Looking for suitably bad 1890s piano music for The Importance of Being Earnest

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Hi all! I’m looking for a recording of deliberately rather bad piano playing that would be appropriate for a production/rendition of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.

Ideally, I’m after something that sounds plausibly 1890s / late Victorian... Perhaps a period piano recording or suitably old-fashioned piece played somewhat clumsily and occasionally disharmonious.

It would be great if the recording were royalty-free / public domain, as this is for a production, although that’s not an absolute requirement.

Does anyone know of any recordings, archives, musicians, or sources that might have something suitable?

Thanks!

Posted Sep 23, 2026, 8:39 AM UTC

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