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Quick questions on Into the Twenty-first Century area of study: contemporary music and set works - WJEC A-Level Music
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Ades builds energy from rhythm, layering and colour rather than from tonal argument. In Ecstasio the music pulses like a dance floor: ostinati pile up in shifting metres, cross-rhythms drive against one another, and a large orchestra is deployed for sheer kinetic colour, with extended techniques adding edge to the sound. The harmony is eclectic, dissonant clusters rubbing against fleeting tonal references, and the effect comes from accumulation and momentum, layers added and stripped away, rather than from cadences and keys.
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Name two contemporary rhythmic features you might hear in this area of study. [2 marks]
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How does the harmony of this music differ from Classical tonality? [2 marks]
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Analyse the contemporary features of a set work, with reference to rhythm, harmony, texture and instrumentation. [20 marks]
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