Italian into English. Candidates must satisfy the Examiners in each of the above sections; but in section e a candidate will pass who satisfies in any two of the four subjects.

For the year 1885 the subjects for the Higher Examination shall be :-(a) Outlines of the History of English Literature; King Lear. (b) The First Principles of Acoustics. (c) Latin, Virgil, (Æn. iv.) and Cicero (pro Roscio); Greek, Euripides (Hecuba); French, Voltaire (Louis XIV.); German, Schiller (Wilhelm Tell). N.B.Questions on Grammar and Passages for translation from English will be set in each case. Candidates may select any two languages in this section. (d) Algebra, to Quadratic Equations; Euclid, Books I. and II. (e) Logic, elements; Political Economy, elements. (f) Chemistry, elements; Physiology, elements; Zoology, elements; Botany, elements. Candidates may select any two subjects in section f.

All Candidates must pass either in one of the sections c or d, or instead thereof in any two of the sections a, b, e, f.

Candidates may, if they wish, pass all necessary examinations in Arts by taking at the same time the Matriculation and the necessary subjects of the Higher Examination.

EXEMPTIONS.-Students or Associates in Music, whose certificates are of a date prior to January, 1885, will not be required to pass the Higher Examination in Arts in order to proceed to the grade of Licentiate.

Candidates over 30 years of age will be exempt from the Matriculation Examination until and including January, 1885; Candidates over 40 years of age will be exempt from all Preliminary Arts Examinations until and including January, 1890.

In no case will these Arts examinations be required of candidates who have already passed a public examination recognised as respectively equivalent by the Academical Board.

FELLOWSHIP.

The highest regular Diploma by Examination is that of Licentiate; but the special distinction of Fellowship may now be obtained by Licentiates on submitting to the Academical Board a Musical Composition subject to the following conditions :-The work may be either vocal or instrumental. In the former case it must be a choral composition or cantata, sacred or secular, for solo and chorus, with accompaniments for a full band, and containing at least one movement for orchestra alone. If the work submitted be entirely instrumental, it may be either in the form of a symphony, concerto, or of the class known as "Chamber Music," i.e. quintett, quartett, trio, or sonata for pianoforte and any other important solo instrument. Every such instrumental work must contain at least three movements of the usual length and classical form. All other details are left to the discretion of the Candidate.

No work will be approved by the Examiners unless it is adjudged to possess artistic merit as well as technical accuracy, and there will be no appeal from the decision of the Academical Board.

Every work submitted must have been composed expressly for the Fellowship, with the exception that compositions submitted by Licentiates in competition for the Chamber Music Prize of the College, and written in accordance with the regulations of that competition, may also be submitted for Fellowship.

Every successful Candidate must subscribe to the Bye-Laws relating to the Fellows of the College before admission to Fellowship; and must provide a strongly bound and legibly written Full Score of his work for the College Library.

The Examination Fee, to be paid when the Composition is submitted, is Three Guineas. The Fee on admission to Fellowship is Three Guineas.

BY ORDER OF THE ACADEMICAL BOARD.

Trinity College, London, W.

January, 1883.

REGULATIONS AS TO HIGHER MUSICAL
EXAMINATIONS FOR WOMEN.

1. The Academical Board, in view of the increasing demand for a system of Higher Musical Certificates for Women desirous of qualifying as Teachers, now holds Examinations for that purpose at Midsummer and Christmas.

2. Candidates are admitted to these Examinations irrespective of age or creed.

3. The Subjects of Examination are as follows:§i. Harmony. § ii. Counterpoint. § iii. General Musical Knowledge, including Musical History. § iv. Pianoforteplaying. § v. Organ-playing. § vi. Solo-Singing.

4. Certificates (Pass and Honours) will be granted in each subject, any one or all of which may be taken at a time.

5. It should be clearly understood that these Higher Examinations are quite distinct from the Local Examinations in Instrumental and Vocal Music, and that the Certificates granted under these Regulations take higher rank accordingly.

