Background
He was born in Windermere, Cumbria in 1871.
He was born in Windermere, Cumbria in 1871.
Royal College of Music.
He was a pupil at the Royal College of Music. His career started early when at the age of 14 he was appointed to Cartmel Priory as organist. He was a proponent of Tudor Church Music and he published the Lamentations of Robert Whyte (a former organist at Street Margaret"s Church, Westminster).
At a time when many organ recitals favoured transcriptions of orchestral works, Stephenson eschewed them in favour of organ compositions.
His recital programmes included the Sonatas and larger Chorale Fantasias of Max Reger and the later Symphonies of Charles Widor. Organist of:
Cartmel Priory 1888 - 1891
Holy Trinity Church, Sunningdale 1891 - 1901
Street Michael"s Church, Brighton 1901 - 1905
Street Nicholas" Church, Brighton 1905 - 1906
Saint Philip"s Cathedral, Birmingham 1906 - 1914
Saint Margaret"s Church, Westminster 1914 - 1922.