Edexcel GCSE Music Study Guide

Title Page — Copyright — Contents — Introduction — Component 1: Performing — Component 2: Composing — Free composition — Composing to a set brief — Component 3: Appraising — Area of study 1: Instrumental music 1700-1820 — J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major (3rd movement) — Wider listening — Exam practice — Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (1st movement) — Wider listening — Exam practice — Area of study 2: Vocal music — Purcell: ‘Music for a While’ — Wider listening — Exam practice — Freddie Mercury: ‘Killer Queen’ — Wider listening — Exam practice — Area of study 3: Music for stage and screen — Musical theatre — ‘Defying Gravity’ from Wicked — Wider listening — Exam practice — Film music — ‘Main Title’ / ‘Rebel Blockade Runner’ from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope — Wider listening — Exam practice — Area of study 4: Fusions — Afro Celt Sound System: ‘Release’ — Wider listening — Exam practice — ‘Samba em Preludio’ from Esperanza (Esperanza Spalding) — Wider listening — Exam practice — Answers — Exam Time — Reference — Glossary — Acknowledgements — Index of set works — About the Authors — Picture Credits