Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A school where music is the principal subject taught: when on a large scale, also called a conservatory.
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Examples
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Electro-rock unit Benzos, a quartette of gifted music-school graduates, was founded in late 2002 in New York.
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Fifty-Six 2009
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Leipzig for another twelvemonth, they would finish at the same time; and thereupon she sketched out a plan of them going somewhere together, and starting a music-school of their own.
Maurice Guest 2003
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In the street, when they went to the music-school, all the youths of the same district marched lightly clad and ranged in good order, even when the snow was falling in great flakes.
The Clouds 2000
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In the street, when they went to the music-school, all the youths of the same district marched lightly clad and ranged in good order, even when the snow was falling in great flakes.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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The most notable of the civil buildings are the hôtel de ville, a modern building with a belfry of the 14th century, and the old Hôtel des Monnaies, the papal mint which was built in 1610 and is now used as a music-school.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Medora called up Amy at the music-school, one afternoon, at about four.
Bertram Cope's Year Henry Blake Fuller 1893
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There is also a free music-school and technical schools, both gratuitous, and open to both sexes.
Holidays in Eastern France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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(Report concerning a German music-school to be established at Munich) 1865.
On Conducting (Üeber Das Dirigiren) : a Treatise on Style in the Execution of Classical Music, Richard Wagner 1848
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Cosima, who was expecting an early confinement, seemed delighted to see me again, and insisted on accompanying me at once to the music-school, where we should find
My Life — Volume 2 Richard Wagner 1848
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This is said satirically of Phaedria, who was in the habit of escorting the girl to the music-school.
The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes Terence 1847
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