Stephen Glover (1812/13– 7 December 1870), was a composer and teacher.
Stephen Glover was brother to
Charles William Glover
Charles William Glover (Feb. 1806– 23 March 1863) was an English violinist and composer.
He was the elder brother of Stephen Glover.
Glover played the violin in the orchestras of Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres, and was appointed mus ...
. He was born in London in 1812
''Dictionary of National Biography.''
John Denison Champlin, William Foster Apthorp (editors)
''Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians''
Volume 2, p. 157, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (1889). or 1813, and became a popular composer of songs, ballads
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or ''ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...
, and duet
A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony, as the performers take turns performing a solo ...
s. The ''Monks of Old'' (1842), ''What are the Wild Waves Saying'' (1850), ''Excelsior'', and ''Songs from the Holy Scriptures'' illustrate the range and taste of the fourteen or fifteen hundred compositions Glover presented to the public from 1847 until his death, on 7 December 1870, at the age of 57.
NOTE: A song by Stephen Glover is not shown in the listings of his compositions. On the cover of piece of sheet music published in New York, it is entitled "Gently Sighs the Breeze." At the bottom it reads: "The popular duet, written for Madlle. Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind (6 October 18202 November 1887) was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and a ...
& Madlle. Marietta Alboni
Maria Anna Marzia (called Marietta) Alboni (6 March 1826 – 23 June 1894) was a renowned Italian contralto opera singer. She is considered "one of the greatest contraltos in operatic history".
Biography
Alboni was born at Città di Castello, i ...
." The inside of the sheet gives the title as "The Evening Breeze", with words by J. E. Carpenter. It is likely an 1848/50 publication. The cover has a black & white litho of the two women.
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*Sheet music fo
"The good bye at the Door"
Augusta, GA: Blackmar & Bro, from th
Confederate Imprints Sheet Music Collection
*Sheet music fo
"Mother! Can This Glory Be?"
Mobile, AL: J. H. Snow, 1862, from th
Confederate Imprints Sheet Music Collection
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1813 births
1870 deaths
English composers
19th-century English educators
19th-century British composers
Musicians from London
19th-century English musicians