A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Scottish Musical Society, The

SCOTTISH MUSICAL SOCIETY, THE. In 1881 meetings were held in Glasgow and Edinburgh to consider the subject of musical education in Scotland, with the view of establishing a society under the above name, the necessary funds to be supplied by the issue of 20,000 shares of £1 each, and the Society to be incorporated with limited liability as an association not for profit. Committees were appointed at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, and Aberdeen; the Duke of Buccleuch was elected President, Sir Herbert Oakeley, Vice-President ex-officio, and an influential list of Vice-Presidents was announced, in addition to a Council with the Earl of Rosebery as chairman. The Society is still (1882) not sufficiently advanced to begin practical work, but according to the prospectus, its purpose will be to promote music in Scotland by maintaining professional orchestras, conferring scholarships, organising concerts, and aiding poor musicians and their families.

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