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Celebration Series®, 2015 Edition

Te finest instrument is the mind. “Teaching from the Celebration Series® is a great pleasure. Each piece in the series has been carefully selected for its musical value and sound editorial practice guides students to informed, stylistic performances. performances.”” Marvin Blickenstaff, Past President Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy

Celebration Series , 2015 Edition ®

Piano Repertoire ✔

A balanced and representative collection of piano music in traditional and modern styles

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Includes exciting new pieces in jazz and contemporary styles from a variety of North American composers

Piano Etudes ✔

Designed to build technique, technique, the Piano Etudes can be used for recitals, competitions, competitions, and enjoyment

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Companion books to to the the Piano Repertoire volumes

Recordings ✔

Reliable and representative interpretations of the complete works in the Piano Repertoire and Piano Etudes books

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Invaluable resources for style style-appropriate -appropriate performance practice

Celebration on Series® “It was a great pleasure to be part of the new Celebrati recordings project. The meticulously chosen, diverse range of repertoire will not only delight students but also nourish and discipline their learning. These new recordings are of remarkable quality, bringing the intentions of the players and the nuances of the music to life.” Lang Ning Liu, Concert Pianist, Artistic Director, Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto Music Festival

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Contents Piano Repertoire and Etudes Samples Prepa rator y A Te Hau nted Ha rp Jazz Blast Row i n g Rou nd Spider’s Web Tunderstorm Prepa rator y B Sta rfish at Nig ht Te Ca lico Cat Dist a nt Ch imes Arietta Ariet ta in C Major, op. 42, no. 5 A Little Joke, op. 39, no. 6 L e v el 1 Germa n Da nc e in D Major, Hob. I X :22 , no. 2 Ea rly One Morning Red Satin Ja zz Blink y t he Robot Climb up on a n Elepha nt Bea rs Young Ludwig Exploring Drif ting Clouds Hopscotch L e v el 2 A ir in D Minor, Z  676 Sold ier’s Ma rch, op. 68, no. 2 I Spy urk ish Ba za a r Periwin k le win k le Cou ra geou s Cat E Doria n wit h Modu lat ion Pi nwheels Et ude in C Major, op. 36 , no. 22 L e v el 3 Polona i se in G M inor, BW V A n h. 119 Sonat ina in G Major (I) Arctic Arct ic Voices Voices Zinc Pin k Allegro Moder ato Va riat ions on a Russia n Folk Song Te But ter fly In t he Spi rit L e v el 4 Mi nuet in G Major, BW V A nh. 116 Sonat ina in B flat Major, op. 12 , no. 5 (I) Old French Song, op. 39, no. 16 C h at t er Positively Swinging Reflect ions Et ude in G Major, op. 823, no. 53 Lit t le Et ude L e v el 5 Sonat a in D Minor, K 3 4 Sonat ina in C Major, op. 36 , no. 3 (II I) Sunset in R io Ma rch of t he i n Sold iers Mela ncholy Reflect ions Prelude in D flat Major Ded icat ion No Worries Allegro i n D Major, op. op. 38, no. 28 L e v el 6 Sa raba nde in D M inor As Swif t as a Deer Sonat ina No. 3 in A Mi nor Sent imenta l Wa ltz, op. 50, no. 13 Doug la s Firs Secrets oc cati na , op. 27, no. 12 Da nci ng Sc a les L e v el 7 Invent ion No. 8 in F Major, BW V 779 Viennese Sonat ina in A Major (I) Consolat ion, op. 30, no. 3 Roc k Z one Paja ro t riste ick led Pi nk Mi xed-up R a g Et ude of A lternat ing Double Notes

