Introduction

Biography

Stevenson’s mu­sic­al ca­reer start­ed as cho­ris­ter, then vi­car cho­ral, at Christ Church and St. Pa­trick’s ca­thed­rals. The Uni­ver­si­ty of Dub­lin gave him a doc­tor­ate de­gree in 1791, and he was knight­ed in 1803.

In 1814, he be­came the cas­tle cha­pel’s first or­gan­ist and mu­sic di­rect­or.

Works

• Irish Me­lo­dies, 1807–09
• A Se­lect­ion of Po­pu­lar Na­tion­al Airs, with Tho­mas Moore, 1818