1935-1936 Academic Catalog

DE,PARTMENT OF MUSIC 33 DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC MRS. .MARGARET WORK, Director Outline of lnstruction.-Recognizing the greate1· bene– fits to be derived from clearly defined and thoroughly system– atized study, the Cedarville College Department of Music pre– sents the following outline of instruction. The .system is a;r– 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 divis ion 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 cl,assi'cal aind modern com– posers. The Intermediate Department.-Technical develop– ment is continued, also phrasing and interp,retation. Bach's works occupy an important place in thiis course. Students com– pleting this course must be ab)e 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 the above, classification of work. From this course students will be graduated with Teacher's Certificate. Collegiate Pianoforte.-ln this course a comprehensive _and represemtative selection from the different periods of piano literature will be studied. Bach's work will have a prominent place in the course. While allowing great latitude to meet the needs of individuals, the course of Etudes will follo,w the line of the four Great C's in pianistic pedagogy-Czerny, Cram– er, Clementi, and Chopin. For graduation from the couTSe a stu<lent must be prepared to play:- . (a) 'fhree Preludes and Fugues from the Well Tempered Clavichord-Bach; (b) A l'epresentative work by Schuman or a later Sonata by Beethoven; (c) A Bal1ade or Scherzo by Chopin; (d) A work selected by the instructor.