Table of Contents

General Editor’s Series Preface; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Music as Science: Edinburgh, 1837–1865; Chapter 2 Questions of Profession and Status: Oxford; Chapter 3 Vocational and Academic Musical Study: Cambridge; Chapter 4 Towards a Scheme for ‘Music(ology)’? Edinburgh, 1865–1914; Chapter 5 Universities and Conservatoires: London; Conclusion;

About the Author

Rosemary Golding studied music at the University of Oxford and Royal Holloway College, University of London. She now holds the post of Academic Staff Tutor in Music at the Open University. Rosemary is a cellist and singer and lives in Oxford.

Reviews

'Deft handling of abundant archive material, woven into a tight, instructive narrative, brings to the fore the two issues about music's identity and status that drive the author's principal themes: art or science? professional or liberal form of study?' Fontes Artis Musicae ’Golding’s book is an important and readable foray into an under-explored aspect of British musical history. Thoroughly researched, it raises questions about music curricula that preoccupy us still. ... a generous number of appendices ... give an indication of the huge amount of material the author had to plough through in order to present such a clear narrative. Golding provides many insights and analyses of a complicated period in British musical history, re-introducing us to a number of forgotten but worthy figures, and as such her book is to be warmly welcomed’. NABMSA