ABRSM Violin exams ‘This album is valid for exams from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2019. Advance notice ofany planned changes to the Violin requirements from 2020 (including syllabus overlap information) will be available online at www.abrsm.org/ violin3 from January 2019. Pieces (90 marks) This album contains nine pieces from ABRSM’s 2016-2019 Grade 3 Violin 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 full list is given on the opposite page. ‘The pieces in this album have been taken from a variety of different sources, Where appropriate, they have been checked with original source material and edited to help the player when preparing for performance. The fingering and bowing have been amended ‘where necessary to ensure a consistent approach within the album. Ornament realizations have been added, as have metronome marks shown within square brackets. Details of other editorial amendments or suggestions are given in the footnotes. Fingering, bowing and all editorial additions are for guidance only; they are not comprehensive or obligatory. Other requirements see syllabus for full details Scales and arpeggios from memory (21 marks) range bang pues ‘hn pater 5 see ee Ai, Ea oct, separate bows andsurred even notes olny ton Bs, Dimajors: A, Dninors 2oce “Gquaersioahow)—atcandhdate's choice nna barrio adi ‘candidates chai | Arpeasion bos Enajors oct, separstcbovs andshurred eve Bs Dingo, A zoe “(notes to bow) Chromatic sete Sating on D oct, separate ove even notes Sight-reading (21 marks) Aural tests (18 marks) (Total available: 150 marks) Taking the exam Exam regulations and full syllabus details — including scale speeds and descriptions of sight-reading and aural tests ~are available online at www.abrsm.org/violin3.Violin Exam Pieces Name ABRSM Grade 3 Selected from the 2016-2019 syllabus Date of exam Contents page UST A 1 attrib, Henry VIII Pastime with good company, arr. Edward Huws Jones 2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Polonaise: No. 4 from 12 Duos, K. 487, art. Watson Forbes 3 Georg Philipp Telemann Presto: third movement from Sonatina No.6 in F, TWV 41:F usTs 1 Harold Arlen and Edgar Yipsel Harburg Over the Rainbow: from The Wizard of Oz, 5 arr, Barnes Music Engraving 2 Nicola Paganini Theme and Variation: from 24 Caprices, Op.1, arr. Christiane Bornemann 6 3° Trad.Irish The Lark in the Clear Air, arr.T. C. Kelly 7 ustc 1 Trad. American Pig Ankle Rag (solo), arr. Pete Cooper 2 Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim America: from West Side Story, arr. Jerry Lanning 9 3 Trad. French The Folk from the Mountain, arr. Edward Huws Jones 10 Violin consultant: Philippa Bunting Footnotes: Richard Jones [RJ] and Anthony Burton Other pieces for Grade 3 LsTA 4 J.S.Bach Gavotte I fom Gavotte in D). No.6 from Suzuki Violin School, Vol 3 (Alfred-Summy-Birchard) 5 F.Duval Un peu gay No.3 from My First Concert for Violin art. Mohs (Schott) 6 Handel Bourrée: No. 11 from The Young Violinst's Repertoire, Book 4, arr. de Keyser and Waterman (Faber) uss 4 Neil Mackay German Folk Song and Swiss Air from A Tuneful Introduction to the Third Postion (Stainet & Bell) 3 Monluszko Baika. No.3 from The Young Violinist’s Repertoire, Book 4, art. de Keyser and Waterman (Faber) 6 J. Strauss Il The Beautiful Blue Danube (violin melody (omitting DC). from The Viennese Fiddler, art. Huws Jones (Boosey & Hawkes) uste 4 Roy McCormack Louis: No. 10 from Ler’ Swing for Violin (Spartan Press) 5 Monty Norman James Bond Theme, James Bond 007 Collection for Violin, art Galiford, Neuburg and Edmondson (Alfred) 6 Ros Stephen Tango in San Telmo or African Jamboree: No.7 or No. 12 from Violin Globerroters (OUP) Fest published n 2015 by ABRSM (Publishing Lx, Unauthorted photocopying i gal Mase orgnton by Ande ones ‘wha owned subsidiary of ABRSM,24 Portland Alright reserved. No part of tuspubliation Cover by Kae Benjamin Any Pots Face London WiB ILU, United King ‘nay bereproducedreorded or nsmited Pied England by Cllgaving Ld {©2015 by The Asociated Board of the Raya ‘any form or byany means vito the Thetford Nok Schools Mase Prlor permission