Christ ine Donk in Nancy a nd Randa ll Faber John Mi llig a n Linda Nia mat h Dia n ne Goolk a sia n R a hbee A nne Crosby Gaudet Helen Ma rla is Jon George Muzio Clementi Dmitri Ka balevs balevsky ky Fra nz Joseph Haydn a rr. Frederick Silvester Ma rt ha M ier Dav id Ca rr Glover a rr. Na nc y elfer Linda Nia mat h Forrest Ki nney Wi llia m Gillock Boris Berlin Henr y Pu rcell Rober t Schu ma nn Melody Bober Ma rk M rozi nsk i A nne Crosby Gaudet eresa R ichert Rober t D. Va nda ll Linda Nia mat h A lexa nder Gedi ke at tr. Joh a nn Seba st ia n Bac h Toma s At t wood Susan Grie sdale Dennis A lexa nder Béla Bar tók Isa a k Berkov ich Sa muel Mayk apa r Christopher Norton at tr. Joh a nn Seba st ia n Bac h Ja mes Hook Pyot r I l ’yich cha ikovsk y Emma Lou Diemer Christopher Norton Dennis A lexa nder Ca rl Czerny Béla Ba r tók Domenic o Sc a rlat t i Mu zio Clement i M ike Spri nger Géna ri K a rg a nov M ike Schoenmeh l Cat herine Rolli n Enrique Gra ndaos E l i s s a M i l ne Johann Wil helm Hässler George Frideric Ha ndel Daniel Got tlob ürk Georg A nton Benda Fra nz Schuber t Stephen Chat ma n A my Beac h Dmit ri K aba levsk y John Burge Joha nn Seba stia n Bach Wolfg a ng A ma deu s Moz a r t Feli x Mendelssoh n Rober t D. Va nda ll Federic o Mompou Dav id L . McInt yre ony Ca ra mia Dona ld Wa x ma n

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Level 10

Solfeggio in C Minor, Wq 117/2, H 220 Six Variations on a Swiss Folk Song, WoO 64 Mazurka in A Minor, op. 7, no. 2 In Evening Air Tree in Blue No. 1 Shooting Stars in Summer Te Storm, op. 109, no. 13 Dance of the Elves L’Egyptienne Sonata in A Major, Hob. XVI:12: I Butterfly, op. 43, no. 1 Golliwogg’s Cake-walk El viaje Monarchs May Morning Etude in C Minor, op. 32, no. 34 Prelude and Fugue in B flat Major, BWV 866 Rondo in D Major, K 485 Canción y danza VI Vogel als Prophet, op. 82, no. 7 Polonaise in A Major, op. 40, no. 1 Dance (Juba) Te Brook, op.32, no.2 Spring Celebration

Piano Repertoire List Piano Etudes List Four Star® Sight Reading and Ear Tests, 2015 Edition Technical Requirements for Piano, 2015 Edition

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Ludwig van Beethoven Frédéric Chopin Aaron Copland Ann Southam Naoko Ikeda Johann Friedrich Burgmüller Génari Karganov Jean-Philippe Rameau Franz Joseph Haydn Edvard Grieg Claude Debussy Astor Piazzolla Martha Hill Duncan Charles Gounod Henri Jéróme Bertini Johann Sebastian Bach Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Federico Mompou Robert Schumann Frédéric Chopin R. Nathaniel Dett Edward MacDowell Stephen Chatman

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Introduction to

Celebration Series , 2015 Edition ®

Celebration Series®, 2015 Edition is a comprehensive series of graded repertoire and etudes for piano. Tis outstanding collection of music from the Baroque era to the present day provides thoroughly engaging teaching and learning materials. Each book includes high-quality recordings, easily accessible online, to inspire students and teachers. Piano Repertoire Preparatory A to Level 10

Te Piano Repertoire books provide a representative collection of pieces from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and contemporary style periods. Tese volumes are the

ultimate resource for examinations, recitals, festivals, competitions, auditions, and personal enjoyment.

Piano Etudes Levels 1 to 10

Te Piano Etudes books are designed to help students gradually master a variety of technical challenges. Each book contains pieces from well-known etude composers including

Czerny, Burgmüller, and Heller, along with contemporary character pieces.

Recordings Preparatory A to Level 10

Tese recordings provide superb, reliable, representative interpretations of the complete works from the Piano Repertoire and Piano Etudes books. An invaluable resource

for style-appropriate performance practice and inspiration, recordings are easily accessible online.

The twelve individual levels of the Celebration Series ® , 2015 Edition are grouped into three categories: • Preparatory–Level 4: Elementary • Levels 5–8: Intermediate • Levels 9–10: Advanced

Te pieces in each Piano Repertoire book from Levels 1 to 10 are subdivided into lists, according to stylistic period. Level

List A

List B

List C

List D

List E

Levels 1–2

Baroque and Classical Repertoire

Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire

Inventions

Levels 3–7

Baroque Repertoire

Classical and Classical-style Repertoire

Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire

Levels 8–9

Baroque Repertoire

Classical Repertoire

Romantic Repertoire

Post-Romantic, 20th-, and 21stcentury Repertoire

Level 10

Works by J.S. Bach

Classical Repertoire

Romantic Repertoire

Post-Romantic, 20th- and 21stImpressionist, and century Repertoire Early 20th-century Repertoire

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Preparatory A 8

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Te Haunted Harp

Jazz Blast Christine Donkin (b. 1976)

Creepily q = 108 – 116

Nancy Faber (b. 1955) and Randall Faber (b. 1954)

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Fast, with zip q = 144 – 160 4 1

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Tunderstorm Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (b. 1938)

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Play these three elements as many times as you wish in any arrangement you like. Make your own storm!

