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All applicants should submit at least one recent paper on a topic related to music, preferably analytic in nature, along with one or two examples of composition in 18<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211; or 19<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">century style.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Applicants for the MA in Music Theory require an undergraduate degree with a major in music or equivalent. 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