ofthe copyight ownerica unauthorized copies of this attrib. Henry Vill (1491-1547), Pastime with good company Arranged by Edward Huws Jones ———$— nf mp = 3 Second verse divisions 3 i. ac f uf ——— 7 Scone his song, originally for three voices, has survived in a manuscri ther pieces in the same collection, It is ascribed to the Kin, ipt compiled around 1518 at the court ofthe English King Henry Vil. Like many ig himself, keen music-lover who is known to have been a composer. Hen, still the time, probably also wrote the carefree words, which begin: Pastime with good company Hove and shall untill die his arrangement includes a second verse with violin ‘divisions, or decoratv nprovised. Although the o ve variation, of the kind that a performer atthe time might have inal metronome mark is d= 100, a more relaxed tempo of d= 84 would be aceeptable in the exam, Copyright 2000 by Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Led produced by permission of Roosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ld. All enguitles about essed to Boosey & Havekes Music Publishers Lid, Akdwyeh House 71 ls piece. apart from those directly relating to the exams, should be -81 Ald, Landon WC2R AHN AB 3781Polonaise No. 4 from 12 Duos, K. 487 Arranged by Watson Forbes W.A. Mozart (1756-91) Allegretto «= 80 a 4 9D af con spirito meee tlt a, ——— pzart composed a set of 12 hort duos for wo equal instruments in Viennain July 1786; on the surviving manuscript of three of them he noted a they were written ‘while playing skits, but failed to identify the instruments they were intended for. They were published after Mozart's ath as pieces for two horns, and indeed they can be played on the valveless horns of the time, using the high-register technique associated th the instrument. Bur for many years it was believed that they were too difficult for horns, and they were published most frequently as 0s for violins. The fourth of the set is inthe thythm of the polonaise, a triple-time dance from Poland (the name is the French for Polish’) ade famous in the 19th century by Chopin's piano polonaises. This arrangement includes the second horn, or violin, part in the plano companiment, sometimes in the left hand and sometimes inthe right. ord University Press 1962 produced by permission from A Second Hook of Cisscal and Romantic Pees for Violin. All rights reserved. Al enquiries about this piece, apart from those ry relating tothe exams, shouldbe addressed to Oxford Univesity Pres, Great Clarendon Steet, Oxford OX2 GDP AB37a1Hag Presto mares Third movement from Sonatina No. 6 in F, TWV 41:F1 mun Edited by and continuo 6.P. Telemann realization by Richard Jones (1661-1767) Presto [2 =c. 72] a ft 20 Georg Philipp Telemann was one of the most prolific and versatile German composers of his day. He studied at Leipzig University and held ‘court appointments at Zary and Eisenach before becoming.city music director at Frankfurt (1712) and Hamburg (1721).In Frankfurt he directed 2 local collegium musicum (music society) in weekly public concerts at which his own instrumental works were performed. These no doubt Included the Six Sonatinas for violin and harpsichord, which were first published in 1718. The finale of Sonatina No, 6, reproduced here, has an Italian tempo mark but nonetheless resembles the French gavorte en rondeau, with its half-bar upbeat, central episode (b. 8) and return of the opening theme (b. 22). Despite the time signature, i is best to think in terms of two minim beats per bar. All the dynamics ae editorial suggestions only, as are the violin slurs in bb. 9 and 21. Rb Source: Sei Sonatine per violino e cembalo (Amsterdam: Le Cene, 1724/5) © 1998 by The Associated Hoard ofthe Royal Schools of Music Adapted from Baroque Violin Pieces, Book 2 edited by Richard Jones (ABRSND, AB 37B1Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz Arranged by Barnes Music Engraving Ltd Harold Arlen (1905-86) and E. Y. Harburg (189-1981) Moderately 2 2 mf ™p 19 w 5 a 30 rit, P dim, ‘Over the Rainbow’ was voted the No. 1 song of the 20th century in a 2007 poll of the music industry. It comes from the American film The Wizard of Oz, released in 1939, Early in the film, young Dorothy, fed up with her existence on « farm in Kansas, imagines travelling to a faraway land somewhere over the rainbow’ (the words sung tothe first line ofthe melody in bb. $ and 4). Shortly afterwards, she is carried off by a tornado to the land of Oz, where she encounters witches, a wizard and other strange characters. The song, one of several written for the film by the established team of ricist E.