Music A Level Exam Preparation Questions and Answers

Bach cantata key for all movs D major (hymn tune) Bach - modulations in mov 1 In bars 60-70 related keys Emin, Bmin, Fsharpmin then bar 90 A maj Bach - mov 2 modulations A major bar 27 and B minor bar 46 Bach - mov 8 tonality Provides insights to bachs ingenious handling of a theme that could have been largely harmonised in D, e.g. Perfect cadence in A maj bars 5 and 9, imperfect cadence in E minor Bach extra listening 1) Wachet Auf - fugal texture for most voices and the chorale highlighted in another part 2) Canon often used to convey a strongly important idea e.g the canon in the Creed of the B minor mass 3) fugue used by other baroque composers e.g Handel's Messiah "and with his stripes" but the simultaneous use of canon in the Bach cantata is unusual Schumann - What type of music is the piano trio A romantic chamber work Schumann - Who popularised the piano trio Haydn Schumann - Other composers who took up the piano trio Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Shostakovich Schumann - Other 19th century female composers Fanny Mendelssohn, Maria Szymanowska Schumann - What is the structure? Sonata From (Exposition: sub1, bridge, sub2, codetta - Development: based on sub 1 - Recapitualtion: sub1, bridge, sub2, coda) Schumann - Key of the piece Gminor Schumann - key modulations Exposition: sub1: Gmin, sub2:Bflat maj (relative major), Codetta: transitions back to Gmin Development: Cmin, Eflat maj, Fmin, Cmin, Gmin Recapitulation: sub1: Gmin, sub2: Gmaj (tonic major) coda: Gmin