MUSIC 4

In presenting musical compositions to students in classrooms there may be some technical reason which makes it necessary to use a piano instead of reproducing the scores by means of a phonograph, which in most cases would give students an opportunity to hear the music played by a full orchestra.

In the case of Music 4, not only are students unable to hear full orchestrations during the course of a lecture, but they cannot in off hours, use the file of records kept by the music department. When it is manifestly so difficult to procure records of the various types of music taught in Music 4, and when students have such a limited opportunity to hear the music in the original, there seems no reason why the record files should not be made available, together with the use of the phonographs in the Music Building during the afternoon and on certain evenings convenient to the department.

Such a plan would be quite capable of further development. Inasmuch as many men, particularly those who take courses in Music, have phonographs of their own, it might well be possible to allow them to take records from the files overnight, in much the same manner as library books are handled.

Any such arrangement would not only make it easier for the student to prepare assigned work, but by greater familiarity with musical classics might be a great help in the appreciation of music.