See also:

• CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. Lat. conservatorium, a place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)

CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. conservatorium, a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)  , a public institution for instruction in See also:

• MUSIC

music and declamation . The name See also:

• CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. Lat. conservatorium, a place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)

Conservatoire is generally used not only of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French institutions to which it properly applies, but also of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian Conservatorio and the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Conservatorium, and even sometimes of See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of music . In the See also:

• UNITED

United States, however, the anglicized See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form " Conservatory " is used, a form far more satisfactory from the point of view of linguistic purity, but difficult to establish in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England owing to its See also:

• COMMON

common application to a particular See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house (see See also:

• HORTICULTURE
• HORTICULTURE (Lat. hortus, a garden)

HORTICULTURE) . The Italian conservatorios were the earliest, and originated in hospitals for the rearing of foundlings and orphans (whence the name) in which a musical See also:

• EDUCATION

education was given . When fully equipped, each conservatorio had two maestri or principals, one for See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition and one for singing, besides professors for the various See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments . Though St See also:

• AMBROSE (AMBROISE), AUTPERT (d.' 778)
• AMBROSE (ANDREY SERTIS-KAMENSKIY) (1708-1771)
• AMBROSE (fl. 119o)
• AMBROSE, ISAAC (1604-1663/4)
• AMBROSE, SAINT (c. 340-307)

Ambrose and See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo I., in the 4th and 5th centuries respectively, are sometimes named in connexion with the subject, the historic continuity of the conservatoire in its See also:

• MODERN

modern sense cannot be traced farther back than the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The first to which a definite date can be assigned is the Conservatorio di See also:

• SANTA

Santa Maria di Loretto, at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, founded by Giovanni di Tappia in 1537 . Three other similar schools were afterwards established in the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, of which the Conservatorio di Sant' Onofrio deserves See also:

• SPECIAL

special mention on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the fame of its teachers, such as Alessandro See also:

• SCARLATTI, ALESSANDRO (1659-1725)

Scarlatti, Leo, See also:

• DURANTE, FRANCESCO (1684-1755)

Durante and See also:

• PORPORA, NICCOLA [or NICCOLb] ANTONIO (1686—1767)

Porpora . There were thus for a considerable See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time four flourishing conservatorios in Naples . Two of them, however, ceased to exist in the course of the 18th century, and on the French occupation of the city the other two were united by See also:

• MURAT, JOACHIM (1767—1815)

Murat in a new institution under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Real Collegio di Musica, which admitted pupils of both sexes, the earlier conservatorios having been exclusively for boys . In See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, there were from an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early date four conservatorios conducted on a similar See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan to those in Naples, but exclusively for girls . These died out with the decay of the Venetian See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic, and the centre of musical instruction for See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy was transferred to See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, where a conservatorio on a large See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale was established by See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• EUGENE

Eugene See also:

• BEAUHARNAIS
• BEAUHARNAIS, EUGENE DE (1781-1824)

Beauharnais in 1808 .

The celebrated conservatoire of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris owes its origin to the Ecole Royale de See also:

• CHANT (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. cantare, to sing; an old form is " chaunt ")

Chant et de Declamation, founded by See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron de See also:

• BRETEUIL, LOUIS CHARLES AUGUSTE LE TONNELIER, BARON DE (1730-1807)

Breteuil in 1784, for the purpose of training singers for the See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera . Suspended during the stormy See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of the Revolution, its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was taken by the Conservatoire de Musique, established in 1795 on the basis of a school for gratuitous instruction in military music, founded by the See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of Paris in 1792 . The plan and scale on which it was founded had to be modified more than once in succeeding years, but it continued to flourish, and in the See also:

• INTERVAL

interval between 1820 and 1840, under the direction of See also:

• CHERUBINI, MARIA LUIGI CARLO ZENOBIO SALVATORE (1760-1842)

Cherubini, may be said to have led the See also:

• VAN

van of musical progress in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . In more See also:

• RECENT

recent years that place of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour belongs decidedly to the Conservatorium at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, founded by Mendelssohn in 1843, which, for composition and instrumental music, became the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief resort of those who wished to rise to See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence in the See also:

• ART

art . Of other See also:

• EUROPEAN

European conservatoires of the first See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank may be named those of See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, founded in 1810; of See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, founded in 1833 and See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long presided over by the celebrated See also:

• FETIS, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1784–1871)

Fetis; of See also:

• COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne, founded in 1849; and those instituted more recently at See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich and See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, the instrumental school in the latter long enjoying the direction of See also:

• JOACHIM, JOSEPH (1831—1907)

Joachim . In England the functions of a conservatoire have been discharged by the Royal See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Music of See also:

• LONDON

London, founded in 1822, which received a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of See also:

• INCORPORATION (from Lat. incorporare, to form into a body)

incorporation in 1830, the Royal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Music (1882), the See also:

• GUILDHALL

Guildhall school, and similar institutions . The chief public institution for teaching music in the United States is the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Conservatory of Music of See also:

• AMERICA

America, founded in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York in 1885 . The famous Dvofak was for a time its director . Other well-known See also:

• AMERICAN

American establishments are the See also:

• PEABODY
• PEABODY, ANDREW PRESTON (1811–1893)
• PEABODY, ELIZABETH PALMER (1804-1894)
• PEABODY, GEORGE (1795-1869)

Peabody Conservatory in See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore (1868), the See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati College of Music (1878), and the New England Conservatory of Music in See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston (1867) .