The Royal College of Music and Its Contexts: An Artistic and Social History

ISBN-13: 9781316615171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 390 str.

London) Wright David C. H. (Royal College of Music

Opis

A rounded portrait of the Royal College of Music, investigating its educational and cultural impact on music and musical life.

Recenzje

'This history fosters deep understanding of conservatoire education, applicable by extension to the whole sector of higher education. This is a richly rewarding volume …' Jane Angell, NABMSA Reviews

Spis treści

Introduction – beginnings and contexts, the themes of a history; Part I. Building and Consolidating (1883–1914): 1. The founding directors – George Grove and Hubert Parry; 2. The students; 3. Establishing the musical and educational ethos – concerts and curriculum; 4. The buildings and finances; Coda – the First World War; Part II. Renewal and conventionality (1919–60): 5. Hugh Allen's RCM and musical life between the wars, 1919–1937; 6. The years of austerity – George Dyson and Ernest Bullock, 1938–1960; Part III. Changing Musical Cultures (1960–1984): 7. Keith Falkner and rebuilding institutional confidence, 1960–1974; 8. Crossing the RCM century – David Willcocks, 1974–84; Part IV. Into its Second Century, 1984–2018: 9. A changed state of rivalry – the RAM, the 'centre of excellence' and the Gowrie review, 1982–92; 10. The new realities of accounting and assuring – securing the RCM's public funding in the 1990s; 11. Reimagining for the future; Epilogue – a prosopography.