The Jacksonville College of Music was a

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post-secondary music school in

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. Founded in 1923 by George Orner, Lyman P. Prior and William Meyer, it became accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music in 1931 or 1937. Its main campus was in downtown Jacksonville on Herschel Street. The school merged with

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on June 1, 1958, to become the College of Music of

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