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Anne Hunter (née Home) (1742 – 7 January 1821) was a salonnière and poet in Georgian London. She is remembered mostly for the texts to at least nine of Joseph Haydn's 14 songs in English. She was the wife of surgeon and anatomist John Hunter, whose anatomical collections in their home eventually formed the basis for the Hunterian Museum.
Anne Hunter. 1742–1821. Romantic poet and lyricist Anne Hunter was the daughter of the military surgeon Robert Home. She married the famous London surgeon John Hunter and they had four children, two of whom died in infancy.
Romantic poet and lyricist Anne Hunter was the daughter of the military surgeon Robert Home. She married the famous London surgeon John Hunter and they had four children, two of whom died in infancy. Their home was a center of literary and intellectual life, and...
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.
- Caroline Grigson
- 2009
Anne Home Hunter (1741–1821) was one of the most successful song writers of the second half of the eighteenth century. She usually wrote words for existing tunes, but she also set verses written by others to her own music, and sometimes composed both words and music.
- Caroline Grigson
- 2009
May 1, 2009 · 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...
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Opposing the Medical World: The Poetry of Anne Home Hunter. Wordsworth Circle 39 (3) (2008): 102-107. Print. Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (ECPA) is a collaborative digital collection and research project devoted to the poetry of the long eighteenth century.
