Nov­em­ber 1761, Dub­lin, Ire­land.

Sep­tem­ber 14, 1833, Dub­lin, Ire­land.

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. His works in­clude:

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

• Erickson, pp. 401-02

1. Dublin
2. Vesper Hymn