VOICE
 
A healthy, trainable voice is a requirement for entry. Expressive performance of two songs/lieds by heart of different character, composed in different stylistic periods, with piano. Pianist is provided by the Examination Board.
 

Entrance Exam Requirements for Musicology (BA)

SOLFEGGIO, THEORY OF MUSIC
 

Written Test

 
· notation of a two-part baroque (imitation) segment by dictation
· notation of a one-part 20th century piece of music by dictation
· notation and harmonic analysis of the two outer parts of a Viennese classical segment
· notation and tonal analysis of two and three-part chord chains
 

Oral exam

 
· material brought by the candidate: 6 pieces from the vocal literature of the period between the 17th century and our times (choral works, short arias, songs). The pieces must be analysed, sung and accompanied on the piano by the candidate. The list and the sheets (without any inscriptions made by the candidate) of the works must be brought by the candidate.
· sight-reading: singing a 18-19th century aria or song segment with piano (accompaniment is provided by a member of the Examination Board)
· assessment of knowledge of the harmony and formal structure of the Viennese classical period:
- playing chains of harmonies by figured bass or by dictation
- complex analysis of a movement chosen from the material brought by the candidate (piano, voice)
 
MUSIC LITERATURE
 
Testing the candidate’s knowledge of Music Literature.
 
FOLK MUSIC
 
· Singing 10 folk songs by heart from the candidate’s country, introducing the songs’ characteristic and ethnographic features.
· singing 10 Hungarian folk songs in a language chosen by the candidate PIANO AS COMPULSARY INSTRUMENT
Performance of three piano pieces or movements by heart:
· a piece by Bach
· a sonata form movement from the Viennese classical period
· a romantic piece or a piece by Bartók