Edexcel A Level Music Vaughan Williams
-June 2024 Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
What did Vaughan Williams want to replace in his music? -
Answer>>German Romanticism
What were the genres Williams took inspiration from? -
Answer>>English folk song (he was a nationalist boi) - modality,
False relations, Some vocal melodies resemble folk songs.
The English Choral Tradition, especially Tudor - e.g. Thomas
Tallis, William Byrd. - also modal. - student of Stanford and Parry.
French Impressionism - studied under Ravel for a while - tremolo
strings, parallel harmonies, bell like piano.
Holst and him had a close musical relationship, Holst wrote a lot
of programmatic music which may have influenced Williams.
When was On Wenlock Edge written? - Answer>>1909
What is the structure of On Wenlock Edge? - Answer>>AABB
A/B (last verse combines A and B elements).
What is the structure of Is My Team Ploughing? -
Answer>>Vaughan Williams omits the third and fourth verses of
Housman's poem. The structure of the song is modified strophic
with three pairs of verses:
1. AB
2. AB
-June 2024 Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
What did Vaughan Williams want to replace in his music? -
Answer>>German Romanticism
What were the genres Williams took inspiration from? -
Answer>>English folk song (he was a nationalist boi) - modality,
False relations, Some vocal melodies resemble folk songs.
The English Choral Tradition, especially Tudor - e.g. Thomas
Tallis, William Byrd. - also modal. - student of Stanford and Parry.
French Impressionism - studied under Ravel for a while - tremolo
strings, parallel harmonies, bell like piano.
Holst and him had a close musical relationship, Holst wrote a lot
of programmatic music which may have influenced Williams.
When was On Wenlock Edge written? - Answer>>1909
What is the structure of On Wenlock Edge? - Answer>>AABB
A/B (last verse combines A and B elements).
What is the structure of Is My Team Ploughing? -
Answer>>Vaughan Williams omits the third and fourth verses of
Housman's poem. The structure of the song is modified strophic
with three pairs of verses:
1. AB
2. AB
