@article{859ee53724c246aeb082ebf02e7e7133,
title = "“There Is No Understanding a Word of It”: Musical Taste and Italian Vocal Music in Austen{\textquoteright}s Musical and Literary World",
abstract = "A discussion of the various implications of musical taste in Jane Austen's novels, especially in the context of the debate between virtuosity and sincerity, and contemporary attitudes to Italian music versus English music. The novel examined most closely in this paper is Emma.The paper also includes a survey of the Italian music in Jane Austen's music collection, which she is likely to have played and sung.",
keywords = "Jane Austen, Music, Emma, virtuosity",
author = "Gillian Dooley",
note = "This journal issue is dated 2021 but was only published in around May 2022; Jane Austen Society of North America AGM : Jane Austen in the Arts, JASNA AGM ; Conference date: 15-10-2021 Through 17-01-2022",
year = "2021",
language = "English",
volume = "43",
pages = "88--98",
journal = "Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal On-Line",
issn = "1559-7520",
publisher = "Jane Austen Society of North America",
number = "1",
url = "http://jasna.org",
}