905.

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