Liberty Ladies College - Liberty Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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THE BASKET BALL TEAM anurm nf g?tuhg. 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 touch,rs0 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 0r instrumental music are required to do so. Students may enter the Conservatory at any stage of advancement, but will be classihed accord- ing to the quality, not the quantity, of past work. Such studies, exercises and pieces as may be used, will be care- fully selected and adapted to the requirements of individual students in their respective grades. The course is divided into fwe periods, as follows: OUTLINE. Preparatorerorrect position and movements of fme 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, Damm, Urbachi Dolls Introduction to the Pianoforte, Emeryts Foundation Studies, Easy Studies by Le Couppey, Lemonine, Kohler. Brauer. Loeschhorn, Czerny, etc., Selected Sonatinas 2 d smaller pieces. 35

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Second Period.-Technical exercises conducive to the development of strength, Hexibility, endurance and veloc: ity. Varied rhythmical treatment of chords, scales, arpeggl and passage work of all kinds. Studies of such grades as the following: Doring Progressive Studies Op. 8, Duvernoy School i of Mechanism, Bertini Selected Studies, Czerny School of , Velocity, Selected Studies from Heller and Cramer, Bach Little Preludes, Easy Sonatas and standard compositions by representative composers. Third PeriodeExercises requiring a greater command of technic, more musical and mental control. Practice of scales, chords, arpeggi with various accent and rhythmical treatment continued. Doring Octave Studies, Cramer studies continued, Bach Two and Three part Inventions, i Czerny School of Finger Dexterity, Clementi Gradus ad j Parnassum begun, Sonatas and other compositions of mod- i erate difficulty. Fourth PeriodeSpecial exercises and etudes designed t for overcoming the difficulties met with in the works of the : great composers, Clementi Gradus ad Parnassum contin- J ued, Kullak Octave School, Bach R'elI-tempered Clavi- i i chord begun, Sonatas and 5010 work from Mozart, Bee- ' thoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn and others. Fifth Period-eAdvanced technical work continued. Clementi Gradus ad Parnassum finished, Bach VVell-tem- pered Clavichord concluded, Advanced Etudes from vari- M. f ous composers, works in single and cyclical form from i Beethoven, Schumann, Von Wreber, Tschaikowsky, Brahms, MacDowell and Schutt. ENSEMBLE CLASS. The class in ensemble playing is formed from the ad- s vaiiced piano pupils. Standard overtures, symphonies, 71. e suites, etc., are studied, thus enabling one to become ac- t quainted with important work in the larger forms not easily undertaken as solos: this kind of practice is of in- 36