MEMORANDUM
GRADE 10 HISTORY OF MUSIC EXAM {75 marks}
4 June 2015
1 ½ Hours
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QUESTION 1:
Concerto Grosso & Instrumental Music [10]
QUESTION 2:
Cantata & Mass [15]
QUESTION 3:
Fugue [15]
QUESTION 4:
Classification of Instruments [5]
QUESTION 5:
Rock & Roll [10]
QUESTION 6:
Beatles [10]
QUESTION 7:
Listening Test [10]
TOTAL MARKS
75
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QUESTION 1: Concerto Grosso & Instrumental Music [10]
1.1
What are the two contrasting groups of instruments in the Baroque concerto grosso? [2]
 ANSWER: “concertino” and the “ripieno” or “tutti”.
1.2
For the most part, solo concertos were in three movements: what were they? [3]
 ANSWER: Quick – Slow – Quick
1.3
Which movements were in ritornello form? [1]
 ANSWER: The quick movements
1.4
Describe ritornello form. [2]
 ANSWER: A theme is played at the beginning and the end, in full, and then parts thereof are
played after each of the solo sections.
1.5
Who wrote a solo violin piece called “Caprice No. 24” [1]
 ANSWER: Paganini
1.6
Who wrote “Variations”, based on the theme from Caprice No. 24? [1]
 ANSWER: Andrew Lloyd Webber
QUESTION 2: Cantata & Mass [15]
2.1
Cantatas are not that different from oratorios – what are they scored for? [3]
 ANSWER: soloists, chorus and orchestra.
2.2
What is a German Hymn Tune called, in the context of a Cantata? [2]
 ANSWER: Lutheran Chorale
2.3
Sacred cantatas were performed within a church service – for what occasions were secular
cantatas performed? [1]
 ANSWER: festive occasions or parties (hosted by nobility).
2.4
Put the following movements of the Mass in the correct order: [4]
Credo; Benedictus; Kyrie; Sanctus; Agnus Dei; Gloria
 ANSWER: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei
2.5
Which of the movements above is not in Latin? [1]
 ANSWER: the Kyrie
2.6
What language is the movement (Qu 2.5) in? [1]
 ANSWER: Greek
2.7
Name a Mass by JS Bach written in the “modern style”. [2]
 ANSWER: Mass in B Minor
2.8
In which century was this Mass (6.1) performed in its entirety [1]
 ANSWER: 19th Century
QUESTION 3: Fugue [15]
The Exposition of a Fugue consists of Subjects, Answers, Counter-Subjects and Free Material:
complete the grid below of a typical exposition of a 4-part fugue (the first “subject” and
“answer” are given). [8]
1st Voice
Subject
2nd Voice
Answer
3rd Voice
4th Voice
Link - modulates
back to tonic key
3.1
1st Voice
2nd Voice
Subject
Counter-subject
Answer
3rd Voice
4th Voice
3.2
Link - modulates
back to tonic key
 ANSWER:
Free Material
Free Material
Counter-subject
Free Material
Subject
Counter-subject
Answer
One of the compositional techniques in fugal writing is “diminution”, when the subject is be
played with the note values all being halved (e.g. all crotchets become quavers, all quavers
become semi-quavers). Name three other techniques. [3]
 ANSWER: inversion, augmentation; retrograde
3.3
JS Bach composed a set of pieces "for the profit and use of musical youth desirous of learning,
and especially for the pastime of those already skilled in this study”. What is this set called? [2]
 ANSWER: “Preludes and Fugues in all 24 Major and Minor keys” or “24 Preludes and Fugues” or
“48 Preludes and Fugues”
3.4
Circle the alto entry in Bach’s Fugue in C Minor [2]
 ANSWER:
QUESTION 4: Classification of Instruments [5]
Give an example of each of the 5 classifications below:
4.1
Chordophones
 ANSWER: guitar, banjo, lute, strings, harpsichord, clavichord, lyre, harp.
4.2
Idiophones
 ANSWER: tubular bells , xylophones, castanets, gongs, steel pans and chimes
4.3
Aerophones
 ANSWER: woodwind or brass
4.4
Membranophones
 ANSWER: drums
4.5
Electrophones
 ANSWER: electric keyboard, electric guitar
QUESTION 5: Rock & Roll [10]
5.1
Name four rock ‘n roll musicians from the 1950s [4]
 ANSWER: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly etc.
5.2
What were the two main genres that contributed to the birth of rock ‘n roll? [2]
 ANSWER: Blues and Country & Western music
5.3
Who was the radio host who help to popularize rock ‘n roll [1]
 ANSWER: Alan Freed
5.4
What is Doo Wop? [3]
 ANSWER: close-harmony vocal groups; simple music and lyrics with backing harmonies to nonsense
syllables; accompanied by limited instrumentation
QUESTION 6:
6.1
Beatles [10]
How many chords does Lennon use in the introduction of, I am the Walrus? [1]
 ANSWER: 16
6.2
In which Beatles song is the Dorian Mode used? [1]
 ANSWER: Eleanor Rigby
6.3
What unusual cadence is used in She is Leaving Home and, And I love you? [1]
 ANSWER: Plagal
6.4
Who is the missing member of the Beatles? George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney [1]
 ANSWER: Ringo Starr
6.5
What is interesting about the introduction of, Yesterday? [1]
 ANSWER: It is a repeated open fifth (which makes the key sound ambiguous, as it is neither
minor nor major).
6.6
Phrase bars 3-17 of Yesterday (see attached extract) [3]
QUESTION 7: Listening Test (2 marks each) [10]
Listen to the extract and choose from the two options provided.
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
Vivaldi
Doo Wop
Beatles
Electrophone
Membranophone
Bach
Rockabilly
Bill Haley and His Comets
Chordophone
Idiophone
 ANSWER:
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
Vivaldi
Doo Wop {Blue Moon}
Beatles {She Loves Me}
Electrophone {Keyboard-A Different Corner}
Membranophone
Bach {Brandenburg Concerto No.2}
Rockabilly
Bill Haley and His Comets
Chordophone
Idiophone {Japanese gong and chimes}
7.1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HSRIDtwsfM
7.2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0fy1HeJv80
7.3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0YifXhm-Zc
7.4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPWHkK-_a_A
7.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Jsojw5leM