News – Sound Heritage

Saturday, 24 October, 2026

Anne Lister’s music books freely available online

Two volumes of music that belonged to the celebrated English diarist Anne Lister (1791-1840) are now accessible for musicians, scholars, Lister enthusiasts and fans of the TV series ‘Gentleman Jack’.…
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Saturday, 24 October, 2026

Newly rediscovered Austen music now available online

Jane Austen’s own copy of a wide-ranging collection of short keyboard pieces is now freely available online in The Austen Family Music Books collection in Internet Archive, digitised by the…
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Friday, 3 April, 2026

Anne Lister’s Music at Shibden Hall

A new digitisation project brings Lister’s music books to a wide public
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Sunday, 8 February, 2026

Hearing History Showcase – Imagining Unsung Voices at Erddig

An afternoon of poetry reading, music, and sound immersion exploring the house and gardens of Erddig.
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Thursday, 20 November, 2025

Hearing History at Erddig

Writing and listening to the sounds of a historic house
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Thursday, 2 May, 2024

Sound Museums: Designing for Inclusion, Wellbeing and Community

A multidisciplinary event to explore museum sound
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Tuesday, 22 August, 2023

Decolonising Sonic Heritage Spaces

A HEIF-funded Knowledge Exchange Workshop
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Monday, 26 June, 2023

‘Then I play’d upon the Harpsichord’ at Six, Fitzroy Square

Music and tea-tasting evoke Queen Charlotte’s informal concerts
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Tuesday, 18 October, 2022

“Bobbin About to the Fiddle”: New Resource for Domestic and Social Dance in Georgian Britain

An exciting new resource for researchers, musicians, dancers and heritage professionals
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Monday, 12 September, 2022

Sounding Erddig, Listening to the Past

Sounding Erddig features in the National Trust Magazine
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