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Repeat this pattern as many times as you like, using di ff erent octaves on the keyboard. Te rain can begin gently and slowly and gradually get faster and faster, louder and louder.

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Source: Jumping in the Mud © Copyright 2011 Te Frederick Harris Music Co., Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Spider’s Web

Rowing Round

. Linda Niamath (b. 1939)

John Milligan (b. 1942)

Brightly h. = 80 – 88 1

Slowly, with suspense q = 92 – 104 2

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Source: In My Garden © Copyright 1996 Te Frederick Harris Music Co., Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

© Copyright 1993 Te Frederick Harris Music Co., Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Piano Repertoire List Preparatory A Piano Repertoire

Marching, op. 39, no. 3

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Te Lively Boy

Daniel Gottlob ürk

Te rumpeter and the Echo, op. 89, no. 15

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Let’s Waltz

Level 1 Piano Repertoire List A: Baroque and Classical Repertoire

German Dance in D Major, Hob. IX:22, No. 2

Franz Joseph Haydn

Pyrenese Melody

Muzio Clementi

Elvina Pearce

Minuet in A Minor

Johann Krieger

Te Haunted Harp

Christine Donkin

Allegro in B flat Major, K3

Wolgang Amadeus Mozart

Te Haunted Mouse

Nancy and Randall Faber

Burlesque in G Major

Anonymous

Curious Cat

eresa Richert

Te Ballet


Owl in the Night

Catherine Rollin

Minuet in F Major, K2


Boots

Yvonne Adair

Écossaise in E flat Major

Ludwig van Beethoven

Te eeter-totter

Dale Reubart

Andante in G Minor

George Philipp elemann

Jazz Blast

Nancy and Randall Faber

Aria in F Major, BWV Anh. 131

Johann Christian Bach

Shadows

Dennis Alexander and Martha Mier

March or a Reluctant Soldier

David Duke

Waltz, op. 39, no. 13

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Rainbow Fish

Catherine Rollin

A Little Piece, op 6, no. 2

Alexander Gedike

Smooth and Crunchy

Elissa Milne

Early One Morning

arr. Frederick Silvester

Rowing Round

John Milligan

Dance o the Martians

Mike Schoenmehl

Spider’s Web

Linda Niamath

Mist

Clifford Poole

Te Mouse in the Grandather Clock

Stephen Chatman

Spring Light

Stephen Chatman

A Skating Waltz

Boris Berlin

Robots

Anne Crosby Gaudet

Sleigh Bells

Christine Donkin

arr. Nancy eler

Tunderstorm

Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee

Climb up on an Elephant (Monté sur un élephant) Bears

Linda Niamath

Lost

Elissa Milne

Red Satin Jazz

Martha Mier

oy Soldiers March, op.108, no.8

Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee

Song o the Dark Woods

Elie Siegmeister

Dream Journey

Christine Donkin

Mountain Melody

Norman Dello Joio

Blinky the Robot

David Carr Glover

Angelfish

Anne Crosby Gaudet

A Starry Night

Italo aranta

Preparatory B Piano Repertoire

Te Rising Sun

Nancy eler

Starfish at Night

Anne Crosby Gaudet

New Shoes

Linda Niamath

Aeolian Lullaby

Joan Hansen

Distant Chimes

Jon George

Jumping Jacks

Andrew Markow

Te Hen

Nikolai Ljubarski

Oranges and Lemons

arr. Boris Berlin

Te Calico Cat

Helen Marlais

Foggy Beach

Stephen Chatman

Cruising

Carol Barratt

Minuetto, op. 37, no. 2

James Hook

Arietta in C Major, op. 42, no. 5

Muzio Clementi

o Fly Like an Eagle

Anne Crosby Gaudet

A Little Joke, op. 39, no. 6

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Pop Goes the Weasel

arr. Andrew Markow

A Song, op. 36, no. 3

Alexander Gedike

Sneaky Sam

Melody Bober

Pixies on Parade

eresa Richert

Mystery

Christine Donkin

Sherlock Holmes

Mike Schoenmehl

On a Greek Island

Mark Mrozinski

Cool Groove

Edwin McLean

Te Swing

Chee-Hwa an

Te Marching rumpets

Boris Berlin

Playul Puppy

Linda Niamath

Bouncing Ball

eresa Richert

Te ired urtle Express

Christine Donkin

List B: Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire

List C: Inventions

Frère Jacques Stands on His Head

Clifford Poole

Cranky Cat

eresa Richert

eapot Invention

Andrew Markow

Canon

Carleton Elliott

Young Ludwig Exploring

Forrest Kinney

Swirling Leaves

Gordon A. McKinnon

Te Snake

Renée Christopher Level 2 Piano Repertoire List A: Baroque and Classical Repertoire

