2022 HSC Music 2 paper
8 questions, 35 marks. Every question has its recording. The official marking guidelines cover every question.
Question 1(a)
2 marksOutline how the composer uses dynamics and expressive techniques in the 'Prologue'. In your answer, make specific reference to the score.
Benjamin Britten — Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31, Movement I: Prologue (complete movement, bars 1-14); score printed inline (exam p2)
RecordingScoreMarking guidelinesQuestion 1(b)
2 marksDescribe the composer's use of pitch in the 'Prologue'. In your answer, make specific reference to the score.
Benjamin Britten — Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31, Movement I: Prologue (complete movement, bars 1-14); score printed inline (exam p2)
RecordingScoreMarking guidelinesQuestion 1(c)
4 marksExplain how the composer uses duration in this excerpt. In your answer, make specific reference to the score.
Benjamin Britten — Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31, Movement III: Nocturne, bars 1-25; Score Attachment A
RecordingScoreMarking guidelinesQuestion 2(a)
5 marksDictationNotate the pitch and rhythm of the Cello melody on the staves provided.
Sergei Prokofiev — Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60, Movement IV: Troika (melodic dictation, Cello melody); no score attachment
RecordingMarking guidelinesQuestion 2(b)
4 marksExplain how tone colour is used in this excerpt. In your answer, make specific reference to the score.
Sergei Prokofiev — Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60, Movement V: The Burial of Kijé, bars 1-33; Score Attachment B
RecordingScoreMarking guidelinesQuestion 3(a)
3 marksDescribe how texture and duration are used in this excerpt, with specific reference to the score.
Gregorio Allegri — Miserere mei, Deus, bars 1-14; Score Attachment C
RecordingScoreMarking guidelinesQuestion 3(b)
5 marksExplain how the composer creates musical interest in this excerpt. In your answer, make specific reference to the score.
Gregorio Allegri — Miserere mei, Deus, bars 15-28; Score Attachment C
RecordingScoreMarking guidelinesQuestion 4
10 marksExtended responseAnalyse how different composers use the concepts of music to reflect different cultural contexts in their works. In your answer, refer to TWO works you have studied from the mandatory topic, Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus). You may refer to works from part (a) and part (b) of the mandatory topic: (a) art music (as distinct from traditional and popular music) (b) popular music; music in radio, film, television and multimedia; jazz; music for theatre. In your answer, make specific reference to each work. You will have 25 minutes to complete your answer.
Extended response — Mandatory topic: Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus); refer to TWO studied works; no score
RecordingMarking guidelines