AS / A Level Edexcel Wider Listening and Unfamiliar Music: Vocal Music

Analyses Edexcel's Musical Elements:
  • Organisation of pitch
  • Tonality
  • Structure
  • Sonority
  • Texture
  • Tempo, metre and rhythm
  • Dynamics

Prepare students for Section B of the exam with these comprehensive guides.

Introduce
  • Contextual information provided on all relevant periods sets the scene
  • Introductory vocabulary broken down by musical element gives students a foundation for study

Thorough covering of musical terms

T Murphy, Teacher & Expert Reviewer
Analyse
  • Thorough analysis of the genre using Edexcel’s musical elements ensureS all aspects are covered
  • Keywords are defined throughout, and a full glossary reinforce the essential terminology
  • Learning activities get students familiar with the music and teach analysis skills
Assess
  • Information about the exam shows students exactly what to expect
  • Concise revision summaries for each period and piece bring it all together
  • Exam-style questions give students the practice they need. Plus! Sample essays annotated by AO3 and AO4 show them how to gain marks!

A useful and very comprehensive document

E Ragg, HoD & Peer Reviewer

Vocal Music

This expansive guide covers vocal music from Baroque opera to Classical oratorio to lieder to twentieth-century opera in a concise and engaging way!

Breaks down suggested wider listening pieces by musical element:
  • Handel – Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt)
  • Handel – ‘Worthy is the lamb’ from Messiah
  • Haydn – ‘In holder Anmut stehn’ from The Creation
  • Schubert – ‘Erlkönig’

Plus! Includes a wealth of other vocal pieces by Bach, Mozart, Wagner, Verdi and Britten!

Co-teachable! Sections on late romantic and twentieth-century music clearly signposted for use with A Level students.


What do teachers say about this resource? (8394)

This is a useful and very comprehensive document. There are mountains of information on chosen linked pieces... The smaller soundbite items such as references to musical elements and key terms will really help with the context of comparing and contrasting to the the anthology set works.

E Ragg, HoD & Peer Reviewer

Appropriate for AS/A Level students. All aspects of this section of the specification are covered and there is a thorough covering of musical terms... The background information is clear and at an appropriate depth.

T Murphy, Teacher & Expert Reviewer