Allegretto in C Major

Christian Gottlob Neee

Impertinence, HWV 494

George Frideric Handel

Menuet en rondeau

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Gavotte in A Major


Menuetto in C Major


Air in D Minor, Z 676

Henry Purcell

German Dance in B flat Major, Hob. IX: 22, no. 5

Franz Joseph Haydn

Écossaise in G Major, WoO 23


Piano Repertoire List List B: Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire

Zinc Pink

Dennis Alexander

Summer Drought

Janet Gieck

Soldier’s March, op. 68, no. 2

Robert Schumann

On a Quiet Lake

William Gillock

Fanare, op. 60, no. 8

Vincent Persichetti

A Little Song, op. 27, no. 2

Dmitri Kabalevsky

March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Atacama Desert

Wynn-Anne Rossi

Rigadoon in A Minor

William Babell

Hal Asleep

Christopher Norton

Aria in B flat Major, HWV 471


Prelude

Octavio Pinto

Aria

Domenico Scarlatti

Little Red Wagon

eresa Richert

Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116

attr. Johann Sebastian Bach

Quiet Lagoon

Jon George

Menuet in D Minor

Johann Heinrich Buttstett

Te Silent Moon

Nancy eler

Little Piece No. 3

Marko ajčević

I Spy

Melody Bober

Sonatina in C Major, op. 34, no. 1 (II: Rondo)

urkish Bazaar

Mark Mrozinski

Sonatina in G Major, op. 36, no. 2 (III) Muzio Clementi

Te Sparkling Brook

Margaret Goldston

James Hook

Perwinkle winkle

Anne Crosby Gaudet

Sonatina in B flat Major, op. 12, no. 5 (I)

Te Waltz Tat Floated Away

David L. McIntyre

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1 (I)

Anton Diabelli

German Dance in E flat Major, WoO 13, no. 9


List C: Inventions

Level 4 Piano Repertoire List A: Baroque Repertoire

List B: Classical and Classical-style Repertoire

Johann Anton André

Invention in C Major

Renée Christopher

Invention in A Minor

Frederick Silvester

Old French Song, op. 39, no. 16

Pyotr Il’yich chaikovsky

Canon

Cornelius Gurlitt

Te Happy Farmer, op. 68, no. 10

Robert Schumann

Jazz Invention No. 2

Pierre Gallant

Dance

Béla Bartók

Courageous Cat

eresa Richert

A Sad Story, op. 27, no. 6

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Canon in F Major, op. 14, no. 95

Konrad Max Kunz

Afer the Rain

Joanne Bender

Little Dance in Canon Form

Béla Bartók

Reflections

Dennis Alexander

Positively Swinging

Christopher Norton


List C: Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire

Jazzberry Jump

Stephen Chatman

Harlequinade

Johann Ludwig Krebs

Creole Lullaby

Italo aranta

Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126

attr. Johann Sebastian Bach

Dreamcatcher

Anne Crosby Gaudet

Menuet in E flat Major

Johann Mattheson

Squirrels at Play

Boris Berlin

Polonaise in G Minor, BWV Anh. 119 attr. Johann Sebastian Bach

Chatter

Emma Lou Diemer

Gavotte in G Major, HWV 491


Foggy Day Blues

Mike Springer

Gigue a l’Angloise

Georg Philipp elemann

Ballerina Doll

Diane Chouinard

When the Planets Are Aligned

Nanc y eler


Sonatina in C Major, op. 36, no. 1 (I, II, III)

Muzio Clementi

Sonatina in A Minor, op. 94, no. 4 (I)

Albert Biehl

Sonatina in G Major (I)

Tomas Attwood

Sonatina No. 2 in F Major, op. 257, no. 2 (IV: Finale)

