ISC Class 12 Question Paper 2019 for Western Music Theory

WESTERN MUSIC
PAPER 1 (THEORY)
(Maximum fuIarks: 70)
(Time allowed: Three hours)
(Candidates are allowed additional l5 minutes for on$t reading the paper.
They must NOT start writing dtring this time.)

Answer fle questions in all, choosing two questions from Section A, twa _front Section B
and one.fiom either Section A or B.
The intended marl<s for questions or parts o.f questions' are given in brackets I J.

SECTION A
(Harmony)

Question I ll4l
Either
Complete the following melody on a sheet of manuscript paper according to the pattern
given below:

Or

Write a tune for the following words. Indicate tempo and expression marks. Every syllable
must be written under the note or notes to which it is to be sung.
I HEARD IT
I know a man ain't supposed to cry
Take a good look at these tears in my eyes
Baby, but these tears I can't hold inside
Losing you would end my life you see. (}.{orman Whitfield)

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Question 2

Either ,

Add Soprano, Alto and fenor to the following Bass line
on the manuscript paper provided.

Or
Add Alto, Tenor and Bass to the following melody:

Question 3
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Two part Harmony.
Either
Add a loWer part to the following melody:

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Or
Add a suitable upper part to the following:

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Question 4
Study the extract given below and answer the questions thar" follow:
(Keyboard Sonata-Kp.48 I by Domenico Scarlatti)

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(a)
it should be plaved, the right-hand
#f"I#li;SiflJJtlink parr orbar 2 (comprete bar)
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bar 2
bar 23

(b) Trace the key structure of
the first l6 bars by compreting
the following statements:
The extract starts in the 17l
key of with a(n) cadence in that
key in bars 7-g. In bar 9
the key is
in bars Bars l3-i4 modulate to the
key of -..--.-.--.-, and bars
the key of 15_16 to

(c)
lljiliiffiili.'#;"J:i:?:r;i-*:,:H:;:::.:l:j is unessentia, to the harmonv r3r
SECTION B
Question 5

Beethoven used the "sonata
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Form" in many of his compositions.
illustrate it by referring to Explain this form and
any;;;;";.-ent of Symphony No. 2 inDmajor.
Question 6

Explain in detail whal do you
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understand by ..Fugue,,.
musical composition from b".rr;r pr.rrde Analyse and illustrate this form
and Fugue No. 16 in G minor. of
Question 7

a short essay on schubert's
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yff "Earl Konig" bringing out the
forowing facets of the
(a) A summary of the story.
(b) The characters in the song.
(c) The accompaniment.
(d) The challenging nature of the work.
Question 8

what is meant by "cyclic form"?
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with close reference
ft.1ffi,:irt;,::[*'nk, bring ,r;;; characteristii toJilr,i,
the sonata for violin and piano
form and how it was used
in
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Question 9 Il4l
What are the instruments for which Beethoven wrote his Symphony No. 2 in D major?
Describe the second movement "Largetto" and explain the influence of "folk music" in this
section of the symphony.

Question 10 ll4l
Write short essays on any ruo of the following composers:
(a) Beethoven
(b) Bach
(c) Schubert
(d) Caesar Frank

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