'One equal music’ : the Royal College of Music, its inception and the legacy of Sir George Grove 1883-1895

The establishment of the Royal College of Music (RCM) in 1883 represents the denouement of an eighteenth-century movement to found a conservatoire with a national remit in Britain. Whether motivated by the desire to rival Continental conservatoires to generate and develop an environment in which a w...

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Main Author: Brightwell, Giles William Edward
Published: Durham University 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.437168