Pieces This album contains nine pieces from ABRSM's 2011 &2012 Piano syllabus. In the exam, candidates must play three pieces, one chosen from each of the three syllabus lists (A, B and C). Candidates are free to choose from the pieces printed in this album and/or from the other pieces set for the grade a ftrll list is given on the opposite page as well as in the 2011 & 2012 syllabus booklet. All the pieces are valid from I |anuary 2011 until 31 December 2012, with a permitted overlap into 2013 as follours: UK & Republic of lreland- until the end of Period A (spring exams) 2013 All other countries- until3l December 2013 The pieces in this album have been taken from a variety of different sources. \,Vhere appropriatg the pieces have been checked with original source material and edited to help the player when prepariry for performance. Ornament realizations have been added by the editor, as have metronome maft shown within square brackets. rvVhere necessary the fingering has been amended by the editor to ensure a consistent approach within the a1bum. Details of other editorial amendments or suggestkm are given in the footnotes. Fingering and all editorial additions are for guidance only; they are not comprehensive or obligatory. 0ther requirements Scales, arpeggios and broken chords The following requirements are reproduced from the 2011 & 2Ol2Piano syllabus. For further details, see also p. 6 of the syllabus booklet. Scales (similar motion) G, D,A, F majors E, D, G minors (melodic or harmonic at candidate's choice) Contrary-motion scales C, E majors Chromatic scale beginning on D Arpeggios G, D, A majors D, G minors Broken chords F major E minor hands together and separately 2 octaves hands beginning on the key-note (unison) 2 octaves hands separately hands separately hands separately, as pattem below: I octave 2 octaves 2 octaves Sight-reading (see 2011 & 2012 Piano syllabus) Aura[ tests (see 2011 &2OLZ Piano syllabus) ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT INFORMATION \Mhen planning an exam entry it is important to refer to the following publications: . the current Piano syllabus (ZDll &2012) . the current Examination Information & Regulnrlons (published annually) . These Music Exnms (containing practical advice for candidates, teachers and parents) These contain information on all aspects of the exrun, from entry details to performance requirements such as the observance of repeats. All three publications are available free of charge from music retailers and as downloads from www.abrsm.org/exams. Grade 30119 025 368 9S Date of exam Contents Editor for ABRSM: Richard Jones LIST A I Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772) Suite de la r6jouissance (Gavotte en rondeau): from Premier liure de pidces de clauecin 2 Pauline Hall, based on IosephHaydn (tZZ2-1809) Military Minuet 3 Iohann Krieger (165r-1735) Bourr6e: from sechs musicalische partien LIST B 1 IsaakBerkovich (1902-72) Mazurka 2 |ohannes Brahms (1S33-97) The Sandman: No.4 from Vollcs-Kinderlieder,WoO 31, arr. Franklin Pike 3 Franz Schubert (1797-IBZB) Trio from Symphony No. 5 in B flat, D. 485, third movement, arr. MartinWhite LIST C I Iohn Kember Bah-ba-doo bah: No. I fromJazz Piano Studies I 2 Timothy Salter Cat being bold at first 3 Trad. American Dovrm by the Riverside, arr. Tim Richards page 2 3 4 5 6 7 B I 10 0ther pieces for this grade LIST A 4 Hummel DialogueTaquin. No. 17 fromVennaClassic (Biirenreiter) 5 Petzold Menuet[II] inGminor(withnoD.C.toMenuetI),BWVAnh. llll5.TheAnnaMagdalenaBachBookof I72S (ABRSM) or pp. 47-48 from Baroque Keyboard, Pieces, Book I (ABRSM) 6 Vaughan Williams T\ryo-Part hrvention in G: No. 6 from A Lixle Pinno Book (O[JP) LIST B 4 Duvernoy Andantino, Op. 176 No. 15. More Romantic Pieces for Fiano, Book 1 (ABRSM) 5 Gurlitt Gavotte in A minor. No. I from Romantic Piano Anthology 1(Schott/MDS) t 6 Tchaikovsky Waltz (from The Sleeping Beauty). Pinnoworks Collection 7, arr. Bullard (OUP) LIST C 4 EliasDavidsson Men's Dance: from The Gifi ofMusic(Spartan press) 5 Ianina Gar.6cia In the Train: from Miniatures for piano, Op. 5 (p\MM/MDS) 6 Christopher Norton Cloudy Day: No. 9 from Miuojazz Collection 2 (Boosey & Hawkes/MDS) tThis arrangementonly Erstp'df$:din20r0bfrlf,ns[d GrHishine) Ltd auHly td sddfirydilDl$|, Zrf Mad PtaeItrWIB |I[IEdriE&m O 2OrO byII- lmirtH dtu lotEn ffidrE tmcaApmogfgla.!