6. The HARMONY Section will comprise a practical knowledge of chords and chord-relationship; harmonising a figured bass; harmonisation of melodies. For the Honour Certificate, five-part work, and for a Pass Certificate, four-part work, will be essential.

7. The COUNTERPOINT Section will include a thorough knowledge of the rules of 'Simple Counterpoint,' and the adding of Counterpoints of various species to a given subject (cantus firmus) in two, three, and four parts (for Honour Certificate, up to five parts).

8. In GENERAL MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE will be included a critical acquaintance with the best-known

works (especially for the Pianoforte) of Standard Composers; Musical History; the Elements of Musical Form or Construction, especially with regard to the various movements usual in the Pianoforte Sonata.

9. The PIANOFORTE Section will comprise (a) the performance of two Standard Compositions, which must be selected by the Candidate from Part I. of the Official List of the College; (3) the performance at sight of various passages of more or less difficulty selected by the Examiners*; (7) accompanying the voice; (d) questions on the structure or form of any piece played by the Candidate, and on Musical Theory or Grammar-while for a Certificate of Honour the following will be required in addition: (ε) transposition at sight from one key into any other keys named by the Examiners; (5) questions on the various musical forms employed by classical composers. Candidates who pass in this Section with Honours, in addition to passing in either division of the Harmony Section or with Honours in the Senior Division of the 'Local Examinations in Elementary Musical Knowledge,' may, subject in each case to the approval of the Board, be admitted to the Class of Associate-Pianists of the College.

10. In the ORGAN Section the requirements will be respectively similar to those for the Pianoforte, with the addition that Candidates for Honours will be tested in playing at sight from a four-part vocal score in the proper clefs. Those who pass in Honours, and have also passed in the Harmony Section or with Honours in the Senior Division of the Local Examinations in Elementary Musical Knowledge,' may, subject in each case to the approval of the Board, be admitted to the Class of Organ-Associates of the College.

II. The VOCAL Section will include: (a) the performance of any two* solos selected by the Candidate

One piece only will be required of Candidates who already hold the Senior Honours Certificate in the same subject of the 'Local Examinations in Instrumental and Vocal Music,' and the same Candidates will also be exempt from the sight reading test.

from Part I. of the Official List; while for Honours the following will be indispensable: (3) Singing at Sight*; (7) Questions on Voice Production and Training; (d) on Musical Theory or Grammar; and (e) on the Form or Construction of Vocal Music. Those who pass in Honours, and have also passed in the Harmony Section or with Honours in the Senior Division of the 'Local Examinations in Elementary Musical Knowledge,' may, subject in each case to the approval of the Board, be admitted to the Class of Associate- Vocalists of the College.

12. Any Candidate who has taken a Pass or Honours Certificate in either Pianoforte-playing, Organ-playing, or Solo-singing, may present such Certificate as a substitute for Part i. of the Preliminary Division of the Examination for the Grade of Associate in Music of the College.

13. Any Candidate who has taken a Pass or Honours Certificate of the College in either Harmony or Counterpoint will be exempt from further paper work in that subject on presenting herself for the Grade of Associate in Music.

14. The Examination Fee in each Section is One Guinea, excepting that for the Honour Division in the Pianoforte, Organ, and Vocal Sections the Fee in each case will be Two Guineas. There are no Fees for Certificates.

15. The Official List of Pieces referred to above, and also Forms of Entry for Candidates, &c., may be had on application to the Secretary, Trinity College, London, W.

16. Previous Examination Papers set for these Higher Certificates, in Harmony, Counterpoint, and General Musical Knowledge, may now be had in a collected form, price two shillings and sixpence, of Mr. W. Reeves, 185 Fleet Street, E.C., and of Messrs. A. Hammond & Co., 5 Vigo Street, London, W.

* This will not be required of Candidates who already hold the Senior Honours Certificate (Singing) of the 'Local Examinations in Instrumental and Vocal Music.'

The notes (N.B.') at foot of page 58 refer also to the above Examinations.