GCSE Music classwork for 6th November 2017

Hello Lovelies! Thank you for everyone's compositions today. Here is your homework and classwork to be completed by the 6th of November.

Edexcel GCSE Music

Set works

Area of Study 1: Instrumental Music 1700–1820

1.         J.S. Bach: 3rd Movement from Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D major

2.         L. van Beethoven: 1st Movement from Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor ‘Pathétique’

Area of Study 2: Vocal Music

3.         H. Purcell: Music for a While

4.         Queen: Killer Queen (from the album ‘Sheer Heart Attack’)

Area of Study 3: Music for Stage and Screen

5.         S. Schwartz: Defying Gravity (from the album of the cast recording of Wicked)

6.         J. Williams: Main title/rebel blockade runner (from the soundtrack to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)

Area of Study 4: Fusions

7.         Afro Celt Sound System: Release (from the album ‘Volume 2: Release’)

8.         Esperanza Spalding: Samba Em Preludio (from the album ‘Esperanza’)

For each set work do the following by 6^th November 2017:

1.         Listen to each set work. You will find the set work list on the music blog: 

\www.harrisinvictusmusic.blogspot.co.uk

2.         Research the following information:

a)       Name of the piece of music

b)      Year it was composed in.

c)       The Style of the piece (e.g. concerto/song/sonata etc)

d)      Write a short biography about the composer (DOB, country of birth, 2 interesting facts about their lives)

e)       List the instruments found in the piece.  Organise the instruments according to their instrument families (e.g. Violin, viola, cello, double bass are all strings so should be together).

f)         Where was the piece first performed.

g)    Write 2 musical points that you can hear about each piece.  Ideas to write about are: 

Rhythm, Pitch, Melody, Texture, Structure, Dynamics.