¥.('Yip) Harburg and composer Harold Arlen, won an Academy Award (Oscar). twas performed many times by the actress who played Dorothy, Judy Garland, and has also been sung by many other leading artists © 1939 Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer In. © 1839 EMI Feist Catal Al rights controlled and administered by EMI Fels Catalog Inc. rit rights in Europe administered by Music Sale Lid on behalf of EMI United Partnership Lx. Print rights outside of Furope and Australia administered by Alfred usc. For Australia and New Zealand: J Albert Son Pty Ltd administered by Music Sales Pay Ld. All rights reserved, Intemational copyright secured. Used by permission of Musi Sales Lt, Alfred Music and Music Sales Py Lid. ll enquiries about this piece. apart from those drei relating tothe exams, should be addressed to Muse Sales Ld, 14-15 Berners Stee, London WIT 31) AB378152) @ Theme and Variation from 24 Caprices, Op. 1 \rranged by Christiane Borneman Nicold Paganini (1782-1840) 80] Sf (p 2nd time) ieee ee eee eee f(p2ndtime) (crese. 2nd time) 7 7 F(p 2nd time) F(p 2nd time) inthe exam, all repeats should be observed. Nicolo Paganini, a native of Genoa in northern Italy, was the supreme violin virtuoso ofthe early 19th century, generating a surge of adulation diences across Fuirope. In 1820, he published a set of 24 caprices for solo violin. The las of them isa set of variations on a simple and memorable theme - which has also been treated in variation form by many other composers including Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Andrew Lloyd Webber. This arrangement consists of the theme and a simplified version of the frst variation, with an added piano accompaniment. end wonder in © 1987 by Barenrete-Verlag Kassel Reproduced from Liftle Paganini by permission of the publishers. All enquiries about this plece, apart fom those directly relating tothe exams, should be sessed to Barenreiter Lt, Burnt Mill Elizabeth Way, Harlow CMZ0 2X AB3781Arranged by T.C. Kelly Trad. Irish 69] a tempo 3 20 3 > pee eee en rit, lento The Lark in the Clear Air isa traditional Irish song, previously known as The Tailors Son ot Kathleen Nowlan, for which the 19th-century lish poet and antiquarian Sir Samuel Ferguson wrote new words, beginning: ear thoughts are in my mind, and my soul soars enchanted, As hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air ofthe day. This arrangement, by the Irish composer TC. Kely, hints in the piano part atthe characteristic playing techniques ofthe harp, one ofthe most important instruments in Irish traditional music. © Copyright Ossian Publications. Transferred to Novello & Compary Limited Al rights reserved. Intemational copyright secured. Used by permission. All enquiries about this pice, apart from those dirty relating othe exams, should be sdcressed to Muse Sales Ld, 14-15 Berners Street, London WIT 31), AB37B1Pig Ankle Rag for solo violin Arranged by Pete Cooper Trad. American ete] J=d ie crese ossiat end a Pig Ankle Rag is a tune in the tradition of American ‘Old Time’ fiddling, According to the editor Pete Cooper, it was popularized in the 1970s by The Highwoods Stringband, and is based on the harmonies of an older tune from the highland region of the Ozarks in the central United States, Pig Ankle Blues. The melodic line has the syncopated rhythms of ragtime, a predecessor of jazz ~ though with the ‘swung’ quavers of later idioms. © 2009 Schott Music Lid, London Reproduced from American Old Time Fiddle Tunes by permission of the publishers. Al rights reserved. All enquires about this piece, apart from those directly ing to the exams, should