Lebanon Valley College Catalog: Department of Music Bulletin

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LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE

CATALOGUE

VOL. XXIII

MARCH, 1935

NO. 12

Department of Music

1935- 1936

PUBLISHED BY

LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE
ANNVILLE, PA.

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CLYDE ALVIN LYNCH, A.M., B.D., D.D., Ph.D., President
MARY FD1TH (.ll.I.KSPIH. U.S.. M.A., Director

Music Education
MARY EDITH GILLESPIE, U.S.. MA.

Piano

RUTH ENGLE BENDER, A.M.

NELLA MILLER, \\S.

Voice
ALEXANDER CRAWFORD

Organ
R. PORTER CAMPBELL, Mus.B.

Violin
HAROLD MALSH

Theory, Harmony, Composition
ELLA R. MOVER, U.S.. M.A.

Band and Orchestra

EDWARD P. RUTLEDGE, U.S.. M.A.

D. CLARK CARMEAX. A.U.. M.A.

Engle Conservatory of Music

Department oe Music

K. Gillespie,

Miss Mary
H.S., M.A.

Director of
Conservatory of Music

Training: Valparaiso University; Ober-
lin Conservatory of Music; B.S. (1926),
M.A. (1934), Teachers College, Co-
lumbia University.

Experience : Grade teaching in city and
rural schools. State of Indiana: Super-
visor of Music, Public Schools, Scots-
burg, Ind. ; Supervisor of Music, Public-
Schools, Braddock, Pa.; Director of
Music Department, University of Dela-
ware, 1925-1930; present position, 1930 —

Ruth Engi.e Bender, AH.
Piano

Training: A.B. (1915), Lebanon Yalle\
College ; Oberlin Conservatory of Music :
Teachers Diploma (1918), New England
Conservatory of Music; advanced private
study with Lee Pattison, Ernest Hutch-
eson, Francis Moore, and Frank La-
Forge ; graduate courses at Columbia
University and at Xew York University
Experience: Professional accompanist.
New York City ; ensemble playing with
members of New York Symphony Or-
chestra ; active as soloist and accompan-
ist in musical organizations throughout
Eastern Pennsylvania; Instructor in
Theory and Piano, Lebanon Valley Col-
lege Conservatory of Music; Director of
Lebanon Valley College Conservatory of
Music, 1924-1930; present position, 1930-

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R. Porter Campbell,Mus.B.
Organ

Training: Diploma in Piano (1915) and
Diploma in Organ (1916), Lebanon Yal-
ley College Conservatory of Alusic ;
Mus.B. (1916), Lebanon Valley College
Conservatory of Alusic ; advanced pri-
vate study with Aloys Kramer and Ar-
thur Friedhan ; private study in New-
York and Italy with Pietro Yon, Italian
organist.

Experience : Recitals and concert work
both in U. S. and abroad ( St. Peters,
Rome, Milan, and Settimo Vittone) ; In-
structor in Piano and Theory, Lebanon
Valley College Conservatory of Music;
organist and choirmaster, Seventh Street
Lutheran Church, 1921-1924 and St.
Luke's Episcopal Church, Lebanon, Pa.,
1924 — ; present position, 1930 —

Alexander Crawford
Voice

Training : Early instruction from Alex-
ander Crawford, senior, Glasgow, Scot-
land ; private study with William
Shakespeare, London, England, Deems
Taylor, and Percy Rector Stephens, New
York.

Experience : Concert, oratorio, and oper-
atic work throughout the U. S. and
Germany ; private teaching, London,
England, Denver, Colorado, and New
York, 1923-1927; present position, 1927 —

Department of Music

Harold Mai.su
Violin

Training: Graduate, 1023, Institute oi
Musical Art, New York; private study,
David Nfowinski, Philadelphia, Pa., Ot-
taker Cadek, New York City.

Experience : Instructor in Violin Music
and Art Institute, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. ;
private teaching, New Y irk Citj : mem-
ber Harrisburg String Quartet and Har-
risburg Symphony; concert work
throughout Eastern U. S. ; present posi
tion, 11JJ4 —

Miss Ella R. Mover, B.S..
M.A., Theory, Harmon?/.

