IGCSE Music (0410) — May–June 2025, Paper 11

Music A1: You will hear an extract for voice and piano. The words are printed below: 1 To wander alone when the moon faintly beaming 2 With glimmering lustre darts through the…

Music A1 (continued): Describe the piano accompaniment in lines 1 and 2.

Music A1 (continued): What musical features suggest darkness and horror in lines 3 and 4?

Music A1 (continued): Identify a feature of the music that shows it was written in the Classical period.

Music A2: You will hear an extract for instruments. Look at the skeleton score (8 bars printed; extract continues). What is the key of the printed melody?

Music A2 (continued): Describe the accompaniment in bars 1-6.

Music A2 (continued): Describe the music which follows the printed passage, explaining how it is different from bars 1-8.

Music A2 (continued): Who composed this music? [ ] Debussy [ ] Haydn [ ] Tchaikovsky [ ] Vivaldi

Music B1: You will hear an extract for instruments and voices. Name the tuned instrument heard at the start of the extract.

Music B1 (continued): Describe the music of the extract.

Music B1 (continued): Where does this music come from?

Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments. Look at the skeleton score (printed; extract continues). How is the printed melody accompanied?

Music B2 (continued): How is the music which follows the printed passage different?

Music B2 (continued): Where does this music come from?

Music B3 (World Focus: Chinese music): You will hear three passages from a piece of Jiangnan sizhu music, separated by short gaps. The music of the first passage is printed…

Music B3 (continued): What other features of all three passages are typical of Jiangnan sizhu music? Do not repeat any information already given in your answers.

Music B3 (continued): Briefly describe the context in which Jiangnan sizhu music is typically performed.

Music C1: You will hear an extract for instruments. Look at the skeleton score in the separate insert. Name the bracketed interval in bar 5. (Two answer spaces are given for the…

Music C1 (continued): Compare the music of bars 9-14 with bars 1-6, noting similarities and differences.

Music C1 (continued): The melody is incomplete in bars 22-23. Fill in the missing notes on the stave below. The rhythm has been given to help you.

Music C1 (continued): After bar 36, the extract continues with a new melody. Describe three ways in which the music in this new section contrasts with bars 29-36.

Music C1 (continued): Which of the following best describes this extract? [ ] March [ ] Minuet [ ] Oratorio [ ] Waltz

Music C1 (continued): When was this music written? [ ] Baroque [ ] Classical [ ] Romantic [ ] Since 1900

Section D Set Work - Beethoven: Symphony No. 5. Music D1: Look at the skeleton score in the separate insert, and read through Questions 24 to 26. What section of the movement is…

Music D1 (continued): Explain Beethoven's use of melodic material in the extract, including references to which instruments are playing.

Music D1 (continued): On the stave below, write the bracketed notes of the viola part in bars 11-12 in the treble clef.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5. Music D2: Look at the skeleton score in the separate insert, and read through Questions 27 to 30. What features of the music in bars 1-21 contribute to…

Music D2 (continued): Give the precise name of the part of the exposition heard from bar 26.

Music D2 (continued): What section of the exposition begins at bar 34?

Music D2 (continued): In which year did the first performance of this symphony take place? [ ] 1770 [ ] 1792 [ ] 1808 [ ] 1827

Section D alternative Set Work - Haydn: Trumpet Concerto. Music D3: Look at the skeleton score in the separate insert, and read through Questions 31 to 33. Explain precisely what…

Music D3 (continued): What section of the solo exposition begins in bar 24?

Music D3 (continued): What was different about the construction of the trumpet Haydn wrote this concerto for, compared with other trumpets at this time?

Haydn: Trumpet Concerto. Music D4: Look at the skeleton score in the separate insert, and read through Questions 34 to 37. What do the violas play in bars 1-8? [ ] Alberti bass […

Music D4 (continued): What section of the orchestral exposition starts in bar 27?

Music D4 (continued): On the stave below, write the two bracketed notes of the trumpet part in bar 67 at sounding pitch. The key signature has been given.

Music D4 (continued): Which trumpeter was this concerto written for?