2007 HSC Music 2 paper

What does Andantino cantabile indicate to the performers?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K.482, final movement (middle section); Score Attachment A

Identify the instruments playing on the first three staves of the score. Indicate the key of any transposing instruments.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K.482, final movement (middle section); Score Attachment A

Identify each chord and its position in Bars 21 and 22. For example: F sharp minor, 1st inversion

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K.482, final movement (middle section), Bars 21–22; Score Attachment A

Describe the differences between the recording and the printed score.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K.482, final movement (middle section); Score Attachment A

Part (a) is a melody dictation. Bars 1–13 will be played SIX times for you to notate the cello and double bass part in Bars 1–8 and Bar 13.

Dimitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, second movement, Bars 1–13 (cello and double bass); no score attachment

From the score, identify THREE different examples of Shostakovich’s use of expressive techniques.

Dimitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, second movement (rehearsal figures 56 to 61); Score Attachment B

Describe TWO different ways tone colour is used to create the musical effect of this piece.

Linda Ceff — Prelude (Australian piano miniature); Score Attachment C

With reference to the score, outline THREE musical challenges a performer would face in preparing this piece.

Roger Dean — ...It Gets Complicated... (Australian piano miniature); Score Attachment C

Compare the use of pitch in the TWO works.

Linda Ceff — Prelude and Roger Dean — ...It Gets Complicated... (two Australian piano miniatures); Score Attachment C

What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music. PHILIP GLASS To what extent does this statement apply to ONE work from the Additional Topic and at least ONE work from the Mandatory Topic that you have studied? Refer to specific musical examples to support your answer. Note: The works included in Questions 1, 2 and 3 are not to be discussed in this answer.

Extended response (essay) — ONE work from the Additional Topic and at least ONE work from the Mandatory Topic studied; no score, no aural excerpt