Write your name here Surname Other names Centre Number Candidate Number Edexcel GCE Music Advanced Unit 6: Further Musical Understanding MOCK PAPER 1 – JUNE :2013 Time: 2 hours plus 5 minutes reading time (Candidates should be given the reading time at the start of the examination‚ after which the CD should be started) You must have: CD‚ CD player‚ an unmarked copy of the New Anthology of Music and the Skeleton Score Booklet for Question 2 Paper Reference 6MU06/01
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His music was mostly for the piano. The pieces he wrote during this time were Symphony #1 in C (1800s). Moonlight Sonata in C# (1801)‚ which was his first most famous piece which started to popularize him. 1802 was a very sad year for Beethoven because he learned that he would become deaf so he suffered severe depression. His ability to compose was not affected by his
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several piano pieces in a variety of works. These pieces were intended to be played my himself or his sister. Mozart wrote twenty piano pieces between the years of 1782 and 1786. He continued writing many other types of music including; violin sonatas‚ string duets and trios‚ string quartets‚ piano trios‚ chamber music‚ serenades‚ divertimenti’s‚ and opera’s. Mozart also wrote several pieces for masses. These masses were mostly vocal‚ but there are some pieces intended for
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Carrie Hawkins Dr. Wolinski MUS 327-003 2 March 2016 Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Johannes Brahms born on May 7‚ 1833 was a talented German composer who was known for writing out there and sometimes controversial pieces of music. Some would also consider his writing habits were too out of the ordinary. For example‚ Brahms liked to write his symphonies or whatever he would be working on during the warmer months like in the spring and summer time. Then he would spend the cooler months going out
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titles. The first movement is titled; Awakening of Cheerful Feelings on Arriving in the Country‚ ’Allegro ma non troppo ’ and begins with an opening drone. The piece has a very quick‚ but somehow leisurely pace that repeats itself in a typical sonata form. Themes emerge‚ but do not seem to be in conflict as in other symphonies‚ there is a lack of noticeable tension. Imagine a forest‚ with the sounds of nature in perfect harmony‚ the winds rustling through the trees and birds chirping and singing
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string quartets‚ serenades‚ and sonatas‚ as well as his five violin concertos‚ and his Piano Concerto in E-flat K.271‚ which is regarded as one of the finest of the genre. It was during this time that Mozart’s Symphonies began to more frequently include Trumpet and Timpani‚ and further expanded his parts to include more than two of like instruments. As seen in Figure 3 from his Symphony No. 25 in G minor K. 183‚ Mozart began expanding from the more traditional two horns to what is now the standard four
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23‚ 2013 Live Performance Review’s This review consists of my opinion on three music videos from three different genres of music. I have chosen the following videos to do my review on: 1. Classical: Lang Lang performs Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.23 (‘Appassionata’)‚ third movement. 2. Jazz: Glen Miller Orchestra performing In the Mood. 3. Modern: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (members of Led Zepplin) playing Kasmir. This assignment took on a broader meaning then just critiquing music
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As mentioned above the style of this piece is romantic‚ so lets the listener in a pleasant atmosphere and passes a happy feeling. The instruments participating in this piece are as follows: orchestra - 2 flutes‚ 2 oboes‚ 2 clarinets‚ 2 bassoons‚ 4 horns‚ 2 trumpets‚ tuba‚ timpani‚ strings and solo – piano. The three movements that contains is: 1) Allegro maestoso‚ 2) Romance – Larghetto‚ 3) Rondo – Vivace. In the first movement‚ the exposition
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Shakespeare’s Plays ⁃ Nationalism is a great influence • Orchestra was larger • Up to 100 musicians • Brass section became more powerful with the addition of the trombones‚ tubas more horns and trumpets. • In the woodwind section the addition of the contrabassoon‚ bass clarinet‚ English horn and piccolo as regular members of the orchestra • Cymbals‚ triangle and harp were often used to create more brilliant and sensuous sounds • Composers ⁃ were no longer employed by Aristocrats
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terms of structure‚ each has its own distinctions in terms of its mood‚ melody‚ and rhythm. Analyzing the structure of “Symphony No. 5” and “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” can reveal the similarities of the two pieces. As both pieces are composed in a sonata-allegro form‚ they are divided into three main sections: the exposition‚ the development‚ and the recapitulation. Both works begin with an exposition‚ a major theme that will be prevalent throughout the song. The exposition is followed by a second
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