∗ Read by the Secretary, for Mr. Stanley.Google Scholar

∗ In illustration of this fact two instances are cited. A small inland village of 1,136 inhabitants is the seat of a minor university where the musical life is vital, and in which great artists are constantly heard in programmes both stimulating and artistic. A well-trained chorus is frequently heard, with orchestra and competent soloists, in the great oratorios and lesser works. Bethlehem, Pa., where for years an annual Bach Festival of three days has been maintained, is a town with a population of only 6,671. All the greatest works of Bach are here given inspiring performances. Through private generosity a first-class symphony orchestra of eighty men is to be established. It will give a series of at least twenty symphony concerts each season. Such examples are significant.Google Scholar

† In “Union of Graduates in Music, Roll and Kalendar,” 1911, Historical Sketch by T. Lea Southgate, p. 89, it states: “This principle of a literary qualification was peculiar to Dublin University for above seventeen years, but has since been adopted by all the English universities, and its adoption marks a fresh epoch in the history of our Degrees in Music.” This is quite in line with the American practice of opening graduate work only to B.A.'s, and requiring supplementary literary investigation in connection with the specific musical work required.Google Scholar

∗ It must be stated that no reputable institution has ever offered its degrees on a “bargain-counter,” and such practice on the part of so-called universities, of no standing whatever, has not alone called forth the disapproval of the public, but has come under the condemnation of the law. American musicians are quite insistent in their condemnation of so degrading a practice.Google Scholar

∗ Universities : Brown, California, Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Clark, Harvard, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Johns Hopkins, Kansas, Leland Stanford, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Syracuse, Yale. Colleges: Bryn Mayr, Dartmouth, Oberlin, Smith, Wellesley, Williams, Vassar.Google Scholar

The courses generally given are Harmony; Single and Double Counterpoint; Canon and Fugue; Free Composition; History of Music; Analysis and Criticism; Musical Appreciation; and, in Michigan, Evolution of Musical Instruments and a Bach Beethoven Seminar. In point of attendance “Musical Appreciation” or the “History of Music” form the base of the pyramid, which gradually tapers off as the subjects increase in difficulty. “Musical Appreciation” is a novel development, and may mean much—or nothing. In Michigan a course in “Analysis” has developed into real laboratory work along this special line, with quite astonishing results, which will be published in due time. In some institutions credit is given for “Chorus Singing” and “Orchestral Playing,” but this practice is not general.Google Scholar

∗ The following is a partial list :— “The Measure of a Singer,” Dr. Carl E. Seashore Science, New York, February 19, 1912. “Experiments in the Knee Jerk, showing involuntary reactions to Music,” Warren P. Lombard, B.A., M.D. “Experiments in hypnotic states” (Musical Suggestion), Alfred S. Warthin. M.D., Ph.D. “Ethnic Scales,” Dr. Max Meyer. “Involuntary Substitution of Duration for Accent in Organ-Playing,” Warren P. Lombard, B.A., M.D., and Albert A. Stanley, M.A. “Studies in Melody,” Dr. W. V. Bingham. The following dissertations, bearing more or less directly on music, were accepted for the degree of Ph.D. in universities in which no courses in music are offered :—“Studies in the Movement of Melody”. “A Method for the Quantitative Analysis of Musical Tone “, “Rhythm “; “Studies in Rhythm.”Google Scholar

∗ In “Union of Graduates in Music, Roll and Kalendar,” 1911, Historical Sketch by Dr. T. Lea Southgate, p. 88:—“The performance of the Bachelor's exercises has long been excused. Cambridge abolished the public performance of the Doctor's exercises in 1878, and Oxford in 1890.”Google Scholar

∗ “Union of Graduates in Music, Roll and Kalendar,” 1911, p. 96:—“The degrees are bestowed as a university hall-mark for well-directed study and culture rather than for performing skill.” “An acquaintance with the history of music, and a knowledge of its various branches with acoustics, have supplemented the mere reading of Boethius.” In view of this last quotation, it seems not illogical to declare that any one of the “various branches” cited and implied might be so stressed as to make it a fit subject for a Doctor's dissertation, especially when considered in the light of the first paragraph of this citation.Google Scholar

∗ “Union of Graduates in Music, Roll and Kalendar,” p. 94.—In Scottish universities “Bachelors of not less than three years' standing can proceed to the Doctor's degree, which is divided into three departments : (1) for Composers, (2) Executants, (3) Theorists and Historians.” Those who hold this view can find no logical reason for denying the value of interpretation as applied to the lowest academic degree if it is to be allowed for the Doctorate, for an “Executant” must be an interpreter, otherwise he would be more rightly called an” Executioner.”Google Scholar

† In University No. 1 an arrangement is in operation whereby credit is given to university students for choral and orchestral work done in one of our most important conservatories. It has proven itself to be of great practical value, for, in return, the aforesaid university has opened certain cultural courses to such students of the conservatory as are fitted to prosecute the work. An extension of this practice to other universities is highly probable, which will result in a significant extension of our musical frontier.Google Scholar