Beaumont School Music Department

A good way of revising for the essay questions is to come up with a bank of examples upon which you can draw depending on the essay title. I have shared this document with you which might help you start. Please do save a separate copy for yourself before editing. You can then do the same for the other works. Don't forget the key is to demonstrate that you have knowledge of usually two extensive passages from each work and a contemporary work. By using this grid system, you can cover double check that this is the case. The important thing is to make sure your grid is thorough. Then you can plan the essays I have given you and write some if you can. Good luck!

Here is the powerpoint used in today's lesson: Thursday 27 th May 2010. Programme music symphonic music from 1820 onwards - intro View more presentations from hanhdoan . Homework: Listen to Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture on the Spotify playlist (or click here to go directly to it) from 5:57-7:25. Complete the 1st table of your handout , noting any features which reflect the conflict between Romeo and Juliet. Due: Tuesday 8 th June 2010

A suggested essay structure for G356, Section B has been shared with you on Google Docs . Those not in the A2 group can find it by clicking here . I have made it clear that you need to do some wider reading. The extract from Dahlhaus ' Nineteenth Century Music which I gave you a while back can also be found on Google Books by clicking here . You need to read from page 192-217. As well as reading about the composers specifically, make sure you read generally around the subject too. I will post more suggestions later. Essay practice is now down to you. You have a list of them which you need to cover before your exam. You must also revisit Dido and Aeneas and Venus and Adonis as it's been a while since we have studied or written about them.

The document has been shared via your Google Docs account. You can also click here to download it. The Spotify Playlist for this lesson can be found here.

In this session (starting at 12.05pm) we will be going through the G353 Specimen Paper (tracks available below). It would be useful if you have done this before then. Please don't forget there are only 2 weeks left until your G353 exam. Please ensure you have a CD walkman with fresh batteries ready for the exam.

This is the final time I will post these tracks. You have 7 days to download. If not, you have missed your chance. Here are the tracks for the G353 Specimen Paper. If you have lost it, the links to the paper are in a previous post. Extract 1A Passage 1i Extract 1A Passage 1ii Extract 1A Passage 1iii Extract 1B Passage 1i Extract 1B Passage 1ii Extract 1B Passage 1iii Extract 2A Extract 2B Extract 3 AS 2008 Listening Paper (handed out on Tuesday 11th May) *The paper I gave you is not correct - it's for the January 2008, not June. Click here for the paper that goes with these tracks and here for the INSERT. Many apologies.* Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Track 8 Track 9

Well done on making it in today! Please do the relevant listening papers set for Tuesday. You also need to plan carefully (with all the examples) the following essay: Illustrate the ways in which the drama is interpreted in the music of WEST SIDE STORY. Support your answers with detailed references to at least two extended passages from the work. Due: Tuesday 18th May 2010