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con·ser·va·tor

(kən-sûr′və-tər, kŏn′sər-vā′tər)

1. A person in charge of maintaining or restoring valuable items, as in a museum or library.

2. A protector or guardian: "a conservator of cherished values and regular order in governing institutions" (William Greider).

3. Law One placed in charge of the property or personal affairs of an incompetent person.

con·ser′va·to′ri·al (-tôr′ē-əl) adj.

con·ser′va·tor·ship′ n.

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conservatorial

(kənˌsɜːvəˈtɔːrɪəl)

adj

of or relating to a conservator or conservators

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A construcao do professor de musica: o modelo conservatorial na formacao e na atuacao do professor de musica de Belem do Para.

The relationships between school, curriculum and music education: school culture as research category/As relacoes entre a escola, o curriculo e a educacao musical: cultura escolar como categoria de pesquisa/Las relaciones entre la escuela, el curriculo y la educacion musical: cultura escolar como categoria de investigacion

(Yale has also endowed a conservatorial position to oversee the LeWitt archives on its premises, and annual programming will accompany the exhibition.) Accordingly, the show's statistics, as if units in LeWitt's work, stagger: One hundred drawings made between 1968 and 2007 will be on view for twenty-five years.