MUSIC 2 – Elective Musicology

Low Band 4

Annotation – sample 1

Title: How is the Art Song Reflective of the Romantic Style Topic: Nineteenth Century music

This essay states its purpose and uses relevant score excerpts in the discussion. A great amount of the information is secondary source based and is used to provide context. Detailed storyline of the lied and descriptive language detract from the discussion of musical concepts. The candidate adheres to a bar-by-bar analysis that weakens the essay. However, there are many musical observations demonstrating broad analytical skills that often lack depth (as seen on page 5 with the discussion of cadence). A broad listening and reading list is included.