The British Musical Biography

[E] Lees, John Kenyon, composer, teacher,
and conductor, born October 6, 1853. He
studied under his father and T. S. Hill, of
Norwich. He has held various organ appoint-
ments in Edinburgh, among them being that
of St. Matthew's Church, Morningside, 1885-
1895. In 1891 he instituted the Morningside
Choral Society, which has performed a num-
ber of important works. Composer of some
dance music, and editor of " The Songs of
Burns, with symphonies and accompaniments
by John Kenyon Lees, and introduction and
historical notes by H. C. Shellev," Glasgow,
1896. " The Balmoral Reel Book," 1894, etc.
He is also musical editor of a collection of
100 Scotch songs, about to be published.

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