MUSIC

CHARLES LOUIS SEEGER, Jr., A.B., Professor of Music.

EDWARD G. STRICKLEN, Instructor in Music.

GEORGE BOWDEN, A.B., Lecturer in Voice Culture and Public Speaking. PAUL STEINDORFF, Choragus.

Major Subject. Students who plan to elect music as a major subject should confer with the head of the department as early as possible, in order to ensure proper preparation for courses 104A-104B and 111A-111в which should be taken in the junior year. In the senior year a special subject may be chosen, for example, composition, harmonic theory, history.

Honors. Candidates must submit either certain original compositions or a thesis based on original work in musical theory, history or criticism.

Courses for Prospective Teachers. In California, many teachers in the public and private schools are expected to conduct musical exercises as one of their regular activities. Courses AC, 10A-10в, 17 afford preparation for such work.

Recommendation for Teacher's Certificate. See course 110A-110в and

note.

LOWER DIVISION COURSE

AC. Symbols and Terminology of Musical Notation.

Mr. STRICKLEN and an Assistant. Correct note writing and diction; intervals; meter; construction of scales; harmonic series and formation of chords; elements of melody writing and harmonizing; rhythm drill.

2 hrs., either half-year; 2 units. Tu Th, 10.

FREE ELECTIVE FOR STUDENTS OF ANY YEAR

17. Symphony and Opera.

Professor SEEGER.

Opportunity is offered for hearing many great works in pianoforte arrangement. No previous musical knowledge is required. The course is open to music lovers whether trained or untrained.

2 hrs., second half-year; 1 unit. Tu Th, 11.

Composition

Notice to all students.-Proficiency in sight-reading and dictation, both tonal and rhythmic, is of the utmost importance to everyone engaged in musical work. As an ability to read and write a language is indispensable to the student, writer or speaker in that language, so the ability to read and write the musical idiom of western Europe cannot be evaded by those who wish to study, write or perform modern music in America.

The training and co-ordination of the eye, ear and brain necessary in these two cases is strongly analogous and equally important. For that reason, sight-singing practice is included in courses 1A-1B, 4A-4B (W, 1) and rhythmic drill and writing in course AC (Th, 10). Credit in these subjects is not allowed apart from the above courses, but students in advanced courses may be held responsible for them by the instructor without notice.

LOWER DIVISION COURSES

4A-4B. Diatonic Harmony and Two-part Strict Counterpoint. (First-year course.) Mr. STRICKLEN and Professor SEEGER. Treatment of the complete diatonic resources of the major and minor

modes, including the simpler modulations. The contrapuntal studies are undertaken concurrently with the work in harmony.

3 hrs., throughout the year. M W F, 1. Prerequisite: course AC or its equivalent (including intervals and simple metrical types, in which, however, a short review is held at the beginning of this course).

4B will be given also during the first half-year (M W F, 10), leading to course 5A, beginning January, 1916, at the same hours.

4A will be given also during the second half-year. M W F, 2.

5A-5B. Chromatic Harmony and Three and Four-part Counterpoint. (Second-year course.) Mr. STRICKLEN.

3 hrs., throughout the year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: course 4A-4B. 5B will be given also during the first half-year (M W F, 2), leading to course 104A, beginning January, 1916.

5A will be given also during second half-year. M W F, 10.

FREE ELECTIVE FOR STUDENTS OF ANY YEAR

20A-20B. The Communal Music Drama.

Professor SEEGER and Assistant Professor CORY. A study in the welding of the arts with particular reference to the community and institutional pageant. The art of collaboration; composition and organization of the complete material for performance. Consultation with specialists in every branch.

Prim

arily for students of marked literary, musical or dramatic talent.

2 hrs., throughout the year; to be arranged. The enrollment is limited.

UPPER DIVISION COURSES

104A-104B. Contrapuntal Studies. (Third-year course.) Mr. STRICKLEN. Double and triple counterpoint; introduction to canon and fugue. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Tu Th, 9. Prerequisite: course 5A-5B. Additional sections in fugue (104c-104D) will be arranged beginning either in August or in January, as occasion may demand. 104в will be given also during the first half-year at the pleasure of the instructor.

104A will be given also during the second half-year. Tu Th, 11.

105A-105B. Modern Harmonic and Contrapuntal Usages. (Fourth-year course.)

Professor SEEGER.

Hours and credit to be arranged. Prerequisite: course 104A-104B.

111A-111B. Critical Study of Composition.

Professor SEEGER. Pro-seminar. Musical logic. Historical development of the art. Lectures, reports, experiments in various styles.

