Edexcel A Level Music
Wider Listening Reference Pack
141 focused wider-listening pages - same box layout as the set-work guide
Each page includes musical-element boxes plus a bottom strip showing the specific set works it supports.
, Contents
60. John Williams - Schindler's List 66. Bartok - Allegro barbaro
Vocal Music
61. John Williams - Star Wars 67. Bartok - folk-influenced modernism
120. Bach - chorale harmonisations 62. Korngold - Hollywood Romantic film scores 68. Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
121. Bach - Passion settings 63. Max Steiner - King Kong 69. Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Percussion and Celesta
122. Britten - folk-song arrangements 64. Psycho-style horror scores 70. Bartok - string glissandi and cluster writing
123. Britten - sea interludes 65. Rachel Portman - The Duchess 71. Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin
124. Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings 72. Berio - Sequenza series
Popular Music and Jazz
125. Ethel Smyth - Mass in D: Gloria 73. Berio - Sequenza XIV
126. Fanny Mendelssohn - Ihr Tone schwingt euch frohlich 95. A Tribe Called Quest jazz-rap tracks 74. Cage - 4'33"
127. Fanny Mendelssohn lieder 96. Beach Boys - God Only Knows 75. Grisey - Partiels
128. Handel - Baroque arias 97. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit 76. Holst - Mars
129. Handel - Messiah 98. Bjork - Hunter 77. Ligeti - Atmospheres
130. Handel - Messiah choruses 99. Bjork - orchestral/electronic pop 78. Ligeti - micropolyphonic atmosphere
131. Handel - Worthy is the Lamb/Amen 100. Blues/pop songs 79. Minimalism
132. Lutheran chorales 101. Gil Scott-Heron - Lady Day and John Coltrane 80. Murail - Gondwana
133. Mahler - Kindertotenlieder 102. Herbie Hancock - Rockit 81. Penderecki - Threnody
134. Mozart - The Magic Flute 103. Jazz standards 82. Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet
135. Mozart - The Magic Flute choruses 104. Joan Armatrading - Love and Affection 83. Prokofiev - Scythian Suite
136. Purcell - Dido's Lament 105. John Coltrane - Giant Steps/Impressions 84. Schoenberg - chromatic counterpoint
137. Schubert - An die Musik 106. Massive Attack 85. Schoenberg - Pierrot Lunaire
138. Schubert - Der Leiermann 107. Miles Davis - So What 86. Steve Reich - Different Trains
139. Schubert - Die Forelle 108. Miles Davis - Tutu 87. Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint
140. Schubert - Erlkonig 109. Miles Davis pop covers 88. Steve Reich - It's Gonna Rain
141. Schutz - sacred concertos 110. Nina Simone covers 89. Stockhausen - Gesang der Junglinge
142. Verdi - Rigoletto Act III 111. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me 90. Stravinsky - Petrushka
143. Wagner - Die Walkure 112. Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street 91. Stravinsky - Rite of Spring
113. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer 92. Varese - Ionisation
Instrumental Music
114. Radiohead - Everything in Its Right Place 93. Varese - Ameriques
33. Amy Beach - Gaelic Symphony 115. Stevie Wonder - Superstition 94. Varese - Ionisation
34. Beethoven - Archduke Trio 116. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
35. Beethoven - String Quartet Op.59 No.3 General / Cross-Area
117. The Beatles - Michelle
36. Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 118. The Beatles - Within You Without You 23. Bach - fugal writing
37. Brahms - Piano Trio No. 1 119. The Beatles - Yesterday 24. Barber - Adagio for Strings
38. Chaminade - Concertino for flute and orchestra 25. Bernstein - West Side Story fight music
Fusions
39. Chopin - Ballade No.4 in F minor 26. Finzi - A Shropshire Lad settings
40. Haydn - Symphony No.6 3. A. R. Rahman songs 27. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
41. Liszt - Les Preludes 4. Albeniz - Iberia 28. Rachmaninov - slow movements
42. Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No. 1 5. Anoushka Shankar - Breathing Under Water 29. Shostakovich film/music theatre
43. Shostakovich - String Quartet No.8 6. Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan 30. Tchaikovsky ballets
44. Vivaldi - Concerto in D minor Op.3 No.11 7. Debussy - impressionist parallel-chord writing 31. Traditional folk laments
45. Vivaldi - concerto movements 8. Debussy - Jeux 32. Wagner - leitmotif technique
9. Debussy - La cathedrale engloutie
Music for Film
10. Debussy - Nuages
46. Elfman - Batman 1989 11. Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain
47. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West 12. Javanese gamelan
