From GCSE, students will be familiar with key features of Baroque music: it is polyphonic, it uses basso continuo, and so on. For A Level, students must develop a thorough, subtle understanding of these elements, their context, and apply them. This informative Area of Study Guide is bursting with analyses, examples and listening activities to help students do just that.

A definitive study guide for the AS and A Level specifications. This comprehensive guide covers all components of the AS and A Level courses (Performing, Composing and Appraising), gives support and practice in dealing with ‘unfamiliar’ repertoire, as well as the historical context behind each Area of Study. It provides full coverage of the AS prescribed works for assessment in 2017 and 2018 and the A Level prescribed works for assessment in 2018 and 2019. It offers comprehensive support for the composing briefs and supplies practice questions and answers for all Areas of Study, as well as introducing the terminology and techniques that the specifications require students to know.