§ 5. Of the Subjects of the Examinations for the Degree of Doctor of Music. 1. There shall be two Examinations for the Degree of Doctor of Music. 2. The subjects of the First Examination shall be harmony and counterpoint in not more than eight parts, original composition, instrumentation, and the history of the art of music.* 3. The subject of the Second Examination shall be a Musical Exercise, composed by the Candidate, being a secular or sacred cantata scored for a full orchestra.* § 6. Of the Admission of Candidates and of the Conduct of the Examinations. Preliminary Examination for Students of Music. 1. The Preliminary Examination for Students of Music shall be held four times a year at the same time as Responsions. 2. Names of Candidates shall be sent to the Assistant Registrar in accordance with the regulations prescribed for Candidates for Responsions. Examinations for the Degree of Bachelor of Music. 3. Each of the Examinations for the Degree of Bachelor of Music shall be held twice a year, namely, the First and the Second Examinations in Easter Term beginning on the first Tuesday in May, and in Michaelmas Term beginning on the first Tuesday in November, and the Third Examination in Hilary Term beginning on the first Tuesday in February, and in Trinity Term beginning on the third Tuesday in June. 4. No Candidate shall be admitted to any of the Examinations for the Degree of Bachelor of Music unless he has produced a Certificate signed by an officer of, or person deputed by, the College or Hall or Body to which he belongs, and showing that his name is on the books of such College or Hall or Body. If he has been matriculated before entering his name for Examination, this Certificate must be produced, at the time when his name is entered, to the Assistant Registrar; if after entering his name, this Certificate, with the Certificate of matriculation, must be produced to the Examiners. 5. No Candidate shall be permitted to enter his name for the First Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Music unless he has passed Responsions, or is statutably exempt *For the Regulations see p. 190. therefrom, or has satisfied the Masters of the Schools in the Preliminary Examination herein provided for Students of Music. 6. No Candidate shall be permitted to enter his name for the Second Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Music unless he has passed the First Examination, and no Candidate shall be permitted to enter his name for the Third Examination until he shall have entered upon the twelfth Term from the date of his matriculation and upon the fourth Term after that in which he passed the Second Examination provided that no Term shall be counted for this purpose during which his name was not on the books of a College or Hall or of the Non-Collegiate Delegacy. It shall be the duty of the Assistant Registrar to see that the provisions of this clause have been satisfied. Examinations for the Degree of Doctor of Music. 7. The Examinations for the Degree of Doctor of Music shall be held annually as follows, namely, the First Examination beginning on the first Tuesday in November, and the Second Examination beginning on the third Tuesday in June. 8. No Candidate shall be permitted to enter his name for either of the Examinations for the Degree of Doctor of Music unless he has produced to the Assistant Registrar a Certificate signed by an officer of, or person deputed by, the College or Hall or Body to which he belongs, and showing that his name is on the books of such College or Hall or Body. 9. No Candidate shall be permitted to enter his name for the First Examination for the Degree of Doctor of Music unless he has been admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Music, and no Candidate shall be permitted to enter his name for the Second Examination unless he has passed the First Examination. Admission to the Examinations in Music. 10. Every Candidate for any of the Examinations for the Degrees of Bachelor or Doctor of Music shall give in his name to the Assistant Registrar on or before a date to be appointed by him not less than three weeks before the beginning of the Examination, and shall at the same time pay the fee for admission to the Examination. Every Candidate for the Third Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Music or for the Second Examination for the Degree of Doctor of Music shall also give in at the same time his Musical Exercise, together with a statement signed by him that he composed the whole of the Exercise. II. As soon as the name of a Candidate for the Third Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Music or for the Second Examination for the degree of Doctor of Music has been duly entered, his Musical Exercise shall be forwarded by the Assistant Registrar to the Chairman of the Examiners. 12. A list of the names of Candidates for each Examination shall be prepared in English by the Assistant Registrar and published in the usual manner. Conduct of the Examinations for Degrees in Music. 13. The First and Second Examinations for the Degree of Bachelor of Music shall be conducted partly in writing, and partly viva voce. The First Examination for the Degree of Doctor of Music shall be conducted in writing, but the Examiners may at any time before the close of the Examination require the attendance of any Candidate for such further Examination, whether oral or written, as they may think desirable before coming to a decision respecting the work of such Candidate. 14. During the Examination in writing one Examiner at least shall be present: and all the Examiners shall take part in the viva voce Examination. 