be addressed t Schott Music Lt, 48 Great Marlborough Steet, London Wi 788. AB3781America from West Side Story Arranged by Jerry Lanning Leonard Bernstein (1918-901 and Stephen Sondheim tborn 1930) Fast [+ ‘The American musician Leonard Bernstein was not only one of the leading conductors of his time, but also a composer for both the concert pall and the musical theatre. His most successful musical was WestSide Story, which opened on Broadway in New York in September 1957, ran for nearly two years, and was later made into a film. Originally the conception of choreographer Jerome Robbins, and with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, it transfers the story of Shakespeare’ Romeo and Juliet to New York City inthe 1950s, where the feuding Montagues and Capulets are replaced by the Jets and the Sharks, rival teenage gangs of white Americans and Puerto Ricans. America is sung by a group of the Sharks’ sirlfriends, who quarrel exuberantly about the advantages and disadvantages of having moved to New York from their native Caribbean island ‘of Puerto Rico, but who mostly agree, as they sing atthe start ofthe chorus (bb. 5-8): ike to be in America, OK by me in Ame ‘The songis mostly in the Latin-American dance rhythm ofthe huapango, in which bars of six quavers alternate between 6/8 and 3/4 mete. © Copyright 1856, 1957, 1958, 1859 by Amberson Holdings LLC and Stephen Sondheim. Copyright renewed Leonard Hernstein Musie Publishing Company’ULC, publisher. Haosey& Hawkes, agen for rental. Intemational copyright secured Reproduced by permission of Boosey & Hawes Music Publishers Lid. All enquicies about this piece. apart rom those rectly relating to the exams, should be addressed to Boosey & Hawkes ‘Music Publishers Ld, Aldwych House, 71-91 Aldwych, London WC28 AHN AB 3781Megat 3) The Folk from the Mountain ==" anged by Edward Huws Jones Trad. French Gently, like a hurdy-gurdy v - Fine uf c bourrée is best known, for example in the music ofJ.S. Bach, as a courtly dance in fast duple metre: but in the folk music ofthe Auvergne Jon of central France itis usually in triple time. The arranger Edward Huws Jones has brought together in ABA form, as if for continuous ncing, two songs in bourrée rhythm from the Artense district of the Auvergne. The first is called ‘Al cuol de Pierron’(Pierre’s Backside’; the ‘ond (from b. 25) is ‘Les lordaus de la montana’ ("The Folk from the Mountain, or more literally The Bumpkins from the Mountair’). The ¢ rune is in three-bar phases, and the second in four-bar phrases. The tunes are not in major or minor keys but in modes, as can be seen by with the key signatures. The direction like a hurdy-gurdy" suggests very smooth bowing, as the hurdy-gurdy mparing the apparent key not remains in contact with the strings; the instrument's drone is imitated inthe piano part and in some of the played by turninga wheel wi tional double-stopping, pyright 2010 by Boosey &e Hawkes Music Publishers Lad mduced by pertniscion of Boosey & Havikes Music Publisher id All enquiries about this piece, part from those directly relating to the exams, shouldbe essed to Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Lid Aldwych House, 71-31 Akdwych, London WC2B 4H, AB3781cy Slightly faster D.C.al Fine AB3781Violin Exam Pieces ABRSM Grade 3 Selected from the 2016-2019 syllabus Piano accompaniment Contents page LSTA 1 attrib. Henry VIII Pastime with good company, arr. Edward Huws Jones 2° Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Polonaise: No.4 from 12 Duos, K. 487, arr. Watson Forbes 3 Georg Philipp Telemann Presto: third movement from Sonatina No. 6 in F, TWV 41:F usTB 1 Harold Arlen and Edgar Yipsel Harburg Over the Rainbow: from The Wizard of Oz, 8 art. Barnes Music Engraving Nicolo Paganini Theme and Variation: from 24 Caprices, Op. 1, art. Christiane Borneman, 10 ‘Trad. Irish The Lark in the Clear Air, ar. T.C, Kelly 12 List c 1 Trad. American Pig Ankle Rag, arr. Pete Cooper solo 2 Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim America: from West Side Story, arr. Jerry Lanning 16 3. Trad. French The Folk from the Mountain, arr. Edward