A Short Historical Account of the Degrees in Music at Oxford and Cambridge

Contents

• 1. The origin of academical degrees in general;
• 2. The earliest records of degrees in music;
• 3. Early musical study at the Universities-Boethius;
• 4. The music act, music speech or lecture, and music school;
• 5. The establishment of professors of music at the universities;
• 6. Development of the modern requirements for musical degrees;
• 7. The cultivation of music at the universities;
• 8. Academical dress, degree ceremonies, feasts, an early examination for the B. A. degree.