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conservatorium

British  
/ kənˌsɜːvəˈtɔːrɪəm /

noun

  1. the usual term for conservatoire

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As she talked to him she kept looking about at the audience and greeting acquaintances; they were her fellow-students at the higher courses and at the conservatorium, and her pupils.

From The Darling and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

In 1844, then, he went to Vienna, where Jansa took up his cause and eventually obtained for him admission to the conservatorium.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

In 1867 he succeeded his former master of counterpoint, Sechter, as organist of the Hofkapelle in Vienna, and also became professor in the conservatorium.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

The Stuttgardt conservatorium is so crowded that it is very difficult to get admission.

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy

A couple of days later he was captured by the vice-president of the conservatorium, and taken back to Naples.

From Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday by Lahee, Henry C.

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