Child composers in the old conservatories : how orphans became elite musicians / Robert O. Gjerdingen.

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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

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The original music conservatories were orphanages. Through innovative teaching methods the masters of these old institutions were able to transform poor and often illiterate castoffs into elite musicians, many of whom became famous in the history of classical music. The text tells the story of how this was done. It shows what the lessons were like, what a typical day was like for an orphan, and how children progressed from simple lessons to ones more advanced than any seen today in colleges and universities.

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September 21, 2020

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