Included:
Vivaldi - Concerto in Dm
Schuman - Piano Trio in Gm
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
For each set work:
8 pieces of further listening
Five features of each further listening piece that relate to the set work
4 works composed before or around the set work’s composition
4 works composed after the set work’s composition
Edexcel A Level Music Revision:
8 pieces of further listening for Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Five features of each further listening piece that relate to the set work
4 works composed before or around the set work’s composition
4 works composed after the set work’s composition
Edexcel A Level Music Revision:
8 pieces of further listening for Clara Schumann - Piano Trio in Gm
Five features of each further listening piece that relate to the set work
4 works composed before or around the set work’s composition
4 works composed after the set work’s composition
Included:
Debussy - Les Estampes
Familia Valera Miranda - Caña Quema
Anoushka Shankar - Breathing Underwater
For each set work:
8 pieces of further listening
Five features of each further listening piece that relate to the set work
4 works composed before or around the set work’s composition
4 works composed after the set work’s composition
Edexcel A Level Music Revision:
8 pieces of further listening for Vivaldi - Concerto in Dm
Five features of each further listening piece that relate to the set work
4 works composed before or around the set work’s composition
4 works composed after the set work’s composition
Edexcel A Level Music Revision:
8 pieces of further listening for Anoushka Shankar - Breathing Underwater
Five features of each further listening piece that relate to the set work
4 works composed before or around the set work’s composition
4 works composed after the set work’s composition
Edexcel A Level Music Revision:
8 pieces of further listening for Familia Valera Miranda - Caña Quema
Five features of each further listening piece that relate to the set work
4 works composed before or around the set work’s composition
4 works composed after the set work’s composition
Edexcel A Level Music Revision:
8 pieces of further listening for Debussy - Les Estampes
Five features of each further listening piece that relate to the set work
4 works composed before or around the set work’s composition
4 works composed after the set work’s composition
Included:
Danny Elfman - Batman Returns
Bernard Herrmann - Psycho
Rachel Portman - The Duchess
For each set work:
8 pieces of further listening
Five features of each further listening piece that relate to the set work
4 works composed before or around the set work’s composition
4 works composed after the set work’s composition
Edexcel A Level Music Revision:
8 pieces of further listening for Rachel Portman - The Duchess
Five features of each further listening piece that relate to the set work
4 works composed before or around the set work’s composition
4 works composed after the set work’s composition
Edexcel A Level Music Revision:
8 pieces of further listening for Bernard Herrmann - Psycho
Five features of each further listening piece that relate to the set work
4 works composed before or around the set work’s composition
4 works composed after the set work’s composition
Edexcel A Level Music Revision:
8 pieces of further listening for Danny Elfman - Batman Returns
Five features of each further listening piece that relate to the set work
4 works composed before or around the set work’s composition
4 works composed after the set work’s composition
A detailed list of musical terminology, no definitions, for 10 musical elements. Suitable for GCSE and A Level Music students.
Elements included:
Melody
Vocal style
Texture
Harmony
Tonality
Word setting
Form and structure
Dynamics
Rhythm, metre and tempo
Sonority
Lists of 8 further listening works for each of the 18 Pearson Edexcel A Level Music set works.
For each one, 4 are from before the set work was published, and 4 from after.
Notes on the key features of 17 specific eras and genres of music. Related specifically to the set works on the Pearson Edexcel syllabus but useful to any board.
Eras/genres covered:
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Impressionist
Cuban
Indian classical
Gamelan
Suspense films
Jazz
Funk
African tradition
Popular music
20th Century classical
Experimental
Folk
Musique concrète
Spectralism
Exam strategies for the written paper for the Pearson Edexcel AS and A Level Music syllabus.
Includes advice in regards to:
Listening questions
Questions about specific musical elements
Dictation
Question 5: Previously unheard piece essay
Question 6: Set work essay
2x A5 pages