Composition

Training: Teacher's Diploma, 1915,
Sternberg School of Music, Philadelphia.
Pa.; diploma, 1920, Institute of Musical
Art, New York; graduate Fontainebleau
School of Music, Fontainebleau, France;
B.S., 1927. and M.A.. 1932, New Yor':
University.

Experience: Head of Theory and Piano
Department, Westminster College, New
Wilmington. Pa. ; Head of Theory and
Piano Department, Chatham Hall, Chat-
ham, Va. ; Instructor of Piano. New
York University ; Instructor in Music.
State Teachers College, California. Pa.,
1929-1931 ; present position, 1931 —

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Edward P. Rutledge, B.S.,
M.A., Band and Orchestra
Instruments and Choral
Groups

Training: Two years' study at Institute
of Musical Art, New York; B.S., 1925,
and MA., 1931. Teachers College, Co-
lumbia University.

Experience : Director High School Or-
chestra and Band, Ottumwa, Iowa ; Di-
rector, High School Chorus, Social Mo-
tive School, New York; Director School
Orchestra, Edgewater, N. J.; Super-
visor of Music, Public Schools, Neo-
desha, Kansas ; Instructor in Music
Education, Summer Sessions, Columbia
University, 1926-1932; present position,
1931—

D. Clark Carmean, A.B.,
M.A., Band and Orchestra
Instruments

Trceining: A.B. (1926), Ohio Wtsleyao
University, Delaware, Ohio ; MA. (1932),
Teachers College, Columbia University.

Experience: Instructor of Music, Logan
and Marion Counties, Ohio ; Supervisor
of Music, Erie County, Ohio ; Instructor
of Music, Cleveland City Schools ; Su-
pervisor of Music, Noedesha, Kansas;
present position, 1933 —

Department of Music

Xki.i.a M ii.i.kk. 15. S.
Piano

Training: Juilliard Graduate School oi
Music. X. Y. City, 1925-1933; B.S.,
Teachers College, Columbia University.
W Y. City, 1934: private study in X. Y
with Carl Friedberg ami Olga Samaroff.

Experience: Mew York debut in Town
Hall under auspices of Juilliard ^ > ■ 1 1 < >< • 1
of Music: New Y<>rk Recital, 1930:
complete chamber music of Brahms in
eight concerts. New Yo-k. [932; private
teaching in X. Y. City. 1929-1934;
Teacher of piano. Ju H'a-d Graduate
School of Music, 1031-1933; Member
staff of Layman's Music Course, Phil-
adelphia. Pa.; present posit on 1933 —

THE aim of the Lebanon Yalley College Conservatory of Music is
to teach music historically and aesthetically as an element of lib-
eral culture; to offer courses that will give a thorough and prac-
tical understanding of theory and composition and to train artists and
teachers.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

An applicant for admission must (1) be a graduate of a four-year
High School, and (2) possess a reasonable amount of musical intel-
ligence and accomplishment, as :

(a) The possession of an acceptable singing voice and of a fairly
quick sense of tone and rhythm ;

( b ) Ability to sing at sight hymn and folk tunes with a fair degree
of accuracy and facility:

(c) Ability to play the piano or some orchestral instrument repre-
senting two years' study.

MUSIC EDUCATION COURSE

For Training Supervisors and Teachers of Public School Music
(B. S. in Music Education)

This course has been approved by the State Council of Education
for the preparation of supervisors and teachers of public school music.
The outline of the curriculum follows ;

Department oe Music

Class
First Semester Hours

^'Introduction to Teaching 3

(Include social guidance on the campus)

^English I 3

Harmony I 3

Sight Reading I 3

Dictation I 3

Private Study — Voice. Piano. Organ ; Strings (Violin,
Viola. 'Cello. Bass). Woodwinds (Flute, Oboe.
Clarinet. Bassoon), Brasses (Trumpet, French
Horn, Trombone, Tuba), and Percussion Instru-
ments. Chorus. Orchestra and Band. Arrange work

for the greatest benefit of students 9

^Physical Education I 3

Second Semester 2~

*English II 3

^English Activities 3

(Include library, voice, and dramatization)

