THE CREATIVE WORKS OF WOMEN IN THE 18th/19th CENTURY
Tim Parker- Langston - fortepiano/tenor
Ana Beard Fernandez - soprano
Miranda Westcott - mezzo soprano
Jo Lawrence - violin
Pavel Serbin - violoncello
Music & Songs by:
Harriett Abrams: (1758-1821)
Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy: (1744-1824)
Louise Reichardt: (1779-1826)
Fanny Hensel (maiden name Mendelssohn): (1805-1847)
Jane Austen: (1775-1817)
Joseph Haydn: (1732-1809)
François Devienne: (1759-1803)
Jane Austen’s musical world was richer than a narrow focus on the genteel occupations of women in the eighteenth century. Letters and family memoirs show that alongside her work as a writer she played, sang, and copied music throughout her life. She attended balls, assemblies, concerts and musical theatre, experiencing the explosion of public musical entertainment Georgian England had to offer.
Extracts from Professor Jeanice Brooks, University of Southampton: Jane Austen's Music: the world at home