The Rosenhoff Affair
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https://doi.org/10.7146/cns.v3i0.27743Abstract
The article takes as its starting point press coverage of the dismissal in 1892 of Orla Rosenhoff, teacher of music theory at the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music. The aim is to throw light on the position of theoretical subjects in the curriculum during Nielsen’s years as a student, and also to discuss the status of the Conservatory at that time. It appears that after Gade’s death a number of antagonistic attitudes to the significance of music theory for practical performance came to the surface. Rosenhoff, who was an important source of support and inspiration for Nielsen, argued that all students should be offered tuition in music theory on a certain level; his view did not prevail, however, and later on music theory and history were to be downgraded in the context of practical musical education.
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2008-04-10
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Jensen, L. A. (2008). The Rosenhoff Affair. Carl Nielsen Studies, 3. https://doi.org/10.7146/cns.v3i0.27743
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