1933-1934 Academic Catalog

34 MUSIC EPARTMENT MUSIC DEPA TMENT MRS. MARGARET W RK, Director Outline of lnstruction.-Recognizing the greater bene– fits to be derived from clearly defined and thoroughly system– atized study, the Cedarville ollege Department o:f Music pre– sents the following outline of instruction. The system is ar– ranged in three general divisions: 1. The Preparatory. 2. The Intermediate. 3. The Collegiate. COURSES IN MUSIC The Preparatory Department.-The Preparatory De– partment is divided into four grades and is open to all beginners. This division includes the Primary. Students may pass from one grade to another as rapidly as their advancement justifies. Stu– dents completing this course will have thorough foundation in technic, and must be able to play (as selected by the Director) Sonatinas from Czerny, Clementi, Bach, Handel, Mozart and Beethoven, with easy pieces by both classical and modern com- · posers. The Intermediate Department.-Technical develop– ment is continued, also phrasing and interpretation. Bach's works occupy an important place in this course. Students com– pleting 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. Also the student must appear in public recital, playing at least two pieces selected by the Director. Elementary Theory and Harmony shall be completed in tlie above classification of work. From this course students will be graduated with Teacher's Certificate. Collegiate Pianoforte.-In this course a comprehensive and representative selection from the different periods of piano literature will be studied. Bach's works will have a prominent place in the course. Whjle 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, Cram– er, Clementi, and Chopin. For graduation from the 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 Chopin; (d) A work selected by the instructor.