AS & A Level Music (9483) — May–June 2024, Paper 11

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Question 1 · 5 marks · Compositional Techniques and Performance Practice

Listen to this extract from Handel's Water Music, Suite in F Major (Track 1). From which movement is this extract taken?

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Question 2 · 14 marks · Compositional Techniques and Performance Practice

Listen to Performance A on the recording provided (Track 2). Look at the score, which you will find in the separate insert, and read through the questions. Describe the texture of…

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Question 3 · 16 marks · Compositional Techniques and Performance Practice

Refer to both Performances A and B on the recordings provided (Tracks 2 and 3). Comment on the use of ornamentation in each performance. Refer to bar numbers in your answer.

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Question 4 · 35 marks · Set Works

Answer either Question 4 or Question 5. Question 4: How do harmony and tonality contribute to scene setting in Debussy's La Cathédrale engloutie and in any one movement from…

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Question 5 · 35 marks · Set Works

Answer either Question 4 or Question 5. Question 5: How does Rimsky-Korsakov's use of instruments support the storytelling in any two movements of Scheherazade?

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Question 6 · 30 marks · Connecting Music

Answer one question from Section C. Question 6: How can music of different cultures and traditions be linked to a particular time and/or place? You must refer to musical examples…

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Question 7 · 30 marks · Connecting Music

Answer one question from Section C. Question 7: Discuss how improvisation is used in different musical traditions. You must refer to musical examples of two or more styles or…

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Question 8 · 30 marks · Connecting Music

Answer one question from Section C. Question 8: What are some of the different ways in which music can be structured? You must refer to musical examples of two or more styles or…

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