Links to related pages

Austen Family Music Books at Internet Archive

I have undertaken a project to catalogue all the separate playable items in this collection on the University of Southampton's catalogue. More than 500 separate records have been added and can be found here, including links to the individual items online in Internet Archive.

A complete list of the contents of the Austen music books is included as an appendix in Samantha Carrasco's PhD thesis The Austen Family Music Books and Hampshire Musical Culture 1770-1820 (University of Southampton, 2013).

Austen family music books at the University of Southampton - A major study of domestic music making in Jane Austen's family, led by Professor Jeanice Brooks.

Jane Austen playlist on YouTube - including various presentations and performances by me and others.

Jane Austen - Musica by Giuseppe Ierolli - An Italian Jane Austen site which includes a music page.

The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music at Johns Hopkins University is a digital collection which contains contemporary editions of the printed music of many of the pieces in the Austen collections. Most are American editions but many are similar to the English editions Austen collected or copied.

The Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton owns 8 of the Austen music books.

Chawton House Library holds 7 of the Austen music books.

Jane Austen's Regency World often publishes articles on music in Jane Austen's life and times.

Romanatic Era Songs -A Site Devoted to Theater and Popular Songs, Catches, Airs, and Art Songs of the Romantic Period, as well as Later Settings of Lyrics and Poems of Romantic-Era Poets at San Jose State University.