Year 12 and 13 Revision essays this week

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Year 12:

Give an account of the features of Sing we at pleasure which make it typical of the music of the Renaissance period (10).

Compare and contrast the melody, harmony and rhythm of the first movement Beethoven's Septet in E flat and the 3rd movement of Berlioz's Harold in Italy (18).

Year 13:

Compare and contrast approaches to melody, rhythm and metre in the following works:

Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 8, Op. 110, first movement
Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, Sonatas I-III
Corelli: Trio Sonata in D, Op. 3 no 2, fourth movement (36)


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