The Life And Poems Of Anne Hunter Haydns Tuneful Voice
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2009
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781846311918
Description: Anne Home Hunter (1741-1821) was one of the most successful song writers of the second half of the eighteenth century, most famously as the poet who wrote the lyrics of many of Haydn's songs. However, her work, which included many more serious, lyrical and romantic poems has been largely forgotten. This book contains over 200 poems, some published in her life-time under her married name 'Mrs John Hunter', some attributed only to 'a Lady', and most importantly many transcribed from her manuscripts, which are now collected for the first time.