Booklets for AQA GCSE Music
Area of Study 3: Traditional Music
Topics:
The Blues
African Fusion
Caribbean Fusion (Reggae)
Contemporary Latin
Contemporary Folk Music
Includes:
Information
Composition activities
Performance pieces
Practice exam questions
Wider listening checklist
19 complete individual booklets on all areas of study.
Each booklet has information and context features of each genre, composition tasks, performance pieces, practice exam style questions and a wider listening checklist.
So much core information within booklets that this could be delivered by a non-specialist!
AoS1:
The Coronation Anthems and Oratorios of Handel
Classical Music of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven
Romantic Piano Music of Chopin and Schumann
The Romantic Requiem (Verdi and Faure)
AOS2:
The Music of Broadway
Rock Music of the 70s and 80s
Film and Computer Game Music
Popular Music of the 90s to present
AOS3:
The Blues
African Fusion (Paul Simon)
Caribbean Fusion (Reggae)
Contemporary Latin Music (Santana and Buena Vista Social Club)
Contemporary Folk Music
AOS4:
The Orchestral Music of Aaron Copland
The British Music of Taverner, Arnold, Britten and Maxwell-Davies
The Hungarian Music of Kodaly and Bartok
Minimalism (Reich, Riley and Adams)
As well as revision cards of the conventions of each genre.