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summaries
Only in 1932, the Government of Lithuania ratified the Statute and, at the
begining of 1933, Kaunas Music School was de jure renamed Kaunas Con-
servatoire. At that time, in 1930, Klaipėda Music School as a state institu-
tion ceased to exist.
After Lithuania had recovered Vilnius, on the basis of its musical institu-
tions, Vilnius Music School was established in 1940. It did not make any de-
cisive impact on the development of music education, since, during the war,
most of the teachers and pupils perished, fled to the West, or re-emigrated
to Poland. The school had been legalised as a conservatoire in 1945. In the
period of 1945 to 1948, two conservatoires were operating in Lithuania, yet
in 1949, due to financial and political reasons, they were merged into one
institution – the Lithuanian State Conservatoire, while in Kaunas only sec-
ondary music schools and a college were left.
The rapid development of music education was hampered by the results of
the occupations: deportations, holocaust, emigration, and repatriation. The
diversity of methods and views was gone, the relationships with foreign
countries were blocked, and music had to serve as a tool of the dissemina-
tion of the communist ideology, nonetheless, the foundations of the Lithu-
anian musical culture were not destroyed.
Keywords: Lithuania, courses, music schools, conservatoires
Antigona Rădulescu
Towards a Genuine University Status: the National
University of Music Bucharest between the Two World
Wars (1918–1940)
The founding of National University of Music Bucharest (under the name
of Conservatory of Music and Declamation), in1864, is part of a larger en-
semble of initiatives of the same kind in 19th-century Europe. From the be-
ginning, its purpose was to become an artistic institution that seeks pro-
gress with a high degree of culture. After the difficult times of the First
World War, the musical institution passed through a new period of sta-
bility. The strategy was to raise the bar for both the didactic and artistic
level of the school. The specializations went in different directions, for the
training of future teachers, instrumentalists, singers and actors. New disci-
plines continued to appear in the curricula, and the same discipline could
be taught by several professors. The Conservatory had strong links with
other institutions such as the Romanian Philharmonic Society, the Roma-
nian Opera, the National Theatre, the Society of Romanian Composers.
435
Only in 1932, the Government of Lithuania ratified the Statute and, at the
begining of 1933, Kaunas Music School was de jure renamed Kaunas Con-
servatoire. At that time, in 1930, Klaipėda Music School as a state institu-
tion ceased to exist.
After Lithuania had recovered Vilnius, on the basis of its musical institu-
tions, Vilnius Music School was established in 1940. It did not make any de-
cisive impact on the development of music education, since, during the war,
most of the teachers and pupils perished, fled to the West, or re-emigrated
to Poland. The school had been legalised as a conservatoire in 1945. In the
period of 1945 to 1948, two conservatoires were operating in Lithuania, yet
in 1949, due to financial and political reasons, they were merged into one
institution – the Lithuanian State Conservatoire, while in Kaunas only sec-
ondary music schools and a college were left.
The rapid development of music education was hampered by the results of
the occupations: deportations, holocaust, emigration, and repatriation. The
diversity of methods and views was gone, the relationships with foreign
countries were blocked, and music had to serve as a tool of the dissemina-
tion of the communist ideology, nonetheless, the foundations of the Lithu-
anian musical culture were not destroyed.
Keywords: Lithuania, courses, music schools, conservatoires
Antigona Rădulescu
Towards a Genuine University Status: the National
University of Music Bucharest between the Two World
Wars (1918–1940)
The founding of National University of Music Bucharest (under the name
of Conservatory of Music and Declamation), in1864, is part of a larger en-
semble of initiatives of the same kind in 19th-century Europe. From the be-
ginning, its purpose was to become an artistic institution that seeks pro-
gress with a high degree of culture. After the difficult times of the First
World War, the musical institution passed through a new period of sta-
bility. The strategy was to raise the bar for both the didactic and artistic
level of the school. The specializations went in different directions, for the
training of future teachers, instrumentalists, singers and actors. New disci-
plines continued to appear in the curricula, and the same discipline could
be taught by several professors. The Conservatory had strong links with
other institutions such as the Romanian Philharmonic Society, the Roma-
nian Opera, the National Theatre, the Society of Romanian Composers.
435
