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The following musical resource-s are a response to typical tasks set for A level music studies by the main examination boards (Edexcel, OCR and AQA). Whilst changes are made each year to examination specification and, indeed new papers and boards are introduced (e.g. Cambridge Pre-U, International Baccalaureate), the main skills involved remain largely unchanged. We therefore hope that these free academic examples offer suitable guidance to both teachers and pupils alike. We warmly welcome feedback. Contact us here.
| A LEVEL (History & Analysis) | |
| Composer Portrait: Franz Joseph Haydn |
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| Composer Portrait:
Ludwig van Beethoven |
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| The Sonata An overview from Classical to Romantic Periods |
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| Chamber Music An Overview of the Development of Chamber Music |
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Study Guides : Keyboard
Music |
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| Sweelinck: Pavana Lachrimae | |
| JS Bach: Sarabande and Gigue from Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828 | |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata in B-flat K333, first movement | |
| Schumann: Kinderscenen, op.15 nos. 1, 3 and 11 | |
| Debussy: 'Sarabande' from Pour Le Piano | |
| Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in A major | |
| Mozart: Piano Sonata in A major, K331 | |
| Mozart: Piano Concerto K488, 1st
Mvt An analysis showing the use of sonata form in the classical concerto |
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| Mozart: Piano Concerto
in B flat K595 |
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| Chopin: Chopin's Piano Sonata
in B Flat Minor, Opus 35 Special Study: Shifting modes of reception: |
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| Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Opus 81a 'Les adieux', 1st movement | |
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Study Guides : Sacred
Vocal Music |
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| John Taverner: O Wilhelme pastor bone | |
| Giovanni Gabrieli: In ecclesiis from Symphoniae Sacrae II | |
| JS Bach: Cantata No. 48, Ich elender Mensch | |
| Haydn: Quoniam tu solus Sanctus from The Nelson Mass | |
| Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (Movement III) | |
| John Tavener: The Lamb | |
| Bruckner: Locus Iste | |
| Handel: Coronation Anthem: The King Shall Rejoice | |
| Mozart: Piano Concerto
in B flat K595 |
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| Chopin: Chopin's Piano Sonata
in B Flat Minor, Opus 35 Special Study: Shifting modes of reception: |
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| Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Opus 81a 'Les adieux', 1st movement | |
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Study Guides : Chamber
Music |
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| Haydn: Quartet in E flat Op. 33 no. 2 (movement IV) | |
| Brahms: String
Quartet, Opus 51 No. 2 Rondo form; an introduction |
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Study Guides : Orchestral
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| Wagner: Prelude to Tristan and Isolde | |
| Debussy: Prélude é léaprés-midi déun faune | |
| Berlioz: Harold in Italy (Movement III) | |
| Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra (Movement I) | |
| Mendelssohn: Overture The Hebrides | |
| Haydn: Symphony No 103, 2nd Movement | |
| Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Finale | Download |
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Musicology |
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| Dramatic Music in England, 1600-1710: An Overview |
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| Dramatic Music in England, 1710-1759: An Overview | |
| Olivier Messiaen:
An Introduction An examination of the life and musical style of Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992 |
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| Gerald Finzi:
Special Study Discernible Poetic and Philosophical Influences in the works of Gerald Finzi |
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| Igor Stravinsky:
Special Study Perséphone: An Interpretation by Igor Stravinsky and André Gide |
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| Serialism in the music of Schoenberg,
Berg and Webern Different approaches to twelve-tone technique |
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