Le Sacre du Printemps

Question 1

Wide range of dynamics

Answer 1

On the Waterfront

(Bernstein)

Question 2

Cross rhythms

Answer 2

The Hunt

(Goldsmith)

Question 3

Polyrhythms

Question 4

Sextuplets, triplets, septuplets

Answer 4

Le Marteau sans Maitre

(Boulez)

Question 5

Time signature subdivision

Answer 5

Primitive, tribal drumming (African Ghana tribe)

Question 6

Dramatic rests

Question 7

Homorhythm

Question 8

Syncopation

Question 9

Accents on weak beats

Question 10

Rhythmic ostinatos

Question 11

Weak down beats

Question 12

Metric displacement

Question 13

Rhythmic freedom

Answer 13

Concerto for Orchestra

(Bartok)

Question 14

Lombardic

AO4: Folk music

Question 15

Time signature changes

Question 16

Organised in blocks

Answer 16

Symphony of Psalms

(Stravinsky)

Question 17

No structural link with tonality

AO4: employs serialism and atonal techniques

Answer 17

Le Marteau sans maitre

(Boulez)

Question 18

Lack of clear melody

Answer 18

Atmospheres

(Ligeti)

Question 19

Use of leitmotif is a characteristic of Wagnerian opera

Answer 19

Jaws

(Williams)

Question 20

Simple folk-like melodies with narrow ranges

Question 21

Modal melodies

Question 22

Folk Book 57

Answer 22

Anton Jusweitzig

Question 23

Hunting call in brass

Question 24

Scurrying of ladies in woodwind

Question 25

Interval expansion from 3rds and 4ths (mvt 1)

Answer 25

Rite of Passage (Carter)

Question 26

Growing intervals

Question 27

Lyrical contrast with fragmented and disjointed melodies

Question 28

Short motifs are repeated

Question 29

Chromatic scalic passages

Answer 29

Piano Sonata n.7 in Bb major (Prokofiev)

Question 30

Ornamentation

Question 31

Pagan Lithuanian folk melodies

Answer 31

Scythian Suite (Prokofiev)

Question 32

Bassoon heavily relies on intervals of 3rds (Triadic) Mention 2 WL

Answer 32

Appalachian Spring (Copland) The Unanswered Question (Ives)

Question 33

Extreme pitch range

Answer 33

Ionisation (Varese)

Question 34

Pentatonic and hexatonic scales

Answer 34

Voiles (Debussy)

Question 35

Trill motif

Answer 35

The Firebird Suite (Stravinsky)