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Denmark - Culture - MusicDenmark [Main menu] - [Previous paragraph] - [Next paragraph] 4.11.1 The Earliest Times Institutions and Musical Life [top]The modern institutionalised Danish musical life arose in the 19th century on the European model and on the basis of private initiative. Conservatoires and orchestras were founded, publishers established, and the performance of music blossomed within the framework of music societies of various kinds. This pattern changed during the 1930s when the gramophone and radio began to establish themselves to the detriment of live performances. Since then it has increasingly been seen as a public duty to train musicians and support and develop musical life at all levels throughout the country. This trend was confirmed in 1976 in the Music Act, which is based on the principle of a decentralised policy of support. The financial support for musical life has been greatly increased over the years, so that jazz, rock and experimental forms of music also benefit. Denmark has two operas, seven professional symphony orchestras, 7000 unionised musicians and composers, over 100 music festivals and a nationwide network of music schools for children and young people. On the commercial side there is a large number of recording companies and publishers, several of which have passed into foreign ownership in the 1980s and 1990s. Bendt Viinholt Nielsen
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