Alan Rattray

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Alan McKenzie Rattray
Background information
Born(1878-01-01)January 1, 1878
Sydney, Australia
DiedJune 26, 1919(1919-06-26) (aged 53)
Occupation(s)Composer, lyricist
Years active1899–1910

Alan MacKenzie Rattray was a lyricist, composer and arranger of music. Born in Concord, Sydney in 1878, [1] Rattray was the son of pioneer capitalists George Allan and Catherine (Beames) Rattray. [2]

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Rattray was a prolific lyricist and arranger, often collaborating with fellow Australian composers Edward Henry Tyrrell and Louis L. Howarde. [3] Rattray is best known for the song "Boy in the Sailor Cap" which was the subject of a copyright claim [4]

He survived a shipwreck while on tour to India. [5] Rattray was critical of Australian war time rationing, writing poetical polemics in the papers of the time. [6]

He died of pneumonic influenza at a temporary emergency hospital within the grounds of the Royal Agricultural Society in Moore Park, Sydney during the 1919 Spanish Flu pandemic. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ NSW birth registration 4009[ better source needed ]
  2. ↑ "Death of Mr. G. A. Rattray". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 25, 296. New South Wales, Australia. 1 February 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 4 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Musical Gossip". Evening News . No. 13, 406. New South Wales, Australia. 28 May 1910. p. 12. Retrieved 4 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "In Equity". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 21, 562. New South Wales, Australia. 26 February 1907. p. 4. Retrieved 4 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Thrilling Story of the Sea". The Daily Telegraph . No. 8837. New South Wales, Australia. 27 September 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 4 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "B-U-T-T-E-R!". Northern Star . Vol. 41. New South Wales, Australia. 13 September 1916. p. 5. Retrieved 4 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ NSW death certificate 19089[ better source needed ]
  8. ↑ "New Music". Evening News . No. 12, 668. New South Wales, Australia. 16 January 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Papers Past". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "On the Briny (Oh! What a Nasty Feeling)".
  11. ↑ "New Music". The Brisbane Courier . Vol. LXII, no. 15, 090. Queensland, Australia. 24 May 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 4 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Literature". The Mercury . Vol. LXXXIX, no. 11, 918. Tasmania, Australia. 29 May 1908. p. 7. Retrieved 4 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  13. ↑ "'Jack Tar'". The Australian Star . No. 5702. New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1906. p. 5 (first edition). Retrieved 4 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ Rattray, Alan M.; Howarde, Louis L. (1908). My black canary: a trump card of society. Popular sixpenny edition. Sydney: D. Davis & Co.
  15. ↑ "Concert at Dundee". The Morning Bulletin . No. 14, 87[?]. Queensland, Australia. 19 June 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 18 June 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  16. ↑ "Rattray, Alan M." Discography of American Historical Recordings.
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