Regency Personalities Series-Royal Academy of Music

Regency Personalities Series

In my attempts to provide us with the details of the Regency (I include those who were born before 1811 and who died after 1795), today I continue with one of the many period notables.

Royal Academy of Music

1822-

Royal Academy of Music was founded in 1822 and is Britain’s oldest degree-granting music school. It received a Royal Charter in 1830. It is a registered charity under English law.

The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas Bochsa. The Academy was granted a Royal Charter by King George IV in 1830