Conservatory is a name given on the European continent to a systematic school of musical instruction. In Britain the term is usually applied to foreign schools of music. Conservatories were originally benevolent establishments attached to hospitals, or other charitable or religious institutions. In Naples there were formerly three conservatories for boys; in Venice four for girls; the Neapolitan group being reduced in 1818 to a single establishment under the name Royal College of Music. In Milan a conservatory was established in 1808. In France the musical school established in connection with the Opera received its final organization in 1795 under the name of Conservatoire de Musique. Among its teachers have been Mehul, Cherubini, Gretry, Boieldieu, etc. The Conservatorium, founded at Leipzig in 1842 under the auspices of Mendelssohn has been one of the most highly renowned. Research Conservatory
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