The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-03

instrumental players and those interest
 ed in instrumental music. During his long term of service the number and scope of the courses at Harvard were gradually but steadily increased. go that at the present time more than 200 stu dents annually avail themselves of the instruction.
 Now comes the s present move by
 which students of the Harvard musical
 department gain the opportunity to
 share the advantages of the big con-
 servatory which, since It's foundation In
 1853, by Dr. EbenI TourEee, has grad
 ually acquired traditions and equip
 ment placing it in the front rank of
 the worlds musical institutions. Es- pecialIy since the autumn Of ly02. when the conservatory took possession of it's new building adjacent to tbe Boston Fenway and provided with the finest concert hall in America, ana other <accessQries, the need or -tnroW. ing these advantages open to Harvard students of music has been felt. some three years ago MT. G. W. Chadwick' director of the. New England Con- seryatory, offered to Harvard men, through the music professors anu President Eliot, an opportunity 70 snare 2 certain of the schools faciitttes-s A practfcal demonstration of the chance for co-operation was thus brought about which led to the present all liance. k
 wish to begin the study of music pro- fessionally, will have the opportunity of taking some ot their work at the Conservatory, and to count itstowaro their degrees of Bachelor ana ,Sss,,s, Mss.s1 Arts. just as credits are ordinarily given for special laboratory work Tn scientific courses. In particular, the Harvard men will get chance at what the technical writer describes as tnc application of music through perform ance in ensemble" Even the young men who are called upon to write music forf club ,theatricals. or for class day celebrations, or in celebration Of atm letic victories-if any such occur again will have had requisite training through participation in the work or the Conservatory orchestra and in its courses of chamber music, choir train l ing and liturgical music. Indeed. 1t Is I expected that members of the Harvard composition classes who have written ambitious works of their own will, now and then, have these performed under competent direction by the orchestra ! and chorus at the music school
 The arrangement, of course. is recfp- rocal; and that's another interesting story. Perhaps the professional musi- clan of the future will know some- | thing besides music. The New Eng I laAd Conservatory has always tried to stand for his liberal culture, just as l the management have endeavored to l discourage cultivation of eccentrici- tits--such as long hair-among the students. Harvard University will | henceforth offer to properly qualified | students of the conservatory the privi- lege of attending certain courses in such subjects as English, French. Ger man literature, fine arts, acoustics and public speaking. So that now the | prospective musician. to whom partici- l patton in the advantages of college | training is often so necessary, will be | able to carry on part of Ms work in Cambridge amidst associations that have already produced abundant wealth of sentiment and at least some wealth of music.