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Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1927
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1examination, £21. Degrees are conferred on both internal and external students.
3UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM.—Founded in 1831; but for a considerable period only honorary musical degrees were given. The Professorship dates from 1897. Candidates must (unless they have already passed an examination recognised as equivalent) pass an Entrance Examination qualifying for admission as a student in music. Regulations for B.Mus. degree.—(1) First examination in four-part harmony and counterpoint. (2) Either an exercise, which shall be a work in four movements on specified lines ((a) five-part chorus, (b) song, (c) unaccompanied vocal quartet or intermezzo for strings and (d) five-part introduction and fugue), with accompaniments for string band only; or an exercise consisting only of (a) and (d) as above, with a practical examination (playing specified pieces, sight-reading and extemporisation) in piano, organ or stringed instrument of the violin family. (3) Final examination in five-part harmony and counterpoint, double counterpoint and four-part fugue and canon, form, history of music and a viva voce examination on certain specified works, and on general musical matters. Regulations for the D.Mus. degree.—(1) An exercise consisting of a vocal composition, preceded by an instrumental overture, and containing eight-part harmony and good fugal counterpoint, with an accompaniment for full orchestra. (2) An examination in eight-part harmony and counterpoint, imitation, canon and fugue, form, instrumentation, history of music, elementary acoustics and knowledge of the scores of the standard works of the great composers. Fees: for the Entrance examination, £2; for the B.Mus. examinations and degree, £17:10s. or £18:10s.; for the D.Mus. examinations and degree, £24. Residence is not required.
5UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.—The Reid Professorship of Music dates from 1839, but owing to various causes no regulations for degrees in music were made before 1893. Matriculation and (unless candidates are otherwise exempted) the passing of a Preliminary examination in Arts or Science are required. Regulations for the B.Mus. degree.—Candidates must attend courses of instruction during a whole winter session. (1) The 'First Professional Examination' includes (a) ear tests and singing or performing on some instrument; (b) reading at sight; (c) elements of music; (d) four-part harmony; (e) elementary counterpoint; (f) form; (g) outlines of the history of music. (2) The 'Second Professional Examination' includes (a) five-part harmony; (b) advanced counterpoint; (c) two-part canon and four-part imitation and fugue; (d) form (more advanced); (e) elements of instrumentation; (f) critical knowledge of certain prescribed scores; (g) playing at sight from easy vocal and instrumental scores and from figured bass; (h) history of music; (i) acoustics and physiology of the vocal organs. Each candidate will also be required to submit the following exercises: (a) a solo song with pianoforte accompaniment; (b) a four-part vocal composition; (c) an instrumental composition (other than a dance) for pianoforte or organ, or other instrument with accompaniment. Regulations for the D.Mus. degree.—The degree is granted in three departments: all candidates must be not less than twenty-five years of age. (1) Candidates as Composers must submit a prescribed number of vocal and instrumental compositions in the larger forms, and will be examined in (a) advanced counterpoint and fugue; (b) instrumentation; (c) the works of the great composers from Palestrina onwards. (2) Candidates as Executants will be required to perform solo and ensemble works in different styles, selected partly by themselves and partly by the examiners; they will be examined in sight-reading, playing from orchestral score, modulating, the history and literature of their special instrument, and the method of teaching it. (3) Candidates as Theorists or Historians must submit one or more treatises, the result of research and original thought, and will be examined in both the theory and the history of music, the examination being on a higher standard in the subject which the candidate selects as his specialty. Fees: for the Preliminary Examination, £1:1s.; for the B.Mus. examinations, £15:15s.; for the D.Mus. examination, £15:15s.
7UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM.—Founded in 1899: the Professorship dates from 1905. Regulations for the B.Mus. degree (which ranks as an Honours degree).—Candidates must have passed the Matriculation examination or one of the examinations accepted in lieu of it; they must also satisfy the Professor of Music that they have (a) a sufficient knowledge of the theory of music, (b) an adequate power of performance on some musical instrument. (1) First examination, comprising (a) subjects mentioned in the syllabus of the first year's course (the early development of counterpoint and of harmony, the rise of English church music, folk-songs and national songs, chamber music, the early English madrigal, the 'Fitzwilliam Virginal Book,' the development of the art-song, bells, carillons and chimes); (b) acoustics; (c) four-part harmony and counterpoint; (d) another degree course in the Faculty of Arts. (2) Second examination, comprising (a) the second year's subjects (the modern development of harmony and counterpoint—lectures and classes—musical forms and the analysis of fugue, orchestration, the pianoforte works of Chopin, the organ works of Bach, the evolution of the orchestra); (b), (c) two Arts
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