IGCSE Music (0410) — May–June 2025, Paper 13

Music A1: You will hear an extract for voice and piano. The words are printed below. Read through Questions 1 to 5. 1 To wander alone when the moon faintly beaming 2 With…

Music A1 (continued): How does the music reflect that the person is walking alone in line 1?

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

Music A1 (continued): What is the texture of the piano part after the singer stops?

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 below and read through Questions 6 to 8. Name the key and cadence in bars 18-19. Key: ............…

Music A2 (continued): What instrumental family plays the melody first when the recorded extract continues (after the printed music)?

Music A2 (continued): Which of the following best describes this extract? [ ] March [ ] Minuet [ ] Oratorio [ ] Waltz

SECTION B. You will hear three extracts of music from around the world. Each extract will be played four times, with a pause between each playing. Music B1: You will hear an…

Music B1 (continued): The extract continues with a variation of the printed melody. Describe two ways in which the music changes when the extract continues.

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

Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments and voices. Read through Questions 12 to 14. Name the tuned instrument heard at the start of the extract.

Music B2 (continued): Describe the music of the extract.

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

Music B3 (World Focus: Chinese music): You will hear an extract of Guangdong music. Look at the skeleton score and read through Questions 15 to 18. The melody in bars 1-8 is…

Music B3 (continued): Comment on the scale used in the printed passage.

Music B3 (continued): What other features of this extract are typical of the start of a piece of Guangdong music?

Music B3 (continued): How has the transmission of this music changed over time?

SECTION C. You will hear one extract of music, played four times with a pause between each playing. Music C1: You will hear an extract for instruments. Look at the skeleton score,…

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. The rhythm has been given to help you.

Music C1 (continued): Describe the music that is heard after bar 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). Answer all the questions on one set work: either Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (Questions 25 to 30) or Haydn: Trumpet Concerto (Questions 31 to 38). Beethoven:…

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 10-11 in the treble clef.

Music D2 (Beethoven: Symphony No. 5): Look at the skeleton score, which you will find in the separate insert, and read through Questions 28 to 30. What features of the music in…

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?

Haydn: Trumpet Concerto. You will hear two extracts. Each extract will be played twice, with a pause between each playing. Music D3: Look at the skeleton score, which you will…

Music D3 (continued): Comment on features of the trumpet writing in bars 1-24 which were designed to display the capabilities of the instrument Haydn was writing for.

Music D3 (continued): What is played by the timpani and horns in bars 29-32? [ ] Dominant pedal [ ] First subject [ ] Tonic pedal [ ] Second subject

Music D4 (Haydn: Trumpet Concerto): Look at the skeleton score, which you will find in the separate insert, and read through Questions 34 to 38. What is the tempo marking of this…

Music D4 (continued): What instrument doubles the trumpet an octave higher in bars 3-4?

Music D4 (continued): On the stave below, write the first two notes of the trumpet part in bar 15 at sounding pitch. The key signature has been given.

Music D4 (continued): Describe the structure of this movement as a whole, and explain how the recorded extract fits into the structure.

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