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different specialists with an opportunity to exchange their ideas on
certain questions and to attempt a comparison of the experience ac-
quired in their respective domains.
The aim of the meeting was twofold: first, to determine the position
of music teaching throughout the world, and secondly, to discover
methods of raising the standard in regions where music education has
not yet been fully developed.
The work of the Brussels Conference was continued at the Inter-
national Congress on the Professional Training of Musicians, which
was held, partly at Bad Aussee and partly at Salzburg, from 5 to 25 July
- The object of this congress, which took place under the auspices
of Unesco, was to complete the study of music education undertaken
by the Brussels Conference.
In anticipation of the Brussels Conference, the International Music
Council set up a preparatory commission, consisting of Messrs. Ber-
nard Shore (United Kingdom), Arnold Walter (Canada), Marcel
Cuvelier (Belgium), Miss Vanett Lawler (United States), Messrs. Ray-
mond Loucheur (France), Charles Seeger (United States), Reinhold
Schmid (Austria) and Eberhard Preussner (Austria). This commission
met four times between 1951 and 1953 to draw up the programme of
the conference, its rules of procedure, the list of the distinguished per-
sons to be invited, and also the list of various specialized international
organizations which were to be asked to send representatives.
The Belgian Government, having been approached by Unesco,
agreed to receive the conference at Brussels and generously offered its
financial assistance.
The number of delegates and representatives of international organ-
izations exceeded the expectations of the organizers; 314 people took
part in the work at Brussels: 84 delegates appointed by 29 Member
States: 189 individual participants coming from these same States as
well as from other countries,2 delegates from 19 non-governmental
organization^,^ 27 music groups coming from Germany, Belgium, - Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France,
German Federal Republic, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Laos, Luxembourg, Mexico,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Sweden, Switzer-
land, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Yugoslavia. - Brazil, Greece, Haiti, Spain, Thailand, Union of South Africa; and certain non-member
States of Unesco, i.e. Chile, Finland, Iceland, Republic of San Marino. - International Association of Music Libraries, International Association of University
Professors and Lecturers, International Committee for the Standardization of Instru-
mental Music, International Confederation of Popular Music Societies, International
Council of Women, International Federation for Documentation, International Fede-