The traiizitzg of the teacherteacher of music in French ,&kes and colbges, the possession of a State
diploma is essential and no university degree or qualification granted
by a conservatory will do instead.
The State examination is taken in two parts and candidates, who
need not have passed the baccalazdat, may not sit both parts in the
same year. Part I consists of the following three tests.
First eliminating test. French essay (generally on a question of applied
psychology) ; musical dictation-for one voice and for two voices.
Second el'imimtiizg test. Essay on a subject relating to music; harmony
figured bass, and to a prescribed melody (choice of harmonic form is
unrestricted).
Final test. Reading of a sol-fa lesson in five keys; performance of a
vocal passage (selected by the candidate); playing on the piano an
unpublished piece of music at sight and then transposing it into a key
chosen by the examiners; taking a class of &Le pupils through a choral
singing lesson; giving a lesson in musical theory to a &Le class; per-
formance at sight of an unpublished school song, and answering viva
voce questions on singing technique for children; running commentary
on a record of a traditional song or a melody.
The second part of the professional examination is competitive and
again consists of three tests as follows.
First eliminatifzg test. An essay on a musical question relating to one
of the works prescribed in the syllabus (at this stage there is a definite
list of prescribed works of which one-third is changed annually); mu-
sical dictation-for a single voice and for several voices.
Second eliminating test. An essay on a question of musical history
treated mainly from the standpoint of its relationship to the general
history of the nations ; harmony-working out a non-figured bass, and
realization of a given melody.
Qzd~itzg exumi/zatioiz. Reading of a sol-fa lesson in all keys; reading
and commenting on a literary text selected by the examining board
from the list of prescribed books; giving an account of the history of
music, comprising in particular an exposition of a passage from one of
the prescribed works ; improvisation of a piano accompaniment for an
unpublished song of a traditional character; instrumental performance
of a work selected by the examining board from a list of three pieces
submitted by the candidate and comprising one classical, one romantic
and one modern work; giving a lesson in choral singing; answering
viva voce questions on the laws of acoustics; running commentary on a
piece of recorded music.