2012 HSC Music 2 paper

9 questions, 35 marks. Every question has its recording. There are no marking guidelines for this year here.

  1. Question 1(a)

    2 marks

    How has Haydn used the interval of the 5th in this work? In your response refer to the score.

    Joseph Haydn — Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2 ("The Fifths"), 1st movement; bars 1–54; Score Attachment A

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  2. Question 1(b)

    3 marks

    With specific reference to the score, describe the composer’s use of modulation.

    Joseph Haydn — Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2 ("The Fifths"), 1st movement; bars 1–54; Score Attachment A

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  3. Question 1(c)

    3 marks

    Explore the treatment of texture in bars 20–40.

    Joseph Haydn — Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2 ("The Fifths"), 1st movement; bars 20–40; Score Attachment A

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  4. Question 2(a)

    5 marksDictation

    Notate the pitch and rhythm of the oboe melody on the staves provided.

    Carl Vine — The Potato Factory (2000), first excerpt "Egyptian Mary" (oboe melody); no score attachment (two blank oboe staves printed inline)

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  5. Question 2(b)

    3 marks

    What techniques have been used to create tension in this excerpt?

    Carl Vine — The Potato Factory (2000), second excerpt "Mary’s Hands"; no score attachment

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  6. Question 3(a)

    3 marks

    Describe the use of duration in bars 1–18 of this movement.

    Leonard Bernstein — Turkey Trot from Divertimento for Orchestra (1980); bars 1–18; Score Attachment B

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  7. Question 3(b)

    3 marks

    How have expressive techniques been used in this movement?

    Leonard Bernstein — Turkey Trot from Divertimento for Orchestra (1980); Score Attachment B

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  8. Question 3(c)

    3 marks

    Analyse the structure of Turkey Trot with specific reference to the score.

    Leonard Bernstein — Turkey Trot from Divertimento for Orchestra (1980); Score Attachment B

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  9. Question 4

    10 marksExtended response

    Compare Bernstein’s treatment of musical ideas in Turkey Trot with the treatment of musical ideas in a significant work you have studied.

    Leonard Bernstein — Turkey Trot from Divertimento for Orchestra (1980), Score Attachment B, compared with a self-chosen significant work from the mandatory topic Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus); the Question 2 work must NOT be used

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