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This is a passage from NHK's 歴史秘話ヒストリア about Oda Nobunaga performing Noh
before the Battle of Okehazama:

> 信長は **師匠をつけるほど** 舞いに熱を入れていましたが  
>  なぜか「敦盛一種類しか舞わなかった」と記されています。

From the [dictionary](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/147339/meaning/m0u/) the
only usage of をつける with a person seems to be:

> ３ ㋒人をそばに置く。そばにいさせて世話をさせる。「ボディーガードを―・ける」

But that doesn't translate go "Nobunaga put the efforts as he was performing
in front of a master", imho.

And the phrase meaning seems more like Nobunaga was achieving the performance
level of a master. But it's not に着ける.

It also doesn't seem to be a set phrase for performing arts - Google returns
only the old transcript of the very TV programme.

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How to interpret the phrase 師匠をつけるほど here?
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How to interpret the phrase 師匠をつけるほど?
This つける means what the dictionary says but it doesn't mean "in front of".

It means "to make someone be with someone". So 師匠をつける means "to make a master
be with him". This means "to learn from a master(or take a master.)"

So 師匠をつけるほど熱心に means "as eager as he learned from a master(or took a master.).
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Formula: "Ａ ほど Ｂ" ≈ "so B that A; B to the extent that A"

(A): "師匠をつける" ≈ "get (himself) a master instructor"

(B): "舞いに熱を入れていました" ≈ "was passionate about Mai/dancing"

Thus: "信長は師匠をつけるほど舞いに熱を入れていました" ≈ "Nobunaga was very passionate about
Mai/dancing, to the extent that he got himself a master instructer (to teach
him)"
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