48. Hans Zimmer - Inception 13. Nitin Sawhney - Nadia
49. Herrmann - Murder cue 14. Ravel - Alborada del gracioso
50. Herrmann - North by Northwest 15. Ravel - Mother Goose
51. Herrmann - Psycho 16. Ravel - string and orchestral colour
52. Herrmann - Psycho Marion 17. Ravi Shankar - raga / alap / sitar works
53. Herrmann - Taxi Driver 18. Ravi Shankar - Raga Jog
54. Herrmann - Vertigo 19. Ravi Shankar/George Harrison collaborations
55. Hildur Gudnadottir - Joker 20. Shakti - Lotus Feet
56. Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings 21. Tabla Beat Science
57. John Williams - heroic brass film themes 22. Talvin Singh - Traveller
58. John Williams - Jaws
59. John Williams - orchestral action cues
New Directions
, A. R. Rahman songs
3
Fusions | Wider listening reference
CONTEXT PERFORMING FORCES MELODY TONALITY
• A. R. Rahman songs is useful for fusion/cross-cultural • May combine Western instruments with Indian, Latin, • Modal or pentatonic melodic shapes are common. • Modal centres, drones or static harmony often replace
comparison. gamelan or electronic resources. • Ornamentation, riffing or improvisation may be central. classical modulation.
• Use it with Debussy or Anoushka Shankar to discuss • Timbre often signals cultural identity. • Melodies may sit over drones/pedals rather than • Pentatonic/slendro/blues/raga colours may shape pitch
timbre, modality and cultural influence. • Production/mixing can make fusion part of the sound functional harmony. language.
• Focus on what is genuinely blended, borrowed or world. • Tonal ambiguity can come from layered traditions.
re-imagined.
HARMONY TEXTURE STRUCTURE RHYTHM, TEMPO AND METRE
• Harmony may be static, modal, added-note or chord-loop • Layered texture: drone/pedal, percussion groove, melody • Often groove, raga, song or sectional design rather than • Cyclic rhythms, ostinati or grooves are common.
based. and colour instruments. sonata logic. • Syncopation and percussion layers carry style.
• Western chords may be placed under non-Western • Dialogue between traditions can be heard in timbre and • Solos, riffs and returning hooks provide unity. • Tempo may remain steady while texture accumulates.
melodic material. register. • Contrasting sections may introduce different cultural
• Colour harmony often matters more than cadence. • Production may thicken the soundscape. sound worlds.
RELATED SET WORKS - USE THIS AS COMPARISON EVIDENCE
• Anoushka Shankar - Breathing Under Water - Easy: compare Indian melody with Western harmony
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, Albeniz - Iberia
4
Fusions | Wider listening reference
CONTEXT PERFORMING FORCES MELODY TONALITY
• Albeniz - Iberia is useful for fusion/cross-cultural • May combine Western instruments with Indian, Latin, • Modal or pentatonic melodic shapes are common. • Modal centres, drones or static harmony often replace
comparison. gamelan or electronic resources. • Ornamentation, riffing or improvisation may be central. classical modulation.
• Use it with Debussy or Anoushka Shankar to discuss • Timbre often signals cultural identity. • Melodies may sit over drones/pedals rather than • Pentatonic/slendro/blues/raga colours may shape pitch
timbre, modality and cultural influence. • Production/mixing can make fusion part of the sound functional harmony. language.
• Focus on what is genuinely blended, borrowed or world. • Tonal ambiguity can come from layered traditions.
re-imagined.
HARMONY TEXTURE STRUCTURE RHYTHM, TEMPO AND METRE
• Harmony may be static, modal, added-note or chord-loop • Layered texture: drone/pedal, percussion groove, melody • Often groove, raga, song or sectional design rather than • Cyclic rhythms, ostinati or grooves are common.
based. and colour instruments. sonata logic. • Syncopation and percussion layers carry style.
• Western chords may be placed under non-Western • Dialogue between traditions can be heard in timbre and • Solos, riffs and returning hooks provide unity. • Tempo may remain steady while texture accumulates.
melodic material. register. • Contrasting sections may introduce different cultural
• Colour harmony often matters more than cadence. • Production may thicken the soundscape. sound worlds.
RELATED SET WORKS - USE THIS AS COMPARISON EVIDENCE
• Debussy - Estampes - No. 2 - La soiree dans Grenade: compare Spanish piano colour
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Wider Listening Reference Pack
141 focused wider-listening pages - same box layout as the set-work guide
Each page includes musical-element boxes plus a bottom strip showing the specific set works it supports.
