Mary Ann Browne

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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[edit]

Mary 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 Scotchman, 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[edit]

Musical 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[edit]

  1. ^ Virtue & Company record 1844 as year of death.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Brown, Susan; Patricia Clements; Isobel Grundy (eds.). "Mary Ann Browne". Orlando Project. Cambridge University Press Online. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  3. ^ Ashfield, Andrew (November 1998). Romantic women poets, 1788–1848. Manchester University Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-7190-5292-7.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Virtue and Company 1875, p. 547.
  7. ^ a b c Virtue and Company 1875, p. 548.
  8. ^ 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[edit]

  • Public Domain 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.

External links[edit]

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