2 hrs., throughout the year. Tu Th, 10 (or other hours). Prerequisite: course 5A-5B. Students must be enrolled in course 104A-104B.

NOTE. Not more than one of the courses in vocal or instrumental practice (1A-1B, 11A-11b, 2A-2B) may be taken for credit in any one year.

LOWER DIVISION COURSES

10A-10B. Voice Culture. Mr. BOWDEN. Principles of breathing; laws of tone-production (phonology); diction, enunciation, articulation and pronunciation. Practice in the control of the voice, with a view toward increased carrying-power, sustained effort and the elimination of fatigue. Students are urged to enroll also in course 1A-1B.

2 hrs., throughout the year. Tu Th, 1. (NOTE.-Previous to August, 1915, this course was designed to fill the needs of both the speaking and the singing voice alike. Division is now made so that students desiring this work for the speaking voice should enroll in Public Speaking 2A-2B. Credit, however, will not be allowed for both Public Speaking 2A-2B and Music 10A-10в owing to the nearly identical nature of the work.)

1A-1B. Choral Practice.

Mr. STEINDORFF.

Students are urged to enroll also in course 10A-10в, unless they have already taken it.

3 hrs., throughout the year; 1 unit each half-year. M W F, 1. Prerequisite: a singing voice and the ability to use it properly.

11A-11в. Advanced Voice Culture: Ensemble and Repertoire.

Mr. BOWDEN.

2 hrs., throughout the year. Tu Th, 2. Prerequisite: course 10A-10B.

6c. The Pianoforte.

Professor SEEGER and Mr. STRICKLEN.

History and literature of the instrument; its mechanism and technique, with a review of the principles of musical execution.

2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 11. Primarily for students who have studied or are contemplating studying the technique of the instrument.

2A-2B. Orchestral Practice.

Mr. STEINDORFF.

2 hrs., throughout the year; 1 unit each half-year. W, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,

UPPER DIVISION COURSES

101A-101в. Preliminary Studies in Repertoire.

Professor SEEGER and Mr. BOWDEN.

2-3 hrs., throughout the year; 2 units each half-year. Hours to be arranged. Prerequisite: exceptional vocal or instrumental technique. The enrollment is limited.

102A-102B. Pianoforte Ensemble Practice.

Professor SEEGER.

Eight-hand arrangements of great symphonies. Open only to students who possess exceptional technique and who practice one hour or more every day.

2-3 hrs., throughout the year; 2 units each half-year. Several sections are formed, usually during afternoon hours. The enrollment is limited. Students should meet the instructor some time on the Monday preceding the beginning of exercises each half-year.

109A-109в. The Performance of Musical Works; Conducting.

Professor SEEGER.

1 hr., throughout the year; 1 unit each half-year. Hours and practice (2 hrs. each week) to be arranged.

Musicology

UPPER DIVISION COURSES

106. Special Work.

Professor SEEGER.

Assignments in special subjects. Primarily for students whose major is music and who are not enrolled in course 105A-105B. Prerequisite: courses 104A-104B and 111A-111B.

110A-110B. The Teaching of Music.

The STAFF. 2 or 3 hrs., throughout the year. M W, 11; W, 2. The work will be arranged as follows:

A discussion of the teaching of music, with reports and criticisms of text-books and organization (SEEGER, W, 11). Teaching of harmony (STRICKLEN, M, 11). Teaching of voice culture and management of the child voice (BOWDEN, W, 2).

During 1915-16 students without the prerequisites in harmony and voice culture may omit one or the other of the second or third hours. In such a case, however, only 2 units credit will be allowed.

NOTE. Students who desire to fit themselves for the high school teacher's recommendation with music as a major subject should have completed with distinction a special programme, details of which are to be had from the head of the department. While a thorough knowledge of the subject is held to be of primary importance to the prospective teacher, the student will be given a separate final examination inquiring into the systematization of that knowledge and the ability to impart it under the exacting conditions of the modern school. In this connection it is well to have taken some of the method work in the Summer Session or to attend some private class in the vicinity.

GRADUATE COURSE

200A-200B. Musical Criticism.

Professor SEEGER.

Hours and credit to be arranged.

COURSES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS

Particular attention is called to Philosophy 36A-36B (Aesthetics). It is highly desirable that students familiarize themselves with the poetry of the European languages. (See such courses as English 10E, etc.) There is much fine original work to be done in comparing the principles of poetry and music. Benefit may be had in consulting courses in the fine arts and a very broad field is open in correlating logic, mathematics, physics and music.