Huws Jones 18 Violin consultant: Philippa Bunting Footnotes: Richard Jones (RJ and Anthony Burton The pieces in this album have been taken from a variety of different sources. Where appropriate, they have been checked ‘with original source material and edited to help the player when preparing for performance. The fingering and bowing ‘have been amended where necessary to ensure a consistent approach within the album, Ornament realizations have been ‘added, as have metronome marks shown within square brackets. Details of other editorial amendments or suggestions are given in the footnotes. Fingering, bowing and all editorial additions are for guidance only; they are not comprehensive or obligatory. ABRSM Violin Exams: requirements Pieces 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 inthis album and/or from the other pieces set for the grade: a full sts given in the violin part with this score as well as in the 2016-2019 Bowed Strings syllabus. Scales and arpeggios Sight-reading Full details are available online at www abrsm.org/violins Aural tests. Fist published in 2059 ABRSM Pushing tid, nnuthoried photocopying sega us orgation by Ande Jones ‘boty med subs of ABKSM. 24 Farland Allrighsresered Nopantof ths pbleason Cover by kate enamin Andy Fs Proce London WIB 1. United Kingor tnay be reproduced, ecordedortnsmied Pineda England by Calving Ld © 2015) The Avocado af Royal any form orby any means witout the Theord Novak Schools fie Frio pena of te eoprigit omeAil Pastime with good company == | copyrgh music rranged by Edward Huws Jones attrib, Henry Vill (1491-1547), his song, originally for three voices, has survived in a manuscript compiled around 1518 atthe court of the English King Henry VII. Like many ther pieces in the same collection, itis ascribed to the King himself, a keen music-lover who is known to have been a composer. Henry, still bung atthe time, probably also wrote the carefree words, which begin: h good company Hove and shall until I die his arrangement includes a second verse with violin ‘divisions, ar decorative variation, of the kind that a performer at the time might have nprovised, Although the original metronome mark is d= 100, a more relaxed tempo of d= 84 would be acceptable in the exam. Copyright 2000 by Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Lid rproduiced by permission of Roosey & Haves Music Publishers Lid ll enquiries about this plec, apart from those directly relating wo the exams, should be dressed to Boosey & Havskes Music Publishers Lid, Aldwych House, 71-91 Aldwych, London WC2B SHN AB 3781Second verse divisions B m —— of AB3781te egal unauthorized Polonaise nace pyran No. 4 from 12 Duos, K. 487 : Arranged by Watson Forbes W. A. Mozart 1756-91), Allegretto q ot mnfcon pio Mozart composed a set of 12 short duos for two equal instruments in Vienna in July 1786; on the surviving manuscript of three of them he noted that they were written ‘while playing skittles; but failed to identity the instruments they were intended for. They were published after Mozart's death as pieces for two hors, and indeed they can be played on the valveless horns of the time, using the high-register technique associated with the instrument. But for many years it was believed that they were too difficult for horns, and they were published most frequently as diuos for violins. The fourth of the set is in the rhythm ofthe polonaise, a triple-time dance from Poland (the name is the French for‘Polish) made famous in the 19th century by Chopin’ piano polonaises. This arrangement inchides the second horn, or violin, part in the plano accompaniment, sometimes in the left hand and sometimes in the right. © Oxford University Press 1962 Reproduced by permission from A Second Rook of Classical and Romantic Pieces for Violin. Al rights reserved. All enquiries about this piece, apart from those directyrlatingto the exams, shouldbe addressed to Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Steet, Oxford OX2 6DP ABS781a AB 3781 =F ofagat Presto at Third movement from Sonatina No. 6 in F, TWV 41:F1 Edited by and continuo G.P. Telemann