Harmony II 3

Sight Reading II 3

Dictation II 3

Private Study — Voice. Piano, Organ ; Strings (Violin,
Viola. 'Cello. Bass), Woodwinds (Flute. Oboe,
Clarinet, Bassoon), Brasses (Trumpet, French
Horn, Trombone. Tuba), and Percussion Instru-
ments. Chorus. Orchestra and Band. Arrange work

for the greatest benefit of students 9

*Physical Education II 3

Third Semester

*Science I — Biology 4

(Include the phvsiology of the nervous system as a
basis for psvchology.)

*History of Civilization 3

Harmonv TIT 3

Sight R-ading III - 3

Dictation III ••- 3

Private Study — Voice. Piano, Organ ; Strings (Violin,
Viola, 'Cello. Bass), Woodwinds (Flute, Oboe,
Clarinet. Bassoon). Brasses (Trumpet, French
Horn, Trombone, Tuba), and Percussion Instru-
ments. Chorus. Orchestra and Band. Arrange work

for the greatest benefit of students 9

Eurvthmics 3

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Fourth Semester

•Psychology I 3 3

* Literature I or Literature II 3 3

Harmony IV 2 2

Elements of Conducting 2 2

Private Study — Voice, Piano, Organ; Strings (Violin,
Viola. 'Cello, Bass), Woodwinds (Flute, Oboe,
Clarinet, P>assoon), Brasses (Trumpet, French
Horn, Trombone, Tuba), and Percussion Instru-
ments. Chorus. Orchestra and Band. Arrange work

tor the greatest benefit of students 9 3

Materials I 3 3

Fifth Semester ~~ lb

*Fducational Sociology } 3

Harmony V 2 2

History of Music I 3 3

Materials II 3 3

Private Study — Voice, Piano, Organ; Strings (Violin,
Viola, 'Cello, Bass), Woodwinds (Mute, Oboe,
Clarinet, Bassoon), Brasses (Trumpet, French
Horn, Trombone, Tuba), and Percussion Instru-
ments. Chorus, Orchestra and Band. Arrange work

for greatest benefit of students 12 4

Furythmics 3 1

Sixth Semester 26 l6

•American Government 3 3

Harmony VI 3 3

History of Music II 3 3

Materials III 3 3

Private Study — Voice, Piano, Organ; Strings (Violin,
Viola. 'Cello, Bass), Woodwinds (Flute, Oboe,
Clarinet, Bassoon), Brasses (Trumpet, French
Horn, Trombone, Tuba), and Percussion Instru-
ments. Chorus. Orchestra and Band. Arrange work
for greatest benefit of students 1 - 4

(Include instrumental class methods) 24 16

Seventh Semester

^Student Teaching and Conferences 10^2 7

^Technique of Teaching 1 1

Private Study — Voice, Piano, Organ; Strings (Violin,

Viola, 'Cello, Bass), Woodwinds (Flute, Oboe,

..... Clarinet, Bassoon), Brasses (Trumpet, French

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Horn. Trombone, Tuba), and Percussion Instru-
ments. Chorus. Orchestra and Band. Arrange work

for greatest benefit of students 6 2

Elective (§Music Appreciation or Elective) 3 3

Elective ( §Advanced Problems in Conducting or
Elective) ] 3

Eighth Semester

*Hi>tory and Philosophy of Education \ 4

( Include History of Education in Pennsylvania and
School Law)

*Student Teaching and Conferences io" j 7

■"Technique of Teaching i i

Private Study — Voice. Piano. Organ ; Strings ( Violin.
Viola. 'Cello, Bass), Woodwinds (Flute. Oboe.
Clarinet. Bassoon). Brasses (Trumpet, French
Horn. Trombone. Tuba), and Percussion Instru-
ments. Chorus. Orchestra and Band. Arrange work

for greatest benefit of students 3 1

Elective (§Organizing and Rehearsing of School Or-
chestras and Bands or Elective) 3 3

2\l/2 16

* — Core Subjects. § — Elective for Teachers and Supervisors of Music.

