Stephen Paxton was an 18th century cellist

Cello

The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

 and composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

. He is remembered along with his brother, William Paxton

William Paxton (musician)

William Paxton was a cellist in England. He composed several sets of duets and solos for the cello, including six duos for two cellos , eight duos for violin and cello , six solos for violin , four solos for violin and two for the cello , twelve easy lessons for cello . and six solos for cello...

 (1737–1781), for the composition of numerous pieces for the cello, most notably glees

Glee (music)

A glee is an English type of part song spanning the late baroque, classical and early romantic periods. It is usually scored for at least three voices, and generally intended to be sung unaccompanied. Glees often consist of a number of short, musically contrasted movements and their texts can be...

. Due to imprecise attribution methods of the time, the works of the two brothers are oftentimes confused or improperly attributed.

Paxton won London Catch Club prize medals for his glees How Sweet, How Fresh (1779), Round the Hapless (1781), Ye Muses Inspire Me (1783), and Blest Pow'r Here See (1784).