Téodore Lack



Fantasia in C Major


Menuet in E Major

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sonata in D Minor, K 34

Domenico Scarlatti

Scherzo in C Major

Johann Ludwig Krebs

Te Song o wilight

Yoshinao Nakada

Boree in B flat Major

Richard Jones

Arctic Voices

Susan Griesdale

Menuet in G Minor, BWV 842


Variations on a Russian Folk Song

Isaak Berkovich

Holiday Parade

Rhonda Bennett

A Little Piece, op. 6, no. 11

Alexander Gedike

Clowns, op. 39, no. 20

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Allegro moderato

Béla Bartók

Sonatina in A Minor, op. 214, no. 4 (I, II, III)

Cornelius Gurlitt

Wild Mignonette, op. 205, no. 1

Cornelius Gurlitt

Sonatina in G Major (III)

Jean Téodore Latour

Funny Puppy

Anne Crosby Gaudet

Romance in G, op. 52, no. 4

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Morning Prayer, op. 39, no. 1

Pyotr Il’yich chakovsky

Picnic 1920

Mike Schoenmehl

Siciliano, op. 68, no. 11

Robert Schumann

Interlude

Martha Mier

No Worries

Elissa Milne


Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5, no. 2 (I, II: Rondo)


Sonatina in C Major, op. 36, no. 3 (III) Muzio Clementi


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Piano Repertoire List

Sunset in Rio

Mike Springer

Sonatina in D Major, op. 36, no. 6 (I)

Muzio Clementi

You and I

om Gerou

Franz Joseph Haydn

March o the in Soldiers, op. 25, no. 1 Génari Karganov

Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI/G1 (III: Finale)

Dedication, op. 1, no. 1

Enrique Granados

Für Elise, WoO 59


Melancholy Reflections

Mike Schoenmehl

Sonatina in C Major, op. 88, no. 1 (I)

Friedrich Kuhlau

Scamp

Christopher Norton

Viennese Sonatina in A Major (I)


A Slow Waltz, op. 39, no. 23

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Anton Diabelli

Blue Mood

William Gillock

Sontatina in B flat Major, op. 168, no. 4 (I)

When Rivers Flowed on Mars

Nancy eler

easing Song

Béla Bartók Level 6 Piano Repertoire List A: Baroque Repertoire


Winter Solstice Song

Béla Bartók

Consolation, op. 30, no. 3

Felix Mendelssohn

Polonaise in G Minor, op. posth., B 1

Frédéric Chopin

Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999


Le cavalier sans-souci (Te Careree Knight)

Jacques Ibert

Les carillons

Johann Philipp Kirnberger

Solitar y raveler, op. 43, no. 2

Edvard Grieg

Aria in G Major


Rondo-occata, op. 60, no. 4

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Little Prelude in E Minor, BWV 941


Moonlight Mood

William Gillock

Sarabande in D Minor


Fantasy Bossa

Christopher Norton

Burlesca in D Major

Johann Ludwig Krebs

Pajaro triste (Sad Bird)

Federico Mompou

Sonata in A Major, K 83b

Domenico Scarlatti

Peace Country Hoedown

Christine Donkin

As Swif As a Deer


Waltz

Viktor Kosenko


Rock Zone

Robert D. Vandall

Sonatina in A Minor

Georg Anton Benda

Nocturne

Clifford Poole

Sonatina in D Major, op. 12, no. 1 (I)

James Hook

ickled Pink

David L. McIntyre

Sonatina in G Major, op. 55, no. 2 (I)

Friedrich Kuhlau

Rondo in C Major

Jacob Schmitt

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1 (III: Rondo)

Anton Diabelli

Sonatina in G Major, op. 19/20, no. 1 (I, II: Rondo)

Jan Ladislav Dussek



Gigue in D Major

Johann Ludwig Krebs

Little Prelude in E Major, BWV 937


Invention No. 10 in G Major, BWV 781


Menuet and rio in B Minor


Sentimental Waltz, op. 50, no. 13

Franz Schubert

Mignon, op. 68, no. 35

Robert Schumann

Soleggio in C Minor, Wq 117/2, H 220


Prelude in C Minor

Charles Gounod

Sonata in D Major, op. 1, no. 4

Baldassare Galuppi

On the Lake, op. 77, no. 12

Heinrich Homann

Song o the Cavalry, op. 27, no. 29

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Sonata in D Major, op. 12, no. 3 (I)

Samuel Arnold

Gentle Breeze

Joanne Bender Martha Mier

Six Variations on a Swiss Folk Song, WoO 64


Happy ime Jazz Spanish, op. 55, no. 5

Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

Jan Ladislav Dussek

Winter’s Northern Scene

Jean Coulthard

Sonatina in E flat Major, op. 19/20, no. 6 (I)

