How have composers manipulated the concepts of music to achieve unity in their works?

In your answer refer to significant compositions that you have studied in your Higher School Certificate course.

Discuss how the concepts of tone colour and texture have been manipulated by composers in two or more works you have studied. One work should come from the Mandatory Topic Music of the last 25 years (Australian Focus) AND one work from the Additional Topic. Use musical quotes where appropriate to support your answer. Choose any TWO concepts of music and compare their treatment in TWO or more works you have studied from both the Mandatory and the Additional Topics. Choose at least ONE work from the Mandatory Topic and at least ONE work from the Additional Topic and name these works. What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music. PHILIP GLASS To what extent does this statement apply to ONE work from the Additional Topic and at least ONE work from the Mandatory Topic that you have studied? Refer to specific musical examples to support your answer. How have composers used pitch in at least THREE works from the Mandatory Topic Music of the last 25 Years (Australian focus)? Composers both break with and maintain musical conventions in their work. With reference to specific concepts of music, critically examine this statement in relation to at least TWO works you have studied from the Mandatory Topic Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus). Music starts with an idea, but it is the development of the idea that sustains interest. Discuss this statement in relation to works you have studied from the Mandatory Topic Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus), and/or the Additional Topic.