set works - context 0.0 / 5 ? Musicset worksGCSEEdexcel Created by: tbelle16Created on: 27-10-20 17:07 RELEASE - AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM group formed 1995 from album 'Volume 2: Release' - second album, released 1999 name of group = fusion origins - west African, traditional Irish, modern EDM 3 languages symbolise styles' roots Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor wrote lyrics/sings verses 1+3 1 of 8 SAMBA EM PRELÚDIO - ESPERANZA SPALDING originally written/composed 1962 - Roberto Baden Powell de Aquino (Brazilian guitarist, 1937-2000) bossa nova - 'new trend', slower + more lyrical than samba samba (national dance of brazil) became popular in 20th cent. title means = 'samba in the form of a prelude' Esperanza recording released 2008 on album 'Esperanza' by Spalding (1984) 2 of 8 MAIN TITLE/REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER - JOHN WILLIAMS from 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope' Star Wars released 1977 films set in a distant galaxy composed by Williams (1932) - produced highly successful film scores traditional aspect = leitmotifs (musical ideas associated with an event/object/character) 3 of 8 DEFYING GRAVITY - STEPHEN SCHWARTZ released 2003 lyrics/music written/composed by Stephen Schwartz (1948) from musical 'Wicked!' best-loved musical film of 20th cent. = 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939) 'Wicked!' based on fantasy novel by (American author) Gregory Maquire 'Defying Gravity' is act 1 finale - dramatic staging (moving lights/smoke + wind effects) 4 of 8 KILLER QUEEN - QUEEN released 1974 from 3rd studio album 'Sheer heart attack' (1974) rock group 'Queen' formed London (1970-71) group known for 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (1975) glam rock song about a high-class prostitute 5 of 8 MUSIC FOR A WHILE - PURCELL written 1962 - mid-baroque period solo song and continuo accompaniment incidental music - intended for performance in play (Oedipus) Purcell regarded as one of greatest English composers 6 of 8 PATHÉTIQUE - BEETHOVEN piano sonata No. 8 in C minor Op.13 (1st movement) - 1799 classical period (1750-1825) but includes romantic features Ludwig van Beethoven born Bonn (1970) dedicated to Prince Karl 7 of 8 BRANDENBURG CONCERTO - BACH No.5 D major (3rd, last movement) published 1850 late baroque era intended for small court orchestra 8 of 8
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