AMEB Piano Series 18 Handbook Level 1 (Preliminary to Grade 4)

Contains detailed analyses of all these pieces with a wealth of information about the historical, biographical and interpretative elements of each of the works. Complete with a glossary of key terms, this Handbook helps students address the Section III General Knowledge requirements of examinations. Please note this product does not contain a CD of recordings of the works.

Contents:

PRELIMINARY

• Let's sing a duet (Eagles) 
• The fisherman (Hirschberg) 
• Theme (Spindler) 
• Minuet (Telemann arr. Hodgson) 
• Breslaur (Walzer) 
• Andante (Gurlitt) 
• Tempo di minuetto (Hook) 
• Little dance (Türk arr. Faber and Faber) 
• Mini toccata (Baumgartner) 
• Soufiane (El-Dabh) 
• Little flower girl of Paris (Gillock) 
• Creepy crawlies (McFarlane)
• Bouncing ball (Richert

GRADE 1

• Etude (Beyer) 
• Prelude (Concone arr. Hodgson) 
• Minuet (Purcell) 
• Summer toccatina (Vandall) 
• Allegro (Hässler) 
• Minuet (attrib. Haydn) 
• Allegretto (Nielsen) 
• Mazurka (Szymanowska) 
• Goblin dance (Bullard) 
• A rainy Saturday (Diemer) 
• Mozzie (Milne) 
• Sailors’ dance (Tansman)

GRADE 2

• March (Bach, C.P.E.) 
• Through the steppes (Bortkiewicz) 
• Dragon fly (Gillock) 
• Minuet (Stanley arr. Lockett) 
• Petite pièce (Goedicke) 
• Allegro (Lynes) 
• Minuet (Mozart) 
• Mazurka for Chopin (Rollin) 
• Meandering mazurka (Kotchie) 
• Circus (Peskanov) 
• Tango for two (Schmitz) 
• The troll at the edge of the woods (Waxman)

GRADE 3

• Study (Concone) 
• Preludio (Handel) 
• Banjo tune (Schoenmehl) 
• Loure (Telemann) 
• Gavotte (Beach) 
• Sonatina (Benda) 
• Andantino (Elgar) 
• Menuet and trio (Haydn) 
• A song with a sad ending (Benjamin) 
• Butterfly waltz (Hiller) 
• Fable (Muczynski) 
• La poupée (Tansman)

GRADE 4

• Chaconne (Fischer) 
• Etude (Heller) 
• Machines on the loose (Olson) 
• Mountain village scene (Yu) 
• Orientale (Chaminade) 
• Allegro (Haydn) 
• Romanze (Hummel) 
• Mazurka (Tchaikovsky) 
• Sonatina (Kabalevsky) 
• Russian waltz (Kats-Chernin) 
• Rainy day (Liebermanni) 
• Tartan (Milne)