A Level OCR Area of Study Guide: Programme Music 1820–1910
Perfect your students’ preparation with this supportive and student-friendly Area of Study Guide – bursting with analyses, listening activities and practice exam materials – for OCR A Level Music.
Introduce- Set the scene with social, cultural and historical contextual information provided on the period, including a timeline of key works, composer biographies and performance history
- Plus! Introductory vocabulary gives students a foundation for study
- Analysis of key pieces using OCR’s musical elements and supported by annotated score excerpts
- Keywords are defined throughout, and combined in a full glossary –reinforces the essential terminology
- Learning activities help students practise and apply their knowledge – full answers included for easy marking
- Information about the exam shows students exactly what to expect
- Concise revision summaries bring it all together
- Essay-writing guidance including how to structure answers and practice questions – great preparation for the exam
Area of Study 5: Programme Music 1820–1910
Help students build familiarity with a range of different styles of programme music from the period – from how the music is constructed, what its programmatic intentions are, and the cultural context in which it was written. Focuses on the core elements of 10 seminal works so students get to know their leitmotifs from their idée fixe.
Including:- Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave) by Felix Mendelssohn (1830)
- Don Quixote by Richard Strauss (1888)
- Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz (1830)
- Mazeppa by Franz Liszt (1854)
- Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune by Claude Debussy (1894) And more!
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Excellent musical analysis of the works chosen. The author expertly delivers accurate musical analysis with superbly notated graphics to support the text... The text content is written succinctly, and the author covers a lot of technical material... The question activities are accurately exam based reflecting real exam situation and they are well structured. There is a nice variety of activity types with open ended practical tasks mirroring various exam methodology... I would use this resource enthusiastically. I recommend this resource to teachers and students studying this specification.