Liberty Ladies College - Liberty Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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gmm'can magart QEnnszrhatory MUSIC, FINE ARTS, ELOCUTION AND ORATORY. Chartered by the State of Missouri With Power to Confer Degrees and Grant DiplOmas. WHY CROSS THE OCEAN WHEN GERMANY IS AT YOUR DOOR? iWhile the President of the College has spared neither effort nor expense to furnish a collegiate course thorough and complete, modeled after the best colleges and univer- sities in this country, he has been impressed With the need of a Conservatory of Music in the Mississippi Valley equal in all respects to the GREAT CONSERVATORIES OF THE WORLD. To this end, several years ago, was founded and incor- porated, at Liberty, Missouri, in connection with Liberty Ladiesi College, The American-Mozart Conservatory of Music and Fine Arts. By extensive correspondence in Eu- rope, prominent musicians from the Royal Conservatories of Europe have been brought together. The undertaking has met with phenomenal success,'and the fame of this Conservatory has gone forth into all the land. 25

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umjvzqwgz s 3H- 3.. . aw .Iekhg- 19.7741':T W' T s a M3: :7 p erghzzvrtf Hum . COURSE OF STUDY. PIANOFORTE. The course is intended to give a broad and thorough musical education based on the works of the best compos- ers, classic and modern. It is of primary importance that students should acquire a thorough foundation in technic and elementary theoretical knowledge, as Without these even a literally correct execution is. impossible. We take the utmost care in cultivating a clear, even and elastic t0uch,-so desirable in the production of a full, singing, musical tone, holding steadfastly t0 the principle that the development of the intellectual musical understanding must go hand in hand with technical progress. All students are urged to take the full theoretical course in conjunction with Whatever special branch they may pursue. Candidates for graduation in either vocal or instrumental music are re- quired. to do so. Students may enter the Conservatory at any stage of advancement, but Will be classified according to the quality not the quantity of past work. Such studies, exercises and pieces as may be used, will be carefully se- lected and adapted to the requirements ofindividual stu- dents in their respective grades. The course is divided into five periods, as follows: OUTLINE. Preparatory-Correct position and movements ofifin- gers, wrists and arms established, proper execution of simple passage work and various degrees of touch em- ployed. Practice material selected from following list or its equivalent: Piano Schools of Germer, Beringer, D'amm, Urbaeh, Dollis Introduction to the Pianoforte, Emeryis Foundation Studies, Easy Studies by Le Couppey, Lemonine, Kohler, Brauer, Loeschhorn, Czerny, etc., Selected Sonatinas and smaller pieces. 26 .v-taxt' . .mm-,w HF , , e h A as H. Al