She Played and Sang: Jane Austen and Music with Gillian Dooley
Thu 15 Aug
|Christ Church Centre
Tickets £5-20 This is a live, in-person event. Location: Christ Church Centre Take a turn around the room with us, as we welcome music historian Gillian Dooley to Edinburgh to talk about one of our greatest literary heroines, Jane Austen, and the role music played in her life and work.
Time & Location
15 Aug 2024, 19:00 – 20:30 BST
Christ Church Centre, 6a Morningside Rd, Edinburgh EH10 4DD, UK
About The Event
Tickets £5-20
This is a live, in-person event.
Location: Christ Church Centre, 6a Morningside Road, EH10 4DD
Take a turn around the room with us, as we welcome music historian Gillian Dooley to Edinburgh to talk about one of our greatest literary heroines, Jane Austen, and the role music played in her life and work.
Like her much-loved heroine Emma Woodhouse, Jane Austen 'played and sang'. Music occupied a central role in her life, and she made brilliant use of it in her books to illuminate characters' personalities and highlight the contrasts between them.
Our knowledge of Austen's musical inclinations was limited until the recent emergence of a treasure trove of new evidence. Delving into these books, letters and other familial records, She Played and Sang unveils a previously unknown facet of Austen's world.