Boston Academy of Music

Boston Academy of Music

The Boston Academy of Music is an institute of higher education in the field of music, located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1833 by Lowell Mason and George James Webb. It was the first music school of its kind in the country. [Crawford, pg. 149]

Reference

*cite book
author = Crawford, Richard
id = ISBN 0-393-04810-1
publisher = W. W. Norton & Company
title = America's Musical Life: A History
year = 2001

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Further reading

*cite book|author=Mason, Lowell|authorlink=Lowell Mason|title=Manual of the Boston Academy of Music, for Instruction in the Elements of Vocal Music, on the System of Pestalozzi.|location=Boston|publisher=J.H.Wilkins & R.B.Carter|year=1843


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