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The Oxford University Music Society (OUMS) [1] is one of the oldest societies in the University of Oxford, England, tracing its origins back to 1872. The Society was formed in 1916 by the merger of the Oxford University Musical Club , founded in 1872, and the Oxford University Musical Union , founded in 1884.
The society was originally founded in 1898 as the Oxford Ladies' Musical Society (OLMS). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first concert was with all-female musicians, held at 115 High Street, Oxford . However, male musicians gradually joined, including Frank Bridge , Adolf Busch , Percy Grainger , Lionel Tertis , and Hans Wessely .
The Bate Collection of Musical Instruments is a collection of historic musical instruments, mainly for Western classical music, from the Middle Ages onwards. It is housed in Oxford University's Faculty of Music near Christ Church on St. Aldate's. The collection is open to the public and is available for academic study by appointment.
This list of museums in Oxfordshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (National Academy of St Cecilia) is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, based in Italy. It is based at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, and was founded by the papal bull, Ratione congruit, issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western musical history: Gregory the Great, for whom the Gregorian chant ...
The North Wall Arts Centre (often just referred to as the North Wall) is a performing arts centre in Oxford, owned by St Edward's School and shared with the city. It houses a 200-seat theatre, plus a rehearsal space, dance studio and a visual art gallery. [ 1 ]
School of Music, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, University of Auckland Department of Music, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Waikato ( Hamilton ) Te Kōkī, the New Zealand School of Music [NZSM] – a joint venture between Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University ( Wellington / Albany )
The Oxford Companion to Music. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866212-2. OCLC 59376677. Scholes, Percy A. (1938). The Oxford Companion to Music: Self-indexed and with a Pronouncing Glossary. Oxford: OUP. ISBN 0-19-311306-6; Wright, Simon (1998). "Oxford University Press and Music Publishing: A 75th Anniversary Retrospective."