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Product Description This book has been carefully written by two experienced examiners and teachers to match the requirements of the OCR AS Music specification. It includes: A detailed introduction that takes you through the types of questions and knowledge expected in the exam Six tests each on Instrumental Repertoire 1700-1830 and Popular Instrumental Music 1900-Present Day Six tests on the prescribed orchestral scores for June 2014-June 2015 Six tests each on the jazz set works for June 2014 and June 2015-June 2016 Model answers to all of the tests A comprehensive glossary A scores booklet containing printed extracts of all of the music covered in the book. A CD of the 50 music extracts used in the book is available separately: OCR AS Music Listening Tests 4th edition CD, ISBN 978-1-78305-225-7, RHG245. About the Author Huw Ellis-Williams was brought up in Bangor and studied in Oxford and Exeter. A pianist, organist and part-time composer, he teaches at a comprehensive school in north Wales where he is head of sixth form. Huw has a particular interest in instrumental music of the early 20th century, and in music for theatre and film. He is an examiner for OCR and is co-author of the Rhinegold Education OCR AS and A2 Music Study Guides. Veronica Jamset taught music to young people aged between four and 18 years, in primary and secondary schools, selective and non-selective, in both the state and private sectors in the West Midlands, before taking up her first post in Higher Education as a teacher trainer. She worked in two colleges in Birmingham and then moved to St Mary's College at Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, where she became principal lecturer in music and director of in-service and continuing education. Veronica also has considerable experience in adult education. She has been an examiner at various levels since 1990 and, until 2000, was chief examiner for OCR's AS and A-level music syllabuses. She was a member of th