Liberty Ladies College - Liberty Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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he estimable value in developing sight reading, firm rhyth- JC. mical feeling and a larger musical perception and grasp ggi in general. as CHORUS CLASS. 301 of A11 vocal pupils will attend this class and all other Lch students of music are urged to do likewise. The work ms undertaken consists of exercises in sight reading based on the practice in solfeggio and part songs. 1nd of PUPILS, RECITALS. ical ner These Recitals Will occur monthly, the object of Which ms is to accustom students to appearing before others, thereby aid enabling them to overcome all nervousness and timidity iod- usually experienced by young players. Frequent public Recitals are also held. ned the COURSE IN THEORY. it. - . . . . Ir? This course IS de81gned to cultivate a better under- aV1- a . . . . . 3ee- standing and higher appreeiation 0f the master works 111 music, to make practical and thorough musicians in the ued true sense of the word. Lem- v'ari- LESSONS IN NOTATION AND ADDITION. Eom The elementary principles of music are here taken up, ms, the musical faculty is so trained that one may acquire the ability to hear mentally what is seen on the printed page :and to take down in musical notation what is heard. This practice is continued throughout the entire course of study. 3 ?d- HARMONY. mies, e ae- First Period.-E1ements of Harmony. 5 not Second Period.--Praetiea1 work in harmonizing melo- if in- .dies and exercises in simple counterpoint. 37

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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

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Max : MUSICAL FORMS AND HISTORY. First Period.-General Musical History and study of the forms and change of style in works that mark its prog- ress from ancient to modern times. Second Period.-Biographica1 history of the great mas- ters of various periods and analysis of their representative works. POST GRADUATE COURSE. This course will involve a more advanced study of Musical Theory and executive prohciency, with special reference to the acquirement of an extensive repertoire of standard works. + L? wsmno