Boston Academy of Music

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The Boston Academy of Music is an institute of higher education in the field of music, located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1833 by Lowell Mason and George James Webb. It was the first music school of its kind in the country.[1]

[edit] Reference

  • Crawford, Richard (2001). America's Musical Life: A History. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-04810-1. 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Crawford, pg. 149

[edit] Further reading

  • Mason, Lowell (1843). Manual of the Boston Academy of Music, for Instruction in the Elements of Vocal Music, on the System of Pestalozzi.. Boston: J.H.Wilkins & R.B.Carter. 


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