2019 HSC Music 2 paper

Describe the use of texture in this excerpt.

Erik Satie — Parade (excerpt for part (a); no score attachment)

Describe how tone colour is used in this excerpt.

Erik Satie — Parade (bars 1–47; Score Attachment A)

How is duration used in this excerpt? In your answer, make reference to the score.

Erik Satie — Parade (bars 1–47; Score Attachment A)

Describe the relationship between the double bass and pianoforte parts. In your answer, make specific reference to the score.

Giovanni Bottesini — Elegy in D Major for Double Bass and Pianoforte (bars 19–31; Score Attachment B)

Notate the pitch and rhythm of the double bass part on the staves provided.

Giovanni Bottesini — Elegy in D Major for Double Bass and Pianoforte (different excerpt; no score attachment)

Describe how THREE concepts of music contribute to tension in this excerpt.

Nigel Westlake — Onomatopoeia for Bass Clarinet in B-flat with Digital Delay (Score Attachment C(i))

Explain how contrast is achieved in this excerpt. In your answer, make specific reference to the score.

Nigel Westlake — Onomatopoeia for Bass Clarinet in B-flat with Digital Delay (bars 1–22; Score Attachment C(ii))

‘The material of music is sound and silence. Integrating these is composing.’ (John Cage, 1961) To what extent is this statement true of works you have studied in both the mandatory topic, Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus) AND the additional topic? In your response, make reference to relevant musical examples.

Extended response — Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus) + additional topic (John Cage quote)