Alan Rattray
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Allan M Rattray | |
|---|---|
 Alan McKenzie Rattray | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1 January 1878 Sydney, Australia |
| Died | 26 June 1919 (aged 53) |
| Occupations | Composer, lyricist |
| Years active | 1899–1910 |
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]
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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