Yearbooks of the Conservatoire royal de Musique de Bruxelles

Collection description

Postal address:: Rue de la Régence 30 / Regentschapsstraat 30, 1000 Bruxelles

Reference number:: RCB-Brussels-Annuaires du Conservatoire royal de Musique de Bruxelles

Title (official language):: Annuaires du Conservatoire royal de Musique de Bruxelles

Creator/accumulator:: Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles; Koninklijk Muziekconservatorium te Brussel

Scope and content:: These yearbooks provide information on the organisation of the conservatory, its supervisory committee, its administrative committee, the administrative staff, the teaching staff, concerts, honorary functionaries and retired employees etc. We also find obituaries, internal rules and regulations, royal decrees concerning the Conservatoire, the prizes, awards and foundations of the institution, the awarding of prizes as well as information on the association of students and alumni. Numerous young Jewish artists from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe studied at the Conservatoire from the end of the 19th century; some also lectured there.

Administrative/biographical history:: The Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles (Royal Conservatory of Brussels) is, with that of Liège, one of the oldest state conservatories in Belgium. The conservatories of Ghent, Antwerp and Mons were created respectively in 1871, 1898 and 1948. In the 1930s the Conservatory of Brussels had nearly 600 students. In 1876 it relocated to the rue de la Régence. In 1966 the Conservatory was divided into two parts, one French-speaking, the other Dutch-speaking, each with its own director, secretariat and administration. (E. Vandewoude, Inventaris van het archief van het Koninklijk Muziekconservatorium te Brussel (1832-1834, 1876-1931), T 297, Bruxelles, ARA-AGR, 1995.)

Subject terms:: Education; Education--Schools and universities; Education--Students; Education--Teachers and professors; Music; Music--Musicians