Austen Music Transcripts

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This collection consists of transcripts by Gillian Dooley of a selection of items from the Austen family music collections owned by the Jane Austen’s House Museum and descendants of the Austen family, and held at the Hampshire Records Office, Winchester, and at Chawton House Library. Many of these transcripts were made directly from the manuscripts during a research trip to England in 2010. Other items are transcriptions or arrangements of items in the collection found in other sources. A major research project at Southampton University, led by Professor Jeanice Brooks, is studying these collections and their place in the wider musical culture of the period. Digital images of the full collection of music are now available online at Archive.org

For more information on my Austen music projects, see my Jane Austen's Music site.

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Browsing Austen Music Transcripts by Author "Austen, Jane [transcriber]"
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    Captivity
    ( 2011-01-22T07:34:27Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber and arranger] ; Storace, Stephen [composer] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Song in the form of a lament by Marie Antoinette from her imprisonment.
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    Catch (Joan said to John)
    ( 2011-01-22T07:34:52Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Unaccompanied catch or round for three voices.
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    Duo du Roi Theodore
    ( 2011-01-22T07:34:42Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Paisiello, Giovanni [composer] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Duo from the opera La Roi Theodore a Venise, originally in Italian. Words begin 'Filles charmantes, jeunes amantes, daignez m'apprendre'.
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    The Egyptian Love Song
    ( 2011-01-22T14:46:52Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Harington, Henry [composer] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Duet by Henry Harington. First line: 'Sweet doth blush the rosy morning'.
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    Here's the bower she loved so much
    ( 2011-01-22T08:40:05Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Moore, Thomas [composer] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Song lamenting the death of a young woman. With keyboard or possibly harp accompaniment.
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    Hither Love thy beauties bring
    ( 2011-01-22T08:40:24Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber] ; Krumpholtz [composer]
    Pastoral love song - 4 verses with refrain.
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    Hush-aby Baby
    ( 2011-01-22T08:40:40Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Nursery song set for 2 voices and piano.
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    I ha'e laid a herring in salt
    ( 2011-01-22T11:04:20Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Scottish song: a busy farmer wants a quick answer to his proposal of marriage.
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    The Joys of the Country
    ( 2011-01-22T11:04:59Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Dibdin, Charles [composer] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Humorous song about the unglamorous aspects of country life. With violin and piano accompaniment.
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    The Mansion of Peace
    ( 2012-01-23) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber] ; Webbe, Samuel ; McCauley, Fiona [arranger]
    Transcribed from sheet music downloaded from Lester Levy Collection at Johns Hopkins University. The song is no 3.36 in the manuscript book in Jane Austen's hand described in Gammie and McCulloch's catalogue 'Jane Austen's Music', held by the Jane Austen's House Museum, Chawton.
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    The Marseilles March
    ( 2011-01-22T12:10:33Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Rouget de Lisle, Claude Joseph ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Version of the Marseillaise, the French national anthem. 6 verses.
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    Oh Nancy
    ( 2011-01-22T12:11:14Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Carter, Charles Thomas [composer] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Song with violin obbligato and keyboard accompaniment.
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    Pauvre Jacques
    ( 2011-01-22T12:11:21Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Song with keyboard accompaniment, 2 verses with refrain.
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    Queen Mary's Lamentation
    ( 2011-01-22T14:45:03Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Giordani, Tommaso [composer] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Song in the form of a lament by Mary Queen of Scots from her imprisonment.
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    The Request
    ( 2011-01-22T14:47:07Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Vogler, [Gerald][composer] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Song with keyboard accompaniment: First line 'Tell me babbling echo why'.
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    The Soldier's Adieu
    ( 2011-01-22T14:46:07Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Dibdin, Charles [composer] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber] ; Donley, Joyce [transcriber]
    Song with violin and keyboard accompaniment, sung by soldier farewelling his wife. 3 verses with refrain. Austen originally wrote 'soldier' as in the published version, but crossed out the word and replaced it with 'sailor'.
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    Song from Burns
    ( 2011-01-22T14:42:23Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Burns, Robert [lyricist] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Song with words by Robert Burns. First line: 'Their groves of sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon'. 2 verses. Melody and simple bass part only.
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    Song in 'La Fee Urgele'
    ( 2011-01-22T14:46:36Z) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Duni, Egidio Romualdo [composer] ; Phillidor [attributed] ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    Song from La Fee Urgele: first line 'Ah! que l'amour est chose jolie'.
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    Sweet Transports
    ( 2011-12-30) Dooley, Gillian Mary [transcriber] ; Shield, William ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    This song is no. 3.09 in Gammie and McCulloch's 'Jane Austen's Music', transcribed by Jane Austen. This transcription is by G. Dooley from the sheet music published in New York by J. Hewitt and appears similar in most respects to the Austen MS.
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    The Wedding Day
    ( 2011-12-30) Hook, James ; Austen, Jane [transcriber]
    This song is no. 3:24 in Gammie and McCulloch's catalogue in 'Jane Austen's Music', written in Jane Austen's handwriting. The present document is a transcript of sheet music published in Boston by P.A. von Hogan & Co.