Samuel Myerscough (1854–1932), was an English organist, teacher and examiner. He was a Fellow of the

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and a Fellow of

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London. Myerscough was born in 1854 in

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. A gifted musician, he was awarded the Royal College of Organists Medal in 1873. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music from

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, Oxford in October 1881. He was appointed as assistant organist at

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and the family moved there. He was a convert to Catholicism in 1899, accepted into the church by Fr.

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S.J., gave up his job at the Cathedral and moved to Dublin, where he taught music in

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, Rathfarnham. In 1904 Myerscough founded the

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in Dublin, now part of

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. The ''Musical Herald'' wrote at length of his prominence in Irish musical life: He is listed as a member The Musical Association as "Myerscough, S., Esq., B.Mns. Oxon., F.R.C.O. (Liverpool)". He died on 28 March 1932 aged 78 years and is buried in

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, Co Dublin.

Family

His son Samuel Sebastian Myerscough (1879-1954), also a gifted musician, attained a Bachelor of Music at Oxford. He became a Jesuit Priest, training at

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Birmingham.Obituary Fr. Samuel Sebastian Myerscough
''The Cottonian'', Page 2, Vol. XL111. Part 1, No. 92, (Autumn 1954) His daughter Alice Myerscough was also music teacher. The Myerscough family lived in 3 Fontenoy Terrace, Bray, Co Wicklow.

References

External links

- Leinster School of Music & Drama website- The Royal Musical Association website- The Royal College of Organists
1854 births 1932 deaths Converts to Roman Catholicism English classical organists Cathedral organists People from Rochdale Fellows of the Royal College of Organists British male classical organists {{organist-stub