Recollections of R.J.S.Stevens: An Organist in Georgian London (Music in Georgian and Victorian Society)

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. 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 Front Matter....Pages i-xix Front Matter....Pages xxi-xxii Early Years....Pages 1-15 1776–1780....Pages 16-35 1781–1785....Pages 36-52 1786–1790....Pages 53-73 1791–1795....Pages 74-98 1796–1800....Pages 99-117 1801–1805....Pages 118-136 1806–1810....Pages 137-178 1811–1815....Pages 179-206 1816–1820....Pages 207-227 1821–1825....Pages 228-260 Closing the Account....Pages 261-270 Back Matter....Pages 271-314