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No 6266

Wednesday 16 May 2012

Vol cxlii No 31

pp. 602–610

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Music Tripos, Parts Ib and II, 2012–13: Notice

The Faculty Board of Music give notice that they have prescribed the following papers and subjects for the Music Tripos in 2012–13 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 370):

OLD REGULATIONS

Part Ib

Papers 6–12. Additional papers

(A) Historical topics

6.

Notation

7.

Music in Middle Eastern societies

8.

Wagner

9.

Popular music and society in the 20th century

10.

Benjamin Britten: words and music

(B) Other topics

11.

Introduction to music and science

12.

To be confirmed

All papers are examined by a three-hour written examination. Candidates for Part Ib must offer at least one paper from Section A (Historical topics) of the additional papers.

Part II

Papers 8–17. Additional papers

8.

Mozart’s Figaro in context

9.

Italian music since 1945

10.

The music of Miles Davis

11.

Perception and performance

12.

To be confirmed

13.

The music of Chopin

14.

Popular music and globalization

15.

The music and musical sources of Guillaume de Machaut

16.

Music from silver screen to cyberspace

17.

Ethnographic approaches to world music

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

Part II, Paper 11. Perception and performance

The examination for this paper will consist of a written paper 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 14. Pop music and globalization

The examination for this paper will consist of a written paper of two hours’ duration, which counts as two-thirds of the overall mark together with the submission of a portfolio which counts as one third of the overall mark.