Originally reported on in an article in the The Telegraph, further stories have since evolved around documents written by Oxford’s music faculty members. The documents were written by individuals as part of a consultation process in the faculty’s efforts to decolonise the curriculum.
Since the original story, claims have been made that the University intends to scrap sheet music and ‘western music notation’ due to its ‘complicity in white supremacy’.
MT contacted the University for comment and a spokesperson said: ‘There is no truth in the “sheet music” claim.’
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