CURTIS INSTITUTE of MUSIC Endowe d LOUISE CURTIS CATALOGUE 1 9254 9 26 RITTENHOUSE S! UARE PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA Curtis Institute WAS C AT D I 9 RE E , N 1 2 4 UNDER AN ENDOWMENT By MARY LOUISE CURTIS Box AND IS OPERATED UNDER A CHARTER OF COMMONWEALTH PENNSYLVANIA two Officers Of TH E CURTIS IN STITUTE OF MUSIC President M M BOK RS . ARY LOUISE CURTIS Vice President PHILIP S . COLLINS S ecretary an d Treasurer WILLIAM CURTIS BOK B oard of Directors MRS . MARY LOUISE CURTIS WILLIAM CURTIS BOK PHILIP S . COLLINS H K CYRUS . CURTIS M S RS . SAMUEL . FELS Advisory Council l/ FELIX ADLER JOSEP HOFMANN E BOK B DWARD W . WILLEM MENGEL ERG H K B . M M . CYRUS CURTIS ME ARCELLA SEM RICH , v WALTER FISCHER LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI ' CARL FLESCH ERNEST URCH S V OSSIP GAB RILOWITSCH EDWARD ZIEGLER thre e The Executive S taff CURTIS INSTITUTE OP MUSIC WILLIAM E. WALTER Executive Director H O RD GRACE . SP FFO D ean MC ALLIP EMILY L . C Counselor to th e Stud ent B ody ELEANOR JAMES R egistrar . E H. W ASTMAN Comptroller Th e Address Of th e Institute RrTTENHOUSE S! UARE PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA four Endemed by Mary Lnuis e Curtis Bah A Sta tement by the Founder It is my aim that e arn e st stu d e nts shall acqu ir e a u u e u n not e n n n n - O r thoro gh m sical d catio , l ar i g o ly to si g b ut th e O f u th e w o f k n play , also history m sic , la s its ma i g , ' n u e e ar trai ni n and u e n . la g ag s , g m sic app r ciatio Th ey S h all l e arn to thi nk a n d to ex pre ss th e ir thou ghts n b k u n O f u e u u e w th e u u ag ai st a ac gro d q i t c lt r , ith stim l s O f p e rso n al con tact with a rti st/ te ach e rs wh o r e pre se n t th e hig h e st a nd fi n e st i n th eir art . ’ Th e u O f th e w k e n u k aim is for q ality or rath r tha q ic , w sho y re sults . ! tu t /V KW da ta B M 7 D e c ora ti on by H e and As s o te s Will H . ow ll cia D win R a ra g by y ! 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One Of these homes faces th e care fully ' gardened t en ouse S u re th e en re of th e o es res en Ri t h q a , c t ch ic t id tial se on th e th e o er is en to . cti Of city , th ad!ac t it These two private m ansions embodie d in a peculiar sense th e eau th e e e n e and th e om e / e u , b ty , l ga c h lik q ality whi ch it was th e desire Of th e founder Of Th e Curtis Institute Of Music that th e new institution should possess . or n e ere ur se o e er r Acc di gly , th y w p cha d , t g th with a thi d o n n ouse remo e e and are now th e ome th e ad! i i g h , d l d , h Of n u e I stit t . r e Th e location Of th e house s is also most desi abl . 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Of w ld , which Philad lphi a ally p t fiv e The Purpose of the Inst itute Th e distinctive qu ality Of Th e Curtis Institute Of Music lies in th e belie f Of th e founder that while music ma be u its r n es b mas ers th e art y ta ght in all b a ch y t Of , th e student wh o would have re ceive d only this instruction would be ill e quipped to stan d be fore th e world as a well f h hl / ined mu roun e t orou tra s . g d d , g y ician o o s o o th e I s u e ffe rs F ll wing thi c nvicti n , n tit t O , in addition to musical instruction by artists Of authoritative e emen an o un in its a em ourses for achi v t , Opp rt ity , Ac d ic C , its stu dents to acquire a true conception Of th e history Of th e or i e e a s u th e n erre o ' w ld in wh ch th y liv , t dy Of i t lati n s i s th e a i e a s th e r es s o o h p Of ll d rt , p incipl Of p ych l gy , n u es on a ourse re a n th e rea oe s la g ag , dicti , c Of di g Of g t p t ’ ers all es and a sur e th e or s his and writ Of ag , v y Of w ld or f r i e n n h e m n h t y o ts b ari g o t e d velop e t Of t e arts . For these courses it draws upon th e Faculties Of Th e n ers en s i r n e on n ers r n U iv ity Of P n ylvan a , P i c t U iv ity , B y r o e e etc . Maw C ll g , Th e Ins u e f ers ere ore a i s n e a em tit t O f , th f , d ti ctiv cad ic ourse as ormn a re ar its m us ns ru on c f i g di ct p t Of ical i t cti , SO that a student m ay gradu ate from th e Institute not only with a knowledge Of th e best in music but with a care fully u u ur roun ta ght c lt al backg d . A u s I s u e u e es ere ore C rti n tit t p pil l av it , th f , with something more than th e acquisition Of a technical musical n e e k owl dg . six Th e various Departments Of Th e Curtis Institute Of Music are under th e p ersonal direction and supervi sion following members Of its Faculty MA B o e RCELLA SEM RICH , V ic an o JOSEF HOFMANN , Pi o n CARL FLESCH , Vi li I o a LOUIS BA LLY, Vi l X o on el o FELI SALMOND , Vi l c l SALZED O Har CARLOS , p Orch es ra ra n n LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI , t l T i i g G A h eor E EORGE .