Introduction

Biography

An ad­ver­tise­ment in the New York Mu­sic­al Ga­zette, June 1867, page 64, de­scribed Suf­fern as Prin­ci­pal of the West­ern Nor­mal Aca­de­my of Mu­sic, Teach­er of Har­mo­ny and Pi­ano For­te Play­ing, Voice Cul­ture, and Meth­od of Teach­ing.

Works

• The Ex­cel­si­or (New York: Ab­bey & Bar­rett, 1862)
• Sabbath Praise (New York: S. T. Gor­don, 1867)
• The Song Gar­land: Or, Sing­ing for Je­sus (Cleve­land, Ohio: S. Brain­ard & Sons, 1869)
• The Nor­mal: For Sing­ing Schools, As­so­cia­tions, Mu­sic­al Con­ven­tions and High Schools (Cleve­land, Ohio: 1872)
• Royal Songs, with Will­iam Bent­ley (New York: Am­er­ican Tract So­cie­ty, 1875)
• The Ga­la­xy (Cleve­land, Ohio: S. Brain­ard’s Sons, 1877)
• The Song Tow­er (New York & Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1883)