A History of the Music Department
The Glee Club circa 1880, before Amherst hired its first music professor
By Jeremiah Phillips '22
“The study of music in Amherst dates back to 1900 approximately and may be described briefly as the beginning of a process of education, the object of which is to acquire the ability to listen intelligently to music, Naturally such a process and education lasts as long as one lives.”
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