Music Tripos, 2006-07: Notice

The Faculty Board of Music give notice that they have prescribed the following papers and subjects for the Music Tripos in 2006-07 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 349):

Part Ia

Paper 3. Historical subjects I

• Case studies in the history of opera

Paper 4. Historical and cultural studies

• A. Introduction to plainchant
• B. Introduction to twentieth-century music

Part Ib

Papers 6-12 Additional papers

(A) Historical topics

6. Sacred polyphony of the Early Renaissance
7. Music and society in Handel's London
8. Rossini
9. French music, text, and theatre from Carmen to the present day
10. Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes

(B) Other topics

11. Introduction to music and science
12. Introduction to Schenkerian analysis

Part II

Papers 8-17. Additional papers

8. Parisian polyphony
9. Performance practice 1600-1830
10. Spectral soundings: Romantic music and the idea of the fantastic from C. P. E. Bach to Berlioz
11. Richard Strauss: Capriccio and the 'Indian Summer'
12. Shostakovich and his world
13. The aesthetics of opera
14. The sight of sound
15. Perception and performance
16. Klezmer
17. Choral studies

Candidates for Part IB must offer at least one paper from Section A (Historical Topics) of the additional papers.

All papers are examined by a three-hour written examination with the exception of the following:

Part II, Paper 15, Perception and performance

The paper will consist of a written examination of two hours' duration together with the submission of a written report, each of which counts as 50% of the overall mark.

Part II, Paper 17, Choral studies

The paper will consist of a written examination of two hours' duration, marked as two-thirds of the whole paper, and either a practical examination or submitted work, marked as one-third of the paper.