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Year: 2003

Concept(s): Unity, All concepts

Topic / genre: 18th Century

Composer / artist: Haydn, Joseph

Excerpt title: Piano Trio No. 18

Excerpt length: 0:50

Question:

04. Referring to the CONCEPTS of MUSIC, describe how the composer achieves UNITY in this excerpt.

Question 4

Criteria	Marks
Demonstrates focused listening through well-supported observations, including detailed descriptions of musical events, in a well structured response Describes in detail, how the composer achieves unity, and uses appropriate examples to support observations	7-8
Demonstrates careful listening and musical awareness, although descriptions of musical events may contain some inaccurate observations Describes how the composer achieves unity and gives some examples	5-6
Demonstrates some musical awareness, but often makes generalisations without providing supporting examples Describes some ways in which how the composer achieves unity	3-4
Demonstrates limited musical awareness in describing how the composer achieves unity	1-2

The better responses demonstrated:

The poorer responses demonstrated:

brevity with points often not relating to the question
lack of understanding of unity, often confusing it with unison or variety or contrast
a list of ideas with minimal or no descriptions
an inability to use terms and concepts correctly, with many irrelevant statements.

2003 Q4 - HSC Music 1 aural exam revision