Piano Festival Music Samples Intermediate

 

Choose at least 6 pieces to listen to. Write the name of the piece, then click the link to hear it and answer the following questions on your Festival Samples Listening Assignment Sheet:
1. Write 2 or more words to describe the mood of this piece.
2. What is the tempo (speed) of this piece (Adagio, Andante, Allegro, Presto, etc.)?
3. What articulation do you hear in this piece (staccato, legato, accents, pedaling etc.)?
4. Choose your personal rating for this piece from the following: 
1- I have no interest in learning to play this.
2 - This piece is okay
3 - Nice, but not my favorite
4 - I would like to play this piece.
5. I would love to learn to play this.

Slower/Expressive

Moonlit Shores by Randall Hartsell- sync pedal, expressive dynamic changes

Randall Hartsell Playlist

Faster/Exciting

Secret Agent Boogie by Jeanne Costello- staccato, swing and straight eighths

Tarantella Viva! by Melody Bober - 6/8

Turbocharged by Christopher Goldston - syncopation, pedal

The Matador by Carolyn Miller - fast triplets, pedal

Frontier Stomp by Melody Bober (Melody in Motion)

Merry Madrid by Melody Bober (Melody in Motion)

Fiddle Tune by Marth Mier (Solo Spectacular 2)

Baroque Era Intermediate Piano Music

Slower, Expressive or Flowing:

Minuetto in C Major by Domenico Scarlatti (SWM Baroque 1) B s

Air by Henry Purcell (Easy Classics to Moderns) B

Lullaby by Johann Philipp Kirnberger (Easy Classics to Moderns) B

Menuett in A Minor ty Johann Krieger (Keys Stylistic Mast. 1) B

Chorale by Johann Sebastian Bach (Keys Stylistic Mast. 1) B

Menuet in G AMB  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) B

Faster/Lively:

Menuet in D Minor by Jean-Baptiste Lully (Keys Stylistic Mast. 1) B

Gigue by Georg Phillip Telemann (Keys to Stylistic Mastery1) B

Sonatina in C by Duncombe (Jane Magrath MW Classics 3) B

Petit Rondo by Geoffroy  (Jane Magrath MW Classics 3) B

Petit Menuet by Geoffroy  (Jane Magrath MWClassics 3) B

Air AMB  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) B

Menuet en Rondeau by Rameau  (Jane Magrath MW Classics 3) B

Passepied by Handel  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) B

Procession in G by Michael Praetorius (Faber Piano Lit 1) B

Gavotte in C by Telemann (Faber Piano Lit 1) B

The Highlander by Jean-Joseph Mouret (Faber Piano Lit 1) B

Baroque Swirls by Martha Mier (sheet music) B

Menuet en Rondeau by Rameau  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) B2

Classical Era Intermediate Piano Music

Slower, Expressive or Flowing:

Arietta by Clementi  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) C

Minuet in F from Mozart's Notebook (Easy Classics to Modern & SWM Classical 1) C

Distant Bells by J.L. Streabbog (Keys to Artistic Performance 1) C

Morning by Anton Diabelli (Faber Piano Lit 1) C

Adagio and Allegro by J C Bach (Faber Piano Lit 1) C

Faster/Lively:

Gigue by Samuel Arnold (Snell Piano Repertoire 2) C

Russian Folk Song by Beethoven (Easy Classics to Moderns) C

German Dance in C Major by Beethoven (Succeeding w/ Masters Classical 1) C

Ecossaise in E Flat Major by Beethoven (Succeeding w/ Masters Classical 1) C

Ecossaise in G by Beethoven  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) C2

Waltz by Anton Diabelli  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) C

Sonatina in C Moderato & Allegretto by LeCouppey (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) C

Hunting Horns by Turk  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) C

Sonatina in G by Attwood  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) C

Sonatina in C by Latour  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) C

Sonatina in G by Latour  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) C

The Ballet by Turk  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) C

Bourlesq by Mozart  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) C

Arietta by Clementi  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) C

Bagatelle by James Hook (Faber Piano Lit 1)

Little Dance by Daniel Turk (Faber Piano Lit 1)

Quadrille by Haydn (Faber Piano Lit 1)

Romantic Era Intermediate Piano Music

Slower, Expressive or Flowing:

The Sick Doll by Peter Tchaikovsky (Easy Classics to Moderns and SWM 1 Romantic) R

