Baltimore’s Peabody Institute celebrates 150 years

Published April 26, 2008 4:00am ET



Tchaikovsky visited. Stravinsky lectured. Bernstein conducted.

For the past 150 years, the Peabody Institute has been considered one of the leading music conservatories in the world. Founded in 1857 by philanthropist George Peabody, it was the first academy of music to be established in the United States.

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