NOTE: These exemplars do not fully show Grade Score Marking (GSM) because of the small sample of student scripts involved, and the absence of a cut score meeting to determine grade boundaries. In 2012, level 1 2011 examination papers will have exemplars marked fully in accordance with GSM. These will be published on the NZQA website when the assessment schedules are published.

EXEMPLAR FOR ACHIEVED

© New Zealand Qualifications Authority, 2011 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the prior permission of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

Level 2 Music Studies 2.7: Demonstrate understanding of two substantial

contrasting music works

Credits: Six

Check that you have completed ALL parts of the box at the top of this page. You should answer ALL the questions in this booklet. If you need more room for any answer, use the space provided at the back of this booklet. Check that this booklet has pages 2–11 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank. YOU MUST HAND THIS BOOKLET TO YOUR TEACHER AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME.

OVERALL LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE

SAMPLE PAPER 2

This exemplar has been generated by a subject expert not a candidate.

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You are advised to spend 60 minutes answering the questions in this booklet.

QUESTION ONE: HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND / OR CULTURAL CONTEXTS Choose ONE of the works that you have studied from a musical score to answer Question One.

Title of work Madame Butterfly

Composer(s) / performer(s) Giacomo Puccini

Genre / style / period Romantic Italian Opera

(a) Outline at least FIVE significant characteristics of the genre / style / period of this type of

music.

(1) Has operative style voices.

(2) Singers accompanied by an orchestra.

(3) Has complicated harmony.

(4) Has a story and is performed in a theatre.

(5)

(b) Describe how at least THREE of these characteristics are used in the work that you have

studied. Make specific reference to the score of the work in your answers. You may wish to use the blank staves on page 3 to provide quotations from the score to illustrate your answer.

(1)

(2)

(3)

Points are very general, but contribute to a grade of A3 for Question One.

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(c) Explain in detail what makes the work you have studied a representative example of a work

of this genre / style / period. You may wish to use the blank staves below provide quotations from the score to illustrate your answer.

Written in Romantic period.

Has opera voices.

A3

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QUESTION TWO: PURPOSE AND / OR FUNCTION OF THE MUSIC Choose a different work form a musical score than the one you used in Question One to answer Question Two.

Title of work Miss Saigon

Composer(s) / performer(s) Claude-Michel Schonberg

Genre / style / period Musical theatre

(a) Outline the context that this music work is typically performed in. Consider any specific

purpose this music work has and / or how it fits into a programme of other works if it is usually performed this way.

Miss Saigon is performed in a theatre. The cast are on stage and the musicians are in

a pit.

The cast act out the story in costume.

Has many songs that tell the story.

(b) Describe what an authentic performance of this work looks like to the audience, and what the

audience would be doing during a performance of it.

(c) Explain what impact the purpose and function of this work had on the composer when they

were creating it. Provide examples from the piece to support your explanation.

A3

This is only a brief outline of the context.

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QUESTION THREE: MUSICAL ELEMENTS AND FEATURES Choose TWO works from a musical score that you have studied this year (these may be the same works that you have used in Question One and / or Question Two)

Title of work 1 Madame Butterfly

Composer(s) / performer(s) Puccini

Genre / style / period Opera

Title of work 2 Miss Saigon

Composer(s) / performer(s) Schonberg

Genre / style / period Musical theatre

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(a) Complete the table below to summarise the use of musical elements and features in BOTH works. You should provide specific examples from the score of at least ONE of the works to support your answer.

Work 1 Musical

elements and features

Work 2

Whole tone scale Elements:

eg, harmony, timbre, texture,

form. Made up of songs, duets etc.

Motif that is heard through the opera

Compositional devices:

eg, motif, riff, inversion,

fragmentation, diminution.

Sequence (ex. 1)

Performance practices:

eg, articulation, swung quavers, improvisation.

Sound production

technologies: eg, reverb,

panning, sound properties of

acoustic instruments /

taonga pūoro, electric / digital instruments.

Performed with microphones for singers

Written out in a score

Notation / transmission conventions:

eg, graphic score, figured

bass, jazz / rock chord symbols, oral narrative.

Only six elements and features are summarised for the two works. All the fields need to be filled in to earn a higher grade.

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Use the blank staves below to clearly identify the use of musical elements and features on any examples that you provide.

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(b) From the list in (a) on page 6, describe the significant differences in use of at least THREE musical elements and features between the two works. Provide an explanation of how the composers have used them differently and / or musical examples, which demonstrates the differences.

Musical element and / or feature

Explanation of the difference Musical example

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Use the blank staves below if you wish to clearly identify the use of musical elements and features on any examples that you provide.

