Book contents
- The Royal College of Music and Its Contexts
- Music Since 1900
- The Royal College of Music and Its Contexts
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Building and Consolidating (1883–1914)
- 1 The Founding Directors
- 2 The Students
- 3 Establishing the Musical and Educational Ethos
- 4 The Buildings and Finances
- Coda
- Part II Renewal and Conventionality (1919–1960)
- Part III Changing Musical Cultures (1960–1984)
- Part IV Into Its Second Century, 1984–2018
- Epilogue
- Works Cited
- Index
Coda
The First World War
from Part I - Building and Consolidating (1883–1914)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 August 2019
- The Royal College of Music and Its Contexts
- Music Since 1900
- The Royal College of Music and Its Contexts
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Building and Consolidating (1883–1914)
- 1 The Founding Directors
- 2 The Students
- 3 Establishing the Musical and Educational Ethos
- 4 The Buildings and Finances
- Coda
- Part II Renewal and Conventionality (1919–1960)
- Part III Changing Musical Cultures (1960–1984)
- Part IV Into Its Second Century, 1984–2018
- Epilogue
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
The First War concluded the RCM’s Victorian and Edwardian history. As Chapter 6 recounts, when the College began to function again under Hugh Allen’s leadership, it would be adapting itself to a very different cultural and social age. It would also be in mourning, for Parry himself, and also for its students who had been killed and maimed, physically and mentally, by their experiences. We have a good sense of what Parry felt by the Director’s address he gave in September 1914. His first concern was for RCM students exposed to danger. As he expressed it: ‘[they] are gifted in a rare and special way. Some of them are so gifted that their loss could hardly be made good.
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- The Royal College of Music and its ContextsAn Artistic and Social History, pp. 127 - 130Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019