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Corfu Museum of Music: The Music Museum of the Philharmonic Society of Corfu Ionian
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The Music Museum of the Philharmonic Society of Corfu Greece, Ionian: The Music Museum "Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros" of the Philharmonic Society of Corfu opened in September 2010 and it is housed on the first floor of the building of the Society in Corfu Town. With a rich history and almost two centuries of uniterrupted course, the Philharmonic Society of Corfu was founded in 1840 by a team of well-educated Corfiots and its aim was to be organized on European standards.
The Society became very popular from the beginning as it accepted students from all social classes and gave them the opportunity to learn music theory, harmony, counterpoint, instrumentation, composition, as well as piano, vocal music, string and wind instruments. Courses were taught by professional musicians and teachers. This was the fourth civilian band in the Ionian islands, after those of Zakynthos (1816), Argostoli (1836) and Lixouri (1838). |
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