Theodore Stephen Tearne Mus Bac, L. Mus, F.S.Sc. (15 December 1857 – 2 February 1926) was an Irish-born organist and composer, who worked in England and Australia.
He was on the board of examiners for the London College of Music, and for the Society of Science, London, and is one of the representatives of the Royal Academy of Music and of Trinity College London.
He married Mary Maud Lee in St. James' Church, Westley on 22 January 1891[1] They had the following children
Donna Mary Tearne (1892–1971)
Theodora Maud Tearne (1897–1970)
Joyce Debenham Tearne (1899–1991)
Theodore Stephen Tearne died in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 2 February 1926. He is buried at Manly Cemetery.
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