b. 1850d. 1894
Robert Louis Stevenson

A Scottish writer whose poetry was popular among American song composers, Stevenson is best known for his fantasy novel Treasure Island.
Photo: Robert Louis Stevenson, public domain

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Stevenson’s poetry and texts have been set by countless Americans, from John Alden Carpenter’s “Looking-Glass River” to Henry F. Gilbert’s “Pirate Song” and from Sidney Homer’s song cycle Six Songs from ‘Underwoods’ to Richard Hundley’s “For Your Delight.”
Related Information
Robert Louis Stevenson Website
robert-louis-stevenson.orgPoetry Foundation
poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert-louis-stevensonPoets.org
poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/137Project Gutenberg
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35Songs
For Your Delight1962Richard HundleyRobert Louis StevensonLooking-Glass River1912John Alden CarpenterRobert Louis StevensonPirate Song1902Henry F. GilbertRobert Louis StevensonRequiem1919 · In MemoriamJames H. RogersRobert Louis StevensonWhen Children Are Playing Alone on the Green1970Richard HundleyRobert Louis Stevenson
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2012
The Opera America Songbook–Volume 1
Mark Campbell, Richard Danielpour, Daron Aric Hagen, Lowell Liebermann, Amy Lowell, John Musto, Carl Sandburg, William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson
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