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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’. The original books are kept at Lister’s former home at Shibden Hall. A collaboration between curators from Calderdale Museums and researchers at the Universities of…
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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 University of Southampton. As a pupil of the Winchester organist George Chard in the 1790s, Austen engaged with scores aimed at learners that were produced…
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Anne Lister’s Music at Shibden Hall
A new digitisation project brings Lister’s music books to a wide public
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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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Hearing History at Erddig
Writing and listening to the sounds of a historic house
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Sound Museums: Designing for Inclusion, Wellbeing and Community
A multidisciplinary event to explore museum sound
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Decolonising Sonic Heritage Spaces
A HEIF-funded Knowledge Exchange Workshop
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‘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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“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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Sounding Erddig, Listening to the Past
Sounding Erddig features in the National Trust Magazine
