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):
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 |
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.
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:
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.
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.