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FINE ARTS
Art
History of Art B1: A general course in the history of Ancient Art
with especial emphasis on architecture, painting and sculpture. Three lectures
each week with assigned readings. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand.
History of Art B2: Not open to first-year students.—A general course in
the history of Medieval Art. Three lectures each week with assigned readings.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand.
History of Art B3: Not open to first-year students.—A general course in
the history of Art of the Renaissance carried to 1800, French Art carried to year
1900. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand.
Music
Music A1: Music Fundamentals and Elementary Harmony: Intensive
drill in the underlying rudiments of Music; solfegge; ear training; sight reading;
dictation. Progressive formation of scales; intervals and triads; inversions; principles
of chord connections. Melodic leadings and metrical material. (B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Fickenscher.
Music B1: Musical History and Appreciation: Not open to first-year
students.—The development of music from antiquity to the present time with
typical examples of each phase. Illustrations and analysis of works of the epoch
makers, treating of their style, influence and historic import. The development
of musical instruments and of the orchestra. Illustrated lectures. Collateral
reading. No previous musical knowledge required. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3
session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Music B2: Harmony: Students taking this course are required to have
had ear training and a preliminary knowledge of musical notation, intervals
and scale formation, or to take concurrently Music A1. Also to have or to acquire
sufficient piano technique to play simple chord successions. Harmonic relationships
and their tendencies, construction of chords, voice progressions, dissonances,
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Music B3: Counterpoint: Students taking this course are required to
have had ear training and a preliminary knowledge of musical notation, intervals,
and scale formation or to take concurrently Music A1. Counterpoint
from the First to the Fifth Species in two, three, and four parts; combined
counterpoint. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Fickenscher.
Music B5: Composition: Music B2 and B3 prerequisite.—Advanced Harmony
and Counterpoint. Construction and drill in various rhythmic and melodic
forms. Their use in sections, phrases and periods. Construction of song and
dance forms; the study of these and larger forms, including the sonata form,
through the works of the masters. Application of contrapuntal devices in the
homophonic forms. Students will be given the opportunity to have works performed
by the Choral, Glee Club, Orchestra or Band. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3
session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Dramatic Art
Dramatic Art B1: Playwriting: No first-year students admitted.—The
reading and analysis of plays throughout the year. First term: The dramatization
of the short story. Second term: One act plays. Third term: The completion
of a full length play. Emphasis will be placed on the present day life
and historical traditions of Virginia. Students from other sections will be expected
to use the materials and background with which they are familiar. Plays
considered worthy of production will be staged by the Virginia Players.
Prerequisites: Only those students may enroll in this course who have had
a personal interview with Mr. Pratt and have secured his approval of either a
one act play or scenario with several pages of dialogue to be submitted during
the spring term prior to June 10 or between September 10 and 20. Special
students admitted under the usual regulations in the catalogue. All students
must have taken or must take concurrently English B2 or B4 or B5. Class will
meet Monday evenings, 7:30 to 10. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Dramatic Art B2: Play Production: The theory and practice of play
directing. The methods employed in the staging of plays of different periods
and types. Training in the technique of acting. The essential arts involved
in the producing of plays (casting, costuming, lighting, music, etc.) Lectures
and practical work in the production of revivals and the original plays
written by members of the B1 class. This course in the theory and practice
of the theatre is designed for the training of students participating in the
work of the Virginia Players and for those who plan to become directors
of dramatics in schools and communities.
Prerequisites are the same as those of B1, except that no play need be submitted.
Those interested in scenic design must take concurrently Freehand
Drawing A2. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Mr. Boyle.
Dramatic Art B3: Advanced Playwriting; continuation of B1: (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Dramatic Art B4: Advanced Play Production; continuation of B2:
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt and Mr. Boyle.
Dramatic Art B5: History of the Theatre: No first-year students admitted.—The
changing conventions of the theatre and their relation to the problems
engaging the interest of playwrights and audiences. The Greek theatre, the
Renaissance, and the modern intimate playhouse. The technique of the movies.
Modern problems: Realism, Symbolism, Expressionism, etc. The technique of
playwriting illustrated by private performances and readings from the plays of
Sophocles, Shakespeare, Ibsen and others. Lectures and discussions. Three times
a week. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
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