Liberty Ladies College - Liberty Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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tonal 4 Course and wish .llYeISltlES, will be r pupils enter the Missouri without :cliiig is given for the state is given than is given this AMERICAN-MOZART CONSERVATORY MUSIC, FINE ARTS, E'LOCUTION 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? While 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, some years ago, was founded and incor- porated, at Liberty, Missouri, in connection with Liberty Ladies College, The American-Mozart Conservatory of Music and Fine Arts. By extensive correspondence in Europe. prominent musicians from the Royal C 0nser7ja- tmiies of Europe have been brought together. The under- taking has met with phenomenal success, and the fame of this Conservatory has gone forth into all the land. ADVANTAGES FOR STUDY IN EUROPE. Liberty Ladies College, desiring that its students shall have not only the best advantages obtainable in their own section of America but shall have also the oppor- tunity of foreign study in doing advanced graduate work in music, art, languages, etc., under more favorable condi- tions than have ever been possible heretofore, takes pleas- ure in stating that it has an official connection with THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS in Florence, Italy, and that The American College of Fine Arts will hereafter be the Gmduate European 5 c1100! of the Liberty Ladies College, in the departments of Music, Art and Languages. - Exes;

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Glnurap nf g?tuhg PIANOFORTE. The course is intended to give a broad and thorough musical education based on the works of the best com- posers, 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. W' e take the utmost care in cultivating a clear, even and elastic toucheso desirable in the production of a full, singing, musical tone, holding steadfastly to 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 pur- sue. Candidates for graduation in either vocal 0r instru- mental music are required 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 selected and adapted to the requirements of individual students in their respective grades. The course is divided into five periods, as follows: OUTLINE. PreparatoryaCorrect position and movements of fingers, 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 : djaud, , ... mm 1 ., ,, wen m H V Piano Schools of Germer, Beringer, D'amm, Urbach, Dollis Introduction to the Pianoforte, Emeryis Founda- tion Studies, Easy Studies by Le Couppey, Lemoine, Kohler, Bauer, Loeschhom, Czerny, etc., Selected Sona- tinas and smaller pieces.