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Subject: Miss Engleke: Sidney's first music teacher?
Date: 4 Oct 2003 15:05:23 -0600
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Surnames: Engelke
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This clipping encourages me to think that Miss Engelke named above was indeed the first music teacher in the Sidney school system:
"THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN. May 17, 1900. "MUST TEACH MUSIC".--Here is the text of Iowa's new law requiring school teachers in Iowa to give instrumental and vocal music:
"SECTION 1.--That the elements of vocal music including when practical the singing of music by note, be taught in all the public schools of Iowa, and that all teachers teaching in schools where such instruction is not given by speical teachers be required to satisfy the county superintendent of their abilty to teach the elements of vocal music in a proper manner. Provided, however, that no teacher shall be refused a certificate or the grade of his or her certificate lowered on account of lack of ability to sing.
"SECTION 2.--That it shall be the duty of each county superintendent to have taught annually in the normal institute the elements of vocal music.
"SECTION 3.--This act shall take effect on the 4th day of July of the year 1901."
N.B.: "..to sing music by note...."! After having taught vocal music in Weston, MO, in 1949 - 1950; Fayette, Iowa; Wartburg College; Tipton, Iowa; Davenport, Iowa up to the spring of 1990, I am of the opinion most vocal music teachers of today could not get by with teaching vocal music by note. Because of the frequency of the programs they are expected to give, their students do not have enough time to work out musical selections from the printed page. Instead, someone plays each chorus part (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) on the piano until the students have the "tune" of the notes memorized. The student's ability to learn music in this way is most of the time what determines "how much talent he/she has". This ends up being rote learning--NOT SINGING BY NOTE.......OKAY, end of editorial.--W.F.
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