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BAROQUE:
Bach Little preludes and fughettas
Bach Invention/Sinfonias
Bach French/English/German suites
Bach's Preludes and Fugues WTC I/II
Scarlatti sonatas
Handel keyboard suites
Couperin keyboard pieces
Seixas sonatas
Soler sonatas
CLASSICAL:
Sonatina album (Clementi/Kuhlau/Dussek/Diabelli/Beethoven/Mozart)
C.P.E. Bach sonatas
Clementi sonatas
Mozart rondos/fantasias
Mozart sonatas
Beethoven sonatas book 1/2
Beethoven bagatelles
Beethoven variations
Haydn sonatas (Henle's selection into 2 books is perfect)
Hummel sonatas
ROMANTIC/IMPRESSIONIST:
Czerny etudes
Chopin
preludes/nocturnes/polonaises/mazurkas/ballades/etudes/scherzos/impromptus
Brahms shorter piano pieces (Op. 116-119, Op. 76, and Rhapsodies)
Brahms ballades and sonatas
Debussy preludes book 1/2 + Student's corner + Dual arabesques + reverie + Claire
de lune suite + L'isle Joyeuse
Debussy estampes + images
Ravel piano solo pieces
Grieg lyrics
Mendellsohn's SWW and preludes + fugues
Moszkowski etudes Op. 91 and Op. 72
Liszt Years of Pilgrimmage
Liszt transcendental etudes
Liszt Paginini etudes
Liszt Consolations + Liebestraum
Liszt rhapsodies
MacDowell Woodland Sketches + Sea Pieces
Rach preludes + etudes + moment musicals
Scriabin preludes + etudes + sonatas
Schubert moment musicals + impromptus + sonatas
Janacek- On an Overgrown Path + In the Mists
Satie- Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes
Field Noctunes (creator of nocturnes)
Chaminade Concert etudes
Schumann- Kinderszenen + Davidsbundlertanze + Carnaval + Fatansy Pieces +
Symphonic Etudes + Waldszenen + Kreisleriana + Arabesque + Papillons should be
enough. He wrote a lot of collection of miniature pieces.
Tchaikovsky's Months.
I know I am missing a lot of other composers like Spanish ones and other French composers (and
non-western composers), but you can go into that more.
MODERN:
Prokofiev's Visions, Sarcasms, Fugitives + sonatas + Juvenilia
Bartok's For Children + Mikrokosmos + Romanian Dances + Allegro Barbaro +
Sonatine + Out of Doors Suite
Ginastea's Danzas Argentinas + American preludes + sonatas
Kapustin Concert etudes + Jazz preludes
Medtner Skaszkis/Fairy Tales + sonatas
Poluenc Melancolie + Villageoises
Shostakovitch preludes (2 sets) + fugues + fantastic dances
Rzewski's North American ballades + The People United Will Never be Defeated
2. Five finger studies - 0p. 777 - elementary (the hands don't move)
3. Practical method for beginners - op. 599 - 100 exercises grouped according to
the technical skill they are supposed to develop.
4. 30 new studies in technique - op. 849 - prepares for op. 299 below.
5. School of velocity - op. 299 - one of the most famous of Czerny's collections it
might be a good starting point for you.
6. Preliminary school of finger dexterity, op. 636 - prepares for op. 740 below.
7. The art of finger dexterity - op. 740 - advanced exercises (and one of the most
famous sets), but not as advanced as Moskowski or Chopin.
8. Studies for the left hand - op. 718. This is actually for two hands, but the right
hand just plays the accompaniment.
Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach should be right at your level. Learning a bunch (let's say
15) of the easier pieces from this book should prepare you for his Preludes and Inventions in such a
way that you can learn these without it being entirely too time-consuming. Here's a difficulty ranking
of the easiest pieces from this book.
Easiest: 4, 5, 20a, 21, 22, 32.
Bit less easy: 3, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 36.
A bit harder: 12, 16, 18, 29.
At which point you're at the level of the easiest preludes.
If you're looking for some composers from the (early) Romantic era at your level, check out
Tchaikovsky Op. 39, more from Schumann Op. 68, Gurlitt Op. 101 & 140 & 205.
Maybe some etudes. Streabbog Op. 63, Burgmuller Op. 100.
