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FINE ARTS
Art
History of Art B1: A general course in the history of Ancient Art and
Medieval Art carried through Romanesque, with especial emphasis on architecture,
painting and sculpture. Three lectures each week with assigned readings.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand.
History of Art B2: Not open to first-year students.—A general course in
the history of Gothic Art carried through the Art of the Renaissance to 1800,
with French Art carried to 1900. Especial emphasis on architectural history.
course.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand.
History of Art B3: First term: History of Art since the Renaissance in
Europe. Second term: History of Art in the United States, with especial
emphasis on architecture. Third term: History of City Planning including
modern housing. Three hours of lecture each week with assigned reading.
(B.A. credit, 1 course.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand—First and third terms.
Professor Campbell—Second term.
Music
Music B0: 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.
No previous musical knowledge necessary. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1
course.)
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, 1 course.)
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 B0. 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, suspensions, sequences, cadences, the pedal point and modulation.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
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 B0. Counterpoint
from the First to the Fifth Species in two, three, and four parts; combined
counterpoint. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Professor Fickenscher.
Students or others not desiring the course for credit are invited to join
the orchestra.
Music B5: Composition: Music B2 and B3 prerequisite.—Advanced Harmony
and Counterpoint. Construction and drill in various rhythmic and melodic
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,
1 course.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Choral Singing: Fundamental principles of sight reading. Study of part
songs and other choral works of various masters from the Netherlands School
to the present day. Three concerts during the Academic year. One to two
hours a week.
Professor Fickenscher.
Glee Club: Study of cappella and accompanied choruses both classic and
of a lighter character. Students with reading knowledge of music will be given
a preference. Two to three hours a week.
Associate Professor Pratt.
Band: Open to students who have had training in playing the usual band
instruments.—The University Band was organized to play and study the various
types of band music and to serve the University at the important athletic
events and on other occasions by performances given before and during the
events. Whenever possible the band will accompany the teams on their out of
town trips. All men interested in the Band should bring their own instruments,
if possible, since the Band equipment is limited. Two to three hours
a week.
Associate Professor Lutz.
Technical Training: Technical training under special instructors in Singing,
Pianoforte, Organ, Violin, Cello, Clarinet and other wind instruments.
University students may arrange for tuition in these branches at a reduction
in rates by application to Professor Fickenscher or Associate Professor Pratt.
Concerts: a. A series of five concerts by artists of international reputation
at moderate prices gives opportunity for extended musical knowledge and appreciation.
b. A series of ensemble recitals by the faculty of the Music School affords
opportunity for intimate acquaintance with the best in musical literature and
through familiarity to become intelligent in appreciation of the masters.
c. Concerts by the Glee Club and Orchestra.
Equipment: The work offered re-establishes the instruction outlined in
the first curriculum of the University, 1818, the earliest proposal for instruction
in art, architecture, and music in any American university. An unrivalled
background is provided for it by the buildings and environment of Charlottesville;
the University group, with its old buildings specially designed to
furnish examples of the various orders "as specimens for the architectural lectures,"
its new buildings designed by Stanford White; the works of sculpture
by Houdon, Ezekiel, Bitter, Borglum, Keck, Shrady, and Aitken; the concerts
and exhibitions of paintings brought to the University with part of the
income of the McIntire fund.
For Music, the Carnegie Foundation has recently presented the school
with the "Carnegie Music Set," comprising a Capehart Phonograph, 900
records, several hundred orchestral, piano and vocal scores, and 300 books for
the General Library covering the historical, biographical, technical and
popular aspects of musical art. The school has also two concert grand
pianos, an Ampico reproducing grand piano and several phonographs. The
equipment for radio reception includes microphone and mechanism for making
aluminum records of home performances. A set of band instruments purchased
by the Alumni Association, double basses, kettle drums, and various
other unusual instruments for the use of students in the orchestra, a comprehensive
library of chamber music, orchestral scores and parts, operas and
piano classics, as well as books of reference on musical subjects and collateral
reading. There are also available for the Music School a three-manual Skinner
organ in Cabell Hall and a three-manual Moeller organ, the gift of Paul
Goodloe McIntire in connection with the McIntire Amphitheatre, and a two-manual
practice organ in the University Chapel. The following gifts have been
made to the musical library: by Mr. Iredell Jenkins, a valuable collection of
operas, oratorios, light operas, piano music, first editions; by Professor Gardner
Lloyd Carter, piano music and books on musical subjects; by Mr. Charles
Orchard, a set of biographical works; by Mrs. W. H. Sage, a collection of piano
music, violin and cello sonatas, trios, quartettes and quintettes.
Dramatic Art
Dramatic Art B1: Playwriting: Not open to first-year students. Other
students will be admitted only after a personal interview with Mr. Boyle.
English B2 or B4 or B5 prerequisite or must be taken concurrently.—The reading
and analysis of plays throughout the year. The dramatization of the short
story and the writing of original one-act plays. 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. Monday evenings, 7:30 to 10. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1
course.)
Mr. Boyle.
Dramatic Art B2: Play Production: The technique of acting and stage
directing. The essential arts involved in the producing of plays: scene design
and construction, costuming, lighting, etc. Lectures and practical work. Each
student will direct a one-act play and act in two others. 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 school and community drama work. Afternoon hours to
be arranged. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Mr. Boyle.
Dramatic Art B4: Advanced Play Production: Dramatic Art B2 prerequisite.—Students
who have had considerable experience in the theatre may
secure the consent of the instructor to take this course concurrently with Dramatic
Art B2.—Lectures, parallel reading and reports. Members of this class will
Players. Afternoon hours to be arranged. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Associate Professor Pratt and Mr. Boyle.
Dramatic Art B5: History of the Theatre: 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. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1
course.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
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