realization by Richard Jones (1491-1767) 72] Presto [- ¥ 6 6 6 6 16 Georg Philipp Telemann was one of the most prolific and versatile German composers of his day. He studied at Leipzig University and held court appointments at Zary and Eisenach before becoming city music director at Frankfurt (1712) and Hamburg (1721)-In Frankfurt he directed a local collegium musicum (music society) in weekly public concerts at which his own instrumental works were performed. These no doubt included the Six Sonatinas for violin and harpsichord, which were frst published in 1718. ‘The finale of Sonatina No. 6, reproduced here, has an Italian tempo mark but nonetheless resembles the French gavotte en randeat. half-bar upbeat, central episode (b. 8) and return of the opening theme (b. 22). Despite the time signature, itis best to think in terms of two ‘minim beats per bar. Althe dynamics ae editorial suggestions only as are the violin slurs in bb. 8 and 21. RE Source: Sei Sonatine per violino e cembalo (Amsterdam: Le Céne, 1724/5) © 1998 by The Associated Board ofthe Royal Schools of Music [Adapted from Baroque Violin Pieces, Hook 2 edited by Richard Jones (ABRSM), AB 3781AB 37818 his Megat temake Over the Rainbow canes from The Wizard of Oz an Arranged by Barnes Music Engraving Ltd Harold Arlen (1905-86) and E. ¥. Harburg 189%-1981] Moderately + ‘Over the Rainbow’ was voted the No. 1 song of the 20th century in a 2007 poll of the music industry. It comes from the American film ‘The Wizard of O:, released in 1939. Early in the film, young Dorothy, fed up with her existence on a farm in Kansas, imagines travelling to a faraway land ‘somewhere over the rainbow (the words sung tothe first line ofthe melody in bb. 3 and 4) Shortly afterwards, she is carried off by a tornado to the land of Oz, where she encounters witches, a wizard and other strange characters. The song, one of several writen for the film by the established team oflyricis EY. Yip) Harburg and composer Harold Arlen, won an Academy Award (Oscar). twas performed many times by the actress who played Dorothy, Judy Garland, and has also been sung by many other leading artists. (© 1938 Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Inc. © 1839 EMI Feist Catalog inc. [Allrghts controlled and administered by EMI Fest Catalog nc. Pint rights in Europe administered by Music Sales Ltd on behalf of EMI United Partnership Ld. Print rights ouside of Europe and Australia administered by Alied Must. For Australia and New Zealand: |. Albert & Son Pty Ltd administered by Music Sales Pry Ld. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission of Musi Sales Lr, Alfred Music and Music Sales Py Lid ll enquires about this piece, apart from those dretly relating to the exans, should be addressed to Musi Sales Ltd, 14-15 Berners Steet, London WIT 31) ABS781, im AB3781a Oban Theme and Variation esi from 24 Caprices, Op. 1 Arranged by Christiane Bornemann Nicol Paganini (1782-1840) 80] F(p2ndine) f (p 2nd time) F(p2ndtine) Ff (p 2nd time) In the exam, all repeats should be observed. native of Genoa in northern Italy, was the supreme violin virtuoso of the early 19th century, generating a surge of adulation Nicolb Paganini, m isa set of variations on a land wonder in audiences across Europe. In 1820, he published a set of 24 caprices for solo violin. The last of th simple and memorable theme which has also been treated in variation form by many other composers including List, Brahms, Rachmaninoff land Andrew Lloyd Webber. This arrangement consists of the theme and a simplified version of the first variation, with an added piano accompaniment. (© 1987 by Barenrlter- Verlag Kassel Reproduce from Litle Paganini by permission of the publishers All enquisles about this piece apart fom those directly cl ‘addressed to Hironreiter Ld, Burnt Nil, Elizabeth Way, Harlow CM202HX. to the exams, should be AB 3781es (eres. 2nd time) (crese. 