Grade'i Piano Exam Pieces 2023 &2024

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Selected from the 2023 & 2024 syllabus
Date of exam

Contents
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LIST A
I Anon. Minuet in G, BWVAnh. Il 116
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2 Muzio Clementi Vivace:third movement from
Sonatina in C, Op.36 No. I 4
3 Miroslaw Gqsieniec Hansel and Gretel:from Albumfor
Children 6
LIST B
1 Nancy Litten The Sad Ghost
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2 C. A. Loeschhorn Study in F: No. 25 from 48 Etüden infortschreitender Ordnung, Op. 65 10
3 Yoshinao Nakada The Song of Twilight:from Piano Piecesfor Children
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LIST C
1 Sonny Chua T-Rex Hungry: from A Day in the Lifeofa T-Rex 14
2 William Gillock The Spanish Guitar: from AccentsAround the World 16
3 Scott Joplin The Entertainer, arr. Önaq 18

Editor for ABRSM: Richard Jones

The pieces listed above are just a selection of those on the syllabus that you can choose for your exam; the other
options are listed on page 20.
Whether you are taking an ABRSMPractical or Performance Grade, pieces are at the heart of your exam; after all,
playing an instrument is all about exploring, performing, and learning through repertoire.
While this book contains nine pieces in a range of styles, the full syllabus has a wealth of other exciting repertoire that
we encourage you to explore - to find pieces that really inspire you, that you connect with musically and will enjoy
learning, and that will allow you to perform to your very best. The full syllabus also includes duets, to give you another
musical option and the opportunity to play with another musician. You can pick a mixture of pieces from this book
and the wider lists if you like - you just need to have one piece from each list, A, B and C and no more than one duet.
If you are taking a Performance Grade, you also need to prepare a fourth piece which is entirely your own choice.
Here you have even more freedom to choose music that really speaks to you, that you want to communicate to others,
and that successfully completes your programme. It can be from the syllabus lists, or somewhere else entirely. Just
be sure to check the 'Selecting Repertoire' section of the Performance Grades syllabus for important requirements
and options for the own-choice piece (likestandard and minimum length) and the programme of four pieces overall.
Finally, you need to decide what order to play your pieces in and how you, the performer, will take your audience
from the very first to the very last note, including moving from one piece to another, so that the performance forms a
complete musical journey.
The separate syllabuses are available at www.abrsm.org. Whether taking a Practical or Performance Grade, enjoy
exploring the possibilities on offer!

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This piece is taken from the second of the two manuscript albums that J. S. Bach dedicated to his wife Anna Magdalena. They give a fascinating
picture of domestic music-making in the family home when Bach was living in Leipzig (1723-50). Some of the pieces are anonymous' including
this Minuet jn G, which might have been composed by a friend of the family.
Source; Clavierbüchlein vorAnna Magdalena Bach, 1725; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer slurs (except
Kulturbesitz, Mus.ms.Bach P225. All dynamics,
bars 5 and 23) and staccatos are editorial suggestions only.
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Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. I

Third movement from
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Muzio Clementi was an English composer of Italian birth who settled in London in 1774.Here he made a successful career as a pianist
During a continental tour in the 1780s he stayed in Vienna for six months and took part in a famous piano contest with Mozart, who commented
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on his 'remarkable technique at the keyboard'. In 1798 Clementi established a business that not only published music but manufactured has
left hand
The six sonatinas ofClementi's Op. 36 have long been the most popular of his smaller and easier piano pieces. In this Vivace, the
an accompanying role, whereas the right hand is full of life and vitality.
Source: Six ProgressiveSonatinas for the Piano Forte, Op. 36 (London: Longman & Broderip, 1797)
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Miroslaw Gqsieniec is a Polish composer and pianist. He started

composing as a small boy and
studied composition with Witold Lutoslawskifor
This piece is named after the well-known fairy tale collected by
Brothers Grimm. Hansel and
in a forest. Here they meet a witch, who lives in a house made Gretel, who are brother and sister, are abandoned
of gingerbread and cake. She
wants to eat the children, but Gretel kills her and the
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Nancy Litten
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Nancy Litten is a pianist, violinist and music teacher who studied at the RoyalAcademy of Music, London. She has published many booksof
pieces for young musicians.
She says of this piece: 'I visualise this sad ghost having a peep at its old haunts and, when the coast is clear, and
gradually making itself at home
even forgetting its sadness and reliving happy times. But it disappears into the air at the end.'
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