!!!Musikschulen

Music Schools, founded mostly after 1945 as private schools on the 
initiative of municipalities, societies or individuals (forerunners 
included the music schools for young people and the music schools of 
the German adult education institution established by the National 
Socialists). Their aim is to promote musical talent and to train 
future musicians and music teachers for their jobs. Regulations 
concerning organization and financing vary from province to province: 
in Carinthia, Upper Austria (except Linz), Tirol and Vienna they are 
administered by the provincial governments, in Styria by municipal 
authorities, in Burgenland by the "Volksbildungswerk fuer das 
Burgenland" society (Adult Education Institution for Burgenland), in 
Salzburg by the "Salzburger Musikschulwerk" society (Salzburg Music 
School Institution), in Lower Austria and Vorarlberg by municipalities 
and private societies. For this reason they do not lie within the 
authority of the Ministry for Education and are not subsidized by the 
state.

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So far there have not been any uniform standards of qualification for 
the teaching staff at music schools, but most teachers have graduated 
from an academy of music or from a conservatory as instrumental or 
singing tutors. About 150,000 pupils attend music schools; special 
emphasis is laid on music instruction for young children and on adult 
education, folk music, jazz and improvisation.

!Literature
M. Kubaczek, Das andere Musikland Oesterreich - Musizieren 
lernen in den Regionen, 1994.


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