The following musical resources 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 &
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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
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| Sweelinck:
Pavana Lachrimae |
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| JS Bach:
Sarabande and Gigue from Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828 |
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| Mozart:
Piano Sonata in B-flat K333, first movement |
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| Schumann:
Kinderscenen, op.15 nos. 1, 3 and 11 |
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| Debussy:
'Sarabande' from Pour Le Piano |
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| Shostakovich:
Prelude and Fugue in A major |
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| Mozart:
Piano Sonata in A major, K331 |
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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 |
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| Giovanni Gabrieli:
In ecclesiis from Symphoniae Sacrae II |
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| JS Bach:
Cantata No. 48, Ich elender Mensch |
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| Haydn:
Quoniam tu solus Sanctus from The Nelson Mass |
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| Stravinsky:
Symphony of Psalms (Movement III) |
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| John Tavener:
The Lamb |
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| Bruckner:
Locus Iste |
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| Handel: Coronation
Anthem: The King Shall Rejoice |
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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 : Chamber
Music |
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| Haydn:
Quartet in E flat Op. 33 no. 2 (movement IV) |
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Brahms: String
Quartet, Opus 51 No. 2
Rondo form; an introduction |
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Study Guides : Orchestral
Music |
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| Wagner:
Prelude to Tristan and Isolde |
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| Debussy: Prélude
à l’après-midi d’un faune |
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| Berlioz: Harold
in Italy (Movement III) |
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| Tippett:
Concerto for Double String Orchestra (Movement I) |
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| Mendelssohn:
Overture The Hebrides |
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| Haydn:
Symphony No 103, 2nd Movement |
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| Mendelssohn: Overture
to A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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| Beethoven: Symphony
No. 5 in c minor, Finale |
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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 |
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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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