Zigzag

Dennis Alexander

Rondo in C Major, op. 52, no. 6


Secrets, op. 25, no. 5

Amy Beach

Sonata in A Major, op. 59, no. 1 (I)

Friedrich Kuhlau

Prelude No. 2

Srul Irving Glick

Kangaroo, op. 2, no. 1

George Fiala

Douglas Firs

Stephen Chatman Level 7 Piano Repertoire List A: Baroque Repertoire

List B: Classical Repertoire

List C: Romantic Repertoire

Lieb’ Schwesterlein (Dear Little Sister), Robert Fuchs op. 32, no. 14 Souvenir, op. 10, no. 1

Génari Karganov

Reiterstück (Te Horseman,) op. 68, no. 23

Robert Schumann

Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779


Mazurka in A Minor, op. 7, no. 2

Frédéric Chopin

Allegro in G Minor


Andante sostenuto, op. 72, no. 2

Felix Mendelssohn

Bourrée in F Major


With Sweet Lavender, op. 62, no. 4

Edward MacDowell

Allegro in B flat Major

José Antonió Carlos de Seixas

Scherzo in B flat Major, D 593, no. 1

Franz Schubert

Passepied in D Major

Johann Philipp Kirnberger

Polonaise in E Major


Fiesta, op. 52, no. 7

Joaquín urina

Sonata in C Major, op. 1, no. 2 (II)

Giovanni Benedetto Platti

Swineherd’s Dance

Béla Bartók

Page d’album (Album Lea )

Claude Debussy


List D: Post-Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire

Piano Repertoire List

In Evening Air

Aaron Copland

La mendiga (Te Beggar Woman), op. 1, no. 2

Enrique Granados

Prelude and Fugue in B flat Major, BWV 866


Tree in Blue No. 1

Ann Southam


Rings o Saturn

Alexina Louie

Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 851

Jazz Suite No. 2 (III)

Glenda Austin


Shooting Stars in Summer

Naoko Ikeda

French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817 (I: Allemande, VIII: Gigue)

Jazz Exercise No. 2

Oscar Peterson

Fantasia in C Minor


Far Away Friend

Mike Springer

Sneaky

Stephen Chatman

Seven o Hearts

Kevin Olson Level 9 Piano Repertoire List A: Baroque Repertoire

Sinonia No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 790


Sinonia No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796


L’Egyptienne

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Allemande in E Minor


Sonata in E Major, K 380

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in A Major, K 209

Domenico Scarlatti

Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 847



List A: Works by J.S. Bach


Sonata in G Minor, Hob. XVI:44 (complete)

Franz Joseph Haydn

Sonata in F Minor, op. 2, no. 1 (complete)


Rondo in D Major, K 485



Impromptu in A flat Major, op. 90, D 899, no. 4

Franz Schubert

Vogel als Prophet, op. 82, no. 7

Robert Schumann

Intermezzo in B flat Minor, op. 117, no. 2

Johannes Brahms

Nocturne in E Minor, op. posth. 72, no. 1

Frédéric Chopin

Polonaise in A Major, op. 40, no. 1

Frédéric Chopin

Sonata in B Minor, Wq 62/22 (I)


Spinning Song, op. 67, no. 4

Felix Mendelssohn

Sonata in A Major, Hob. XVI:12 (I, II: Minuet and rio, III: Finale)

Franz Joseph Haydn

Consolation No. 3

Franz Liszt

Sonata in G Major, K283 (189h) (I, II, III)


Six Easy Variations on an Original Teme, WoO 77


Sonata in C Major, WoO 51 (I)



Waltz in A flat Major, op. 64, no. 3

Frédéric Chopin

Butterfly, op. 43, no. 1

Edvard Grieg

October (Autumn Song), op. 37b, no. 10


Variations on a Russian Song (Among the Gentle Valleys)

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List D: Post-Romantic, Impressionist, and Early 20th-century Repertoire

wenty-our Preludes, op. 11 (no. 4, no. 6)

Alexander Scriabin

Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

Claude Debussy

Barcarolle No. 4 in A flat Major, op. 44 Gabriel Fauré Córdoba, op. 232, no. 4

Isaac Albéniz

Te Sea, op. 17, no. 12

Selim Palmgren

Prelude in G flat Major, op. 23, no. 10

Sergei Rachmaninoff

List E: 20th- and 21st-century Repertoire

Prelude in C Major, op. 12, no. 7

Sergei Prokofiev

Mikhail Glinka

Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 65 (complete)

Béla Bartók

Nocturne in G Minor, op. 37, no. 1

Frédéric Chopin

Pierre Gallant

Scotch Poem, op. 31, no. 2

Edward MacDowell

Six Variations on “Land o the Silver Birch”

