Manuscript, in a single hand, of a detailed plan for a public music school in England, to be established at the Foundling Hospital in London. Burney, with his friend violinist Felice Giardini, gives reasons why the plan would be financially beneficial to the hospital and economically effective for the country, how the school would "contribute greatly to the maintenance & instruction of a considerable number of the children of the Hospital," how the school would help remedy "the neglect of music as a profession" in Great Britain, and how to find students among "numerous charity schools, work houses, etc." He also includes a proposed schedule and salary for its instructors.
Description:
Binding: marbled-paper wrapper., For a very similar version of this manuscript, see MS Osborn c32., and For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814 and Giardini, Felice, 1716-1796
Subject (Topic):
Charity-schools--England--London, Music--England--18th century, Music--England--London--18th century, Music--Instruction and study, and Orphanages--England--London
