Jane Austen's Ipod

Super cool! Thank you!!!

I bet she listens to Taylor Swift and the Jonas Brothers but doesn't like Death Cab for Cutie!

So, what were the songs?

I got the podcast from iTunes (BBC, Radio 4 Choice).

I wish they had a transcription of the radio broadcast/podcast or a list of the actual songs.

from jane austen's world blog
http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/jane-austens-ipod-plays-her-music/

"BBC Radio 4, bless their souls, have put the recordings together with a spirited little commentary by David Owen Norris pondering on the music and Ms. Austen’s history along with Deirdre Le Fay (of Jane Austen Cookbook and multiple Austen biography fame; she reminds me irresistibly of Julia Child), pianist Samantha Curasca, and the lucky Austen inheritor himself, Richard Jenkins.

There are seven compositions featured in the broadcast, ranging from a suggestive little ditty about a maiden who sings all day and night to keep her lover playing his pipe (snort) to the toe-tapping “Bluebells of Scotland.” One song, written by Robbie Burns, Jane rewrote at the very end to make herself the song’s heroine: the original words, “the chains of his Jean” she changed to “the charms of his Jane.” Atta girl.

One charming piano piece, “Allegretto andantino,” is thought to be an original composition written by Ms. Austen herself. Others highlight Jane’s interest in show tunes and songs about the French Revolution, while still others " pages of nursery rhymes " demonstrate her devotion to her legion of young nieces and nephews."