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What are the key features of Minimalist music?

Minimalist music is a style of composition developed in the 1960s in the USA, as a rejection of the atonal style of other experimental composers of the time. The most important composers of this style were T...
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Answered by William H. • Music tutor
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What should we listen out for in the unheard piece in the exam?

For the unheard essay question, you must try and repeat the unknown piece to one of your set works. The question will already outline certain categories to listen out for such as melody, harmony and texture ...
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Describe how to identify a Classical symphony and elaborate on a key musical form of the period.

The typical classical symphony can be identified through its use of standard forms and relatively simple methods of construction compared to later Romantic music. Broadly speaking, a typical classical sympho...
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Discuss how changing perceptions of early music (mediaeval to Baroque) has informed the evolution of present-day performance and reception

Recording and broadcasting technological progress during the twentieth century has allowed many more people to hear differing performances of all kinds of music, amongst them 'early music'. Though such music...
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In a Bach chorale, how do I know which type of perfect cadence to use?

In Bach chorales, most perfect cadences will follow the same patterns so it's actually a lot less complicated than it first appears! Firstly, we will look at the most common progressions for a perfect cadenc...
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