Edgar Allan Poe
Musician · 1809–1849 · Boston, Massachusetts
Best known for
Songwriter
Edgar Allan Poe was the nineteenth-century American author and poet whose verse — “Annabel Lee,” “The Raven,” “The Bells” — has been set to music by everyone from Joan Baez and Stevie Nicks to bluegrass acts like the Carolina Chocolate Drops. His catalog row reflects bluegrass settings of his lyrics.
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- Born January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts; raised in Richmond, Virginia.
- Worked as a poet, short-story writer, and literary critic.
- Wrote the long poem “Annabel Lee” in 1849; the lyric has since been set to music by Joan Baez, Stevie Nicks, the Tiger Lillies, and the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
- Wrote “The Raven” (1845), “The Bells,” and the short stories “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”
- Died October 7, 1849, in Baltimore.
