(iii) Regulations. A Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Music, before becoming eligible to supplicate for the degree, is required to have passed the following Examinations in the order stated: (1) Responsions (p. 22), or a statutably equivalent Examination (p. 11), or the Preliminary Examination for Students of Music (p. 32). (2) The First Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Music. (3) The Second Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Music. (4) The Third Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Music. Unless the Candidate is a Bachelor of Arts of the University of Oxford he is further required (a) to have satisfied the Examiners in Group A. (1) or B. (2) or B. (5) or B. (6) of the Final Pass School (pp. 52-55), and (b) to have pursued, either at the University, or at some Academy or College or other Institution for Musical Instruction, a full course of musical study approved by the Board of Studies. Inquiries as to such course should be addressed to the Assistant Registrar, University Registry, and should be accompanied in every case by (1) A syllabus of the course; (2) Calendars or other papers giving detailed information as to the Institution at which it has been pursued or is to be pursued. EXAMINATIONS IN MUSIC. 1. First Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Music. The subjects of Examination are Harmony and Counterpoint in not more than four parts. In the viva voce Examination all Candidates will be required to show a general elementary knowledge of Music. 2. Second Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Music. The subjects for Examination are :— Harmony and Counterpoint in not more than five parts. Original Composition, including Fugue in not more than four parts. Instrumentation. A critical knowledge of the full scores of such standard classical compositions as shall be selected previously by the Board of Studies. For November, 1913, these are: J. S. Bach, Magnificat in D (Breitkopf and Härtel); Richard Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (Breitkopf and Härtel). For May, 1914, they are: Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (Breitkopf and Härtel); Palestrina, Stabat Mater, for three choirs, ed. Parratt (Breitkopf and Härtel). 3. Third Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Music. The subject of Examination is a musical exercise consisting of a vocal work of not more than four movements. These movements should be (1) A five-part Chorus. (2) A Song or Duet, (3) An unaccompanied Vocal Quartet, (4) A five-part Choral Fugue, the order being left to the discretion of the Candidate. The accompaniment must be for the usual string orchestra, to which may be added at the discretion of the Candidate any or all of the following instruments, namely, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, and two horns. (See § 6 below.) Candidates may apply to the Board for permission to submit a Musical Exercise which does not fulfil the preceding conditions of this Regulation, provided that it contains a substantial proportion of choral writing. Any such application must be made to the Assistant Registrar, University Registry, not later than the first day of November preceding the Examination. 4. First Examination for the degree of Doctor of Music. The subjects of Examination are :— Harmony and Counterpoint in not more than eight parts. Original Composition, including Fugue in not more than six parts. Musical History. 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. 5. Second Examination for the degree of Doctor of Music. The subject of Examination is a Musical Exercise, consisting of an extended vocal work which requires from forty to sixty minutes for performance. It must contain at least one well-developed choral movement in eight real parts. The accompaniment must be for a full (modern) orchestra, and the work must be preceded by an overture in modern form (concert overture). 6. General Regulations as to the Exercise. (a) The Exercise for Bachelor or Doctor of Music must be copied in a legible hand. The notes must be neither too minute, nor on too small staves; and every line before the 'turn-over' must finish with a 'direct' to the coming note overleaf. of (b) In the Score the signatures must be given at the beginning every page: the divisions of Instruments and Voices being marked in every page by the usual brackets and the pages numbered consecutively. (c) The work must not only show facility in harmony and counterpoint, but also a knowledge of musical design and thematic development. The movements must exhibit structural independence and artistic interest, and must contain ample marks for bowing, &c., and full directions for expression. No exercise will be regarded as sufficient solely on the ground that it is free from technical errors. (d) The exercise must be accompanied by a declaration on a prescribed form, which must be obtained beforehand by application to the Assistant Registrar, University Registry, Oxford. It must be sent in at the time when the Candi. date's name is entered. The Exercise must show the private address as well as the name and College of the composer. The Exercise must be strongly bound and paged, and lettered (with clearly stamped lettering) up the back with title and composer's name, and also on the outside cover with title, name, and College, and the degree for which it was composed. IV. OF THE TIMES AND EXERCISES REQUIRED FOR DEGREES IN LETTERS AND IN SCIENCE. [Statt. Tit. VI. Sect. IV.] $ 1. Of the Degrees of Bachelor of Letters and Bachelor of Science. Any person who has been permitted by the authority and in the manner hereinafter provided to enter on a course of special study or research in Letters or Science may supplicate for the Degree of Bachelor of Letters or Bachelor of Science respectively, provided that he has satisfied the conditions prescribed by this Statute. Science shall be taken to include Mathematics and Natural Science. As regards philosophical subjects, the Board of the Faculty of Literæ Humaniores shall determine whether a proposed course of special study or research belongs to Letters or to Science. § 2. Of the Admission of Candidates for the Degrees of Bachelor of Letters and Bachelor of Science. 1. Any person who has been, or is qualified to be, matriculated in the University may be admitted to a course of special study or research as a Student for the Degree of Bachelor of Letters or Bachelor of Science by the Board of the Faculty to which the subject of his course belongs, provided that he has satisfied the following conditions :— (1) His name, if he has been matriculated, must be (2) He must be not under the age of twenty-one years, Science at some other University in the United Kingdom, he must have given evidence, satisfactory to the Education Committee hereinafter constituted, that he has received a good general education. 2. The application for admission as a Student for the Degree of Bachelor of Letters or Bachelor of Science of a Candidate who has passed the Examinations required for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts shall be transmitted to the Assistant Registrar by the Head or a Tutor of his College or Hall, or by the Censor of Non-Collegiate Students, and shall be accompanied by a statement of the subject and nature of his proposed course of special study or research, and by evidence of his age and of his fitness to enter upon such course. 3. The application for admission as a Student for the Degree of Bachelor of Letters or Bachelor of Science of a Candidate who has not passed the Examinations required for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts shall be transmitted to the Assistant Registrar by the Head or a Tutor of the College or Hall to which he belongs, or to which he desires to belong, or by the Censor of Non-Collegiate Students, and shall be accompanied by (1) Evidence of the age of the Candidate. (2) Evidence that he has taken a Degree in Arts or in Letters or in Science at some other University in the United Kingdom, or such evidence of his previous education as he desires to lay before the Education Committee. (3) A statement of the subject and nature of his proposed course of special study or research. (4) Evidence of his fitness to enter upon such course. 4. The Assistant Registrar shall bring the application of any Candidate who has satisfied the conditions of clause I of this subsection before the Board of the Faculty to which his proposed subject belongs for its approval. Such approval shall not be granted unless the Board is satisfied (1) that the Candidate is well fitted to pursue the course of special study or research on which he proposes to enter, (2) that the course is one which may be profitably pursued under the superintendence of the Board. 5. A Board shall have power (a) to appoint a Standing Committee of its own members to consider the applications of Candidates and to report to the Board, (b) to appoint a Committee of Graduate members of the University, or other N |