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Area of Study 1: Vocal Music

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What are the key features of Bach's Cantata Ein feste Burg BWV 80 (movements 1, 2 and 8)?

J. S. Bach: Cantata Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80, movements 1, 2 and 8. The Lutheran chorale cantata, the chorale-fantasia and canon of movement 1, the soprano-bass duet of movement 2, and the closing four-part chorale of movement 8.
A focused answer on the Edexcel A-Level Music set work, Bach's Cantata Ein feste Burg BWV 80 (movements 1, 2 and 8). Covers the Lutheran chorale cantata, the chorale-fantasia and canon of movement 1, the soprano and bass duet of movement 2, the closing chorale, and the Baroque features the appraising exam rewards.
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What are the key features of Vaughan Williams's On Wenlock Edge (Nos. 1, 3 and 5)?

Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, Nos. 1, 3 and 5. The English song cycle for tenor, piano and string quartet, its setting of Housman's poetry, modal harmony, word-painting and through-composed structure.
A focused answer on the Edexcel A-Level Music set work, Vaughan Williams's On Wenlock Edge (Nos. 1, 3 and 5). Covers the song cycle for tenor, piano and string quartet, the setting of Housman's poetry, modal harmony, tremolando word-painting and the through-composed structure the appraising exam rewards.
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What is the Vocal Music area of study, and what links Bach's cantata and Vaughan Williams's song cycle?

Area of Study 1 Vocal Music: the two set works (Bach's Cantata Ein feste Burg BWV 80 and Vaughan Williams's On Wenlock Edge), the genres of cantata and song cycle, and the techniques of text setting and word-painting.
An overview of Area of Study 1 (Vocal Music) for Edexcel A-Level Music. Introduces the two set works, Bach's Cantata Ein feste Burg BWV 80 and Vaughan Williams's On Wenlock Edge, the genres of the Baroque cantata and the song cycle, and the text-setting techniques the appraising exam rewards.
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