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Issue 1329: tune for she's ower young to marry yet

Object
John Surenne (Person)
Submitter
Finlay Forbes
Assigned to
Murrough Landon
Priority
Normal
Disposition
Fixed
Description

It is unlikley that John Thomas Surenne (1814–1878) composed this tune given that it appears as a reel under the title “I am o’er young to marry yet” in Robert MacKintosh’s fourth collection - published in 1803. MacKintosh does not claim it as one of his own, which suggests that it may be by the ubiquitous “Trad”.

As Surenne was a collector of music rather than a composer, the RSCDS’s footnote “Here from Surenne” is not particuarly helpful in identifying the true composer of anything from his collections (most of which are of songs).

Previous Actions

  • Date  Jan. 11, 2018, 12:32 p.m.
  • User  Unknown

New issue submitted

  • Date  Dec. 6, 2018, 8:09 p.m.
  • User  Murrough Landon (murrough)

Assigned changed to »murrough« (previously »None«)
Disposition changed to »Fixed« (previously »New«)

I have changed the attribution from Surenne to Traditional and added links to this issue both from the tune and the entry for Surenne (which is now updated with his full name and dates).