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    SUGGESTED LITERATURE CHART

  • SUGGESTED LITERATURE CHART

    SUGGESTED LITERATURE CHART

    Elementary
  • CLASSIFICATION BAROQUE 1600-1750 CLASSICAL 1750-1820 ROMANTIC 1820-1890 IMPRESSIONISTIC/CONTEMPORARY 1890-PRESENT
    Elem A None Required None Required None Required Beginner's material (example: Allison-My Very First Program & Let's Learn All the Notes); EA Guild Library; Piano Compositions, USA; Primer Level method books
    (There is NO minimum length of composition. Repertoire is comparable to primer level book, can include pre-reading, and has NO accompaniment patterns.)  
    Elem B None Required None Required None Required Any First Level pcs. or EA, EB vols. of Guild Library; Piano Compositions, USA; or Guild Repertoire books
    ►►►(Level EB: The only limitation is that pieces from "Method" books must be minimum of 8 measures. Repertoire can introduce the eighth-note and includes simple bass accompanimnet patterns.)  
    Elem C None Required None Required None Required Any First Level pcs. or EC vol. of Guild Library; Piano Compositions, USA; or Guild Repertoire books   
    ►►►(Level EC: The only limitation is that pieces from "Method" books must be minimum of 16 measures. Repertoire can introduce the eighth-note and includes simple bass accompanimnet patterns.)   
    Elem D None Required  None Required  None Required  Any Second Level pcs. or ED vol. of Guild Library; Piano Compositions, USA; or Guild Repertoire books   
    (Repertoire can include a definite moving eighth-note pattern in one or both has can can introduce the sixteenth-note.)  
    Elem E None Required None Required None Required Any Second or Third Level pcs.; comparable works from the Guild Library; Piano Compositions, USA; or Guild Repertoire books 
    (Repertoire can include moving sixteenth-note patterns.)  

    Elem F

    (Repertoire can include a definite moving sixteenth-note pattern in one or both hands.)

    		 None Required (but level of difficulty could include, for example, the early Bach dances, etc.) None Required (but level of difficulty could include, for example, Clementi's Sonatina Op. 36 #1) None Required (but level of difficulty could include, for example, the beginning piece of the Op. 68 of Schumann) Any Third Level pcs.; comparable works from Guild Library; Piano Compositions, USA
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    Intermediate
  • CLASSIFICATION BAROQUE 1600-1750 CLASSICAL 1750-1820 ROMANTIC 1820-1890 IMPRESSIONISTIC/CONTEMPORARY 1890-PRESENT

     

    		 Any Baroque composer--Example of level of difficulty: Any Classical composer--Example of level of difficulty: Any Romantic composer--Example of level of difficulty: Any Impressianistic/Contmporary composer--Example of level of difficulty:

    Inter A

    		 example: Early Bach dances example: Sonatina, Op. 36 #2 by Clementi or any Classical work this level of difficulty Easiest pieces from Schumann's "Album for the Young" See listing of Guild Library works, pp. 57-67

    Inter B

    		 example: Bach--any Short Preludes and Fugues example: Sonatina, Op. 36 #3 by Clementi or any Classical work this level of difficulty Pieces from Schumann's "Album for the Young" See listing of Guild Library works, pp. 57-67

    Inter C

    		 exmple: Bach--any Short Preludes and Fugues example: Sonatina, Op. 36 #4 by Clementi or any Classical work this level of difficulty Pieces from Schumann's "Album for the Young" or "Scenes from Childhood" See listing of Guild Library works, pp. 57-67

    Inter D-E-F

    		 example: Bach--any Short Preludes and Fugues or Two-Part Inventions. Other suggested composers: Scalatti, Handel, Krieger, Telemann, Purcell example: Sonatina (or any Classical works) by Clementi, Cimarosa, Kuhlau, MOzart, Beethoven or other Classical composers Pieces from Schumann's "Scenes from Childhood." Other suggested composers: Schubert, Heller, Grieg, Brahms, Burgmuller, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky,MacDowell See listing of Guild Library works, pp. 57-67
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    Preparatory
  • CLASSIFICATION BAROQUE 1600-1750 CLASSICAL 1750-1820 ROMANTIC 1820-1890 IMPRESSIONISTIC/CONTEMPORARY 1890-PRESENT

     

    		 Any Baroque composer--Example of level of difficulty: Any Classical composer--Example of level of difficulty: Any Romantic composer--Example of level of difficulty: Any Impressianistic/Contmporary composer--Example of level of difficulty:

    Prep A (H.S. Freshman)

    		 example: Bach--Two-Part Inventions example: Sonatas: Beethoven, G Major, Op. 49 #2; Mozart, C Major, K545; Haydn, C Major (HOB XVI/35) or comparable Classical workds by other Classical composers Suggested composers: Schumann, Schubert, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Field, Rebikoff, Brahms, Chopin (PA level works) See listing of Guild Library works, pp. 57-67