Or some music from the Classical period. Mozart 'London Sketchbook', Haydn Minuets (Hob. IX/8 &
Hob. IX/10), Clementi Op. 36, Attwood '4 Sonatinas'.
Russian Late Romantic music. Grechaninov Op. 98 & 123, Goedicke Op. 36, Rebikov Op. 31 & 37.
Late Romantic Impressionistic music. Bloch 'Enfantines'.
20th Century Eastern European music. Bartok 'Mikrokosmos' & 'For Children' & '10 Easy Pieces',
Kadosa '55 Small Piano Pieces', Takacs 'For Me'.
20th Century Russian music. Shostakovich Op. 69, Prokofiev Op. 65, Khachaturian 'Children's
Album' 1 & 2.
20th Century French music. Koechlin Op. 208, Tansman 'Happy Time' 1&2 & 'For Children' 1,2&3.
1st Year
BARTOK, Mikrokosmos vol. I
BEYER, op. 101
BERTINI, op. 137
CZERNY, op. 599
DUVERNOY, op. 176
KOEHLER, op. 157
TROMBONE, First canons
POZZOLI, First exercises in polyphony
KUNZ, 200 canons
Anna Magdalena notebook
2nd Year
Scales: Major, minors in parallel motion
CZERNY, op. 849, op. 636
DUVERNOY, op. 176, op. 120, op. 276
BARTOK, Mikrokosmos vol. II & III
BERTINI, op. 29
HELLER, op. 45
Anna Magdalena's notebook
J. S. BACH, Little preludes and fugues
CLEMENTI, Op. 36, 37, 38
KUHLAU, Sonatinas
DUSSEK, Sonatinas
MOZART, Viennese Sonatinas
3rd Year
Scales: Major, minors in parallel and contrary motion
Arpeggios
CZERNY, op. 636, op. 299, op. 740
HELLER, Etudes op. 45, 46, 47
BERTINI, op. 32
BARTOK, Mikrokosmos vol. III & IV
BACH: Two-part inventions
BACH: French suites
various classical Sonatinas or Sonatas
4th Year
BERTINI, op. 134
CRAMER, 60 Etudes by Bulow
CZERNY, op. 299, op. 834, op. 740
LISZT, Etudes op. 1
BACH, Sinfonias
BACH, English suites
Sonatas by MOZART, HAYDN, CLEMENTI, BEETHOVEN
5th Year (lower level exam)
Play a randomly selected etude (usually Bertini, Cramer or Czerny op 740)
Play one JS Bach selection from Sinfonias or English suites
Play one piece randomly selected from 3 Italian harpsichordists
One complete sonata selected from Mozart, Clementi or Beethoven (op 10 #1, op 10
#2, op 14 #2, op 27 #2)
One piece from the following:
CHOPIN, Bolero op. 19; Impromptu n. 1 op. 29; Valses op. 34 #1; op. 42; op. 64 #3; p.
64 #2; Polacca in G# min.; 6 Preludes
WEBER, Rondo brillante in Eb Maj.; Invitation a la valse op. 65
SCHUBERT, Impromptu in Eb Maj. op. 90 n. 2; Impromptu in Gb Maj. Op.90 n. 3.
SCHUMANN, Carnaval de Vienne; Papillons; 6 pieces from Waldszenen or
Albumblaetter
LISZT, Le Rossignol; one of the Consolations
DEBUSSY, Children‘s corner
Scales: major, minors in parallel and contrary motion by one octave, one third and one
sixth
6th Year
Scales double thirds and double sixths
CLEMENTI, Gradus ad Parnassum
Etudes:
MOSCHELES
MENDELSSOHN
RUBINSTEIN
THALBERG
KESSLER
Toccata by CZERNY
D. SCARLATTI, Sonata
BACH, Well-Tempered Clavier, vol. I.
Sonatas:
BEETHOVEN
SCHUBERT
WEBER
MOZART
HAYDN
CLEMENTI
7th Year
CLEMENTI, Gradus ad Parnassum
D. SCARLATTI, Sonata
BACH, Well-Tempered Clavier, vol.II.
