2004 HSC Music 2 paper
10 questions, 35 marks. Every question has its recording. There are no marking guidelines for this year here.
Question 1(a)
1 markIdentify the instrument that doubles horn 1 in bars 32-33.
Richard Strauss — Beim Schlafengehen (1948), excerpt bars 24 to the end; Score Attachment A
RecordingScoreQuestion 1(b)
1 markIdentify the chord on beat 1 in bar 34 (eg C min., C maj.).
Richard Strauss — Beim Schlafengehen (1948), excerpt bars 24 to the end; Score Attachment A
RecordingScoreQuestion 1(c)
2 marksRefer to the triplet motif in bars 32-35. Locate and describe ONE instance where it is used later in the excerpt.
Richard Strauss — Beim Schlafengehen (1948), excerpt bars 24 to the end; Score Attachment A
RecordingScoreQuestion 1(d)
4 marksHow has the composer conveyed the meaning of the text through the music? In your answer, make specific reference to the score. You may refer to the text in German or to the English translation.
Richard Strauss — Beim Schlafengehen (1948), excerpt bars 24 to the end; Score Attachment A
RecordingScoreQuestion 2(a)
5 marksDictationPart (a) is a melody dictation. Bars 7-12 will be played SIX times for you to notate the oboe part in bars 9-12.
Tommaso Albinoni — Concerto for Oboe, Op. VII No. 6; melody dictation, notate the oboe part bars 9-12 (bars 7-12 played); notation staves printed inline on exam page 7
RecordingQuestion 2(b)
2 marksIdentify TWO features of the pitch material in bars 40-49.
Tommaso Albinoni — Concerto for Oboe, Op. VII No. 6; bars 40-49; Score Attachment B
RecordingScoreQuestion 3(a)
2 marksIdentify TWO aspects of repetition in the movement.
Raffaele Marcellino — The Lottery in Babylon (1995), sixth movement; Score Attachment C
RecordingScoreQuestion 3(b)
4 marksDescribe the use of metre in this movement.
Raffaele Marcellino — The Lottery in Babylon (1995), sixth movement; Score Attachment C
RecordingScoreQuestion 3(c)
4 marksDescribe the harmonic features in this movement.
Raffaele Marcellino — The Lottery in Babylon (1995), sixth movement; Score Attachment C
RecordingScoreQuestion 4
10 marksExtended responseMusic starts with an idea, but it is the development of the idea that sustains interest. Discuss this statement in relation to works you have studied from the Mandatory Topic Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus), and/or the Additional Topic.
Extended response — Mandatory Topic: Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus), and/or the Additional Topic (no score, no aural excerpt)
Recording