Word: stoeckel
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Musical Department has been alluded to 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...
...meeting of the Yale corporation on Thursday it was fornally voted to establish a department of music in the university, with Gustavus J. Stoeckel, for many years Yale's instructor of music, at its head. A fund of nearly three hundred thousand dollars has been placed at the disposal of the corporation, with which to erect a suitable building and provide for the employment of several instructors...