Catalogue of Simmons College, 1908-1909 Page: 28
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SIMMONS COLLEGE CATALOGUE
DEPARTMENT OF PIANO
Systematic practice is insisted on and students may engage
in as many hours daily practice as they like, pianos being supplied
in the building for the purpose. No student is allowed to
practice less than one hour daily.
YEAR I
(a) Exercises in finger and wrist gymnastics for the development
of independence in the fingers. (b) Major and
Minor scales. (c) Foundation Studies (Stephen A.
Emery). (d) Vol. 1. Lambert Course. (e) First
Studies (Kohler). Easy pieces.
YEAR I
(a) Vol. I. Lambert Course (second part). (b) 100 Progressive
Studies (Czerney). (c) Sonatinas (Clementi). (d)
Scales with accents. (e) Vol. I. Mason's Touch and
Technique. (f) Primary School (Duvernoy). Sight
reading.
YEAR III
(a) Dexterity and Velocity Studies (Czerney). (b) School of
Mechanism (Duvernoy). (c) Arpeggios and Chords. (d)
Vol. II. Lambert Course. Pieces by Godard, Chaminade,
Moszkowski, MacDowell and others.
YEAR IV
(a) 50 Selected Studies (Bertini) (b) Progressive Studies
(Heller). (c) Vol. II. Lambert Courses. 50 Selected
studies (Cramer). Suitable pieces by Beethoven, Chopin,
Schumann, Grieg, Schubert and others. Duets.
YEAR V
(a) Two Part Inventions (Bach). (b) Gradus ad Parnassum
(Clementi). (c) Octave Playing (Kullak or Mertke). (d)
Three Part Inventions (Bach). (e) Chromatic and Diatonic
thirds and sixths. Pieces from the best composers
of the Classic and Romantic schools.
YEAR VI
(a) French or English Suits (Bach). (b) Studies, Opus 10Chopin.
(c) Studies by Adolph Henselt. (d) The Well
Tempered Clavichord (Bach), (Vol. I). (e) Two or more
of Beethoven's sonatas, one of the Celebrated Concertos
for piano by a Romantic composer, and other standard
pieces. Arpeggios and Scales.28
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Simmons College (Abilene, Tex.). Catalogue of Simmons College, 1908-1909, book, 1909; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth41688/m1/30/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.