Core - 36 semester hours

Student Tech 16

Theory 33

Practical 34

Elective 9

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OUTLINE OF COURSES LEADING TO BACHELOR OF
MUSIC DEGREE

First Year Credit

Piano. Organ. Voice, Violin or Orchestral Instruments 4

Sight Singing 4

Sight Playing - 1

Harmony I and II n

English 16 6

Dictation 4

Elective 6

Physical Education 2

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Second Year

Piano, Organ, Voice, Violin or Orchestral Instruments 4

Sight Singing 3

Sight Playing 1

Harmony III and IV 6

Elective 6

Harmonic Dictation . 3

History and Appreciation of Music 6

Physical Education 2

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Third Year

Piano. Organ, Voice. Violin or Orchestral Instruments 4

Musical Form and Analysis 6

Elective 6

Elective 6

Conducting 4

Junior Recital 2

Eurythmics 2

Fourth Year

Piano, Organ. Voice. Violin or Orchestral Instruments 4

Composition 3

Ensemble Playing 1

Counterpoint 3

Elective 6

Elective 6

Senior Recital 4

Above Electives may be selected from the college department.
Students may also elect other courses listed under the Music Educa-
tion course including orchestras, bands, glee club, and instrumental en-
sembles.

Student Teaching
Student Teaching. 21 hours throughout the year, 14 semester hours
credit.

The Senior Class of the Music Education course teaches vocal and
instrumental music in the Derry Township School, at Hershey, Pa.
and has charge of the instrumental instruction in the Cornwall School
District, at Cornwall. Pa.

This work is done under the guidance of the following faculty:
Mary E. Gillespie, M.A., Columbia University. Director of the Con-
servatory, Lebanon Valley College.
Edward P. Rutledge, M. A., Columbia University, Instructor in
Band and Orchestra Instruments.

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.1. I. Baugher, Ph.D., Columbia University, Supervising Principal
of Deny Township Schools, Hershey. Pa.

Esther Bigham, B.S.M., Oberlin Conservatory, Supervisor of
Music, Derry Township Schools, Hershey, Pa.

Raymond Light, M.A.. Columbia University, Supervising Prin-
cipal of Cornwall School District, Cornwall, Pa.

R. Leslie Saunders, B.S., Lebanon Valley College, Supervisor ol
Music, Cornwall School District, Cornwall, Pa.

Musical Organizations

College Band. Lebanon Valley College maintain-, a uniformed band,
the membership of which is made up of college and conservatory
Students. The hand contributes to college life by playing at football
games, by appearing on several programs during the year, and by pro-
viding the musical accompaniment for the annual May Day Fete.
Membership in the band is determined by an applicant's ability on his
instrument and by the needs of the band with respect to maintaining a
well-balanced instrumental >n.

Girls Band. This organization is open to girls of the Conservatory
and College alike. Membership in this band is determined by the ap-
plicant's ability on her instrument, and by the needs of the band with
respect to maintaining a well-balanced instrumentation. The group will
participate in a Spring concert.

Symphony Orchestra. The Lebanon Valley College Symphony Or-
chestra is a musical organization of symphonic proportions. Open
alike to advanced players from the college and the conservatory, the
orchestra adheres to a high standard of performance. Throughout the
school year a professional interpretation of a wide range of standard
orchestral literature is insisted upon.

College Orchestra. The College Orchestra is open to all members
of the Conservatory and College who are sufficiently qualified to belong
to this organization.

Glee Club. The Glee Club is a mixed chorus of selected voices. The
personnel of the organization, while open to all L. V. C. students, is
limited to forty members. During the Spring the club appears in con-
certs in several communities throughout this section of Pennsylvania.
Choral music of the highest type is used intensively.

College Chorus. The mixed chorus is open to all on the campus
who are interested in this type of musical performance and who have
had some experience in sing.ng.

Instrumental Ensembles. In addition to the larger musical organi-
zations there is further opportunity for advanced players to try out for
such ensembles as :

(i) String Quartets (3) Brass Ensembles

(2) Violin Choirs (4) Woodwind Ensembles

Radio Broadcasting. Opportunity will be given to advanced music
students and musical organizations for experience in broadcasting from

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a recognized broadcasting station. This experience .will he offered at
regular intervals throughout the school year.