    Prep B (H.S. Sophomore)

    		 example: Bach--Two-Part Inventions; Dances from French or English Suites examples: Sonatas: Beethoven, g minor Op. 49 #1; Mozart, G Major (K189h or K283); Haydn, D Major (HOB XVI/37) Suggested composers: Schubert, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Grieg, Brahms, Gliere, Gade, Albeniz (PB level works) See listing of Guild Library works, pp. 57-67

    Prep C (H.S. Junior)

    		 exmple: Bach--Two and Three-Part Inventions; Dances from French or English Suite examples: Sonatas: Beethoven, E-flat (Bonn); Haydn, G Major (HOB XVI/34); Mozart, F Major (K189e) Suggested composers: Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Gliere, Gade, Albeniz, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Chopin, Franck, Field, Gottschalk, (PC level works) Suggested composers: Bartok, Kabalevsky, Tcherepnin, Ibert, Dello Joio,, Persichetti, Gretchaninoff, Scriabin, Pinto, Debussy, Lecuona, Scriabin, Mussorgsky, Nazareth (PC level works)

    Prep D (H.S. Senior)

    		 example: Bach--Preludes & Fugues (WTC); advanced Dances from French or English Suits or Partitas, Fantaisas examples: Sonatas: Beethoven Sonata Op.13; Beethoven Sonata OP. 79; Haydn, G Major (HOB XVI/27); Schubert Sonatas, Concerti by Mozart or Beethoven example: Chopin's "Ballade in A-flat, Op. 47" (PD level works) examples: Shostakovitch's "Polka Op. 22." Suggested composers: More difficult works of Tcherepnin, Dello Joio, Griffes, Khachaturian, Milhaud, Schoenberg, Ravel, Muczynski, Dohnanyi, Villa Lobos, Bartok, Gershwin, Copland, Ginastera, Turian, Roy Harris, Porkofieff, Barber, Poulenc, Bloch, de Falla, Greston, Granados, Guion, Bernstern, Kennan, Lecuona, Scriabin, Nazareth (PD level works)

    H.S. Diploma

    		 See Specific Repertoire Requirements, pp. 9-10
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    Collegiate/Young Artist
  • CLASSIFICATION BAROQUE 1600-1750 CLASSICAL 1750-1820 ROMANTIC 1820-1890 IMPRESSIONISTIC/CONTEMPORARY 1890-PRESENT

     

    		 Any Baroque composer--Example of level of difficulty: Any Classical composer--Example of level of difficulty: Any Romantic composer--Example of level of difficulty: Any Impressianistic/Contmporary composer--Example of level of difficulty:

    Coll. A (College Freshman)

    		 example: Bach--Preludes & Fugues (WTC), Partinas, Toccatas, Italian Concerto, French & English Suites; Gabrieli's "Toccata On a Second Tone" example: Sonatas: Beethoven Sonata Op. 57. Any first movement of Concerto example: Mendessonhn's "Prelude and Fugue, Op. 35" or any of the Chopin Ballades or Scherzi example: Prokofieff's "Toccata, Op. 11"

    Coll. B (College Sophomore)

    		 example: Bach--Preludes & Fugues (WTC), Toccatas, Partinas, French & English Suites example: Sonatas: Mozart Sonata in c minor (K457). Any first movement of Concerto example: Liszt's "La Campanella," Brahms "Variation on a Theme of Handel," Chopin's "Sonata in c minor" example: Copland's "Night Thoughts," or Shostakovitch's "Prelude #6," "Prelude #10," or Prelude #14"

    Coll. C (College Junior)

    		 example: Bach--Preludes & Fugues (WTC), French & English Suites or works by other polyphonic composers Sonata and complete Concerto example: Chopin's "Sonata in bb minor" or Rachmaninoff "Etudes Tahleaux" example: Bartok's "Sonata," or Debussy's "Estampes," or Prokofieff's "Sonata #3"

    Coll. D (College Senior)

    		 Same as CC Complet Sonatas and Concerti by Classical composers example: Schubert's "Sonata in B-flat" or Liszt's "Mazeppa" or "Hungarian Rhapsodies" by Liszt example: Barber's "Fugue, Op. 26" or larger works by Contemporary composers, at least one by an American composer
    Coll. - Post Grad.
    Young Artist
    		 example: Bach--Preludes & Fugues (WTC), Toccatas, Partinas, French & English Suites, Goldber Variations example: Sonatas: Beethoven Sonata in A, Op. 101. Two advanced Sonatas and two complete Concerti by Classical composers example: Concerti by Rachmaninoff, Prokofieff example: Prokokieff's "Sonata #6"
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    REMEMBER:
    Several composers' lives overlap two musical ears (examples: Debussy, Rachmaninoff). In these cases, it is up to the teacher to determine which musical era requirement that particular composer will fulfill.
    		  
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