Music and Academia in Victorian Britain

ISBN-13: 9781138276659 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 272 str.

Rosemary Golding

Opis

Until the nineteenth century, music occupied a marginal place in British universities. It was not until a benefaction initiated the creation of a professorship of music at the University of Edinburgh, in the early nineteenth century, that the idea of music as a university discipline commanded serious consideration. Focusing on four universities - Edinburgh, Oxford, Cambridge and London - this book examines the identity of music as an academic subject, primarily through systems of teaching and examination.

Recenzje

'Deft handling of abundant archive material, woven into a tight, instructive narrative, brings to the fore the two issues about music's identity and status that drive the author's principal themes: art or science? professional or liberal form of study?' Fontes Artis Musicae ’Golding’s book is an important and readable foray into an under-explored aspect of British musical history. Thoroughly researched, it raises questions about music curricula that preoccupy us still. ... a generous number of appendices ... give an indication of the huge amount of material the author had to plough through in order to present such a clear narrative. Golding provides many insights and analyses of a complicated period in British musical history, re-introducing us to a number of forgotten but worthy figures, and as such her book is to be warmly welcomed’. NABMSA

Spis treści

General Editor’s Series Preface; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Music as Science: Edinburgh, 1837–1865; Chapter 2 Questions of Profession and Status: Oxford; Chapter 3 Vocational and Academic Musical Study: Cambridge; Chapter 4 Towards a Scheme for ‘Music(ology)’? Edinburgh, 1865–1914; Chapter 5 Universities and Conservatoires: London; Conclusion;

O autorze

Rosemary Golding studied music at the University of Oxford and Royal Holloway College, University of London. She now holds the post of Academic Staff Tutor in Music at the Open University. Rosemary is a cellist and singer and lives in Oxford.