[Listening extract, audio available printed QP. Read questions below.] (a) What are the four instruments that make up a string quartet. [1] (b) Which compos...
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[Listening extract, audio available printed QP. Read questions below.]
(a) What are the four instruments that make up a string quartet. [1]
(b) Which composer is regarded as the 'father of the string quartet'? [1]
[Total: 2 marks]
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(a) The four instruments that make up a string quartet are: two violins, viola, and cello. [1] All four instruments must be named correctly for the mark. The string quartet is one of the most important chamber music ensembles of the Classical period. The first violin typically carries the melody, the second violin provides harmonic support and sometimes a secondary melody, the viola fills in the middle register, and the cello provides the bass line.
(b) The composer regarded as the 'father of the string quartet' is Haydn. [1] Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) composed 68 string quartets over his career, establishing and refining the genre's four-movement structure and the equal partnership between the four instruments. His quartets set the standard that Mozart, Beethoven, and later composers followed.
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