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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
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1As the development of military music is, like everything else in the army, rapidly progressing, it is becoming more than ever absolutely necessary that military musicians should be in accord and "touch" with the musical profession, and should have some real interest as regards what is occurring in the musical world; and unless this is so, we may look in vain for any real improvement. That the career of a military musician should offer advantages in a professional point of view must be fully recognised. And that the curriculum at Kneller Hall, as re-constituted, offers a sound musical education, and one which may, in its special way, be brought to compare favourably with that offered by the Royal Academy of Music, or Royal College of Music, is a point which time alone can show; and that time will show proof of this I venture to believe.
3As there is in England, unfortunately, no Conservatoire as comprehensive as that of Paris, and no Museum of Musical Instruments in which students can see the improvements and various experimental stages through which Musical Instruments have passed, the opportunity offered last year by the Exhibition appeared most appropriate for assembling a large collection. And as the military musician has chiefly to deal with Wind Instruments, which in their present state are virtually the growth of the present century, I proposed that the collection should be principally one of Wind Instruments. The matter was fully discussed at a meeting held at the Royal Academy of Music, at which representatives of that excellent society, the Wind Instrument Chamber Music Society, and various leading musicians were present. It was accordingly decided that the aim of the collection should be to set forth the gradual history and development of Wind Instruments from the earliest times to the most recent improvements of the day; a point which appears of the greatest
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