Cambridge University Reporter


Music Tripos, Part IA

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 348)

With effect from 1 October 2006

The regulations have been amended to change the titles of Papers 1 and 2 in Part IA and the mode of assessment of Paper 2.

Regulation 12.

(i) By amending the title of Paper 1 from 'Harmony' to 'Harmony and counterpoint I' and of Paper 2 from 'Counterpoint' to 'Harmony and counterpoint II'; and

(ii) by amending the second sentence to read 'Papers 1 and 3-5 shall be of three hours' duration' and by inserting the following sentence:

Paper 2 shall consist of the submission of a portfolio of written work; the arrangements for submission of the portfolio shall be prescribed by the Faculty Board.

Regulation 21.

By amending the regulation so as to read:

21. Each candidate will be expected to sign a declaration indicating that the work submitted for Paper 2 of Part IA, a dissertation under Regulation 19, or an essay under Regulation 20 or for any other paper, is her or his own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 351)

Part Ia

By replacing, with effect from the same date, the detail for Papers 1 and 2 so as to read:

Paper 1. Harmony and counterpoint I

The paper will consist of an exercise on sixteenth-century counterpoint and the completion of a song accompaniment.

Paper 2. Harmony and counterpoint II

Candidates will be required to prepare a fugal exposition, a set of variations (either for piano or on a ground), and complete a passage for string quartet from a given opening. The paper will be made available between 10 a.m. and noon on the fourth Monday of Full Easter Term and is to be returned by noon on the following Wednesday (i.e. after a period of 48 hours).