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170 EOYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Devaux, 0. Seymour, E. J. Neilson, and C. S.
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ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. The
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original plan for this institution was proposed Packer. The pupils were divided into two
by Lord Westmorland (then Lord Burghersh) classes, those on the foundation paying ten
at a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen held guineas per annum, while extra students paid
at the Thatched House Tavern, London, on twenty guineas, or if they lodged aiid boarded
July 5, 1822. The proposal meeting with in the establishment, thirty - eight guineas.
approval, at a second meeting, July 12, rules Although the first report of the Committee
and regulations were drawn up, and a committee (June 2, 1823) was satisfactory, yet financial
was appointed to carry out the undertaking. difficulties soon made themselves felt. In
According to the rules adopted, the constitution March 1824, the Committee reported a deficiency
of the new Academy was to be modelled upon
for the current year of £1600, if the
the British Institution. The king was announced institution were conducted on the same plan as
as the principal Patron, the government was to before. To meet this, the difference between
consist of a committee of twenty-five Directors the students' payments was abolished, and the
and a sub-committee of nine subscribers, and fees were fixed for all at £40, the professors at
the school was to be supported by subscriptions the same time giving their instruction gratis
and donations. There was also to be a Board, for three months. Lord Burghersh also applied
consisting of the Principal and four professors, to the Government for a grant, but without
and the number of pupils was not to exceed effect. In 1825 further alterations were made
forty boys and forty girls, to be admitted between
as to the admission of students, by which the
the ages of ten and fifteen, and all to be numbers amounted in four months' time to a
boarded in the establishment. A sub-committee, hundred, and Lord Burghersh made another
the members of which were Lord Burghersh, a.ppeal for a Government grant. In spite of
Sir Gore Ouseley, Count St. Antonio, SirAndrew this, the year's accounts still showed an unsatisfactory
Barnard, Sir John Murray, and the Hon. A.
financial condition. During the
Maodonald, was empowered to form the Institution.
latter part of the year Moscheles was included
Dr. Crotch was appointed the first among the staff of professors. Early in 1826
Principal, . and by September 1, the sum of the increased number of students compelled the
jC4312 : 10s. had been collected, including an Academy to enlarge its premises, the lease' of
annual subscription of 100 guineas from George No. 5 'Tenterden Street was bought, and the
IV., which was continued by his successors, two houses were thrown into one. In February
"William IV. and Queen Victoria. In November the Government were petitioned for a charter.
the house, No. 4 Tenterden Street, Hanover In reply it was stated that though unwilling
Square, was taken for the new school, but the to give a grant, they were ready to defray the
opening was deferred until March 1823, on the cost of a charter. In 1827 the financial condition
24th of which month the first lesson was given
of the Academy was so disastrous that
by Mr. Cipriani Potter to Mr. Kellow Pye.
it was proposed to close the institution ; but
The Academy began its labours with the following
staff : Head Master—Rev. John Miles. £1469, beside further donations, enabling the
a final appeal to the public procured a loan of
Governess—Mrs. Wade. Principal—Dr. Crotch. Directors to carry on the undertaking on a
Board of Professors—Messrs. Attwood, Greatorex,
reduced scale and with increased fees. Hencementary
Shield, and Sir George Smart. Suppleforward
the state of things began to mend.
members of the Board—Messrs. Horsley The charter was granted on June 23, 1830.
and J. B. Cramer. Professors—Messrs. Aufossi, By this document the members of the Academy
Andrew, Bishop, Bochsa, Crivelli, F. Cramer, and their successors were incorporated and
Clementi, Cocoia, Cerruti, Dragonetti, Dizi, declared to be, and for ever hereafter to continue
Griesbaoh, Hawes, Ireland, C. Kramer, Liverati,
to be by the name of the ' Royal Academy
Lindley, Loder, Mori, Macintosh, Nicholson, of Music,' under the government of a Board of
Cipriani Potter, Puzzi, Ries, H. Smart, Spagnoletti,
Directors, consisting of thirty members, with
Watts, Willmann, and Caravita.'
power to make rules and regulations ; a Com-
The Foundation students who were first mittee of Management, with full power over
elected were the following : Girls—M. E. Lawson, the funds and both students and professors ;
C. Smith, M. Chancellor, S. Collier, E. Jenkyns, and a Treasurer.
M. A. Jay, C. Bromley, H. Little, J. Palmer, In 1832 Dr. Crotch resigned his post of
C. Porter. Boys—W. H. Holmes, H. A. M. Principal, and was succeeded by Cipriani Potter,
Cooke,2 A. Greatorex, T. M. Mudie, H. G. who retained office until his resignation in 1859.
Blagrove, Kellow J. Pye, W. H. Phipps, A. The financial position of the Academy, although
found in Burner's BUtory of Jfuttc, TOl. iv., trom which the above not prosperous, remained on a tolerably secure
ia compiled.
1 Although the above waa published in the Mominff Pogt aa the footing. In 1834, William IV. directed that
list of professors, inatruction seems only to have been given by the
foUowing:—Dr. Crotch, Messrs. Lord, Potter, Haydon, Crivelli, P. a quarter of the proceeds of the Musical Festival
Cramer, Spagnoletti, Lindley, Bochsa, Cooke, Caravita, Cicchetti,
Goodwin, J B. Cramer, Beale, and Finart ; and by Mmes. Biagioli,
held in Westminster Abbey should be handed
Beguandln. and Miss Adams. (See First Report of the Committee,
June 2, 1823.)
Known Grattan Cooke. over to the institution. This sum, amounting
3 KelinquiBhed in or before 1853.