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3rd Edition In Stock: direct from the Author55 carefully graded melodies and pieces from the orchestral repertiore. 4 NEW pages added in 2019: Soldiers’ March - Schumann (duet), La Mere Gigogne et les Polichinelles - Tchaikovsky, Grande Valse Brillante - Chopin, The Sailor’s Hornpipe - Trad, The Entertainer - Joplin (duet). Also includes UPDATED scales / arpeggios, fingerings, performance notes & position diagrams. Items marked (*) are also available in a Book of 26 Piano Accompaniments
This table shows a selection of pieces from Book 1 and approximate grades. |
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| 1. Mussorgsky | The Great Gate of Kiev | Grade 2 |
| 2. Saint-Saëns | * Tortues (from 'Le Carnaval des Animaux') | Grade 2 |
| 3. J. Strauss | Waltz 'Roses from the South' Op.388 | Grade 1 |
| 4. Mahler | Canon on 'Frere Jacques' (Symphony No. 1) | Grade 1 |
| 6. Schubert | * Entr'acte (from 'Rosamunde' Op26) | Grade 3 |
| 7. Beethoven | Ode to Joy | Grade 3 |
| 10. Mozart | Minuet | Grade 2 |
| 11. Eccles | * Minuet (from 'Aires and Dances') | Grade 2 |
| 12. Schubert | The Trout | Grade 3 |
| 14. Brahms | Lullaby | Grade 3 |
| 15. Handel | * March (from 'Judas Maccabaeus') | Grade 3 |
| 16. Morley | * Now is the Month of Maying | Grade 3 |
| 17. Tchaikovsky | * Old French Song (from Op.39 no.16) | Grade 3 |
| 24. Tchaikovsky | * Andantino from Symphony 4 | Grade 4 |
| 25. Tchaikovsky | * Andante Variation 6 (from 'Rococo Variations') | Grade 4 |
| 26. Holst | * Jupiter (from 'The Planets' Op.32) | Grade 4 |
| 27. Trad. | The Gift to be Simple | Grade 4 |
| 29. Bach | * Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring | Grade 4 |
| 30. Trad. | * Greensleeves | Grade 5 |
| 32. Haydn | * Andante (from 'Trumpet Concerto') | Grade 5 |
| 33. Bizet | Minuet | Grade 5 |
| 35. Chausson | Poème | Grade 5 |
| 36. Beethoven | Minuet | Grade 5 |
| 40. Brahms | * St Anthony Chorale (from 'Haydn Variations') | Grade 5 |
| 42. J.S.Bach | * Minuet in F (from 'The Anna Magdelena Notebook') | Grade 5 |
| 47. Verdi | Agnus Dei (from 'Requiem') | Grade 7 |
