Maestro Notes
Introduction
Maestro was the first novel published by Peter Goldsworthy in 1989. Goldsworthy grew up in various areas of Australia completing his secondary education in Darwin. He graduated in Medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1974. Goldsworthy has been awarded various awards in literature and stage craft and has composed not only in the prose form but also in the poetic form and as a music composer for the stage.
Syllabus Requirements
The HSC syllabus [pic], texts prescription list [pic] and rubric [pic] require you to engage with a number of aspects in this module. These are: • develop an awareness of language to understand how our perceptions of and relationships with others and the world are shaped in written, spoken and visual language • explore the ways the images we see and/or visualise in texts are created • consider how the forms and language of different texts affect interpretation and shape meaning • organise, develop and express your ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form.
Structure
Keller’s approach to teaching Paul is tightly structured. “You will learn each note by next week. Then I will teach you to fit them together. I will teach you the music.” Paul’s learning experience about life is much like this because he sees the parts individually but takes a considerable time to put them altogether. The structure of the novel parallels this approach as, like Paul, we learn about the characters, particularly Keller, in pieces and are only able to build the complete picture at the end.
Goldsworthy provides a table of contents with the sections of the novel labelled. The second section is called ‘Intermezzo’ which is a short piece of music that is performed between longer movements of an extended musical composition, usually for solo piano. While this introduces the idea of music within the table of contents the other sections are time and place based.
Language features
Some language
Maestro was the first novel published by Peter Goldsworthy in 1989. Goldsworthy grew up in various areas of Australia completing his secondary education in Darwin. He graduated in Medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1974. Goldsworthy has been awarded various awards in literature and stage craft and has composed not only in the prose form but also in the poetic form and as a music composer for the stage.
Syllabus Requirements
The HSC syllabus [pic], texts prescription list [pic] and rubric [pic] require you to engage with a number of aspects in this module. These are: • develop an awareness of language to understand how our perceptions of and relationships with others and the world are shaped in written, spoken and visual language • explore the ways the images we see and/or visualise in texts are created • consider how the forms and language of different texts affect interpretation and shape meaning • organise, develop and express your ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form.
Structure
Keller’s approach to teaching Paul is tightly structured. “You will learn each note by next week. Then I will teach you to fit them together. I will teach you the music.” Paul’s learning experience about life is much like this because he sees the parts individually but takes a considerable time to put them altogether. The structure of the novel parallels this approach as, like Paul, we learn about the characters, particularly Keller, in pieces and are only able to build the complete picture at the end.
Goldsworthy provides a table of contents with the sections of the novel labelled. The second section is called ‘Intermezzo’ which is a short piece of music that is performed between longer movements of an extended musical composition, usually for solo piano. While this introduces the idea of music within the table of contents the other sections are time and place based.
Language features
Some language