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Some of the compositions are nearly 200 years old and have never been experienced by an audience.
One of the pieces of music composed by Maris Stella which has been recreated and recorded by the Leeds Conservatoire for the first time
“It has been a remarkably uplifting and inspiring experience seeing a new generation of music-lovers in Leeds working so hard to bring the melodies created by these composers to life once again,” said Kitty Ross, who is curator of social history at Leeds Museums.
Composers whose music has been reimagined and digitised include Virginia Gabriel, who wrote popular ballads in the 19th Century as well as a number of serious compositions and popular composer Charlotte Allington Barnard.