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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David C. H. Wright (Royal College of Music, London)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 16.90cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.30cm Weight: 0.660kg ISBN: 9781316615171ISBN 10: 1316615170 Pages: 389 Publication Date: 24 March 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction – 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.Reviews'This definitive study of the Royal College of Music is also an original and illuminating contribution to the social history of modern Britain.' Tim Blanning, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge '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 Author InformationDavid C. H. Wright became Reader in the Social History of Music at the Royal College of Music, London after a professional life spent in both music college and university environments. His writings range from the culture and economics of Victorian music publishing to the Prom seasons of William Glock and Robert Ponsonby in The Proms: A New History (2007). In 2013, he published a social and cultural history of the Associated Boards of the Royal Schools of Music. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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