{ AI fi dils resclEn I5 IEt dilE Itffi i(n maybempoM. !dalE.Editr ryfurLyqrc*-ftpir @or--r.5qFa-. Mttsic origimtion by n*mFs lfrsb EAgraviaS Ltd Co?erryffiDGdSn kinted itr F,t8r.rd by E4.ilryko.tE Ir4 Ih InYiaPr:s+.fffid, h 2 Mtr( trHhb DO NOT PHOTOCOPY O MUSIC Suite de La rdjouissance Gavotte en rondeau from Premier liure de piDces de clauecin Louis-Claude Daquin l) = c.LL2l ll2. 11. J , 1 D.C. al Fine Suite de lardiouissance Continuation of the Rejoicing; Premierlivre de pilces de clavecin First Book of Pieces for the Harpsichord The French composer Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772) was very precocious as a child, holding organist's posts in Paris from the age of 12. In 1739 he was appointed organiste du rol (organist to the kin$. He was widely regarded as the flnest French keyboard player of his generation. Daquin's Premier liure de pibces de clauecin is made up of four suites. The Gavotte en rondeau printed here is the last movement from the fourth suite, most of which consists of a diuertissemen (entertainment) celebrating the pleasures of hunting. This gavotte is entitled 'Continuation of the Rejoicingl as it immediately follows a movement in which the hunters are depicted rejoicing over the success of their sport. The piece illustrates the simplest type of rondeau form: A (rondeau theme, bb. 1-16), B (episode, bb. 17-28), A (da capo of the rondeau theme). The quavers might be ptayea in unequal pairs (roughly f] = Ib according to the French notes inigales of the period. The slur, staccatos and dlmamics are editorial suggestions only. Source: Premier liure de piices de claveciz (Paris, 1735) @ 1991 byTheAssociated Board of the Rqral Schools of Music Adapted from Barque KeyfurdAi@, Book I, edited by Richard Ione (ABRSM) AB3t15 MilitaryMinuet DO NOT PHOTOCOPY O MUSIC Pauline Hall based on Joseph Haydn [) = c.t20] D.C. al Fine The great Austrian composer Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) visited Iondon nrice during the l790s There the last f2 symphonies that he composed, the so-called'London' symphonies, all received their first performance to great acctaim- Ite etghft of the 12, f.fo. friO in G of lTg4,was later niclaramed the 'Military' Syrnphony due to the imitation of lirkish military music in the second pgvtmcnt Tte first half of the minuet given here uses the theme from the third movement. @ Odord University Press lg8g Reproduced by permission. All rights reserved. All enquiries about '\ic piece, apart ftom 6re eEcdy rtlditrg 6 -' e mrns should be ad&essed to Odord University Press, Music Departrnent, Great Clarendon Street, ffird OCZ 6Dp AB3Al5 4 Bourr6e from Sechs musicalische Partien DO NOT PHOTOCOPY O MUSIC Iohann Krieger f) = c.721 Sechs musicalische Partien Six Musical Partitas The German composer Iohann IGieger (1651-1735) was bom in Nuremberg but settled in the city of Zttau in eastern Germany, where he was employed as cantor (director of church music) and organist for A3 years. He published two books of keyboard music in the 1690s and is regarded as one of the best German keyboard composers of his generation The bounde is a moderately guick dance in duple tirne - deslrite the time signature of IGieger's Bourr6e, it is preferable to think in terms of two minim fs4ts per bar. All slurs, ornaments and dynamics are editorial zuggestions only. tn the exam, the frst repeat should be played, but not thesecond. Source: fuhs mrsicali*le Parram (Nurembery f697), reprioted inDenbtiiler deutscher Tbnkurut,YoL 18 (Icipzig 191? @ 2010 @IheAssociated Board of fte Royal Sffi of ltu{c 4B3545 Mtr{- FHhb DO NOT PHOTOCOPY O MUSIC Mazurka Isaak Berkovich Allegro non troppo f) = c.1L2) 4 \_; t---,,1 ..t---4 rtr-etlkatrtu..corrqoser(saa(Ber(sv(c((t((u-12\stu((c(rt(eK*(s**t".r*(GoG*.sa(*sr(g-('..o***sKo wtth a stongawat oa fre smad beat ofthe baq, as rn tlte ptece selected here. @ 20f 0 byTheAssociaedBoad ofthe noyal Schools of Music 483545 6 >6 -)/- WtrA trHhw DO NOT PHOTOCOPY o MUS|C Iohannes Brahms The Sandman No. 4 from Volks-Kinderlieder,WoO 31 fimTflHrrree ,Elt-Lrwr -s I J I ) l J ) ) ,.j J mp T I l|t -mf e ? ? 