2002 HSC Music 2 paper

Identify the rhythmic device used throughout these bars.

Dumisani Maraire — Mai Nozipo (1990), excerpt (transcription of a performance by the Kronos Quartet; string quartet + drum, tempo half-note = 120), bars 1–16; Score Attachment A

Describe TWO features of the harmony in this excerpt.

Dumisani Maraire — Mai Nozipo (1990), excerpt (transcription of a performance by the Kronos Quartet), bars 1–16; Score Attachment A

A three-note motif is highlighted in Bar 10. Describe THREE ways in which this motif is treated.

Dumisani Maraire — Mai Nozipo (1990), excerpt (transcription of a performance by the Kronos Quartet); three-note motif highlighted in Bar 10; Score Attachment A

Refer to the opening flute solo in bars 78–80. Describe the orchestra’s use of this material in bars 81–87.

Joseph Schwantner — A Play of Shadows: Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra (1990), excerpt, bars 78–87 (opening flute solo bars 78–80, orchestra bars 81–87); Score Attachment B

Identify THREE ways in which the composer achieves a ‘transparent, delicate’ tone.

Joseph Schwantner — A Play of Shadows: Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra (1990), excerpt (bars 78–102); Score Attachment B

How does the flute solo in bars 101–102 relate to the previous material in the excerpt?

Joseph Schwantner — A Play of Shadows: Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra (1990), excerpt; flute solo bars 101–102; Score Attachment B

Part (a) is a melody dictation. The Morricone excerpt makes use of a ground bass, which is played by piano and double bass. Bars 1–6 will be played SIX times for you to notate bars 1–5 of the bass line.

Ennio Morricone — Atto di Dolore (1979), excerpt; ground bass played by piano and double bass, bars 1–6 (notate bars 1–5 of the bass line); melody dictation with answer staff printed inline (no score attachment)

The Purcell excerpt also makes use of a ground bass. Describe how the technique is used differently in this excerpt compared with its use in the Morricone excerpt.

Based on both excerpts: Ennio Morricone — Atto di Dolore (1979) and Purcell — Timon of Athens (Score Attachment C); both use a ground bass

How is variety achieved in this excerpt?

Purcell — Timon of Athens, excerpt (four-part ground-bass passage, bars 41–80); Score Attachment C

Contemporary composers use varying degrees of tradition and innovation. Discuss this statement in relation to the music used in Question 3 and works you have studied in the Mandatory Topic, Music of the Last 25 Years (Australian focus).

Extended response (20 minutes). Music used in Question 3 (Morricone — Atto di Dolore; Purcell — Timon of Athens) and works studied in the Mandatory Topic, Music of the Last 25 Years (Australian focus)