A3vvv

NOTE: These exemplars do not fully show Grade Score Marking (GSM) because of the small sample of student scripts involved, and the absence of a cut score meeting to determine grade boundaries. In 2012, level 1 2011 examination papers will have exemplars marked fully in accordance with GSM. These will be published on the NZQA website when the assessment schedules are published.

EXEMPLAR FOR ACHIEVED

© New Zealand Qualifications Authority, 2011 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the prior permission of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

Level 2 Music Studies 2.7: Demonstrate understanding of two substantial

contrasting music works

Credits: Six

Check that you have completed ALL parts of the box at the top of this page. You should answer ALL the questions in this booklet. If you need more room for any answer, use the space provided at the back of this booklet. Check that this booklet has pages 2–11 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank. YOU MUST HAND THIS BOOKLET TO YOUR TEACHER AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME.

OVERALL LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE

SAMPLE PAPER 2

This exemplar has been generated by a subject expert not a candidate.

Music Studies 2.7

2

Assessor’s use only

You are advised to spend 60 minutes answering the questions in this booklet.

QUESTION ONE: HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND / OR CULTURAL CONTEXTS Choose ONE of the works that you have studied from a musical score to answer Question One.

Title of work Madame Butterfly

Composer(s) / performer(s) Giacomo Puccini

Genre / style / period Romantic Italian Opera

(a) Outline at least FIVE significant characteristics of the genre / style / period of this type of

music.

(1) Has a range of operatic style voices.

(2) Singers accompanied by a large orchestra.

(3) Has complex harmony.

(4) Has a story and is performed in a theatre.

(5) Composed in continuous music – not divided into musical numbers.

(b) Describe how at least THREE of these characteristics are used in the work that you have

studied. Make specific reference to the score of the work in your answers. You may wish to use the blank staves on page 3 to provide quotations from the score to illustrate your answer.

(1)

(2)

(3)

five significant characteristics are outlined, which earns a grade of A4 for Question One. Parts (b) and (c) would have to be answered to earn a higher grade for this question.

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(c) Explain in detail what makes the work you have studied a representative example of a work

of this genre / style / period. You may wish to use the blank staves below provide quotations from the score to illustrate your answer.

A4

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QUESTION TWO: PURPOSE AND / OR FUNCTION OF THE MUSIC Choose a different work form a musical score than the one you used in Question One to answer Question Two.

Title of work Miss Saigon

Composer(s) / performer(s) Claude-Michel Schonberg

Genre / style / period Musical theatre

(a) Outline the context that this music work is typically performed in. Consider any specific

purpose this music work has and / or how it fits into a programme of other works if it is usually performed this way.

Miss Saigon is performed in a large theatre. The cast are on stage and the orchestra

are in a pit. There is a story line that the cast act out and it is told through songs.

There is also dancing. The purpose of the musical is to tell the story set in the

Vietnam War.

(b) Describe what an authentic performance of this work looks like to the audience, and what the

audience would be doing during a performance of it.

(c) Explain what impact the purpose and function of this work had on the composer when they

were creating it. Provide examples from the piece to support your explanation.

A4

The context of this performance is outlined in detail earning a grade of A4 for this question, despite not answer parts (b) and (c).

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QUESTION THREE: MUSICAL ELEMENTS AND FEATURES Choose TWO works from a musical score that you have studied this year (these may be the same works that you have used in Question One and / or Question Two)

Title of work 1 Madame Butterfly

Composer(s) / performer(s) Puccini

Genre / style / period Opera

Title of work 2 Miss Saigon

Composer(s) / performer(s) Schonberg

Genre / style / period Musical theatre

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(a) Complete the table below to summarise the use of musical elements and features in BOTH works. You should provide specific examples from the score of at least ONE of the works to support your answer.

Work 1 Musical

elements and features

Work 2

Complex modulations Whole tone scale

Elements: eg, harmony,

timbre, texture, form.

Made up of songs, duets etc.

Motif that is heard through the opera (ex. 1)

Compositional devices:

eg, motif, riff, inversion,

fragmentation, diminution.

Sequence Repetition

Performance practices:

eg, articulation, swung quavers, improvisation.

Sound production

technologies: eg, reverb,

panning, sound properties of

acoustic instruments /

taonga pūoro, electric / digital instruments.

Performed with microphones for singers

Written out in a score

Notation / transmission conventions:

eg, graphic score, figured

bass, jazz / rock chord symbols, oral narrative.

The answers and example for this part are enough to earn an A3 grade for this question.

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Use the blank staves below to clearly identify the use of musical elements and features on any examples that you provide.

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(b) From the list in (a) on page 6, describe the significant differences in use of at least THREE musical elements and features between the two works. Provide an explanation of how the composers have used them differently and / or musical examples, which demonstrates the differences.

Musical element and / or feature

Explanation of the difference Musical example

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Use the blank staves below if you wish to clearly identify the use of musical elements and features on any examples that you provide.

A3vvv