This series introduces key ideas and a wide range of music for listening and appraising.

Illustrations and stories bring the music to life. The series showcases music from many composers from 18th century to the present day. Each piece is based on an adventure. Each book includes helpful illustrations and imaginative stories and gives brief details and portraits of composers. There are unusual instruments illustrated and follow-up activities for students. The series comes with accompanying cassettes.

Fortissimo is a key stage 4 music course to fit the initiatives of the national curriculum with performing, composing, listening and appraising being an integral part. The material in the Fortissimo Student's Book covers a wide variety of music from the 13th century to the 1990s and offers the chance to study musical styles and instruments from a variety of cultures. At regular intervals throughout the book, there are double-page colour spreads displaying fascinating visual stimulus material to spark off original ideas for composing and improvising.

Fortissimo is a key stage 4 music course to fit the initiatives of the national curriculum with performing, composing, listening and appraising being an integral part. The material in the Fortissimo Teacher's Resource Book provides notes for teachers to support the Student Books and CD's that cover a wide variety of music from the 13th century to the 1990s and offers the chance to study musical styles and instruments from a variety of cultures. At regular intervals throughout the book, there are double-page colour spreads displaying fascinating visual stimulus material to spark off original...