Longy School of Music of Bard College

Longy School of Music of Bard College is a private music school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, associated with Bard College. Founded in 1915 as the Longy School of Music, it was one of the four independent degree-granting music schools in the Boston region along with the New England Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, and Boston Conservatory.

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Type: College
Description: Music school in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Also known as: “Conservatory at Longy School of Music”, “Longy”, “Longy Conservatory”, and “Longy School of Music”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edwin Abbot House and Harvard College Observatory.

Edwin Abbot House

Historic building

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The Edwin Abbot House, also known as the Zabriskie House, is an historic house at 27 Garden Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1889 to a design by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, it is a prominent local example of residential Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.

Harvard College Observatory

Observatory

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The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. Harvard College Observatory is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Longy School of Music of Bard College.

First Church in Cambridge

Church

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First Church in Cambridge is situated 680 feet south of Longy School of Music of Bard College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cambridge Historic District and Baldwin.

Old Cambridge Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times.

Baldwin

Neighborhood

Baldwin, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.