15. At the close of each Examination the Examiners shall make and sign lists of the Candidates who have satisfied them, and shall draw up the lists in the following form: Names of Candidates who on (here insert date) having been examined in accordance with the Statutes in the First (or Second or Third) Examination for the Degree of Bachelor (or Doctor) of Music have satisfied us the Examiners. All such lists shall be published in such manner as is before provided with respect to the Examinations for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. 16. The Examiners shall also make and sign a list of such Candidates in a book to be kept for the purpose. Exercises to be deposited in the Music School. 17. No Candidate shall be permitted to supplicate for the Degree of Bachelor or Doctor of Music who has not delivered his Exercise, in a form approved by the Examiners, to the Assistant Registrar who shall deposit it in the Music School. It shall be the duty of the Registrar of the University, when the name of a Candidate for either of these Degrees has been entered at his office, to satisfy himself whether the Exercise has been so delivered. §7. Of the Appointment of Examiners and of their Powers. 1. The Examinations shall be conducted by the Professor of Music (or by the Choragus, if qualified under the conditions of the following clause, and if the Professor, with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor, shall on any occasion appoint him to act as his deputy) together with two other Examiners, to be nominated in Michaelmas Term, and to enter upon their office in Hilary Term. The Professor of Music or his Deputy shall always be deemed to be Chairman of the Examiners. 2. No one shall be eligible for the office of Examiner who does not hold the Degree or the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music in some University of Great Britain or Ireland. 3. The nomination of Examiners shall be made in accordance with Statt. Tit. VI. Sect. 1. E. § 2, 'Concerning the Nomination of Examiners,' and § 3, 'Of the Elected Members of Nominating Committees 1' by a Committee of which the three elected members shall be chosen by the Board of Studies for Music. 4. The names of Examiners so nominated shall be submitted to the approval of the Ancient House of Congregation and of Convocation in Michaelmas Term in the manner prescribed in the case of Moderators and Public Examiners in Statt. Tit. VI. Sect. 1. E. § 8. cl. 2 2. 5. An Examiner who has been approved by Convocation shall hold office for two years; and if any such Examiner shall cease to hold office before the expiration of the period for which he was appointed, an Examiner shall be appointed to occupy his place for the unexpired residue of his term of office3. § 8. Of the manner and method of the Examinations, and of the duties of the Assistant Registrar in respect of them. 1. The provisions of Statt. Tit. VI. Sect. I, so far as relates to the attendance of Candidates, to absence through illness, to entering names for Examinations", to the publication of the names of Candidates", to the place of examination and the notice to be given to Candidates 5, to the conduct of examinations, to the registration of the names of Candidates who have satisfied the Examiners, to the Proctorial authority of Examiners, and to the Interpretation of certain terms, shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Preliminary Examination for 3 See p. 164. 1 See pp. 159-61. 2 See p. 162. 5 See pp. 168-77. Students of Music, and to the Examinations for the Degree of Bachelor or Doctor of Music, so far as they are consistent with the provisions of this Statute. 6 2. The provisions of Statt. Tit. VI. Sect. 1. F. § 2. cl. 9, ' Late Entries 1, shall apply to the Examinations for the Degrees of Bachelor and Doctor of Music, provided that no late entry for any of these Examinations shall be permitted, unless the name of at least one Candidate shall have been entered for that Examination on the prescribed day. 3. The Assistant Registrar shall have power, subject to the approval of the Vice-Chancellor, to make and vary such regulations with respect to the duties laid upon him by this Statute as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Statute. Such regulations and any variations in them shall be published as soon as may be in the usual manner. (ii) Decrees of Convocation. By decrees approved by Convocation at various times it is enacted:: (1) That, until July 1, 1914, any person who shall have passed the Second Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Music shall be eligible for admission to the Third Examination (cf. § 6. cl. 6). [May 9, 1911, and May 27, 1913.] (2) That any Candidate whose exercise was approved by the Examiners before May 1, 1911, shall be permitted to supplicate for the Degree of Bachelor of Music so soon as he shall have passed the Second Examination for that Degree. [March 15, 1911.] (3) That no person matriculated before January 1, 1912, who shall have passed the First, Second, and Third Examinations for the Degree of Bachelor of Music, shall be required to have passed any other Examination or to have pursued, at some Academy or College or other Institution for Musical Instruction, a course of study fixed by the Board of Studies (§ 1), provided that he supplicate for the Degree before July 1, 1915. [May 9, 1911, and May 27, 1913.] (4) That every Candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Music, whose exercise was received by the Examiners before May 12, 1903, and was approved by them, shall, on supplicating for that Degree, pay a fee of £12. [May 12, 1903.] (5) That every Candidate for the Degree of Doctor of Music, whose exercise was received by the Examiners before May 12, 1903, and was approved by them, shall, on supplicating for that Degree, pay a fee of £27 25. [May 12, 1903.] 1 See p. 170. |