Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 39 minutes ago
In her offering in Contributors Corner, contralto Julia Dickmann sings the only song mentioned in a Jane Austen novel - Robin Adair, which in "Emma" was included in the music delivered with the mysterious gift of a piano to Jane Fairfax. It was a favourite of Jane Austen herself. This rendition is of the song itself - in another of our videos,
youtube.com/watch?v=Q7fUMxlpYJE
Ros plays the instrumental version by Kiallmark which can be found in the Jane Austen music archive presently being studied at Southampton University.
In her offering in Contributors Corner, contralto Julia Dickmann sings the only song mentioned in a Jane Austen novel - Robin Adair, which in "Emma" was included in the music delivered with the mysterious gift of a piano to Jane Fairfax. It was a favourite of Jane Austen herself. This rendition is of the song itself - in another of our videos,
youtube.com/watch?v=Q7fUMxlpYJE
Ros plays the instrumental version by Kiallmark which can be found in the Jane Austen music archive presently being studied at Southampton University.
