Candidates (undergraduate non-music majors) who want to take the postgraduate entrance examination in musicology first need to confirm that the examination subjects of different postgraduate schools are different; secondly, they need to determine the research direction. The examination subjects of different research directions are also different. Make sure the above Only after the content can you prepare reference books and reference textbooks based on the school's admissions brochure.
An example is as follows.
Shanghai Conservatory of Music Musicology Major 2016 Postgraduate Entrance Examination Admissions Brochure Admissions Catalog
Research Directions
07★Chinese Music Research
08★ Western Music Studies
Examination Subjects
07 Direction:
③711 Comprehensive Theory of Musicology
④817 History of Chinese Music
Or 818 Traditional Chinese Music Theory
08 direction:
③711 Comprehensive Theory of Musicology
④819 History of Western Music
Or 820 Work Analysis
Re-examination subjects, re-examination reference books
Review subjects:
07 Direction:
⑤511 Fundamentals of Music Analysis A
Or 512 Fundamentals of Music Analysis B
Or 513 Fundamentals of Second Foreign Language
(optional only in the field of music literature compilation)
⑥611 Oral Exam A
08 direction:
⑤511 Fundamentals of Music Analysis A
or 512 Fundamentals of Music Analysis B
or 513 Fundamentals of Second Foreign Language
(Optional only in the field of music literature compilation)
⑥611 Oral Exam A