'Listening and Appraising' revision packs for each Area of Study. Resources feature a warm-up quiz, four extracts with questions and answers, and a checklist and 'next steps' planning page. Suitable for classwork, independent study, or cover lessons, once students have fully explored an Area of Study with a specialist.
Featuring two oratorios and two coronation anthems by Handel. Questions focus on the elements, context and musical language associated with the two genres and the Baroque period.
Featuring Mozart 'Symphony no. 29', Beethoven 'Symphony no. 7', Haydn 'Symphony no. 82', and Beethoven 'Coriolan Overture'. Questions focus on the identification of the elements, context and musical language associated with both genres in the Classical period.
Featuring Chopin 'Marzurka in Am op.59', and 'Nocturne no.8 in Db op.27', Robert Schumann 'Kinderszenen op.15' and 'Fantasiestücke op.12'. Questions focus on the identification of the elements, context and musical language associated with the music of both composers and the Romantic period.
Featuring extracts from works by Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, Brahms and Fauré. Questions focus on the elements, context and musical language associated with the genre and the Romantic period.
Featuring extracts of scores by Loesser, Sondheim, Tesori and Larson. Questions focus on the elements, characteristics, context and musical language associated with the genre.
Featuring soundtracks by Melumad, Newman, Karpman and Larkin. Questions focus on the elements, context and musical language associated with the genre, and how to describe musical features that convey meaning.
Featuring songs by Smith, Gaga, Puth and Roan. Questions focus on the identification of elements, devices, characteristics and musical language associated with a range of Pop styles and genres.
Featuring songs by Jefferson Airplane, The Beatles, Queen and Bowie. Questions focus on the identification of elements, devices, characteristics and musical language associated with a range of styles and genres.
Featuring music by Soulsha, Laufey, Barbatuques and Courtney Pine. Questions focus on the identification of elements, devices, characteristics and musical language associated with a range of fusions.
Featuring music by Sippie Wallace, Memphis Minnie, Dinah Washington and Louis Jordan. Questions focus on the identification of elements, devices, characteristics and musical language associated with The Blues.
Featuring Arnold 'Four Cornish Dances', Britten 'Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge', Maxwell-Davies 'Strathcyde Concerto no.6' and Tavener 'Funeral Ikos'. Questions focus on the elements, context and musical language associated with the music of these four composers.
Featuring Copland 'Billy the Kid' and 'Rodeo', Reich 'Music for Pieces of Wood' and Adams 'Harmonium'. Questions focus on the elements, context and musical language associated with the music of these composers.
Featuring Bartók 'Romanian Folk Dances for Orchestra' and the 'Concerto for Orchestra', and Kodály 'Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song' and 'Dances of Galánta'. Questions focus on the identification of the elements, characteristics of folk music, and features of 20th century orchestral writing found in the works of the two composers.
