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BULLETIN NO. 62
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APR 3 1923
STATE MUSIC MEMORY CONTEST
SUGGESTED LISTS FOR
All Public Elementary and High Schools
IN INDIANA
Issued Under the Direction of
BENJAMIN J. BURRIS
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
INDIANApolis
1922
- INDIANAPOLIS:
WM, B. BURFORD, CONTRACTOR FOR STATE PRINTING AND BINDING
1922
INTRODUCTION
The memory test lists which appear in this bulletin were approved
by the State Board of Education, August 1, 1922, for use in all public
schools in Indiana.
By giving proper attention to these lists during the school year
the pupils in our schools will be kept close to the world’s best music
and should not only learn to know these selections but should become
interested in better music in their homes and in all kinds of public
meetings.
We believe that the committees which are responsible for the making
of these lists have given good service to our schools and, therefore,
deserve the co-operation of all teachers, supervisors of music and county
superintendents.
The bulletin herewith given is as it came from the hands of the com-
mittee in charge of the contest and of the preparation of the Bulletin.
BENJAMIN J. BURRIS
E. E. RAMSEY - State Superintendent of Public
State School Inspector. Instruction.
Compiled by the following committee:
CHAIRMAN: Miss Sarah I. McConnell, Supervisor of Music, Rushville,
Indiana. tº
Mr. E. B. Birge, President State Music Teachers’ Asso-
ciation. -
Mrs. Henry Schurmann, President Indiana Federation of
Music Clubs.
Mr. C. E. Palmer, Director of Music, Shortridge High
School, Indianapolis.
Mr. G. H. Reitzel, County Superintendent, Hendricks County.
Mr. Ernest Hesser, Director of Music, Indianapolis Public
Schools.
Mrs. Lafayette Page, President Indianapolis Matinee
Musicale.
Approved by the Music Advisory Committee—State Board of Edu-
cation:
CHAIRMAN: Dean R. G. McCutchan, DePauw University, Greencastle,
Indiana.
Mr. E. B. Birge, Professor of Music, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana.
Mr. Ernest Hesser, Tirector of Music, Indianapolis Public
Schools.
T)r, Harry G. Hill, College of Music and Fine Arts, Indi-
anapolis, Indiana.
Mr. Ralph Sloane, Supervisor of Music, Greencastle, Ind.
Mr. S. M. Tilson, Indiana State Normal School, Terre Haute, .
Indiana.
“Popular music is familiar music.” These were the words of
Theodore Thomas, the great orchestra director of twenty years ago.
In them he sounded the keynote of the idea of the Music Memory Con-
test, the present and successful method of making the greatest music
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so farhiliar by constant contact that it instinctively becomes popular.
The logical place to make this music familiar to children is in the public
schools. 4.
The Indiana State Music Memory Contest of 1922, held in connec-
tion with the Indiana State Music Teachers’ Association, paved the way
for contests of this character to such an extent that the following com-
ments, procedure and suggestions are offered by the State Department
of Public Instruction for a second State Contest for 1923.
COMMENTS
The State Committee approved by Mr. Benjamin J. Burris, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction; Mr. E. E. Ramsey, State School
Inspector, and the Music Advisory Committee of the State Board of
Education, have chosen a list of thirty-five compositions for Rural
Schools and for the Grammar Grades (City and Consolidated Schools)
to be used in the following manner: The first twenty-five compositions
for Rural Schools, the full list of the thirty-five compositions for the
Grammar Grades. -
With the idea in mind of fostering and furthering the growth of
“American Music”, the Committees have chosen fifty per cent of the
list of thirty-five compositions for Rural Schools and Grammar Grades
to represent prominent American Composers and American Folk Music.
It is only through the Rural Schools and Grammar Grades that the
American school child will learn to know and to love American music.
The list of thirty-five compositions for High Schools (City and
Consolidated) is representative of the world’s greatest music and com-
posers, including Opera, Oratorio and Orchestral selections.
PROCEDURE
The following plan will be pursued in systematizing the State Music
Memory Contest in order to lessen the problem of the State Contest and
still have it representative.
(a) County and Congressional District Contests will be held pre-
liminary to the State Contest.
(b) Each County Seat Supervisor in the State is asked to serve as
a County Chairman of his or her particular County. The
County Chairman should advise frequently with the County
Superintendents and teachers and Supervisors of the County,
offering assistance and suggestions for the County Contests.
(c) County Contests of the Rural Schools, Grammar Grades and
High Schools will be held March 23, 1923. It is suggested that
for these County Contests, teachers or supervisors in charge
may either choose a team of three entrants, or hold pre-
liminary contests to determine the contestants to be entered.
If these suggestions do not fit local conditions, it is urged
that those in charge, with the assistance of the County Chair-
man, work out a plan to meet the needs of the local situation
in each county. It is advised that the County Contests be
held at the County Seat or some central point of the county
accessible to all schools which are entering the County Contest.
