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STEPHENS.
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G, in 1843, and one in F, 1844. He became a
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member of the Royal Society of Musicians in
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1843, and the same year was appointed organist
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of St. Mark's, ]Myddelton Square. In 1846 he
of St. Mark's, Myddelton Square. In 1846 he
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was elected organist of Holy Trinity, Padding-
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ton ; St. Marks, Hamilton Terrace, 1862 ; St.
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■Clemeiit Danes, Strand, 1864 ; St. Sayiour's,
Clemeiit Danes, Strand, 1864 ; St. Sayiour's,
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Paddington, 1872, resigning in 187.5. He
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occasionally played in public as a pianist, but
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was chiefly occupied in teaching. Elected an
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Associate, "^1850, and Member, 1857, of the
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Philharmonic Society ; and afterwards fre-
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quently chosen as a Director ; and from 1880
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acted as Treasurer. F.C.0.,1865; Hon.R.A.M.,
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1870. An original member of the Musical
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Association (1874), he read seyeral papers at
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its meetings. In 1885 he was appointed one
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of the Examiners for musical degrees at Cam-
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laridge University. He took an active interest
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in the I.S.M., played in his pf. duos at the
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Conferences of 1888 and 1890 ; and conducted
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a performance of his Symphony in G minor,
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at Mr. Stockley's Birmingham Concerts, April
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24, 1890, and at the Philharmonic Concerts,
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March 19, 1891, He died in London, July 13,
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1892.
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Works. — Orchestral : Two symphonies ; Five
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overtures — A Dream of Happiness, No. 4, per-
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formed at the Royal Albert Hall, October,
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1873; A Recollection of the Past, Philhar-
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monic, April 28, 1880. Other orchestral pieces
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in MS. String quartets in G, op. 21 ; in P,
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op. 22 (Trinity College, London, Prize Com-
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positions), 1879; Quartet in B minor, op. 2;
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Trio in F, op. 1, pf. and strings; Allegro and
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andante varie, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn,
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and bassoon, 1892 ; Sonata piacevole, o^. 25,
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pf. and flute. Pianoforte : Duo brillant in E,
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op. 19 ; Duo concertante in G, op. 4, and in
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■C, op. 2G, two pianos. Sonata in A flat, op. 8,
C, op. 2G, two pianos. Sonata in A flat, op. 8,
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Musical Artists' Society, 1882 ; Romance ;
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Impronai)tu, etc. Transcriptions, various.
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Organ: Two movements, op. 3; a second set,
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op. 7; a third set, op. 15; Fantasia, Offertoire,
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etc. Church services and anthems. Part-
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song, men's voices, Come, fill ye right merrily,
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Prize, Leslie's Choir, 1858 ; Glees, songs, etc.
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Author of article. Philharmonic Society, in
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Grove's Dictionary'. Editor of The Choir
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Chant Book, containing 513 chants, with
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Biographical Notices of the Composers, Lon-
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don, Bemrose, 1882.
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S.^MUEL John Stephens, his brother, born
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in London, September 4, 1819, studied under
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Potter, Hamilton, and H. Blagrove. Appeared
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as pianist with C. E. Stephens at concerts in
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1845. Associate, 1859 ; Member, 1888, Phil-
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harmonic Society. Engaged in teaching, and
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esteemed as an excellent jDianist. Died at
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Hammersmith, -June 29, 1889.
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Stephens, John 393-L-61
Stephens, John, organist and composer,
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was born probably at Gloucester about 1720.
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He was a chorister in Gloucester Cathedral,

STEVEN.
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and in 1746 he succeeded Edward Thomson
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as organist there. In 1763 he graduated Mus.
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Doc, Cambridge, and in 1766 he conducted
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the Gloucester Festival. He died at Salis-
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bury, December 15, 1780. A volume of his
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compositions for the church was issued at
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London in 1805, as Cathedral music, corrected
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and published by Highmore Skeats. One of
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his pieces called the Chimes of Gloucester
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Cathedral, was edited by C. L. Williams.
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Stephenson, Joseph 393-R-11
Stephenson, Joseph, musician of the
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18th century, who resided at Poole, in Dorset.
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He published " Church Harmony sacred to
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de\otion, being a choice set of new anthems
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and psalm tunes on various subjects, having
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the energy of our English words particularly
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expressed, with an air to each different sub-
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ject," London [1770]. "The Musical Com-
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panion, containing te deum, jubilate in 4
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parts. .. .also 2 anthems for a club feast
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day .... the whole for the use of country
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chrirs. ..." London, n.d. Songs : The Pipe,
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etc., and other vocal music.
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Stephenson, R. J 393-R-24
Stephenson, R. J., author of " Elemen-
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tary elucidations of the major and minor of
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Music, exemplifying the diatonic scale...."
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London [1817].
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Stephenson or Stevenson, Robert 393-R-28
Stephenson or Stevenson, Robert,
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musician of the 16th century, who graduated
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Mus. Bac, Oxford, in 1587, and Mus. Doc,
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Oxford, in 1596.
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Stern, Leo 393-R-32
Stern, Leo, violoncellist, born at Brighton.
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His father, Leopold Stern, was born at Diis-
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seldorf, but is a naturalised Englishman, and
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a well-known professor of the violin and con-
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ductor, at Brighton. His mother, as Miss
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Annie Laurence, was regarded as one of the
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best amateur pianists in the district. He
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has appeared with success at concerts in
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London and the provinces since about 1886.
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At the Philharmonic Society's concert, March
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19, 1896, he played, for the first time,
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Dvorak's coiicerto for the violoncello, op.
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104, and with such success that he was in-
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vited by the composer to play it at Prague,
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which he did on April 9. In the early part
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of 1897 he was in New York. He has two
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sisters in the musical profession. His com-
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positions are chiefly for his special instru-
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ment, and consist of a Mazurka Fantastique,
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IMelodie Romantique, gavotte, serenade, etc. ;
Melodie Romantique, gavotte, serenade, etc. ;
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also songs.
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Steven, James 393-R-53
Steven, James, music publisher and
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collector, who lived in Glasgow as a music-
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seller. He was leader of psalmody at the
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University Hall. He died previous to 1833.
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Compiler of " A Selection of psalm and hymn
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tunes in four parts .... to which is added a
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compendious introduction...." Glasgow,
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1801, vol. 1; Selection of Sacred music...
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vols. 2, 3, 4, and 5. The sixth volume of
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this collection was edited by John Turnbull
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as a " Selection of original sacred music,"


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