Mary Ann Browne (also known as Mrs. James Gray; 24 September 1812 – 28 January 1845) was an English poet and writer of musical scores.
Biography
editMary Ann (sometimes Mary-Anne) Browne was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, 24 September 1812.[1][2] She was the eldest of three children.[3] Though some sources mention Felicia Hemans was her sister, that is not the case.[4][5]
A collection of her verses came before the public when she was only fifteen years of age.[6] Browne wrote Mont Blanc, Ada, Bepentance, The Coronal, The Birthday Gift, Ignatia, Sacred Poetry, and many fugitive pieces in periodicals.[7]
In 1840, her family removed to Liverpool. In 1842, she married James Gray, a Scotsman, and a nephew of James Hogg. She was remembered for piety and charity.[7]
Mary Ann Browne Gray died 28 January 1845[1] at Sunday's Well, Cork, Ireland.[2][a]
Selected works
editMusical scores
edit- The captive knight : a ballad, 18--
- The messenger bird, a duett, 1826 (with George E. Blake)
- The sunset tree, Tyrolese evening hymn, 1826 (with George E Blake)
- The Pilgrim Fathers, 1827
- The recall, 1827-33 (with Charles Bradlee)
- Evening song to the Virgin, (at sea) A duett., 183- (with Edward S Mesier)
- The blue sea, song of a Greek islander in exile,, 183- (with Edward S Mesier)
Songs
edit- Twelve popular songs, 18-- (with Edward F. Rimbault)
- The better land[8]
- The breaking waves dash high
- The bridal of Andalla
- Landing of the Pilgrims
- Plymouth rock
- Treasures of the deep
Poetry
edit- Mont Blanc, and other poems by Mary Ann Browne, in her fifteenth year., 1827
- Ada, and other poems, 1828
- Repentance: And Other Poems, 1829
- The coronal; original poems, sacred and miscellaneous., 1833
- Ignatia, and other poems, 1838
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team, “Browne, Mary Ann (Mrs. James Grey) (F),” Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project, Edition 0.98.8beta, University of Victoria, 30th June 2023.
- ^ a b Brown, Susan; Patricia Clements; Isobel Grundy (eds.). "Mary Ann Browne". Orlando Project. Cambridge University Press Online. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Ashfield, Andrew (November 1998). Romantic women poets, 1788–1848. Manchester University Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-7190-5292-7.
- ^ Feldman, Paula R. (7 December 2000). British Women Poets of the Romantic Era: An Anthology. JHU Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-8018-6640-1.
- ^ Blain, Virginia (January 1995). ""Thou with Earth's Music Answerest to the Sky": Felicia Hemans, Mary Ann Browne, and the myth of poetic sisterhood". Women's Writing. 2 (3): 251–269. doi:10.1080/0969908950020304.
- ^ Virtue and Company 1875, p. 547.
- ^ a b c Virtue and Company 1875, p. 548.
- ^ Crawford, Phyllis (1926). Song Index: An Index to More Than 12,000 Songs in 177 Song Collections Comprising 262 Volumes. H.W. Wilson Company. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
Bibliography
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Virtue and Company (1875). The Art Journal (Public domain ed.). Virtue and Company.
