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Surenne, John Thomas

[E] Surenne, John Thomas, organist and
composer, born at London, March 4, 1814.
His father, Gabriel Surenne, was a French
musician and teacher, who settled in London,
and afterwards in Edinburgh, about 1817,
where he taught French and edited a well-
known French-English dictionary. In 1831,
J. T, Surenne, who studied under his father
and Henri Herz, became organist of St. Mark's
Episcopal Church, Portobello, and he also
held, for many years, the appointment of
organist of St. George's Episcopal Chapel,
Edinburgh. He died at Edinburgh, February
3, 1878. Composer of an Overture for orchestra
in D ; a Rondo de concert for pf . and strings ;
many other pf. pieces, and some part-songs
and songs. He compiled " The Dance Music
of Scotland, a Collection of all the best Reels
and Strathspeys, both of the Highlands and
Lowlands, for the Pianoforte." Edinburgh
[1851], 5 editions. " Songs of Scotland with-
out Words," 1852 and 1854. " Songs of
Ireland," 1855. A Collection of Church
Music, consisting of chants, psalms, and
hymn-tunes, principally original (with H. E.
Dibdin), 1843-44, 2 vols. The Scottish Epis-
copal Church Music Book, Edinburgh, n.d.
Students' Manual of Classical Extracts for
Pf., and other instrumental compositions.
Surenne wrote most of the accompaniments
for the original edition of Graham and Wood's
" Songs of Scotland."

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