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Jane Austenβs music collection
Several volumes of music which belonged to Jane Austen survive β a combination of printed sheets and pieces which Jane laboriously copied out herself. Lucy talks to Professor Jeanice Brooks about βThe Irishmanβ β a comic song Jane included in her collection β and has a go at singing one of the verses, whilst playing on an original 18th century piano.
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