Abstract: This chapter explores the various influences that shaped the growth of music conservatoires and the inclusion of music in universities as a discrete branch of study. Arising foremost out of a desire to meet rising demands for professional accreditation and status both from musicians themselves and from those wishing to use their services, this growth in the institutionalization of music education was shaped in turn by tensions between idealistic and pragmatic views of the role of music in society, and by the rising significance given to music as a tool of the emergent modern nation-state, as much as it also inevitably reflects cultural prejudices of the age.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-08-06
Language: en
Type: reference-entry
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