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9781843837343 English 184383734X The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, better known as ABRSM, has influenced the musical lives and tastes of millions of people since it conducted its first exams in 1890. This ground-breaking history explores how ABRSM became such a formative influence and looks at some of the consequences resulting from its pre-eminent position in British musical life. Particular emphasis is given to how free ABRSM has been to impose its musical view of things and to what extent its exams respond to the circumstances and musical preferences of its customers. The book's exploration of how ABRSM has negotiated music's changing social, educational and cultural landscape casts fresh light on the challenges facing music education today. David Wright's comprehensive history of the Board from its origins in 1889 to the present day represents a significant and original investigation. Not only is it the first extended account of ABRSM, but it sets the institution and its work firmly within its historical and cultural context. ABRSM's exams were exported all across the Empire, and this study shows how both exams and examiners made a telling cultural contribution to the idea of the 'British World'. It relates the exams to changing historical perceptions about musical education as well as to attitudes about the value of music as a social and recreational activity. By demonstrating the impact of the Board's commercial success in dominating the grade exam market, the book shows how this has had significant consequences for the organization of British musical training and for the formation and sustaining of a particular sort of British musical culture. Before his retirement, David Wright was Reader in the Social History of Music at the Royal College of Music, London., The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, better known as the ABRSM, has influenced the musical lives and tastes of millions of people since it conducted its first exams in 1890. This ground-breaking history explores how the ABRSM became such a formative influence and looks at some of the consequences resulting from its pre-eminent position in British musical life. Particular emphasis is given to how free the ABRSM has been to impose its musical view of things and to what extent its exams respond to the circumstances and musical preferences of its customers. The book's exploration of how the ABRSM has negotiated music's changing social, educational and cultural landscape casts fresh light on the challenges facing music education today. David Wright's comprehensive history of the ABRSM, covering the entire period from 1890 to the present day, represents a significant and original investigation. Not only is it the first extended account of the ABRSM, but it sets the institution and its work firmly within its historical and cultural context. The ABRSM's exams were exported all across the Empire, and this study shows how both exams and examiners made a telling cultural contribution to the idea of the 'British World'. It relates the exams to changing historical perceptions about musical education as well as to attitudes about the value of music as a social and recreational activity. By demonstrating the impact of the Board's commercial success in dominating the grade exam market, the book shows how this has had significant consequences for the organization of British musical training and for the formation and sustaining of a particular sort of British musical culture. Before his retirement, David Wright was Reader in the Social History of Music at the Royal College of Music, London., This book is a social and cultural history of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music that looks at the cultural and educational business of examining music. The book is structured around a series of themes chosen to illustrate particular aspects of the Board's history and work. These are treated contextually, with an analysis of a wide range of social, cultural and economic evidence.BR>David Wright's study is groundbreaking in several respects. It is the first extended account of the Associated Board, and it sets the institution and is work in its historical and cultural context. It relates the Associated Board exams to changing perceptions about musical education itself, as well as to attitudes about the value of music as a social and recreational activity. The Board's terminology changed with regard to its overseas markets (from Colonies to Empire to Commonwealth), and so this book studies the evolution of the Board's attitudes to its work overseas within the context of imperial and post-imperial British society. A social history of the Board therefore represents a significant and original investigation. It demonstrates the impact of the Board's commercial success in dominating the grade exam market, and it shows how this has had critical consequences for the organization of British musical training, and for the formation and sustaining of a particular sort of musical culture. Before his retirement, DAVID WRIGHT was Reader in the Social History of Music at the Royal College of Music, London.
9781843837343 English 184383734X The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, better known as ABRSM, has influenced the musical lives and tastes of millions of people since it conducted its first exams in 1890. This ground-breaking history explores how ABRSM became such a formative influence and looks at some of the consequences resulting from its pre-eminent position in British musical life. Particular emphasis is given to how free ABRSM has been to impose its musical view of things and to what extent its exams respond to the circumstances and musical preferences of its customers. The book's exploration of how ABRSM has negotiated music's changing social, educational and cultural landscape casts fresh light on the challenges facing music education today. David Wright's comprehensive history of the Board from its origins in 1889 to the present day represents a significant and original investigation. Not only is it the first extended account of ABRSM, but it sets the institution and its work firmly within its historical and cultural context. ABRSM's exams were exported all across the Empire, and this study shows how both exams and examiners made a telling cultural contribution to the idea of the 'British World'. It relates the exams to changing historical perceptions about musical education as well as to attitudes about the value of music as a social and recreational activity. By demonstrating the impact of the Board's commercial success in dominating the grade exam market, the book shows how this has had significant consequences for the organization of British musical training and for the formation and sustaining of a particular sort of British musical culture. Before his retirement, David Wright was Reader in the Social History of Music at the Royal College of Music, London., The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, better known as the ABRSM, has influenced the musical lives and tastes of millions of people since it conducted its first exams in 1890. This ground-breaking history explores how the ABRSM became such a formative influence and looks at some of the consequences resulting from its pre-eminent position in British musical life. Particular emphasis is given to how free the ABRSM has been to impose its musical view of things and to what extent its exams respond to the circumstances and musical preferences of its customers. The book's exploration of how the ABRSM has negotiated music's changing social, educational and cultural landscape casts fresh light on the challenges facing music education today. David Wright's comprehensive history of the ABRSM, covering the entire period from 1890 to the present day, represents a significant and original investigation. Not only is it the first extended account of the ABRSM, but it sets the institution and its work firmly within its historical and cultural context. The ABRSM's exams were exported all across the Empire, and this study shows how both exams and examiners made a telling cultural contribution to the idea of the 'British World'. It relates the exams to changing historical perceptions about musical education as well as to attitudes about the value of music as a social and recreational activity. By demonstrating the impact of the Board's commercial success in dominating the grade exam market, the book shows how this has had significant consequences for the organization of British musical training and for the formation and sustaining of a particular sort of British musical culture. Before his retirement, David Wright was Reader in the Social History of Music at the Royal College of Music, London., This book is a social and cultural history of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music that looks at the cultural and educational business of examining music. The book is structured around a series of themes chosen to illustrate particular aspects of the Board's history and work. These are treated contextually, with an analysis of a wide range of social, cultural and economic evidence.BR>David Wright's study is groundbreaking in several respects. It is the first extended account of the Associated Board, and it sets the institution and is work in its historical and cultural context. It relates the Associated Board exams to changing perceptions about musical education itself, as well as to attitudes about the value of music as a social and recreational activity. The Board's terminology changed with regard to its overseas markets (from Colonies to Empire to Commonwealth), and so this book studies the evolution of the Board's attitudes to its work overseas within the context of imperial and post-imperial British society. A social history of the Board therefore represents a significant and original investigation. It demonstrates the impact of the Board's commercial success in dominating the grade exam market, and it shows how this has had critical consequences for the organization of British musical training, and for the formation and sustaining of a particular sort of musical culture. Before his retirement, DAVID WRIGHT was Reader in the Social History of Music at the Royal College of Music, London.