Edexcel Music A level: Stravinsky Day
June 2024 Exam Questions and Answers
100% Pass
Who choreographed the Rite of Spring? - Answer>>Nijinsky
Outline the figure numbers for each piece. - Answer>>-
Introduction: 0-13
- Les augures printaniers: 13-37
- Jeu de rapt: 37-48
Describe the melody in the Introduction. - Answer>>- High
bassoon, hextatonic and aeolian mode. Replicates a Lithuanian
duda pipe.
- Angular melodies found in the oboe and piccolo clarinet; figures
9-10 with use of 4ths and 5ths.
- The opening bassoon melody returns again at fig. 12 a semitone
lower than the original. Cyclical.
Wider listening in relation to the opening bassoon solo? -
Answer>>Sorochinsky Fair by Mussorgsky
What is the bassoon melody based on? - Answer>>Lithuanian
wedding song (no.157 from Juszkiewicz's collection).
Contrasting ballet of the same period. - Answer>>Romeo and
Juliet, Prokofiev.
Other Stravinsky works. - Answer>>Firebird.
Describe the melody in Les augures printemps. - Answer>>-
Distinct folk-like melody explored at fig. 25 in the solo horn in C
mixolydian mode, which further represents the pagan russian
landscape. Hunting feel.
June 2024 Exam Questions and Answers
100% Pass
Who choreographed the Rite of Spring? - Answer>>Nijinsky
Outline the figure numbers for each piece. - Answer>>-
Introduction: 0-13
- Les augures printaniers: 13-37
- Jeu de rapt: 37-48
Describe the melody in the Introduction. - Answer>>- High
bassoon, hextatonic and aeolian mode. Replicates a Lithuanian
duda pipe.
- Angular melodies found in the oboe and piccolo clarinet; figures
9-10 with use of 4ths and 5ths.
- The opening bassoon melody returns again at fig. 12 a semitone
lower than the original. Cyclical.
Wider listening in relation to the opening bassoon solo? -
Answer>>Sorochinsky Fair by Mussorgsky
What is the bassoon melody based on? - Answer>>Lithuanian
wedding song (no.157 from Juszkiewicz's collection).
Contrasting ballet of the same period. - Answer>>Romeo and
Juliet, Prokofiev.
Other Stravinsky works. - Answer>>Firebird.
Describe the melody in Les augures printemps. - Answer>>-
Distinct folk-like melody explored at fig. 25 in the solo horn in C
mixolydian mode, which further represents the pagan russian
landscape. Hunting feel.
