Robert Browning

Poet

Robert Browning

1812 - 1889

Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntax. Read more here.

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Song List

This list is likely to be of songs that have been performed at Oxford International Song Festivals and Oxford Song events, and may not be comprehensive of this composer's compositions. This database is ever growing as a work in progress, with further songs regularly being added.

Ah, Love, but a day (1899) Amy Beach
I Send My Heart Up To Thee (1899) Amy Beach
Summum bonum (1891) Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Year’s at the Spring (1899) Amy Beach
You'll love me yet! Op. 37 no.1 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

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