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Recollections of R.J.S.Stevens

An Organist in Georgian London

Palgrave Macmillan

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Part of the book series: Music in Georgian and Victorian Society (MGVS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Recollections of a Musical Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xxi-xxii
    2. Early Years

      • Mark Argent
      Pages 1-15
    3. 1776–1780

      • Mark Argent
      Pages 16-35
    4. 1781–1785

      • Mark Argent
      Pages 36-52
    5. 1786–1790

      • Mark Argent
      Pages 53-73
    6. 1791–1795

      • Mark Argent
      Pages 74-98
    7. 1796–1800

      • Mark Argent
      Pages 99-117
    8. 1801–1805

      • Mark Argent
      Pages 118-136
    9. 1806–1810

      • Mark Argent
      Pages 137-178
    10. 1811–1815

      • Mark Argent
      Pages 179-206
    11. 1816–1820

      • Mark Argent
      Pages 207-227
    12. 1821–1825

      • Mark Argent
      Pages 228-260
    13. Closing the Account

      • Mark Argent
      Pages 261-270
  3. Back Matter

    Pages 271-314

About this book

R.J.S.Stevens was an organist, composer and singer, active in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century London. His Recollections give a fascinating glimpse of the life of an ordinary musician as he went about his daily business serving as a church organist, singing glees - occasionally with the Prince of Wales - and teaching. They show how the events of his time bore, or failed to bear, on the lives of ordinary people, and present an entertaining insider's view of the famous musical institutions of London, including the Anacreontic Society, whose club song is now The Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the USA.

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