1926-1927 Academic Catalog

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC JOHN ALBERT TALCOTT, Mus. Doc. Director, Courses offered:- 1. Voice Culture and the Art of Singing, 2. Pianoforte, 3. Violin, Violincello and Viola, 4. Theory, History of Music, Harmony. Pianoforte Courses are ?ffered. in (a) Preparatory Piano, and (b) Ad– vanced, or Collegiate, Piano. From each coui,se students will be graduated, with diploma. Completion of either course will depend upon aptitude and the amount of time devoted to the work. Considering the limited time a .student in school grades is allowed for music study, a music grade will represent more often two years of work than one year. Preparatory Piano. This course is divided into four grades:– two elementary and two intermediate. The first elementary grade can be completed in eight months by an apt pupil; other grades will take a somewhat longer time. Students who complete this course must be able to play a group of selections similar to the following:- 1st, 4th and 8th Two-part Inventions by Bach; Sonata in G major by Mozart; some selected studies; Czerny's Velocity Studies; a work selected by the instructor. Elementary theory and harmony shall be completed in the above classification of work. Collegiate Pianoforte. In this course a comprehensive and rep– resentative selection from the different periods of piano literature will be studied. Bach's works will have a prominent place in the curriculum. While allowing great latitude to meet the needs of individuals, the course of etudes will follow the line of the Four Great C's in pianistic pedagogy-Czerny, Cramer, Clementi and Chopin. For graduation from this course a student must be prepared to play:- (a) Three Preludes and Fugues from The Well Tempered Clavichord-Bach; (b) A representative work by Schumann or. a later Sonata by Beethoven; (c) A Ballade or Scherzo by Chopm; (d) A work selected by the instructor. The following subjects will be credited in this course:- Piano, Theory and Composition, Ear Drill; Musical History and Literatµre; Voice Class Work; Ensemble Playing and Accompany– ing; Chorus Singing. Voice Course Admission to this course will be based largely on vocal equip– ment and aptitude. Students desiring to enter will. b~ gi;ve:1 op– portunity to make up conditions so far as possible withm limits of time and schedule of work. Entrants must have studied public school music, or must have the equivalent of a two-year cour~e in Piano or other instrument. PAGE THIRTY-NINE