Sonatas:
BEETHOVEN
SCHUBERT
WEBER
8th Year (intermediate level exam)
One brilliant Scarlatti sonata chosen from 3 studied
One randomly selected etude from Gradus ad Parnassum CLEMENTI: 2, 5, 9, 14, 15,
16, 17, 21, 26, 30, 32, 36, 44, 47, 58, 63, 65, 78, 86, 87, 88, 95, 96 .
One Prelude and Fugue selected 24 hours before from 12 selected in Bach WTC vol 1
and 12 selected in WTC vol 2
One etude selected from 2 studied from the following list
MOSCHELES, 1, 3, 23 op. 70
CZERNY, Toccata op. 92
KESSLER, 1, 8, 10 op. 20
MENDELSSOHN, op. 104/b n. l; op. 104/a n. 2
THALBERG, op. 26 n. 1
RUBINSTEIN, any in op. 23
One Beethoven sonata selected from the following:
op 2 #3, op 7, op 10 #3, op 13, op 26, op 28, op 31 #1 and #2, op 53 and op 81a
One piece selected from the following list:
WEBER, Finale of 1st Sonata (Moto perpetuo); Grande polonaise
SCHUBERT, Impromptu in B flat major op. 142
MENDELSSOHN, Variations sérieuses op. 54; Scherzo e capriccio; Rondo
capriccioso op. 14
SCHUMANN, Romanza op. 32 #1; In der Nacht, Traumes-Wirren,
Aufschwung,Phantasiestuecke op. 12; Novelletten. op. 21 n. 2
CHOPIN:
op. 10 #3, #5, #8
op. 25 #1, #2, #9
Impromptu #3 op. 51
Ballade #1 op. 23
Ballade #3 op. 47
Berceuse op. 5
Scherzo #1 op. 20
Scherzo #3 op. 39
Andante spianato e Polacca brillante op. 22
One piece selected from the following list:
BRAHMS, 2 Rhapsodies, op.79, Capriccio in B min; Intermezzi op. 117 (one)
SAINT-SAENS Caprice su Alceste
SGAMBATI, Studio melodico
MARTUCCI, Study op. 47
DEBUSSY, Jardins sous la pluie , Danseuses de Delphes
RAVEL, Le tombeau de Couperin
9th Year
Etudes:
CHOPIN
LISZT
SCRIABIN
RACHMANINOV
DEBUSSY
SAINT-SAENS
10th year (Final Board Exam for Diploma)
Prepare a 60-75 min recital selecting one from each of these groups:
Group 1:
J. S. BACH, any composition for keyboard
Bach transcriptions LISZT, TAUSIG, BUSONI, D‘ALBERT
BEETHOVEN, Any sonata from op. 57 to op. 111; Diabelli variations op. 120; Rondo
op. 129; C minor variations WOo 80
Group 2:
WEBER, Sonata n. 2 op. 39
SCHUBERT, Fantasia op. 15
SCHUMANN, Fantasia op. 17; Carnaval op. 9; Studi sinfonici op. 13
CHOPIN, Sonata op. 58; Sonata op. 35, 3 compositions selected from: Ballata n. 2 op.
38; Ballata n. 4 op. 52; Polacca op. 44; Polacca op. 53; Notturni Mazurche
LISZT, Sonata in B min; Scherzo und Marsch; Mephisto Waltz ; Transcendental
etudes: Mazeppa #4 or Feux Follets #5; One of the 3 concert etudes
Group 3:
BRAHMS, Paganini variations op. 35; Variations on a Handel theme; Rhapsody in Eb
Maj. op. 119 #4
SAINT- SAENS, 6 Etudes op. 111
FRANCK, Preludio, Corale e Fuga or Preludio, Aria e Finale
CHABRIER, Bourree Fantastique
SGAMBATI, Preludio e Fuga, Due studi da concerto
MARTUCCI, Tema con variazioni op. 58, Fantasia op. 51
BOSSI, Studio da concerto op. 137 n. 3 in sib min. Moto perpetuo.
Group 4:
BALAKIREV, Islamey
LYAPOUNOV, Trascendental studies
MOUSSORGSKI, Tableaux d‘une exposition
SCRIABIN, Studies, Sonatas
DEBUSSY, Preludes Estampes, Pour le piano RAVEL, Alborada del Gracioso,
Gaspard de la Nuit, Jeux d‘eau
ALBENIZ, Iberia
STRAVINSKY, Sonata
BARTOK, Suite Allegro barbaro