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The Faculty Board of Music give notice that the examinations for Part IB of the Music Tripos (New Regulations), to be held for the first time in 2003, will be as follows:
Candidates will be required to submit a portfolio comprising two tonal compositions and a fugue in three or four parts, together with a recording, on conventional instruments, of one of the two compositions. Candidates will be responsible for providing the recording, but the quality of recorded sound will not contribute to the final mark.
The paper will be divided into two sections. In the first, compositions, or extracts from compositions, either from the period 1830-1914 or from the period 1914 to the present day will be prescribed not less than two weeks before the start of the examination by written papers. In the second section, compositions or extracts from compositions from the period not represented by the prescribed works will be provided for analysis. Candidates will be required to answer three questions, at least one from each section.
Candidates will be required to submit a portfolio of three compositions. One should be a setting of words, and one should include either fugal elements or incorporate the techniques of groundbass and/or chaconne. Normal staff notation will usually be expected, but electro-acoustic submissions are also acceptable. In addition, each candidate must submit a recording of at least one of the three pieces.
A candidate who offers either Paper 1 or 3 shall submit the portfolio to the Chairman of Examiners so as to arrive not later than the fifteenth day of the Easter Term in which the examination is held. The compositions, analyses, or transcriptions contained in such a portfolio shall be written by the candidate during the current academical year; each separate item shall be initialled by the teacher under whose direction it was written, as an indication that the teacher approves the submission. Candidates will be required to declare that the contents of the portfolio are their own work and that they do not contain material already used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
The examination for Paper 4 shall consist of a dissertation on a musical subject of the candidate's own choice approved by the Faculty Board which falls wholly or substantially outside the subject or subjects chosen by the candidate for any other papers. A candidate who wishes to offer such a dissertation shall submit the proposed title to the relevant Chairman of Examiners so as to arrive not later than the fourth day of the Full Lent Term preceding the examination. Each candidate must obtain the approval of the proposed subject by the Teaching Committee of the Faculty Board not later than the division of the Lent Term. A dissertation for Part IB shall be of not less than 5,000 words and not more than 7,000 words (excluding bibliography and appendices but including footnotes).
The examination will consist of five components. Three will be examined after a total of ten minutes' preparation by the candidate: (i) harmonization of a melody; (ii) orchestral score-reading; and (iii) vocal score-reading (C1, C3, C4, and F4 clefs). The other two components - (iv) figured bass and (v) transposition of a song accompaniment - will be given out two days before the examination. The instrumentalist and singer with whom to perform, respectively, (iv) and (v) will be supplied by the Examiners.
The six additional papers are divided into two sections: (A) Historical topics and (B) Other topics.
(A) Historical topics
The examination will be a three-hour written examination. Candidates will be required to answer three questions from a choice of six.
The examination will be a three-hour written examination. Candidates will be required to answer three questions from a choice of six.
The examination will be a three-hour written examination. Candidates will be required to answer three questions from a choice of six.
The examination will be a three-hour written examination. Candidates will be required to answer three questions from a choice of six.
The paper will be a three-hour written examination. Candidates will be required to answer three questions from a choice of six.
(B) Other topics
The examination will be a three-hour written examination. Candidates will be required to answer three questions from a choice of nine.
A candidate for Part IB shall offer five papers in all: Papers 1 and 2; and three other papers chosen from Papers 3-5 and from the additional papers prescribed by the Faculty Board, provided that at least one paper shall be from Section (A) of the additional papers. At least two of the papers must be from among those examined by a three-hour written examination. Each paper shall be of three hours' duration with the exception of Papers 1, 3, 4, and 5.
A candidate for Part IB shall be allowed to present a recital either on an instrument or of singing. Such a recital, if of sufficient merit, may be taken into account by the Examiners. The examination will consist of a recital of not more than ten minutes' duration either on an instrument or of singing. Candidates should inform the Chairman of Examiners not later than the division of the Lent Term next preceding the examination of the instrument chosen or type of voice (this information must be supplied in written form, and initialled by the candidate's Director of Studies). Candidates must provide an accompanist or page turner (or both) if required.
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Cambridge University Reporter, 27 November 2002
Copyright © 2002 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars
of the University of Cambridge.