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Recollections of R. J. S. Stevens
Mark . Ed(S): Argent
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Description for Recollections of R. J. S. Stevens
Paperback. Editor(s): Argent, Mark. Series: Music in Georgian & Victorian society. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; D. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Series
Music in Georgian & Victorian society
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349127788
SKU
V9781349127788
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