The article makes several references to subscribers and patrons showing that the type of people to buy this

magazine are the type of peop

The audience for this

magazine is people that
are adult and have a
high level of education.
Words such as
adversity show this as
the magazine expects
the reader to be able to
read this word in the
flow of the text rather
than stopping to think of
the meaning.

The article does not use first

tense. There is no use of I in it,
the text is in 3rd tense

The tone of the text

is formal. It uses no
controversial words
which is typical of
this style as adults
do not tend to read
the types of
magazines that do
which this style of
music.

The text is about a

conductor who has
died. It has an
element of
expecting the
reader to know who
he is but does give
some information
in the form of
praise/ respect for
him to give the

The language used in

this article has specific
terms that would be
known only to those who
buy the magazine often
or are involved with this
genre of music. Words
such as maestro and
virtuosity show this as
well as showing the age
of the audience. This
shows the age, as the
words themselves
require an amount of
experience to be able to
read them smoothly
through a text. Also the
words show that the
education level of the
average reader is high
enough to be able to
understand the meaning
whilst reading a block of

The tone of the language in this article is formal.

There is no use of any controversial language and
the use of music terms show that the article is well
articulated and educated. The tone also shows that
the magazine would not be for typical teenagers or
tweens as they are looking for more a more
informal tone along with controversial and/or

The article refers to a place, which it

thinks its audience will know about. It
does give some explanation to the place
however only the parts that are relevant
to the article, the rest isnt mentioned as
they o presume the audience will know
the rest of it and so the explanation is
more of a way to get the audience to
focus on a particular part of the place
straight away rather than them having to
take the time to figure out what part they

The article doesnt go on a

ramble about the person the
article is about. It sticks to the
point, providing information and
personal opinion of the person in
question and so doesnt reveal
anything more than what is
needed. This means that the
language does not have any juicy
gossip which the audience of this
magazine would appreciate as
they are here to learn more about
the music, how the person is
good at what they play and what
sort of brand of instruments the
person uses/ likes so that they

The article starts with a drop cap.

This means that the reader can
find the start of the text without
being confused by the other
columns of text. For this audience
they are fine with this amount
text so there are several columns
of text which is why the drop cap