A Keyboard Anthology | First Series Book II (Grades 3-4)

Contents:

• Corrente seconda in A minor (Frescobaldi)
• Sonata in A: 3rd movement, Allegretto (Galuppi)
• Chanson Russe: No. 15 from ‘24 Pieces Caracteristiques pour la Jeunesse’, Op. 34 (Reinhold Glière)
• Sonata in Ab, Hob. XVI/43: 2nd movement, Menuetto (Joseph Haydn)
• Divertimento in D, Op. 25 No. 8: 1st movement, Pastorale (James Hook)
• The Fall of the Leafe, from ‘Fitzwilliam Virginal Book’ (Martin Peerson)
• L’Indifferente, from ‘Nouvelle Suites de Pieces’ (Rameau)
• Vivace in A: No. 26 from ‘Musikalischer Zeit-Vertreib auf dem Klavier’ (Rathgeber)
• Sonata in G, Kp. 391, L. 79 (D. Scarlatti)
• Prelude in C minor, BWV 999 (J. S. Bach)
• Sonatina in F, WoO 50 (two movements) (Beethoven)
• Chant de la Creuse (Song from the Creuse) (D minor) (César Franck)
• Watchman’s Song, Op. 12 No. 3 (Grieg)
• Sonatina in Bb, HWV 585 (Handel)
• Study in Ab, Op. 47 No. 23 (Stephen Heller)
• Andantino in Eb, K. 236/588b (Mozart)
• Priere du matin (Morning prayer), Op. 39 No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)
• First Loss (Erster Verlust), Op. 68 No. 16 (Schumann)

ABRSM’s three series of keyboard anthologies are collections of the pieces that have been set for ABRSM’s piano exams over the years. They include a wide variety of pieces and generally concentrate on the Baroque and Romantic sections of the syllabus.