Robert James Stove (born 1961 in

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) is an Australian writer, editor, composer and organist.

Biography

Born in 1961 in

and later resident in

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, Stove graduated from

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in 1985. He is the author of four books: ''Prince of Music''—a biography of the composer

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; ''The Unsleeping Eye''—a brief history of secret police from the sixteenth to the twentieth century; ''A Student's Guide to Music History''—a summary history of classical music from the Middle Ages to the Second World War; and most recently ''César Franck: His Life and Times''. He has co-edited, with James Franklin, ''Cricket Versus Republicanism''—a posthumously published collection of essays by his father, the philosopher

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(1927–1994). Brought up as an

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, he converted to

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in 2002."Atheist Convert: R.J. Stove"
Originally published in ''The Traditionalist'', 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2012. Stove's articles have appeared in ''

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'' (he has been a contributing editor at that magazine since 2005), ''

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'', ''The University Bookman'', and other magazines, mainly American. Most of his musical works have been either choral or for solo voice; several are published by Wirripang of

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Bibliography

* R. J. Stove, ''Prince of Music: Palestrina and His World'' (Quakers Hill Press, Sydney, 1990) * R. J. Stove, ''The Unsleeping Eye: Secret Police and Their Victims'' (Encounter Books, San Francisco, 2003) * R. J. Stove, ''A Student's Guide to Music History'' (ISI Books, Wilmington, Delaware, 2007) * R. J. Stove and James Franklin (eds), ''Cricket Versus Republicanism'' (Quakers Hill Press, Sydney, 1995) * R. J. Stove, foreword to Peter Coleman, ''The Heart of James McAuley'', 2nd edition (Connor Court Press, Ballan, Victoria, 2006) * R. J. Stove, ''César Franck: His Life and Times'' (Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, 2011) * R. J. Stove, chapter ('Desperately Seeking Franck: Tournemire and d'Indy as Franck Biographers') in Jennifer Donelson and Fr. Stephen Schloesser (edd), ''Mystic Modern: The Music, Thought, and Legacy of Charles Tournemire'', (Church Music Association of America, Richmond, Virginia, 2014) *

References

External links

rjstove.net
New, official R.J. Stove website, as of May 2010 (obsolete as of February 2015) (Cached 2013 version)
rjstove.com
Cached copy of the old rjstove.com site {{DEFAULTSORT:Stove, R. J. 1961 births Australian biographers Australian male biographers Australian male composers Australian composers Converts to Roman Catholicism from atheism or agnosticism Australian Roman Catholics University of Sydney alumni Living people Palestrina scholars