Applied Instruction

Voice, Piano, Organ, Chorus, Orchestral and Band Instruments.

The work in the foregoing fields will be organized from the stand-
point of the development of musicianship in the individual student. The
work continues through eight semesters and assures a well-rounded and
many sided acquaintance with various musical techniques.

Individual Instruction
Private instruction is provided in Applied Music (Piano, Voice, Or-
gan, Violin, and all instruments of orchestra or band.)
Piano: Ruth Engle Bender, Xella Miller.
Voice: Alexander Crawford.
Organ : R. Porter Campbell.
Violin : Harold Malsh.

Instruments of Band and Orchestra : Edward P. Rutledge.
Cello, Viola, String Bass : D. Clark Carmean.
A bulletin describing courses in Practical Music will be sent upon
application.

Junior Department

The Conservatory of Music sponsors a Junior Department especially
adapted to children of Elementary or High School age.

This Junior Department offers either private or class instruction in
piano and all instruments of the band and orchestra. A desirable num-
ber for class instruction is from four to six members.

MUSIC AND THE A. B. DEGREE

The College offers to students of exceptional merit the opportunity
under careful guidance of arranging special electives either in work
leading to the A.B. degree or the B.S. degree in Music Education
(Public School Music), so that upon the attainment of either degree
the subsequent degree can be earned by taking two or three semesters
additional work.

Music study may be credited toward the A.B. degree to a total of
twenty semester hours (five semester hours per year). For such credit
the requirements are as follows : Two half hour recitations per week
in Applied Music, two hours per day in practice, three hour recitations
per week in harmony.

Before entering upon this course of study the candidate must pass
the examinations required by the Director of the Conservatory.

A student desiring credit for this course of study is expected to con-
tinue the same until graduation. Credit will not ordinarily be granted
for a single year of study. Only under exceptional conditions may such
credit be granted by the faculty upon recommendation of the Director
of the Conservatory.

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THE STUDENTS' RECITALS

The students' Tuesday evening recital- arc of inestimable value to all
students in acquainting them with a wide range of the best musical
literature, and in developing musical taste and discrimination. It is of
special value to young musicians by affording them experience in ap-
pearing before an audience, and thus offering training in self-reliance,
nerve control, and stage demeanor.

Student- in all grades appear on the programs of these recital-. Each
senior is expected to appear in one special graduation recital.
MATRICULATION

A Matriculation Fee of five dollars must be paid by all full-time
students who are entering the College or Conservatory for the first
time. This fee should accompany the application for admission. If a
student'- application i- not accepted, the fee will be returned.

All students not enrolled in regular College or Conservatory Courses
will he required to pay a matriculation fee of one dollar, once in each
school year.

TUITION AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES FEES

An annual charge of $250, which cover- tuition for seventeen hours
per -emester in the College and Conservatory, and a fee for student
activities will he made for all students in regular courses.

The Public School Music Supervisors' Course includes two private
lessons per week, the use of a piano two hour- daily for practice, and
theoretical and college courses not exceeding a total of seventeen se-
mester hours each semester.

Extra hours in theoretical and college courses will he charged at the
rate of $7.00 per semester hour.

Private and Class Lessons

The rates per semester, one lesson per week, are S25.00.

The rates per seme-ter, 1 me class le--Mi per week in the Junior
Department, are $g.oo.

Rent of Practice Instruments

Piano, one hour daily, per semester $ 4-on

Each additional hour daily, per semester -2-00

Organ, one hour daily, per semester - 20.00

Organ, two hours weekly, per semester to.or

Band and Orchestra Instruments, per semester 6.00

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Regular Conservatory students are not enrolled for a shorter period
of time than a full semester, or the unexpired portion of a semester,
and no reduction is made for delay in registering when the time lost
is less than one-fourth of the semester.

Xo reduction is made for absence from recitations except in case of
protracted illness extending beyond a period of two weeks, in which
case the loss is shared equally by the college and the student.

Conservatory students are under the regular college discipline.

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