3 h qi3 13 3r-,T-3 a ffi a p - t ^i^)- Volks-Kinderlieder Folksongs for Children The many folksong arrangements by the great German composer lohannes Brahms (1833-97) include the 15 Volks-Kinderlieder of 1857, which he dedicated to the children of Robert and Clara Schumann. The most famous of these songs is the fourth, Sandmcinnchen (literally, 'little sandman,), which is given here in a piano arrangement. The 'sandman' personifies the tiredness that makes children's eyes smart as bedtime approaches. A singinf translation of the first starza (included in a volume of Brahms songs published by Peters Edition) reads: The flow,rs have long been sleeping beneath the pale moonshine, / their tiny heads are nodding upon their stalks so fine. / The rosetree bends her dreaming head, and shakes her petals red. / Slumber, slumber, my own sweet baby dear! O Copyright f 959 EdwinAshdown I imited Rll righs reserved. Intemational copl,right securd. Reprinted S'permission. All enquiries about ttris piece- aparr from those directlv relating to the exams, should be addressed to Music Sales, 14i 15 Bemers Street, London\\'lT 3LI- ,{B 3545 7 Trio Franz Schubert DO NOT PHOTOCOPY O MUSIC from Symphony No. 5 in B flat, D. 485, third movement Arranged by Martin rvVhite Allegretto ). = c.56 poco rit. a tempo 11^., g , 1 I O \---- ' -e -w '2 mf p ?) ) ':__/ V 3 -??? cantabile poco rall. 1 -mf r7 r-\ t+J ) , 16 1 b This piece is adapted from the trio that forms the middle section of the third movement (Menuetto) of Schubert's Fifth Symphony. Alongside the 'Trout Quintet, this symphonyis one of his earliest instrumental masterpieces, written in 1816 when he was only 19 years old. The trio is notable not just for its lovely Schubertian melody, but for its lilting dance-like quality. No. 1 from lazz Piano Studies I - ----d,- 4E DO NOT PHOTO( @ MUSTC Iohn Kembe: ) = DO (swing fl = l'tr1 I p semi staccato Fine 13 2 - -rl -p D.C. al Fine Iohn Kember studied at Trinity cotlege of Music, tondon, and is now active as a composet teacher, pianist and conductor. This piece is a study in swing rhythm: the quavers should be played in lonyshort pairs throughout, as sholvn above the fust bar. @ 2005 Faber Music Ltd, lrndon Reproduced by permission of the publishers. All enquiries abour &is piece, apart from those directly relating to rhe pmms, should be addressed to Faber Music Ltd, Bloomsbury House, 74-77 Great Russdl stect rondonr,ttir soe. AB35t15 Mtr( trWfrM ]O NOT PHOTOCOPY @ MUSIC I Cat being bold at flrst ) = c.ll2 TimothySalter Fearless; gradually becorning circurnspect 1 aee v- p bl ?"7b? ?47 dim. r_-F v ]t! D7' Szti -, w !rc -fr I : Ped. -F-- rit. Ped. I F: Itmothy Salter (b. 1942, Yorkshire) studied piano with Iamar Crowson. He teaches composition and performance studies at the Royal College of Mrsic and is active as a comlrcseE conductor and pianisl About this piece, composed in 1997, he wrote: 'Cat being bold at first, thinking better of ig going for the prudent option- Any accidental refers only to the note it directly precedes. @ f$n byTlleAssociated Board of fu Rryal Scbooh of fftric lo W DO NOT PHOTOCOPY @ MUSIC TIad. American Arranged by Tim Richards ) = c.8o Down by the Riverside f s7- This piece is a piano arrangement of the well-known spiritual, a version of whose flrst verse and refrain reads: Gonnalay down mysword and shield Down bythe riverside, I'll studywar no more. I ain't gonna studywar no more. @ 2010 byTheAssociated Board of the Royal Schools ofMusic AB3s45 ll AB3ti45 I S B N 978-1-84819-199-1 lillillililillilllll