(d) The State Committee will appoint a District Chairman for
each Congressional District by October 1, 1922. It shall be
the business of the District Chairman to confer and advise
with the County Chairman of each district, in order that each
District Contest be wholly representative and a great success
in every respect.
(e) District Contests will be held March 30, 1923. At this time
three members of each of the winning teams of the County
Contests of Rural Schools, Grammar Grades and High Schools,
Shall constitute the teams to be entered in the District Con-
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tests. It is advised that the District Contest be held at some
central point of the district, this to be determined by the Dis-
rict and County Chairman.
(f) The State Contest will be held April 6th in Indianapolis as a
part of the State Convention of the “Indiana Federation of
Music Clubs”. The teacher or supervisor of the winners of
the District Contests will choose one contestant each from the
Rural Schools, Grammar Grades and High Schools to enter
the State Contest. The evening of April 13th a State Demon-
stration of the State Music Memory Contest, sponsored by Mr.
Benjamin J. Burris, State Superintendent, will be held at
Cadle Tabernacle. At this time the different districts will be
represented through singing, dramatization, etc., the demon-
stration being given free to and for the people of Indiana.
LISTS FOR RURAL SCHOOLS AND GRAMMAR GRADES OF CITY
AND CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
COMPOSITION COMPOSER
1. Amaryllis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Old French.
(Ahm-a-rill'—is) -
2. America the Beautiful. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel Ward
3. Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verdi
(Eel-Tro'-va-to-ray) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Vair'-dee)
4. Battle Hymn of the Republic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Ward. Howe
5. By the Shores of Gitchie Gumee (Hiawatha's Childhood). . . . . .
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bessie Whiteley
6. By the Waters of Minnetonka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thwºrlow Lieu'rance
(Lwór-rence')
7. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Foster
8. CZardas (Coppelia Ballet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delibes
(Tzar'-dahs) (Coppay’-lee-ah Bal-lay'). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Dwh-leeb’)
9. Danny Deever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walter Damºrosch.
(Dam'-rosh)
10. Go Down, Moses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Negro Spiritual
11. Hark! Hark the Lark; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schubert
(Shoo'-bairt)
12. Jean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henry T. Burleigh
- (Bur'-ly)
13. Little Firefly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Wakefield Cadman
14. Marseillaise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . de l’Isle
(Mahr-say-yais') . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (duh-leel')
15. Minuet in G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paderewski
(Min-you-ett') . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Pad-er-eff’-skee)
16. Minute Waltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chopin
(Show'-pahn) (masal)
17. Narcissus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethelbert Nevin
18. Oh! Little Town of Bethlehem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lewis H. Redmer
19. Old Folks at Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Foster
20. Pasquinade-Caprice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gottschalk
(Pahs-key-nod'-Cah-preese') . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Gott'-shalk)
21. Speed the Plow. . . . . . . . . . . . • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A merican Folk Dance
22. Stars and Stripes Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Philip Sousa.
23. The Bee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francois Schubert
(Frah'n'-tswa Shoo'-bairt)
24. The Storm (William Tell Overture) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rossini
(Ros-see'-nee)
25. To a Water Lily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward MacDowell
26. Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grieg
(Ah-nee'-trah's) (Pair Gint Sweet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Greeg.)
COMPOSITION § COMPOSER
27. Arabian Dance (Nutcracker Suite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tschaikowsky
(Chi-koff’-skee)
28. Egmont Overture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * * * * * tº e º e º gº tºp & Beethoven
(Egg'-mont) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Bay'-tow-ven)
29. Finlandia-Symphonic Poem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sibelius
(Fin-lahn'-dee-ah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Zee-bay'-lee-oos)
30. If With All Your Hearts (Elijah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mendelssohn
(Men'-d’l-zohn)
31. Intermezzo (Midsummer Night's Dream) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mendelssohn
(In-ter-met'-tzo) r
32. Salut d’Amour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward Elga)"
(Sah-loo' duh'-moor)
34. The Heavens Are Telling (The Creation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hayden
(High'-d'm)
35. Turkish March (Ruins of Athens) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beethovem
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HIGH SCHOOLS (City and Consolidated)
Anitra’s Dance (Peer Gynt Suite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grieg
(Ah-nee'-trah’s) (Pair Gint Sweet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Greeg.)
