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To talent alone : The Royal Irish Academy of Music, 1848-1998 / edited by Richard Pine and Charles Acton.

Contributor(s): Pine, Richard [editor] | Acton, Charles, 1914-1999 [editor].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dublin : Gill & Macmillan Ltd., [1998]Description: xxv, 627 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0717127591 (hardback).Subject(s): Royal Irish Academy of Music | Music -- Instruction and studyDDC classification: 780.711415
Contents:
Introduction / Richard Pine -- Music in Dublin, 1800-1848 / Derek Collins -- Intermezzo: the responsibilities of a music teacher / Margaret O'Hea -- Foundations I, 1848-1870 -- Intermezzo: The Academy's premises, 1848-1998 -- Foundations II, 1871-1889 -- Intermezzo: Edith Oldham and George Grove -- Growth, 1890-1921 -- Intermezzo: Dr Annie Patterson -- Intermezzo: Dr Walter Starkie -- Tested teaching: the local centre examination system, 1894-1994 / Brian Beckett -- Intermezzo: The Students' Musical Union -- Maturity, 1922-1998 -- Intermezzi: Frederick May ; Marie Trimble ; Joan Trimble -- The composer in the Academy: 1850-1940 / Jeremy Dibble ; 1940-1990 / Axel Klein -- Intermezzo: Michele Esposito / John F. Larchet -- Intermezzo: John F. Larchet / Anthony Hughes -- The rewarding of excellence / Pamela Flanagan -- Intermezzi: Havelock Nelson ; Brian Boydell ; Carol Acton -- The special collections of the Academy library / Philip Shields -- Intermezzo: Valerie Walker and Audrey Chisholm -- From Kalkbrenner to O'Conor / Charles Acton -- Intermezzo: Anna Brioscu -- The future / John O'Conor.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This volume describes the foundation and growth of the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and surveys the history of music education in Ireland since 1848. Specialist chapters cover such subjects as: the evolution of the curriculum; and the development of the examination and scholarship system.

Bibliography: (p. 589-593) and index.

Introduction / Richard Pine -- Music in Dublin, 1800-1848 / Derek Collins -- Intermezzo: the responsibilities of a music teacher / Margaret O'Hea -- Foundations I, 1848-1870 -- Intermezzo: The Academy's premises, 1848-1998 -- Foundations II, 1871-1889 -- Intermezzo: Edith Oldham and George Grove -- Growth, 1890-1921 -- Intermezzo: Dr Annie Patterson -- Intermezzo: Dr Walter Starkie -- Tested teaching: the local centre examination system, 1894-1994 / Brian Beckett -- Intermezzo: The Students' Musical Union -- Maturity, 1922-1998 -- Intermezzi: Frederick May ; Marie Trimble ; Joan Trimble -- The composer in the Academy: 1850-1940 / Jeremy Dibble ; 1940-1990 / Axel Klein -- Intermezzo: Michele Esposito / John F. Larchet -- Intermezzo: John F. Larchet / Anthony Hughes -- The rewarding of excellence / Pamela Flanagan -- Intermezzi: Havelock Nelson ; Brian Boydell ; Carol Acton -- The special collections of the Academy library / Philip Shields -- Intermezzo: Valerie Walker and Audrey Chisholm -- From Kalkbrenner to O'Conor / Charles Acton -- Intermezzo: Anna Brioscu -- The future / John O'Conor.