Fraser Gange

Scottish baritone, Fraser Gange was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1886. He died in Baltimore in 1962 at the age of 76. By 1906 he had made his London debut at Queen's Hall. In 1917 he married the Welsh soprano Amy Evans, forming a personal and artistic union which would last for the rest of his life. Gange began his recording career during the first World War, cutting his first records for English Columbia in 1915 while still a soldier in uniform. All told, 29 songs were recorded for English Columbia; they are now quite rare. In May 1918, however, the HMV house publication "The Voice" announced Gange's switch to HMV. In 1920 Fraser Gange and Amy Evans undertook a remarkable joint tour of Britain, Australia, and New Zealand--some 187 concerts in all! They kept up that pace for a few years, and at the same time Gange began to teach singing at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Toward the end of 1923 the Ganges set sail for New York.