Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos, Part II (Supplementary Regulations)

The Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies gives notice of the following changes to the Supplementary Regulations for Part II of the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos.

Part II

Paper C.13., Literary Chinese 3, should be removed from the list of papers available under Part II (see Reporter, 6421, 2015–16, p. 447) and inserted in the list of ‘Additional papers available for examination under Regulation 8’.

Paper X.14., The Jewish presence in medieval society (Paper 9 of Part II of the Historical Tripos), should be removed from the list of 'Additional papers available for examination under Regulation 8'.

Music Tripos, Parts Ib and II, 2017–18: Additional subjects and papers

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 388)

The Faculty Board of Music gives notice that it has prescribed the following papers and subjects for the Music Tripos in 2017–18:

Part Ib

Papers 7–12, additional papers

7.	Notation
8.	Keyboard skills
9.	Introduction to ethnomusicology
10.	Elective topics I:
	(i) Purcell and the English imagination
	(ii) Soviet music and power in the 1920s
11.	Elective topics II:
	(i) Don Giovanni
	(ii) Carmen in context
12.	Introduction to music and science

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

Paper 8. Keyboard skills consists of a practical examination involving 30 minutes of preparation time followed by a 15-minute examination.

Part II

Papers 6–17, additional papers

6.	Advanced tonal skills
7.	Fugue
8.	Advanced skills
	(i) Advanced keyboard
	(ii) Choral performance
9.	The sequence from its beginnings to the Carmina Burana
10.	Music and worship in Tudor England
11.	Bach’s St Matthew Passion
12.	Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem in context
13.	Oliver Messiaen, 1949–64: experiment and regeneration
14.	Issues in music and the moving image from the 1930s to the present day
15.	[A course in performance studies (to be confirmed)]
16.	Music, nationalism, and politics in Spain
17.	Exploring music psychology

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

Paper 6. Advanced tonal skills consists of a style composition coursework submission and a two-hour written examination;

Paper 7. Fugue consists of a four-hour written examination;

Paper 8. Advanced skills

(i) Advanced keyboard consists of a practical examination involving 40 minutes of preparation time followed by a 25-minute examination; and

(ii) Choral performance consists of a practical examination involving 45 minutes of preparation time followed by a 30-minute examination.