STEWART-MURRAY, Katharine
Name:
STEWART-MURRAY, Katharine (1874–1960)
Musical genre:
Vocal Music/Art Songs
Country of birth:
United Kingdom
Country of location:
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Notes:
Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl (born Katharine Marjory Ramsay), known as "Kitty," was an accomplished pianist and composer who later became a pioneering British politician.
Stewart-Murray was a keen composer, setting music to accompany the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson. She was closely involved in her husband's regiment The Scottish Horse and composed the melody "The Scottish Horse" to be played on bagpipes.
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