2012 HSC Music 2 paper
9 questions, 35 marks. Every question has its recording. There are no marking guidelines for this year here.
Question 1(a)
2 marksHow 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
RecordingScoreQuestion 1(b)
3 marksWith 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
RecordingScoreQuestion 1(c)
3 marksExplore 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
RecordingScoreQuestion 2(a)
5 marksDictationNotate 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)
RecordingQuestion 2(b)
3 marksWhat techniques have been used to create tension in this excerpt?
Carl Vine — The Potato Factory (2000), second excerpt "Mary’s Hands"; no score attachment
RecordingQuestion 3(a)
3 marksDescribe 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
RecordingScoreQuestion 3(b)
3 marksHow have expressive techniques been used in this movement?
Leonard Bernstein — Turkey Trot from Divertimento for Orchestra (1980); Score Attachment B
RecordingScoreQuestion 3(c)
3 marksAnalyse the structure of Turkey Trot with specific reference to the score.
Leonard Bernstein — Turkey Trot from Divertimento for Orchestra (1980); Score Attachment B
RecordingScoreQuestion 4
10 marksExtended responseCompare 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
RecordingScore