Developing wider listening – the 20th century: part one

Simon Rushby
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Understanding the background and context to music they play or listen to is an incredibly useful skill for all music students. This series aims to broaden that knowledge of musical style across the ages, partly in readiness for GCSE and A level ‘wider listening’ questions, but also to increase students’ enjoyment of the music they encounter, as they make links between one piece and the next, and between music and the wider cultural world.