Eastman School of Music, conservatory of music in Rochester, N.Y., U.S. Founded in 1913, the D.K.G. School of Musical Art (so named for Messrs. Dossenbach, Klingenberg, and Gareissen, the three directors of the institute) was soon after purchased by George Eastman, who donated it to the University of Rochester with an endowment fund. The new Eastman School of Music opened in 1921. Howard Hanson, its principal director (1924–64), built it into a world-renowned institution. Eastman’s annual…