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Composed in just three weeks following the 1912 summer season of the Ballets Russes, the music of Debussy’s Jeux is in a state of almost constant flux yet, despite the frequent tempo changes and fragmentary motivic material, feels as one homogeneous whole more so than his other works in many ways. Content includes: Context of composition General aural perception exam-style questions Extended response questions Further learning and a reading list A summary of musical elements Answers to all questions Relevant to four A level specifications: AQA, Art music since 1910 Edexcel, Area of Study 6: New Directions Eduqas, Area of Study E: Into the 20th Century OCR, Area of Study 6: Innovations in Music 1900 to the present day Aurora Classroom is Aurora Orchestra’s creative learning platform encompassing free digital resources for primary, secondary and SEND schools, training for teachers, and a world-class programme of live activity for children and young people. Visit our full site, https://auroraclassroom.co.uk/ to explore our free teaching support materials for each Key Stage – from an introduction to the orchestra for KS3, to detailed set work resource packs for GCSE and A level music specifications.

The fact that Beethoven worked on this symphony, albeit not continuously, across a three-year period in-part reflects the sheer originality of the work and was a trait also seen in his working on his Ninth Symphony. Indeed, in a review of the Fifth Symphony in 1810, renowned critic and academic E. T. A. Hoffman is one of the first to identify Beethoven’s music as pointing towards Romanticism: ‘Beethoven’s instrumental music opens the realm of the colossal and the immeasurable for us. Radiant beams shoot through the deep night of this region, and we become aware of gigantic shadows which, rocking back and forth, close in on us and destroy all within us except the pain of endless longing. … Beethoven’s music evokes terror, fright, horror, and pain, and awakens that endless longing that is the essence of romanticism.’ Content includes: Context of composition Dictation and ‘spot the errors’ exercises General aural perception exam-style questions Extended response questions Further learning and a reading list A summary of musical elements Answers to all questions Relevant to three A level specifications: Edexcel, Area of Study 2: Instrumental Music Eduqas, Area of Study A: The Development of the Symphony 1750-1900 OCR, Area of Study 1: Music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven Aurora Classroom is Aurora Orchestra’s creative learning platform encompassing free digital resources for primary, secondary and SEND schools, training for teachers, and a world-class programme of live activity for children and young people. Visit our full site, https://auroraclassroom.co.uk/ to explore our free teaching support materials for each Key Stage – from an introduction to the orchestra for KS3, to detailed set work resource packs for GCSE and A level music specifications.

It is undeniable that this symphony was made with the idea that this music could be the sounds of a new society. Beethoven himself recognised the impact the symphony was to have on the form, breaking the mould of the Viennese Classical Symphony as had been established by Haydn, his former teacher, both with regards to musical form and expressive potential. Content includes: Context of composition Dictation and ‘spot the errors’ exercises General aural perception exam-style questions Extended response questions Further learning and a reading list A summary of musical elements Answers to all questions Relevant to three A level specifications: Edexcel, Area of Study 2: Instrumental Music Eduqas, Area of Study A: The Development of the Symphony 1750-1900 OCR, Area of Study 1: Music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven Aurora Classroom is Aurora Orchestra’s creative learning platform encompassing free digital resources for primary, secondary and SEND schools, training for teachers, and a world-class programme of live activity for children and young people. Visit our full site, https://auroraclassroom.co.uk/ to explore our free teaching support materials for each Key Stage – from an introduction to the orchestra for KS3, to detailed set work resource packs for GCSE and A level music specifications.

In the timeline of musical history, Brelioz’s Symphonie fantastique is a thunderbolt out of the blue. Written in 1830, only three years have passed since the death of Beethoven, who left a formidable legacy of nine game-changing symphonies. Whilst other composers are perhaps overawed by this giant’s shadow, 26-year-old Berlioz was unfazed - he was inspired by the Beethoven model and expands it in every direction. Content includes: Context of composition Dictation and ‘spot the error’ exercises General aural perception exam-style questions Extended response questions Further learning and a reading list A summary of musical elements Answers to all questions Relevant to three A level specifications: Edexcel, Area of Study 2: Instrumental Music Eduqas, Area of Study A: The Development of the Symphony 1750-1900 OCR, Area of Study 5: Programme Music 1820-1910 Aurora Classroom is Aurora Orchestra’s creative learning platform encompassing free digital resources for primary, secondary and SEND schools, training for teachers, and a world-class programme of live activity for children and young people. Visit our full site, https://auroraclassroom.co.uk/ to explore our free teaching support materials for each Key Stage – from an introduction to the orchestra for KS3, to detailed set work resource packs for GCSE and A level music specifications.