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    EDUCATION 389-4
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    Special Topics: Kodály Musicianship and Pedagogy
    Summer Session 1988
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    Instructor: Ilona Bartalus
    July 4 - 29
    Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
    1:00-4:50 P.M.
    MPX 7610
    PREREQUISITES:
    The minimal prerequisites are those that would normally
    be gained through 4-5 years of music study: ability to read music, experience in
    singing, some knowledge of piano or other instrument and of basic rudiments.
    COURSE DESCRIPTION
    In musicianship: Main emphasis on MUSIC LITERATURE analysis. Thorough
    CANADIAN FOLKSONG study. Systematic MUSICIANSHIP training. Through
    SOLFEGE-THEORY study participants gain musical confidence in eartraining,
    sight singing and dictation. A unified AURAL-ORAL-WRITTEN approach is
    offered.
    In pedagogy: special lectures on Kodály philosophy and on practical
    realization of the Kodály concept. How to teach masterpieces in elementary
    school. How to teach reading and writing to young children. How should music
    become more again an art in the classroom.
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    In musicianship: Identification and singing of major and minor scales, modes,
    all intervals within the octave. Triads. Improvisation and composition
    connected with analysis. Polyphonic activities: part singing, singing while
    clapping an ostinato, singing while playing another part on the piano.
    In pedagogy: practice teaching is an integral part of study. 10-15 minutes mini-
    procedures are presented by instructor and repeated by participants.
    EXTRA OFFERING:
    VHS Video presentation: "MUSIC SHOULD BELONG TO EVERYONE" - A
    comprehensive film-series of the Kodaly concept. Author: Ilona Bartalus.
    Produced by: Hungarian Television.
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    EVALUATION:
    Term mark: 70%. Test mark: 30%
    Term mark includes: 1/ Individual and small group performance of musical
    tasks assigned as homework. 2/ Three written dictation tests. 3/ Memorization
    of 7 Canadian Folksongs and 10 instrumental themes. --Test mark includes:
    1/ Performance from the accumulated homework material. 2/ Quiz - based on
    lecture material.
    IMPORTANT NOTE:
    To pass the course, every student must be able to sing from memory the 7
    Canadian Folksongs and the 10 themes.
    1.
    REQUIRED TEXTS
    1/ Kodály: 333 Reading Exercises - publ. Boosey-Hawkes.
    2/ Kodály: 15 Two Part Exercises - publ. Boosey-Hawkes.
    3/ Molnár: Classical Canons - publ. Boosey-Hawkes.
    4/ Bartalus: Sing Silverbirch Sing - publ. Boosey-Hawkes. Both Teachers Ed.
    and student's workbook.
    2.
    RECOMMENDED TEXTS
    For reading, Home Assignments.
    1/ Kodály: Selected Writings - publ. Boosey-Hawkes.
    2/ Szonyi: Kodály's Principles and Practice - pub. Boosey-Hawkes.
    3/ Choksy: The Kodály Method - pubi. Prentice-Hall.
    4/ Choksy: The Kodály Context - publ. Prentice-Hall.
    3.
    BOOKS ON RESERVE IN LIBRARY
    1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ same as recommended texts. See above.
    - LOAN PERIOD: 24 hr.
    Number of copies:
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    1/ = 3 copies
    2/ = 3 copies
    3/= 1 copy
    4/-i copy

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