Louisville Conservatory of Music - Crescendo Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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f,0u'1'sv1llG C071-SI?'l'Il!ll0l'?l of M it sic DEPARTMENT OF PIANOFORTIC ln no hranch of music do the personal characteristics and the physical lim- ions of the performer enter more prominently than in artistic performance at piano. Consequently, exercises and studies are carefully selected to meet individual need of each student to bring into fullest development and control the muscular equipment necessary for a dependahlc and facile technic. From the rudiments of technic to the interpretation of master compositions, the work of each teacher is planned for the individual student and presented in a logical, systematic, and scientific manner. The outline which follows, presents in a general way the standard literature of the Academic Course. and is only a part of the wide range of musical material with which the student hecomcs familiar. it at the the l IfIfSIl.lI.fl N I D YIC.-llf, 32 semester hour credits. .'ll I LIICD, S0 private lessons and required preparation, 12 credits, N4-ales: Major and Minor scales in all keys, played in octaves, thirds, and sixths through four octaves. Arpeggi, triads, dominant seventh, dimin- ished sevenths. Sl1ul:'ws.' Czelny Op. 261 and 299. I-Ianon. IflIf'lI.' Dance forms, easy Preludes and Fngues, Two Part lnventions. Sonatas: llaydn. Mozart No. 2 in G and No. ti in F. lfonumlic Mendelssohn, Songs Without Words, Grieg Lyric Pieces. Wedding Day School: etc., Chopin, Mazurkas Waltzesg Schumann Forest Scenes, and other selections of like grade. rmltllllffll Schutt, Nollet, Chaminade, Scott. ltaclinianinofl. Tschaikowski, Rall, School: Moszkowski, Torjnssen, Schytte, Sczalit. .1lt'.AlDE.lllI'. l2 credits. 72 hours. Theory 72 hours, llarmony l and ll, T2 hours, lflar and lflye Training. t'l' I.7'I'li'.-1 I.. S credits. - English Composition, 108 hours, Acoustics, 36 hours. SUl'll0illOItIC Yllrllf, 36 semester hour credits. .flI'l'l,llfII, 80 private lessons and required preparation, 12 credits. Scales: ' Buell .' Sllulirfs: Sovmlos: lfonmnlir- School! .ll ollcrn School .' .ic Scales and .-Xrpeggi as in Freslunau year, added rhytlnns and faster tempi. tSee examination outlinej Three Part inventions, Little Prcludes and lfugnes. Czerny Op. 335. Op, 337. lfleethoven Op. I4 No. 2 and Op. 31 No. 1. Mozart No. ltl in ll flat, No. IG in A minor and No. 17 in l . Schumann Novclettes and Fantasie Pieces, Schulmert Impromptns. Chopin Nocturnes. Waltzcs. MacDowell, Leschetizky, Sinding, Dehnssy, Sjogren, Scott and others. lDlfllllt', I2 credits. Form Analysis I and ll, 72 hours, Harmony lil and IV, T2 hours, Ear and Nye Training, 72 hours. Cl' l,7'I.'Ii'A L. 12 credits. English Literature, 108 hoursg General Psychology, 108 hours. 30 semester hour credits. .lli.N'I0lx' YE.fllf. .-IPPLIEIJ, S0 private lessons apd required preparations, 12 credits. Scales: Boch : Sl ruI1'rs: Sonulos: lr'omunli1: School .' .ll orlcrn. School : Scales and Arpeggi same as previous years in more rapid tcmpi. Well Tempered Clavichord Book I, Suites. Czcrny Op. 7-'l0. Mozart No. 9 in A. No. IS Fantasie and Sonata, Beethoven Op. 10. No. 2, Op. 2 No. 3, Op. 10 No. 1, Op. 26, Op. 31 No. 2. Grieg E minor. Men- delssolm Concerto G Minor or D Minor. Chopin Etudes Op. 10 No. 5, 6, S, 9, Op. 25, No. 1, 2, 95 lmpromptns Op. 29, 66, Nocturnes Op. 9 No, 2. Op. 15 No. lg Polonaises Op. 26,Seherzo Op. 31, Schumann Op. 2, 12, 17, 213 Liszt Chant Polonaise No. 5, Lich- estraume, and other selections of similar grade. Lcsehetizky, Two Larksg Moszkowski, Caprice Espagnolg Godowsky, Triakontamerong and like grades of MacDowellg Saint-Sacns, Debussy, Raclunaninoft' and others. page fifteen