Song without Words, op. 30, no. 1

Felix Mendelssohn

Old Adam (wo-Step)

William Bolcom

Moment musical, op. 94, no. 3

Franz Schubert

Te River

Martha Hill Duncan

occatina in B flat Major

Bedřich Smetena

“V” (Valse Chromatique)

Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté

Cassandra’s Dream

James Domine

Canción y danza VI

Federico Mompou

Mist

Court Stone

Dance (Juba)

Nathaniel Dett

Nocturne

Stephen Chatman

occata

David L. McIntyre

List D: Post-Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire

Salta, salta (Hobby-horse)

Octavio Pinto

Deserted Plantation

William Gillock

Decadent Sentimental Song

Miguel Manzano

Ocean Vista

Ruth Watson Henderson

Golliwogg’s Cake-walk

Claude Debussy

Changes

Alexina Louie

O Polichinelo (Punch)

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Reverie in F Minor

Dennis Alexander

El viaje (Te Journey)

Astor Piazzolla

Over the Rainbow

Harold Arlen, arr. George Shearing

Monarchs

Martha Hill Duncan

Carnivalse

Chilly Gonzales Level 10 Piano Repertoire

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Piano Etudes List Piano Etudes 1

Chinese Lanterns, op. 46, no. 3

Walter Niemann

Relay Race

Jon George

Chinese Kites

Gem Fitch

Etude in C Major, op. 125, no. 3

Anton Diabelli

In the Spirit

Chistopher Norton

Morning Greeting, op. 117, no. 13

Cornelius Gurlitt

Far Away

eresa Richert


Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy

Etude in C Major

Felix Le Couppey

Folk Dance, op. 39, no. 17

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Etude in A Minor

Árpád Balázs

Te op

Mel. Bonis

Detectives

Christine Donkin

Etude in E Major, op. 139, no. 66

Carl Czerny

Drifing Clouds

William Gillock

Masquerade

Linda Niamath

Hopscotch

Boris Berlin

Etude in G Major, op. 823, no. 53

Carl Czerny

Skipping Rope, op. 89, no. 17

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Te Avalanche, op. 45, no. 2

Stephen Heller

A Swinging Leprechaun

Mike Schoenmehl

Solitude

Joyce Grill

Jazz! Goes the Weasel

Rebekah Maxner

Prayer, op. 25, no. 5

Génari Karganov

Raindrops, op. 76, no. 11

Jenö akács

Allegro in G Major, op. 38, no. 19

Johann Wilhelm Hässler

Waiting

Renée Christopher

Cradle Song, op. 101, no. 6

Cornelius Gurlitt

Etude in C Major

Pál Kadosa

Dragon Fly

William Gillock

A Porcupine Dance, op. 89, no. 8

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Little Etude

Béla Bartók

Answering

Emma Lou Diemer

Te Somersault King

Mike Schoenmehl

Celebration

Anne Crosby Gaudet Piano Etudes 2

Piano Etudes 4

Piano Etudes 5

Prelude, op. 39, no. 19

Dmitri Kabalevsky


Alexander Gedike

A Faded Letter

William Gillock


Carl Czerny

Prelude in D flat Major

Catherine Rollin

Colored Windows

Edna-Mae Burnam

Te Black Pony

Lajos Papp

Etude in F Major, op. 190, no. 27

Christian Louis Heinrich Köhler

Allegro agitato

Jon George

Scherzo, op. 39, no. 12

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Longing, op. 140, no. 11

Cornelius Gurlitt

Hunting, op. 210, no. 7

Cornelius Gurlitt

Dance o the Dragonflies

Eduard Rohde

Pinwheels

Linda Niamath

Dragonfly Scherzo

Anne Crosby Gaudet

Crazy Comics

Christine Donkin

Allegro in D Major, op. 38, no. 28


Te Highlands

Christopher Norton

Sweet Sorrow, op. 100, no. 16

Johann Friedrich Burgmüller

Etude in D Minor, op. 82, no. 65

Cornelius Gurlitt


Carl Czerny

Te Wind

Chee-Hwa an

Prelude in C Major, op. 119, no. 1

Stephen Heller

Gliding

Jenö akács

In Church, op. 39, no. 24


Feelin’ Good

Christopher Norton

Staccato Prelude, op. 31, no. 6

