GCSE Music Specimen Assessment Materials For first teaching from September 2009 For first award in Summer 2011 Subject Code: 7010 Foreword The awarding bodies have prepared new specifications to comply with revised GCSE criteria. The specimen assessment material accompanying new specifications are provided to give centres guidance on the structure and character of the planned assessments in advance of the first assessment. It is intended that the specimen assessment materials contained in this
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identify major works as listed in the book for each and notable innovations (i.e.- Bach was considered a master of the cantata form‚ Hildegard von Bingen wrote chant music) * Hildegard von Bingen- medieval/ O successors/ first woman composer * Mozart- Classical/ Don Giovanni/ He wrote masterpieces in his time * Beethoven- classical/ Symphony no. 5/ influenced composers throughout the 19th century * Vivaldi- baroque/ The Four Seasons/ he was a violin teacher for a school for orphaned or
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lessons at the age of 5. By the time he was 8 he knew all of the notes ‚just as well as his teacher did. When he was 14 his mom had died‚ his mother’s death caused him to turn more towards music. He enjoyed composers such as Rossini‚ Bellini‚ Verdi ‚ and Mozart. Tchaikovsky was removed from the Ministry of Justice‚ where he worked
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The voice of the Chorus in Otello Even though he wanted to have an opera with no chorus‚ later on‚ Verdi himself considered this idea ‘crazy’. We would have not missed much of the plot without a chorus‚ but we would have definitely missed much of the artistic colour. There are four main Chorus parts in Otello‚ but there are also a few incidental entries. When writing the opera‚ Verdi had in mind the singers from La Scala‚ in Milan. The Chorus numbered 104 voices – 64 men and 40 women‚ to which
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Ingram Presented to: Ma’am Chesyl Momin Date: February 9‚ 2012 The Classical Era spanned roughly 80 years in music history and gave us 3 of the most famous composers of all time: Mozart‚ Beethoven and Haydn. The classical era spans roughly 80 years in music history during the 18th and 19th centuries and is often associated with the movement called the Age of Reason. It is defined by a return to symmetry and simplicity not only in
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and such kind of music as English madrigal. In Classical period musicians moved away from Baroque and Rococo styles to new tuneful and elegant music. Vienna – the centre. New styles of dancing: minuet‚ gavotte. + serenades‚ divertimenti. Names – Mozart‚ Beethoven< Schubert. Composers of the Romantic Era broke new musical ground by adding
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The orchestra as we know it now did not exist before the 17th century. At the start of this century the orchestra was just beginning and developing on from the renaissance era where orchestras had only just began to be used rarely and only in tiny groups‚ with a small range of instruments. The main factors influencing this development include: instrumental technology‚ different classes of the public‚ playing techniques‚ economics‚ the role of music directors and changes in musical tastes. The
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Up from the murky depths of the Middle Ages crept a devastatingly horrific and terrifying disease. Responsible for the deaths of millions‚ this disease‚ or plague was known as the Black Death. Although there is no certainty as to the location where the plague originated from‚ it is known that its deadly bacteria came from the foul belly of a single flea. When the Black Death began to take hold‚ unimaginable fear‚ panic and chaos swept through the hearts of Europe’s people; the rich and the poor alike
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Wagner was not a musical child prodigy like Mozart in fact he was discouraged to pursue music‚ “His Latin tutor gave him some piano lessons‚ but predicted that musically he would come to nothing." (Music With Ease). He and Berlioz were not the norm for composers of that time period as both of them
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In the film Amadeus‚ we can notice in many scenes that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts’ personality is a bit humorous and giggly. Mozart acted like a child during his whole life. He always had a spending problem‚ he would use his earnings to buy alcohol and be with women. Wolfgang also loved to pull pranks on his friends‚ and‚ in short‚ have a good time. He loved fashion and dancing. Mozart also often burst into fits of anger if something upset him. For example‚ when speaking to higher ups‚ such as‚ Emperor
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