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When studying the IGCSE Music syllabus, students will listen to, perform and compose music, encouraging aesthetic and emotional development, self-discipline and, importantly, creativity. As a result, students enhance their appreciation and enjoyment of music, an achievement that forms an ideal foundation for future study and enhances life-long musical enjoyment. Students study music of all styles; each style is placed in its historical and cultural context, and students are encouraged to be perceptive, sensitive and critical when listening. Although the majority of the syllabus examines Western European music, the music of other cultures is always represented.
The syllabus year refers to the year in which the examination will be taken.
2010 Syllabus (277Kb)The syllabus year refers to the year in which the examination will be taken.
2011 Syllabus (670Kb)
2012 Syllabus (467Kb)
2012 Syllabus erratum (19Kb)You can download one or more papers for a previous session (November 2008 ). Please note that these papers may not reflect the content of the current syllabus.
November 2008 Examiner Report (332Kb)Teachers registered with CIE can access our password-protected Teacher Support website, where a much wider selection of syllabus materials is available to download.