Denis William StevensCBE (2 March 1922 – 1 April 2004) was a British
musicologist specialising in
early music, conductor, professor of
music and radio producer.[1][2]
Among his many other works, Stevens completed the task of producing the Supplementary Volume to the 5th edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, which
Eric Blom had not been able to complete by the time of Blom's death in 1959. The Supplementary Volume was published in 1961. He also contributed to The Stereo Record Guide through 1968.
From 1964 to 1976, he was professor of musicology at
Columbia University,
New York and during this period often wrote collaboratively with others such as music critic
Alec Robertson. In 1995, he was appointed as visiting professor at
Goldsmiths College,
London, the institution which now houses his extensive
Monteverdi library.
Caldwell, John; Stevens, Denis. (1966). Early Tudor Organ Music, Volume 6. Stainer and Bell.
Stevens, Denis. (1967). English Madrigals - For Four Voices. Penguin Books.
Robertson, Alec; Stevens, Denis. (1969). Pelican History of Music, Harmondsworth, Volumes 1–3. Penguin Books.
Stevens, Denis. (1970). English Madrigals - For Five Voices. Penguin Books.
Stevens, Denis (ed.); et al. (1970). Music in Honour of St. Thomas of Canterbury (1118–1170), for Soloists, Choir, Organ Or Other Instruments. Kent: Novello.
Yonge, Nicolas; Stevens, Denis. (1972). Musica Transalpina. Gregg International.
Robertson, Alec; Stevens, Denis. (1973). The Pelican History of Music - Renaissance and Baroque. Penguin Books.
Robertson, Alec; Stevens, Denis. (1977). Historia General de la Música. 1 - Antiguas Formas de Polifonía.
Conforti, Giovanni Luca; Stevens, Denis. (1981). Musicology: A Practical Guide. Pro/Am Music Resources.
Monteverdi, Claudio; Stevens, Denis. (1983). L' Orfeo: Favola in Música - Venice 1615. Gregg International.
Marcello, Benedetto; Stevens, Denis; et el. (1985). Salmo decimoquinto: from Estro poetico-armonico, Vol. III - for alto voice, cello and basso continuo, Issue 15. Grancino Editions.
Stevens, Denis. (1989). The Joy of Ornamentation - Rome 1593. Schirmer Books.
Robertson, Alec; Stevens, Denis. (1990). Geschichte der Musik, Volume 1. Pawlak.
Robertson, Alec; Stevens, Denis. (1993). Historia General de la Música - Volume 2. Istmo.
Stevens, Denis. (1997). Early Music. Kahn & Averill.
Stevens, Denis. (2001). Monteverdi in Venice. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
Arnold, Franck Thomas; Stevens, Denis. (2003). The Art of Accompaniment from a Thorough-bass: As Practised in the XVIIth & XVIIIth Centuries, Volume 1. Courier Corporation.