Samuel Maykapar

E Dorian with Modulation

Robert D. Vandall

Allegretto in C Major, op. 55, no. 10

Teodor Kirchner

Melody

Jon George

Dulcimer une, op. 42, no. 7

Alec Rowley

Ladies in Waiting

William Gillock

Chicken alk

Mike Schoenmehl

Piano Etudes 3

Piano Etudes 6

Arabesque, op. 100, no. 2

Johann Friedrich Bürgmuller

Rogue, op. 77, no. 1

Heinrich Homann

Etude in F Major, Op. 777, no. 22

Carl Czerny


Giuseppe Concone

Allegro in A Major, op. 38, no. 34


Allegro in F Major


Rush Hour

Lorna Paterson

occatina, op. 27, no. 12

Dmitri Kabalevsky


Carl Czerny

Dancing Scales

John Burge

Morning Prayer, op. 101, no. 2

Cornelius Gurlitt

Romance, op. 28, no. 25

Samuel Maykapar

Etude in D Major, op. 37, no. 17

Henry Lemoine

Fluttering Leaves, op. 46, no. 11

Stephen Heller

Te Butterfly, op. 28, no. 12

Samuel Maykapar

River City Blues

Martha Mier


Carl Czerny


Henry Lemoine

Lef Alone

Joyce Grill

Etude in A flat Major, op. 139, no. 51

Carl Czerny

Witches and Wizards

Christine Donkin


Henri Bertini

Etude

Pál Kadosa

Soleggio in D Major

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

Minuet

Béla Bartók

Pebbles in the Water

Lajos Papp

Little Piece No. 7

Marko ajčević

Te Gear Wheels o a Watch

Yoshinao Nakada

Piano Etudes List

Piano Etudes 7

Piano Etudes 9

Jumping Competition, op. 107, no. 10

Ludvig Schytte

May Morning

Charles Gounod

Etude in G Minor, op. 24, no. 15

Giuseppe Concone

o the Lute, op. 37, book 2, no. 1

Heinrich Homann


Ludvig Schytte

Barcarole, op. 19, no. 5

Niels Gade

Etude o Alternating Double Notes

Donald Waxman

Te Sleigh Ride

Jacques Ibert


Carl Czerny

Restless, op. 77, no. 4

Moritz Moszkowski

Study in C Major, op. 24, no. 22

Giuseppe Concone

Improvisation, op. 84, no. 5

Gabriel Fauré

Halley’s Comet

Nancy eler

Etude in C Minor, op. 32, no. 34

Henri Bertini

Lament, op. 203, no. 8

Cornelius Gurlitt


Stephen Heller

Etude in G Minor, op. 37, no. 31

Henry Lemoine

Raging orrent, op. 33, no. 18

Samuel Maykapar

Etude in C Minor, op. 29, no. 7

Henri Bertini

Etude in F Minor, op. 68, no. 11

Ludvig Schytte

Lesson in A Major, op. 33, no. 7

William Sterndale Bennett

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Scherzo, op. 77, no. 7

Heinrich Homann

Who’ll Win the Argument? op. 88, no. 2

Mixed-up Rag

ony Caramia

Etude in A Minor, op. 61, no. 13

Hermann Berens

Ringing Changes

Christopher Norton


Cornelius Gurlitt

Etude, op. 27, no. 3

Dmitri Kabalevsky Piano Etudes 8

Piano Etudes 10


Carl Czerny

Agitato, op. 42, no. 18

Alec Rowley

Etude in F Minor, op. 25, no. 2

Frédéric Chopin

Etude, op. 27, no. 24

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Etude in F Major, op. 45, no. 14

Stephen Heller

Dance o the Elves, op. 21, no. 3

Génari Karganov

Etude in A flat Major, op. 30, no. 19

Giuseppe Concone

Little Bird, op. 43, no. 4

Edvard Grieg



In the Evening, op. 88, no. 2

Heinrich Homann

Serenade, op. 53, no. 5

Ernst Haberbier

At the Skating Rink, op. 28, no. 23

Samuel Maykapar

Periwinkle

Charles Gounod

Lied, op. 42, no. 13

Alec Rowley

Étude-tableau, op. 33, no. 8

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Te Storm, op. 109, no. 13


Te Brook, op. 32, no. 2

Edward MacDowell

Study in D Major

Felix Swinstead

Bagatelle, op. 6, no. 11

Béla Bartók

Conession, op. 30, no. 2

Eduard Schütt

Spring Celebration

Stephen Chatman


Stephen Heller

Postludium, op. 13, no. 10

Ernő Dohnányi

Disco-Visit

Mike Schoenmehl

Dance o the Marionettes

Mario arenghi

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