2nd time) Fi 7 Fp 2nstiney Sf (p 2nd time) AB3781 F(pindine) Ff (p 2nd time)B3) The Lark in the Clear Air au ranged by T.C. Kelly Trad. Irish [e=c09] 1e Lark in the Clear Airis traditional lish song, previously known as The Tailors Son or Kathleen Nowlan, for which the 18th-century Irish et and antiquarian Sir Samuel Ferguson wrote new words, beginning ear thoughts are in my mind, and my soul soars enchanted, As | hear the sweet lark sing inthe clear air of the day 9s atrangement, by he lish composer. C. Kelly hints inthe piano part at the characteristic playing techniques ofthe harp, one of the most sportant instruments in Irish traditional music. Copyright Ossian Publications. Transferred to Novello & Company Limited rights reserved, International copyright secured. Used by permission. All enquiries about this pece, apart ftom those directly relating to the exams, should be dressed to Music Sales Ld, 14-15 Berners Suet, Landon WIT 3 AB37812» atempo AB 378138 2 Tento AB378116 Megat unauthorized pies of this opyright America from West Side Story Arranged by Jerry Lanning Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) and Stephen Sondheim (born 1930) Fast [2.692] The American musician Leonard Bernstein was not only one of the leading conductors of his time, but also a composer for both the concert hall and the musical theatre, His most successful musical was WestSide Story, which opened on Broadway in New York in September 1957, ran for nearly two years, and was later made into a film. Originally the conception of choreographer Jerome Robbins, and with Iyries by Stephen Sondheim, it transfers the story of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to New York City inthe 1950s, where the feuding Montagues and Capulets are replaced by the Jets and the Sharks, rival teenage gangs of white Americans and Puerto Ricans. America’ is sung by a group of the Shatks’ girlfriends, who quarrel exuberantly about the advantages and disadvantages of having moved to New York from their native Caribbean island ‘of Puerto Rico, but who mostly agree, as they sing atthe start of he chorus (bb. 5-8): tobe in America, OK by mein America ‘The song is mostly in the Latin-American dance rhythm oft spango, in which bars of six quavers alternate between 6/8 and 3/4 metre. ‘© Copyright 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 by Amberson Holdings LLC and Stephen Sondheim. Copyright renewed. Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC. publisher. Boosey & Hawkes, agent for rental, International copyright secured. Reproduced by permission of, Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ld. Allenquities about this piece, apart rom those directly relating to the exams, should be addressed ro Boosey & Hawkes ‘Masi Publishers Lic Aldwych House, 71-91 Aldwych, London WC2B 4H, AB 3781AB 7ALThe Folk from the Mountain eee Arranged by Edward Huws Jones Trad. French Gently, like a hurdy-gurdy «~ 144 4 = Fhe bourrée is best known, for example in the music of JS. Bach, asa courtly dance in fast duple metre: but in the folk music of the Auvergne egion of central France its usually in triple time. The arranger Edward Huws Jones has brought together in ABA form, as if for continuous dancing, two songs in bourrée rhythm from the Artense district of the Auvergne. The fist is called ‘Al cuol de Pierron’ (Pierre's Backside’); the econd (from b. 25) ‘Les lordaus de la montanha (‘The Folk from the Mountain, or more literally “The Bumpkins from the Mountain). The ist tune is in three-bar phrases, and the second in four-bar phrases. The tunes are not in major or minor keys but in modes, as can be seen by comparing the apparent key notes with the key signatures. The direction ‘ike a hurdy-gurdy’ suggests very smooth bowing, asthe hurdy-gurdy s played by turning a wheel which remains in contact with the strings; the instruments drone is imitated in the piano part and in some of the jptional double-stopping. > Copyright 2010 by Boosey & Hawkes Musi Publishers Led leproduced by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ld. Allengutis about this piece, apart from those diecly relating tothe exams, should be daressed to Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Lid, Aldiych House, 71-81 Akiwych, London WC2B AHN, AB S781Fine Slightly faster 25 tf AB 3781DC. al Fine AB3781