Word: counterpoint
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...formerly, but deserves further notice. This department was first suggested in 1888 by the Alumni Association of Fairfield county, and in 1890 the Battell Professorship of Music was established, and the first instruction was given, the chair being filled by Dr. Gustave Stoeckel. The first subjects treated were Harmony, Counterpoint, Tones and the History of Music, sacred and secular. The degree of Bachelor of Music was established by the corporation in 1893, the course to be of two or three years. After Dr. Stoeckel's resignation in 1894, Mr. Horatio W. Parker, of Boston, was chosen to fill the chair...
...cultivation of musical taste. In all the courses proficiency in piano playing is required. Course 1 is the necessary introduction to the other courses. Courses 1, 2, 5 and 6 must follow each other in regular order. Courses 3 and 7 afford a knowledge of harmony and counterpoint; they are given in alternate years as half courses. The following is a list of the courses: Course 1, Harmony, twice a week. The work in this conrse consists chiefly of written exercises on figured bases and the harmonization of given melodies, which are played over and corrected in the class room...