Dance by Ludwig Schytte (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics1-2) R

Deep Singer by Ludwig Schytte (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics1-2) R

A Pleasant Morning by Louis Streabbog (Snell Piano Repertoire 2) R

Bagatelle by Schumman  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) R

Morning Song by Gurlitt  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) R

The Music Box by Gurlitt  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) R

Humming Song by Robert Schumann (Succeeding with the Masters 1 Romantic) R

First Loss Op 68 No 16 by Robert Schumann  (SWM 1 Romantic, Keys to AP 1, Bastian Lit 3) R

Elegy by Carl Reinecke (Keys to Stylistic Mastery 1) R

Faster/Lively:

Soldier's March by Schumann  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) R2

The Wild Rider by Schumann  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) R2

Scherzo by Gurlitt  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) R

March by Gurlitt  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) R

Soldier's March by Louis Streabbog (Snell Piano Repertoire 2) R

The Merry Farmer by Robert Schumann  (SWM 1 Romantic, Snell 3, Bastian Lit Vol 1)) R

March by Cornelius Gurlitt (Keys to Stylistic Mastery 1) R

Ecossaise Op18 No 4 by Franz Schubert (Snell Piano Repertoire 3) R

Waltz by Franz Schubert (Snell Piano Repertoire 3) R

Allegretto by Albert Biehl (Snell Piano Repertoire 3) R

Soldier's March by Tchaikovsky (Snell Piano Repertoire 3) R

Folk Dance by Bela Bartok (Snell Piano Repertoire 3) R

Sonatina Allegro by Fritz Spindler (Bastian Piano Lit Volume 1) R

Sonatina Vivace Tarantella by Fritz Spindler (Bastian Piano Lit Volume 1) R

Arabesque by Friedrich Burgmuller (Easy Classics to Moderns, Snell Piano Repertoire 3) R

Prelude by Dmitri Kabalevsy  (Easy Classics to Moderns) R

Ride, Ride by Dmitri Kabalevsy (Easy Classics to Moderns) R

Village Waltz by Louis Kohler (Easy Classics to Moderns) R

The Hunt by Gurlitt (Faber Piano Lit 1)

Tarantella by Frank Lynes (Faber Piano Lit 1)

Modern/Contemporary Intermediate Piano Music

Slower, Expressive or Flowing:

A Tiresome Tale by Gretchaninoff  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) M

A Lingering Song by Gretchaninoff  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) M

The Little Beggar by Gretchaninoff  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) M

A Tale by Gretchaninoff  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) M

Three Easy Pieces on 5 Notes 2 Lento by Igor Stravinsky (Easy Classics to Moderns) M

Three Easy Pieces on 5 Notes 3 Larghetto by Igor Stravinsky (Easy Classics to Moderns) M

Temple Bells by Dennis Alexander  (Keys to Stylistic Mastery 1) M-Impressionistic

The Waltz by Dmitri Kabalevsky (Snell Piano Repertoire 3) M

A Little Song Op 27 No 1 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (Bastian Piano Lit Volume 1) M

A Winter Tale  V1 Sz 42 No 3 by Bela Bartok (Bastian Piano Lit Volume 1, Keys to AP 1)

The Lonely Traveler by Bela Bartok (Bastian Piano Lit Volume 1) M

On the Ocean Floor by Hansi Alt (Faber Piano Lit 1) M

Faster/Lively:

March by Kabalevsky  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) M2

The Bear by Rebikov  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) M

March by Gretchaninoff  (Jane Magrath Masterwork Classics 3) M

First Dance by Dmitri Kabalevsky (Easy Classics to Moderns) M

Six Miniatures 2 Vivace by Bela Bartok (Easy Classics to Moderns) M

Six Miniatures 5 Allegro by Bela Bartok (Easy Classics to Moderns) M

Hungarian Folk Dance by Bela Bartok (Keys to Stylistic Mastery 1) M

The Clown by Dmitri Kabalevsky (Snell Piano Repertoire 3) M

Rigaudon by Alexander Goedicke  (RCM Celebration1) M

A Happy Tale Op 36 No31 by Alexander Goedicke  (RCM Celebration1) M

The Busy Machine by Dubliansky (Faber Piano Lit 1) M

Pantomime by Nancy Faber (Faber Piano Lit 1) M

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