Mary Ann Browne Explained
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
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. Browne wrote Mont Blanc, Ada, Bepentance, The Coronal, The Birthday Gift, Ignatia, Sacred Poetry, and many fugitive pieces in periodicals.
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.
Mary Ann Browne Gray died 28 January 1845 at Sunday's Well, Cork, Ireland.
Selected works
Musical scores
- 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
- Twelve popular songs, 18-- (with Edward F. Rimbault)
- The better land[6]
- The breaking waves dash high
- The bridal of Andalla
- Landing of the Pilgrims
- Plymouth rock
- Treasures of the deep
Poetry
- 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
References
Bibliography
Notes and References
- 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.
- Web site: Brown, Susan . Patricia Clements . Isobel Grundy. Mary Ann Browne . Orlando Project . Cambridge University Press Online . 3 June 2018 . en.
- Book: Ashfield, Andrew. Romantic women poets, 1788–1848. November 1998. Manchester University Press. 978-0-7190-5292-7 . 162.
- Book: Feldman, Paula R.. British Women Poets of the Romantic Era: An Anthology. 154. 7 December 2000. JHU Press. 978-0-8018-6640-1.
- Blain . Virginia . "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 . 10.1080/0969908950020304 . January 1995.
- Book: Crawford . Phyllis . Song Index: An Index to More Than 12,000 Songs in 177 Song Collections Comprising 262 Volumes . 1926 . H.W. Wilson Company . 3 February 2022 . en.
