PREPARATION FOR AQA A LEVEL MUSIC: Create a YouTube playlist for each area of study which includes the suggested listening and some of your own choices. Email me the link to the youtube playlists. Baroque solo concerto Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro Romantic piano music Pop music Jazz music Create a timeline with composers, dates, genres Read a book (s) about the history of music focus on the relevant periods/genres. – Suggest you visit Carlisle library a book – good start would be Jon Paxman’s Music 1600-2000: A be bought of amazon for £14. ‘Classical Chronology’ or this can and of Watch ‘Amadeus’ ‘Marriage Figaro’ Read through the vocab list and highlight any words you the don’t understand. Learn words you already know. don’t Listen to all of the pieces on the listening lists and be able to spot which one is which. Create a page of information, relevant facts, typical features of that composer, dates, country, contemporary composers for each composer you will study (17 composers) and a page on each style/period. This information will be the first page in your folder and will provide you with the basic background you need.
PREPARATION FOR AQA A LEVEL MUSIC: Create a YouTube playlist for each area of study which includes the suggested listening and some of your own choices. Email me the link to the youtube playlists. Baroque solo concerto Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro Romantic piano music Pop music Jazz music Create a timeline with composers, dates, genres Read a book (s) about the history of music – focus on the relevant periods/genres. Suggest you visit Carlisle library – a good start would be Jon Paxman’s book ‘Classical Music 1600-2000: A Chronology’ or this can be bought of amazon for £14. Watch ‘Amadeus’ and ‘Marriage of Figaro’ Read through the vocab list and highlight any words you don’t understand. Learn the words you don’t already know. Listen to all of the pieces on the listening lists and be able to spot which one is which. Create a page of information, relevant facts, typical features of that composer, dates, country, contemporary composers for each composer you will study (17 composers) and a page on each style/period. This information will be the first page in your folder and will provide you with the basic background you need.