ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses that the two key aspects were particular to the identity of music as an academic study at London: class and religion. London presented the most extreme tensions between professional and academic musical studies. The University of London had not only to define its own understanding of musical study, but define it against growing provision for both practical tuition and accreditation and scholarly study. Tension between the University, conservatoires and profession continued as each sought to define territory in a growing market for teaching and accreditation. The University of London continued to define its programme for music against the conservatoires and, although it did nothing for music teaching until well into the twentieth century, its degree programmes remained strictly scientific. The conservatoires were seen as having a function equivalent to other professional training institutions, such as medical, legal and theological colleges.
