Rock & Pop, Musical Theatre and Jazz – Appraising Popular Music

An original resource on rock and pop music, musical theatre and jazz to support students studying the revised WJEC AS and A Level Music specification.

The content includes information to help with WJEC AS Music Unit 3, areas of study B, C and D, and WJEC A Level Music Unit 6, Tier 3, 4 and 5. The book includes the following:

• Rock and Pop 1965-1900 and popular music in Wales (Gruff Rhys,Super Furry Animals, The Manic Street Preachers and Kizzy Crawford)
• Musical Theatre (Porter, Rodgers, Schonberg and Lloyd-Webber) and American musical theatre (Sondheim and Schwartz)
• Jazz 1940 – 1965 and jazz celebrities (Duke Ellington and Miles Davies)