, Contents
60. John Williams - Schindler's List 66. Bartok - Allegro barbaro
Vocal Music
61. John Williams - Star Wars 67. Bartok - folk-influenced modernism
120. Bach - chorale harmonisations 62. Korngold - Hollywood Romantic film scores 68. Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
121. Bach - Passion settings 63. Max Steiner - King Kong 69. Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Percussion and Celesta
122. Britten - folk-song arrangements 64. Psycho-style horror scores 70. Bartok - string glissandi and cluster writing
123. Britten - sea interludes 65. Rachel Portman - The Duchess 71. Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin
124. Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings 72. Berio - Sequenza series
Popular Music and Jazz
125. Ethel Smyth - Mass in D: Gloria 73. Berio - Sequenza XIV
126. Fanny Mendelssohn - Ihr Tone schwingt euch frohlich 95. A Tribe Called Quest jazz-rap tracks 74. Cage - 4'33"
127. Fanny Mendelssohn lieder 96. Beach Boys - God Only Knows 75. Grisey - Partiels
128. Handel - Baroque arias 97. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit 76. Holst - Mars
129. Handel - Messiah 98. Bjork - Hunter 77. Ligeti - Atmospheres
130. Handel - Messiah choruses 99. Bjork - orchestral/electronic pop 78. Ligeti - micropolyphonic atmosphere
131. Handel - Worthy is the Lamb/Amen 100. Blues/pop songs 79. Minimalism
132. Lutheran chorales 101. Gil Scott-Heron - Lady Day and John Coltrane 80. Murail - Gondwana
133. Mahler - Kindertotenlieder 102. Herbie Hancock - Rockit 81. Penderecki - Threnody
134. Mozart - The Magic Flute 103. Jazz standards 82. Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet
135. Mozart - The Magic Flute choruses 104. Joan Armatrading - Love and Affection 83. Prokofiev - Scythian Suite
136. Purcell - Dido's Lament 105. John Coltrane - Giant Steps/Impressions 84. Schoenberg - chromatic counterpoint
137. Schubert - An die Musik 106. Massive Attack 85. Schoenberg - Pierrot Lunaire
138. Schubert - Der Leiermann 107. Miles Davis - So What 86. Steve Reich - Different Trains
139. Schubert - Die Forelle 108. Miles Davis - Tutu 87. Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint
140. Schubert - Erlkonig 109. Miles Davis pop covers 88. Steve Reich - It's Gonna Rain
141. Schutz - sacred concertos 110. Nina Simone covers 89. Stockhausen - Gesang der Junglinge
142. Verdi - Rigoletto Act III 111. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me 90. Stravinsky - Petrushka
143. Wagner - Die Walkure 112. Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street 91. Stravinsky - Rite of Spring
113. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer 92. Varese - Ionisation
Instrumental Music
114. Radiohead - Everything in Its Right Place 93. Varese - Ameriques
33. Amy Beach - Gaelic Symphony 115. Stevie Wonder - Superstition 94. Varese - Ionisation
34. Beethoven - Archduke Trio 116. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
35. Beethoven - String Quartet Op.59 No.3 General / Cross-Area
117. The Beatles - Michelle
36. Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 118. The Beatles - Within You Without You 23. Bach - fugal writing
37. Brahms - Piano Trio No. 1 119. The Beatles - Yesterday 24. Barber - Adagio for Strings
38. Chaminade - Concertino for flute and orchestra 25. Bernstein - West Side Story fight music
Fusions
39. Chopin - Ballade No.4 in F minor 26. Finzi - A Shropshire Lad settings
40. Haydn - Symphony No.6 3. A. R. Rahman songs 27. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
41. Liszt - Les Preludes 4. Albeniz - Iberia 28. Rachmaninov - slow movements
42. Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No. 1 5. Anoushka Shankar - Breathing Under Water 29. Shostakovich film/music theatre
43. Shostakovich - String Quartet No.8 6. Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan 30. Tchaikovsky ballets
44. Vivaldi - Concerto in D minor Op.3 No.11 7. Debussy - impressionist parallel-chord writing 31. Traditional folk laments
45. Vivaldi - concerto movements 8. Debussy - Jeux 32. Wagner - leitmotif technique
9. Debussy - La cathedrale engloutie
Music for Film
10. Debussy - Nuages
46. Elfman - Batman 1989 11. Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain
47. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West 12. Javanese gamelan
48. Hans Zimmer - Inception 13. Nitin Sawhney - Nadia
