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When the [[National Training School of Music]] was set up in 1876 under [[Arthur Sullivan]], Bridge was appointed professor of organ. When the school was reconstituted as the [[Royal College of Music]] in 1883 he was appointed professor of harmony and counterpoint. In 1890 he was elected Gresham professor of music at [[Gresham College]], London, and in 1903 he was appointed professor of music at the [[University of London]].[ According to [[Guy Warrack]] and Christopher Kent in the ''[[Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]'', "accounts of his teaching are not complimentary",][ but he was generally regarded as a highly successful lecturer,][[https://www.jstor.org/stable/912459 "John Frederick Bridge"], ''The Musical Times'', Vol. 65, No. 974 (April, 1924), pp. 305–306 {{subscription required}}] and Alcock's ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' article states, "Because of his persuasive style and apt illustrations, his lectures drew large audiences."[ His pupils at the Royal College and the Abbey included [[Edward Bairstow]], [[Arthur Benjamin]], [[Herbert Brewer]], [[Arnold Dolmetsch]], [[Noel Gay]], [[Lloyd Powell]] and [[Landon Ronald]].] |
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When the [[National Training School of Music]] was set up in 1876 under [[Arthur Sullivan]], Bridge was appointed professor of organ. When the school was reconstituted as the [[Royal College of Music]] in 1883 he was appointed professor of harmony and counterpoint. In 1890 he was elected Gresham professor of music at [[Gresham College]], London, and in 1903 he was appointed professor of music at the [[University of London]].[ According to [[Guy Warrack]] and Christopher Kent in the ''[[Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]'', "accounts of his teaching are not complimentary",][ but he was generally regarded as a highly successful lecturer,][[https://www.jstor.org/stable/912459 "John Frederick Bridge"], ''The Musical Times'', Vol. 65, No. 974 (April, 1924), pp. 305–306 {{subscription required}}] and Alcock's ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' article states, "Because of his persuasive style and apt illustrations, his lectures drew large audiences."[ His pupils at the Royal College and the Abbey included [[Edward Bairstow]], [[Arthur Benjamin]], [[Edward Morris Bowman]],][{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Biographies_of_Celebrated_Organists_of_A/5GtHAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Edward+Morris+Bowman%22&pg=PA24&printsec=frontcover|title=Biographies of Celebrated Organists of America|first= William Howard|last= Benjamin|year= 1908|publisher=Benjamin Publishing Company|chapter=Edward Morris Bowman}}] [[Herbert Brewer]], [[Arnold Dolmetsch]], [[Noel Gay]], [[Lloyd Powell]] and [[Landon Ronald]]. |
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