Admission requirements for MA studies - Bassoon

 

 

 

1. Two etudes of contrasting style chosen by the candidate from the following:

    Bitsch: Vingt etudes

    Mortel : 7 etudes

    Orefici :  Studit di Bravura

 

2. Two movements of a Baroque sonata.

 

3. Two movements of a classical or romantic concerto – to be played from memory.

 

4. One 20th century piece.

 

 

 

 

 

General Admission Requirements – MA

 

Written examination:

 Bass harmonisation: harmonisation of a bass line of cca. 10 notes, indication of the accords with figures.

 Analysis: formal analysis of the opening movement of a sonata from the stylistic circle of Haydn and Mozart piano sonatas.

 

 Exam in general music studies:

 a. Identification of 10 music pieces - possibly composer and title, but at least the epoch or style and identification or

    the genre.

 b. Explanation and interpretation of 10 music terms, concepts, titles, etc.

  
Music was and is an essential part of daily life in Hungary: the folk music of the various regions, the gypsy music that was absorbed into the national bloodstream, the native and foreign art-music, and the café music that was a combination of all these elements and others as well. All this explains why a country whose population, even today, is barely over ten million has produced so many musicians and so much outstanding music. I am grateful for having been born and trained there. (Sir Georg Solti)