49. Herrmann - Murder cue 14. Ravel - Alborada del gracioso
50. Herrmann - North by Northwest 15. Ravel - Mother Goose
51. Herrmann - Psycho 16. Ravel - string and orchestral colour
52. Herrmann - Psycho Marion 17. Ravi Shankar - raga / alap / sitar works
53. Herrmann - Taxi Driver 18. Ravi Shankar - Raga Jog
54. Herrmann - Vertigo 19. Ravi Shankar/George Harrison collaborations
55. Hildur Gudnadottir - Joker 20. Shakti - Lotus Feet
56. Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings 21. Tabla Beat Science
57. John Williams - heroic brass film themes 22. Talvin Singh - Traveller
58. John Williams - Jaws
59. John Williams - orchestral action cues
New Directions
, A. R. Rahman songs
3
Fusions | Wider listening reference
CONTEXT PERFORMING FORCES MELODY TONALITY
• A. R. Rahman songs is useful for fusion/cross-cultural • May combine Western instruments with Indian, Latin, • Modal or pentatonic melodic shapes are common. • Modal centres, drones or static harmony often replace
comparison. gamelan or electronic resources. • Ornamentation, riffing or improvisation may be central. classical modulation.
• Use it with Debussy or Anoushka Shankar to discuss • Timbre often signals cultural identity. • Melodies may sit over drones/pedals rather than • Pentatonic/slendro/blues/raga colours may shape pitch
timbre, modality and cultural influence. • Production/mixing can make fusion part of the sound functional harmony. language.
• Focus on what is genuinely blended, borrowed or world. • Tonal ambiguity can come from layered traditions.
re-imagined.
HARMONY TEXTURE STRUCTURE RHYTHM, TEMPO AND METRE
• Harmony may be static, modal, added-note or chord-loop • Layered texture: drone/pedal, percussion groove, melody • Often groove, raga, song or sectional design rather than • Cyclic rhythms, ostinati or grooves are common.
based. and colour instruments. sonata logic. • Syncopation and percussion layers carry style.
• Western chords may be placed under non-Western • Dialogue between traditions can be heard in timbre and • Solos, riffs and returning hooks provide unity. • Tempo may remain steady while texture accumulates.
melodic material. register. • Contrasting sections may introduce different cultural
• Colour harmony often matters more than cadence. • Production may thicken the soundscape. sound worlds.
RELATED SET WORKS - USE THIS AS COMPARISON EVIDENCE
• Anoushka Shankar - Breathing Under Water - Easy: compare Indian melody with Western harmony
Page 3 | Wider listening reference pack
, Albeniz - Iberia
4
Fusions | Wider listening reference
CONTEXT PERFORMING FORCES MELODY TONALITY
• Albeniz - Iberia is useful for fusion/cross-cultural • May combine Western instruments with Indian, Latin, • Modal or pentatonic melodic shapes are common. • Modal centres, drones or static harmony often replace
comparison. gamelan or electronic resources. • Ornamentation, riffing or improvisation may be central. classical modulation.
• Use it with Debussy or Anoushka Shankar to discuss • Timbre often signals cultural identity. • Melodies may sit over drones/pedals rather than • Pentatonic/slendro/blues/raga colours may shape pitch
timbre, modality and cultural influence. • Production/mixing can make fusion part of the sound functional harmony. language.
• Focus on what is genuinely blended, borrowed or world. • Tonal ambiguity can come from layered traditions.
re-imagined.
HARMONY TEXTURE STRUCTURE RHYTHM, TEMPO AND METRE
• Harmony may be static, modal, added-note or chord-loop • Layered texture: drone/pedal, percussion groove, melody • Often groove, raga, song or sectional design rather than • Cyclic rhythms, ostinati or grooves are common.
based. and colour instruments. sonata logic. • Syncopation and percussion layers carry style.
• Western chords may be placed under non-Western • Dialogue between traditions can be heard in timbre and • Solos, riffs and returning hooks provide unity. • Tempo may remain steady while texture accumulates.
melodic material. register. • Contrasting sections may introduce different cultural
• Colour harmony often matters more than cadence. • Production may thicken the soundscape. sound worlds.
RELATED SET WORKS - USE THIS AS COMPARISON EVIDENCE
• Debussy - Estampes - No. 2 - La soiree dans Grenade: compare Spanish piano colour
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