page_title: Hoch Conservatory
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Hoch Conservatory / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: German banknote of the fourth series (since 1989/90) reverse. Natural colours. Deutsch: Deutsche Banknote der vierten Serie (ab 1989/90)
context_page_description: Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium – Musikakademie was founded in Frankfurt am Main on 22 September 1878. Through the generosity of Frankfurter Joseph Hoch, who bequeathed the Conservatory one million German gold marks in his testament, a school for music and the arts was established for all age groups. Instrumental to the foundation, prosperity and success of the conservatory was its director Joachim Raff who did most of the work including setting the entire curriculum and hiring all its faculty. It has played an important role in the history of music in Frankfurt. Clara Schumann taught piano, as one of distinguished teachers in the late 19th century, gaining international renown for the conservatory. In the 1890s, about 25% of the students came from other countries: 46 were from England and 23 from the United States.
  In the 1920s, under director Bernhard Sekles, the conservatory was far ahead of its time: Sekles initiated the world's first Jazz Studies and in 1931 the Elementary Music Department.
  Dr.
context_section_description: The German Federal Bank honored the conservatory on the reverse side of the former 100 DM bill with a picture of the original conservatory building, unfortunately bombed in World War II. Clara Schumann, the first piano teacher, is pictured on the front side of the bill.
caption: 100 DM bill Reverse
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