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Jubin's Graded Repertoire Shar Music
December 18, 2006 at 05:39 AM · Ok, so maybe I am a little hard on
myself. But after being frustrated with the amount of ambiguity in
many graded repertoire lists and hearing so many music teachers, professors,
and students complain, I have taken it upon myself to create my own graded
repertoire (with help from many sources). The criteria for each level is not
specific, as that would mean 110 different analyses of each work. However, I
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have taken into consideration the technique and musicality required to play the
pieces (bow control, dexerity, vibrato, flexibility, tone quality, and tempo
among other things). For this reason, the Paganini concertos are not higher in
level than other, technically easier pieces (such as Barber and Beethoven) for
the reason that Barber and Beethoven require more insight and knowledge to
play. Tonality is also taken into account. The levels range from 1-13+, 1 being
the easiest and + being disgusting. Please feel free to comment, inquire, reject,
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or add (or some other verb) to this list. I am not perfect, so if I have missed
something important, misspelled something, or misjudged a piece, please let
me know. Please keep in mind, these are pieces for solo violin and orchestra.
□ Level 3:
□ Level 4:
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□ Level 5:
□ Level 6: Fiddlershop
o Mozart: Rondo in G major from “Haffner” Serenade Johnson String Instrument and Carriage
House Violins
o Tchaikovsky: Sérénade Mélancolique
Potter Violins
o Vivaldi: Autumn
String Masters
o Vivaldi: Winter
Bein & Company
o Weinaiwski: Légende in G minor
Annapolis Bows & Violins
□ Level 7:
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o Beethoven: Romance in F major
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o Bloch: Baal Shem
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o Mozart: Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major interviews.
□ Level 8:
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□ Level 9:
o Sarasate: Zapateado
o Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo
Violinist.com Interviews Volume 2, with
o Wienaiwski: Concerto No. 2 in D minor
introduction by Rachel Barton Pine
□ Level 10:
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o Adams: Concerto
o Bernstein: Serenade
o Corigliano: Chaconne
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o Glass: Concerto
o Ravel: Tzigane
o Rorem: Concerto
o Penderecki: Concerto
o Schoenberg: Phantasy
o Schumann: Fantaisie
□ Level 11:
o Barber: Concerto
o Berg: Concerto
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o Nielsen: Concerto
o Walton: Concerto
□ Level 12:
o Gubaidulina: Offertorium
o Ligeti: Concerto
o Schoenberg: Concerto
Please be nice.
Replies (95)
Willie M
Stephen Brivati
that`s a really interesting project and I think you have done alot of
thoughtful work.
I agree with you about some of the lists currently available although the ASTA
one is pretty good in my opinion. It does, as you say depend on a slew of factors
that are very subjective and after you have tried to factor those in you are still
stuck with the problem of individual differences in players and there relative
streengths. For example, when I was a kid I played a lot of Wieniawski . I did
the concerto very early on (after de beroiot 9) so that would be much lower
down the list than some concertos that would have exposed my weaknesses
more. The problems you note lead , in my opinion, to the greatest amount of
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