A Novelist’s Playlist: The Music of Jane Austen
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Join us for coffee and cookies beginning at 11:45 a.m. The talk will begin at 12:15 p.m.
(Please Note: This is an in-person event only - Zoom attendance will not be available.)

The program will be held at the Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room A, 123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA 52240.

Every reader of the novels of Jane Austen knows that a proper heroine plays the pianoforte—but what did Austen herself know about music? In this engaging lecture-recital, musicologist Marian Wilson Kimber will explore the music owned by the renowned novelist, including compositions she copied to play herself. Wilson Kimber will be joined by soprano Sarah Hachtman, who will perform elegant and witty eighteenth-century songs from Austen’s personal collection.