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Edexcel A Level Music Wider listening - Coggle Diagram
Edexcel A Level Music Wider listening
Beethoven Symphony no9, mov2
Symphonie Fantastique
strong returning motifs, like the idee fixe
written late classical, early romantic
large scale symphony
strong rhythmic character
Batman
strong returning motifs
film music feel but not as films didnt exist
Stravinsky mov2+3
strong rhythmic character
moto perpetuo
Debussy
moto perpetuo
I'm Waiting for the Day - Beach Boys
Beatles
layered harmonised vocals (HTaE)
unusual instumentation (TNK)
organ (HtaE)
same time period
same studio effects
loose pop structure (HTaE)
inspired by marijuana and spiritual enlightenment
Kate Bush
unusual instumentation (Under Ice)
loose pop structure (aDoS)
Batman
organ
Anoushka Shankar
loose pop structure (Easy)
unusual instrumentation (Burn)
These Streets - Bastille
Beatles
unusual instumentation (western and other)
similar harmonies
Kate Bush
wide vocal range
similar 4 chord progression
Anoushka Shankar
fusion
At the River - Aaron Copland
Stravinsky
friends with Copland
similar use of orchestral harmony
some bitonality
Vaughan Williams
American Folk song
orchestral accompaniment
Bach
religious
Beethoven Septet in Bb
Schumann
chamber music
similar instruments
same time period
sonata form
melody passed about
Scherzo for X-wings - John Williams
Batman
throughcomposed
leit motifs
full orchestra
Stravinsky
throughcomposed
triplet figure(mov3)
Vox Balaenae - George Crumb
Petals
use of electronics
instruments played in unconventional ways
funky score
electric flute, electric cello. electric piano
flute player sings through flute
Psycho
use of extended techniques
close miccing of instruments
Beatles - TNK
use of electronics
avant garde nature of samples/sound use
Bacchanale - Saint-Saens
Stravinsky
written for a similar purpose - opera vs ballet
similar opening - double reed solo, free tempo, impovisatory
Debussy
fusion - eastern influence on western music (La Soiree)
augmented 2nd - middle eastern feel
grace notes and ornamentation
Berlioz
reoccuring themes and motifs
similar time period
similar purpose - tells a story
Walking on Broken Glass - Annie Lennox
Kate Bush
string ostinano
similar use of piano
same time period
Beatles
conventional pop song structure
Suite from Dracula - Philip Glass
Psycho
strings
similar subject
similar time period (1931 vs 1960)
atmospheric - doesn't follow action on screen
Stravinsky
aggressive rhythmic motifs
accents
Eleanor Rigby
repeated patterns
modal
cello melodies
Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet overture
Stravinsky
programmatic - with dance
rhythmic variety and aggression
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet
aggressive strings
Berlioz
programmatic and biographical
variety of moods/characters
typical of romantic period - same as Berlioz
similar themes: death, love, revenge, anger
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet
Contrabass
Brahms, Piano Quintet in F Minor (Mvt. 3)
Schumann
Schumann and Brahms❤️
chamber music - piano and strings
discursive themes - passed around
dotted rhythms - second subject of both
Debussy
parallel chords
virtuosic use of piano
Vaughan Williams
string writing
wide range
rhythmic quality
string ensemble
Smyth, Mass in D (Gloria)
Bach
SATB and orchestra
religious context
religious text
orchestra doubles vocal lines
Paul Simon, Me and Julio Down by the School Yard
Beatles
pop/ world fusion
african drums
south american
similar time period
acoustic nature of music
unusual structure and texture
Kate Bush
world instruments
lack of drums
Green Earrings - Steely Dan
Courtney Pine
jazz influences
fusion (funk/hip-hop)
electronic music influences
pentatonic scales
parallel chord movements (ISoM)
Kate Bush
harmonically interesting
use of electronics
On the Waterfront - Leonard Bernstein
Stravinsky
monophonic solo (horn)
through-composed
rhythmic focus: heavy syncapation
percussion for dramatic effect
fragmented ideas
Psycho
high tessitura strings
film music
through-composed
similar time period
rhythmic focus
fragmented ideas
The Hunt from Planet of the Apes
rhythmic focus: stab chords, strong use of drums
heavy use of syncapation
fragmentation
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
Kate Bush
personal link - friends and often collaborated
taught her how to use a Fairlight CMI
unusual instrumentation for pop song
no bass guitar
ostinato used
use of different time signatures (CB. and UI)
eg 2+2=5 - Radiohead (7/4)