The Royal College of Music and its Contexts - An Artistic and Social History (Hardcover)

Located between the great Victorian museums of South Kensington and the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal College of Music, founded in 1883, has been a central influence on British musical life ever since. This wide-ranging account places the College within its musical and educational environments. It argues that the RCM's significance lies not only in its famous performers and composers, but also the generations of its more anonymous former students who have done so much to improve the musical life of the localities in which they have worked as teachers and animateurs. As a cultural history, this account also captures how significantly society's consumption of music - from new technologies to the altered perspectives of historical and world musics - has changed since the College was founded, and how very different our points of musical reference now are. This study traces the effects of such developments on the College's work.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Music since 1900
Release date:	September 2019
Authors:	David C. H. Wright
Dimensions:	253 x 180 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	386
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-16338-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Colleges of higher education Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Music > General Promotions
LSN:	1-107-16338-2
Barcode:	9781107163386

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