Arabian Dance (Nutcracker Suite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tschaikowsky
(Chi-koff’skee)
Ballet Music (Rosamunde) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schwbert
(Bal-lay') (Roz-a-mun'-deh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Shoo'-bairt)
Bell Song (Lakmé) . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * Delibes
(Lakº-may) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (Duh-leeb')
By the Waters of Minnetonka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thurlow Lieu'rance
(Lºwr-rence')
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Foster
Czardas (Coppelia Ballet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delibes
(Tzar’-dahs) (Cop-pay'-lee-ah Bal-lay')
Danny Deever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walter Damrosch
(Dam!-rosh)
Danse Macabre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint-Saens
(Danze Mah-kah'-bre) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Sahn-Sohn) (nasal)
Egmont Overture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beethoven
(Egg'-mont) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Bay'-tow-ven)
Farandole (L’Arlesienne Suite). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bizet
(Fah-rahn-dohl') (Lahr-lay'-zee-enn). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Bee-zay')
Finlandia-Symphonic Poem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sibelius
(Fin-lahn'-dee-ah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Zee-bay'-lee-oos)
Grand March (Aida). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verd,
(Ah-ee-dah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Vair'-dee)
Hungarian Dance, No. 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brahms
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Hungarian Dance, No. 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brahms
If With All Your Hearts (Elijah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mendolssohm.
(Men'-d’l-zohn)
Intermezzo (Midsummer Night’s T)ream) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mendolssohn
(In-ter-met'-tzo) -
Little Firefly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Wakefield Cadman
Magic Fire Spell (Walkure). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wagmen:
(Vahl-keur'-reh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Vagh'-ner)
Meditation (Thais) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Massenet
(Tah’-ees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Mahs'-n-nay')
Menuetto (Symphony G minor) . . . . . . . . "º e º 'º e o 'º a c e s e º ºr s is e º 'º Mozart
(Men-u-et-to) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Moh'-tzart)
Minuet in G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beethovem
(Min-you-ett')
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23. Minute Waltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chopin
(Show"-pahn) (nasal)
24. Nocturne E Flat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chopin
25. Pasquinade-Caprice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gottschalk
(Pahs-key-nod'-Cah-preese') . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Gott'-shall,
26. Salut d’Amour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward Elgar
(Sah-loo' duh-moor')
27. Soldiers’ Chorus (Faust) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gounod
(Goo'-no)
28. Stars and Stripes Forever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Philip Sousa
29. The Americans Come. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fay Foster
30. The Bee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francois Schubert
(Frahm'-tsaw)
31. The Heavens Are Telling (The Creation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haydeº
(High'-d'm)
32. The Lass With the Delicate Air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arne
(Ahrn)
33. To a Water Lily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward MacDowell
34. Turkish March (Ruins of Athens) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beethoven
35. Unfinished Symphony (First Movement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schubert
SUGGESTIONS
This contest is not compulsory but we urge that all schools enter
and those who do, must obey the rules submitted by the Committee.
Dramatization may form a great part in the working out of the
Contest numbers. The following cut shows how the “Minuet in G-
Beethoven” may be dramatized.
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This is a picture of one of the many selections used in this manner
by the schools of Hendricks County during the 1921-22 State Contest.
All County Seat Supervisors may be of great help in the State
Contest by co-operating with County Superintendents in presenting the
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State Contest idea and the different selections of the chosen lists to
teachers and supervisors of the county. This plan was carried out in
Rush County during the State Contest of 1921-22, resulting in a most
successful and comprehensive County Contest.
All of the contest selections may be presented to students in the
following different ways: by use of records; by school orchestras, band
or glee clubs; by singing; by individual performers, etc.
Other suggestions and ways of presenting the different selections
may be obtained from publications of the Victor Talking Machine Com-
pany and Columbia Graphophone Company. Many of these publications
are free of charge and may be secured from local dealers. “Graded List
of Victor Records for Home and School” (a free text) is a most ex-
cellent dictionary covering every phase of Music Appreciation.
The subjects of History, Art, Literature, Geography, Language, Pen-
, manship, bear a very close relationship to Music Appreciation and may
be correlated beautifully with many of the contest selections.
EXAMPLE
Music—“Little Firefly” by Charles Wakefield Cadman, one of America’s
foremost composers. Maude Powell, Artist (when presented by
record) American, great woman violinist.
Literature—“Hiawatha”, by Longfellow, American poet.
Art—“Hiawatha”, Norris, American painter. -
Geography—Setting of poem “Hiawatha” during the time of occupa-
tion by the Indians as compared to present day occupation.
The presenting of a selection by one pupil creates interest, and the
keeping of note and scrap books, of pictures of artists, composers, instru-
ments, etc., by all of the pupils is a great aid to general interest.
All suggestions given here must be general—applying to all schools
from the City High Schools to the little one room school on the remote
hillside—and must be accepted with that thought in mind. º
For further information and suggestions, write to Miss Sarah I.
McConnell, Supervisor of Music, Rushville, Indiana.
Any expenses incurred by Miss McConnell, State Chairman, such
as letters and special bulletins to District and County Chairmen, will be
met by the Indiana Federation of Music Clubs, Mrs. Henry Schumann,
#:::::::::: and the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale, Mrs. Lafayette Page,
TeS1Clent. - - -