International Conference on the Role and Place of Music in the Education of Youth and Adults; Music in education; 1955

Introduction

The spirit of friendly frankness which presided over these discus-
sions deserves notice. This first experiment in international collabo-
ration in a sphere where individuals and their work had up to that
time remained fairly isolated, was marked by a cordiality which will
not be forgotten by those who took part in it, and since the Brussels
Conference Unesco has received constant and moving evidence of this.
It is for the International Society for Music Education, set up by
the conference, to strengthen the bonds thus formed, and to carry
out a task that should render very great service to the teaching of
music throughout the world.