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When did A. E. Housman start making music?
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A. E. Housman's first song “Oh, when I was in love with you” released in 1896.
Alfred Edward Housman was born in 1859 and died in 1936. His most famouse work is A Shropshire Lad, a collection of poems that bring to life the griefs and hopes and disappointments of life in the English countryside. He was also a classical scholar and teacher. The poems in the ‘Shropshire Lad collection are distinctive and evocative, written... Read More
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