www.nelsonthornes.com. For more information please contact Nelson Thornes
Customer Services on. 01242 267287 or by email
A-level Music Resource List 2270 Many free resources are available on the A-level music pages of the AQA website: •
Past examination papers and mark schemes
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Reports on the Examination
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Teacher Resource Bank
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Guidance and Exemplar Work
and in Secure Key Materials, via e-AQA: •
Recent examination materials
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Teacher Support material
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Exemplar material for units 1, 2, 4 and 5
Books on the AQA specification Andrew Coxon and
AQA Music AS/A2
Rosemary Broadbent
(ISBN 978-1-4085-1389-7)
Nelson Thornes
Nelson Thornes is now part of the Oxford University Press, for more information on Nelson Thornes resources please contact Oxford University Press Customer Services on 01536 452620 or by email
[email protected] Online chapters on Beethoven Symphony No 1, Elgar Symphony No 1 and Shostakovich Symphany No 5 are available free of charge through the Oxford University Press website https://global.oup.com Richard Knight
AQA AS Music Study Guide
Rhinegold
(5th edition) Richard Knight
AQA AS Music Revision Guide
Rhinegold
Richard Knight
AQA A2 Music Study Guide
Rhinegold
(4th edition) Richard Knight Choose option
AQA A2 Music Revision Guide
Rhinegold
Other publications Units 1 and 4: Written Examinations Scores No particular editions of the set works are recommended but the following are available: Beethoven Symphony No 1
Eulenburg
Elgar Symphony No 1
Eulenburg
Shostakovich Symphony No 5
Boosey & Hawkes
Students need an unmarked score of the set work for the examination. Free downloads of the set works may be used; if bar numbers are absent from these they may be written onto the score for the examination. Various websites provide free scores of the set works and of music suitable for the Section C Areas of Study, including: •
http://imslp.org/
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http://en.scorser.com/
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http://www.free-scores.com
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www.mutopiaproject.org
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www.handlo-music.com
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www.cpdl.org
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http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/callon/2233/scores2
Books •
Beethoven symphonies by Robert Simpson (BBC Music Guide)
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Beethoven Symphonies by John Bell Young (Unlocking the Masters series)
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Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies by George Grove (Dover Books on Music)
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The Beethoven Companion edited by Denis Arnold and Nigel Fortune (Faber)
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Music in the Baroque Era by Manfred F. Bukofzer (Dent)
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The Cambridge Companion to the Musical by William A Everett (Cambridge University Press)
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The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock by Simon Frith, Will Straw and John Street (Cambridge University Press)
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•
The Songwriting secrets of the Beatles by Dominic Pedler (Omnibus Press)
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The Beatles Literary Anthology by Mike Evans (Plexus Publishing Ltd)
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All Music Guide to Rock (Backbeat Books, AMG All Media Guide)
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Elgar Orchestral Music by Michael Kennedy (BBC Music Guide)
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Shostakovich Symphonies by Hugh Ottaway (BBC Music Guide)
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The Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams by Michael Kennedy (Clarendon paperbacks)
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Guide to Chamber Music by Berger (Dover Publications Inc)
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Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet by Robin Stowell (Cambridge University Press)
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Mendelssohn Chamber Music by John Horton (BBC Music Guide)
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Brahms Chamber Music by Ivor Keys (BBC Music Guide)
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William Walton, His Life and Music by Neil Tierney (Robert Hale Ltd)
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Cambridge Companion to Elgar by Grimley and Rushton (Cambridge University Press)
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The Music of Benjamin Britten by Peter Evans (Clarendon Paperbacks)
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The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten by Mervyn Cooke (Cambridge University Press)
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All Music Guide to The Blues (Backbeat Books, AMG All Media Guide)
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The History of the Blues by Francis Davis (Da Capo)
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Jazz for Dummies by Dirk Sutro (John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
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Jazz – A History by Frank Tirro (WW Norton and Co)
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What to listen for in Jazz (with CD Excerpts) by Barry (Yale University Press)
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Jazz by John Fordham (Dorling Kindersley)
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Jazz Piano from Scratch by Charles Beale (ABRSM)
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The World of Big Bands: The Sweet and Swinging Years by Arthur Jackson (David and Charles)
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Recordings •
Naxos Jazz Legends CDs
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Many compilations of ‘original’ recordings are available. The Naxos catalogue contains a good selection of discs by artist – see website: http://www.naxos.com/
Websites http://www.allaboutjazz.com/timeline.htm
Units 2 and 5: Composing Books •
The Oxford School Harmony Course (2 Vols) by James Denny (OUP)
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Foundations of Practical Harmony and Counterpoint by R O Morris (MacMillan)
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The Oxford Harmony (2 Vols) by R O Morris and H K Andrews (OUP)
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Harmony in Practice by Anna Butterworth (ABRSM)
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Bach Chorale Harmonization and Instrumental Counterpoint by Malcolm Boyd (Kahn & Averill)
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Rock, Jazz and Pop arranging by Daryl Runswick (Faber Music Ltd)
Scores •
371 Chorales and 69 Chorale melodies with figured bass Bach, edited by Riemenschneider (Chappell and Co. Ltd)
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Haydn string quartets (several volumes) (Dover)
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Complete Mozart string quartets (in one volume) (Dover)
Websites •
www.mtrs.co.uk (Music Teachers’ Resource Site)
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www.JSBChorales.net
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Units 3 and 6: Performing Music Technology Resources Books •
Music Technology from Scratch by Mortimer Rhind-Tutt (Rhinegold)
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Recording techniques for small studios by David Mellor (PC Publishing)
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Practical recording techniques: The step by step approach to Professional audio recording by Bruce Bartlett (Focal Press)
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Music Technology: A Survivor’s Guide by Paul White (Sanctuary Publishing)
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Basic Mixing techniques by Paul White (Sanctuary Publishing)
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Creative Recording by Paul White (Sanctuary Publishing)
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MIDI for the technophobe by Paul White (Sanctuary Publishing)
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Music in Sequence by W Lloyd and P Terry (Musonix Publishing)
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Classics in Sequence by W Lloyd and P Terry (Musonix Publishing)
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Rock in Sequence by W Lloyd and P Terry (Musonix Publishing)
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Sound on Sound Magazine
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Mix Magazine – information on equipment and tutorials
Websites •
www.soundcraft.com
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www.hitsquad.com
Midi software •
www.midi-classics.com
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www.cakewalk.com
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www.steinberg.net
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www.synthzone.com
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Microphone characteristics •
www.shure.com
Sites on studios •
www.msrstudiosny.com
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www.mikesound.co.uk
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www.masterfonics.com
VSTi •
www.simple-media.co.uk/music/vsti/vsti.htm
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