2020 Piano Four Hands Ensemble Repertoire List
All students are to select at least one work from the appropriate category below (to be indicated on the Registra on Form) for chamber music masterclasses. Both parts of this chosen ensemble piece should be equally learned by the start of the Fes val.
Students also have the op on to indicate on the Registra on Form if they would be interested in pursuing assigned chamber music with other designated instrumentalists and/or vocalists. All students will par cipate in chamber music: piano, instrumental, and/or vocal. Preferences are not guaranteed. Groups will be assigned upon registra on closing.
Resources
Reference the resource for each piece by the key represented below in parenthesis.
Beethoven, Ludwig van. Works for Piano Four Hands, Vol. I. Vienna: Wiener Urtext, 2008. (Wiener) Brahms, Johannes. Hungarian Dances for Piano Four-Hands. Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1996. (Henle) Duet Repertoire, Level Six. San Diego, CA: Neil A. Kjos Company, 2006. (DR) Essen al Keyboard Duets, Vol. I. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing Company, 2001. (EKD) 44 Original Piano Duets. King of Prussia, PA: Theodore Presser Company, 1968. (44 OPD) Piano Duets, Intermediate. Mainz: Scho Music, 2014. (Scho ) Saint-Saëns, Camille. The Carnival of the Animals. Paris: Edi ons Durand, 2008. (Durand) Seiber, Mátyás. Easy Dances for Piano Duet, Vol. 1. Mainz: Scho Music, 2014. (EDPD) Starer, Robert. Suite of Piano Duets. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing Company, 1997. (Alfred)
Early Intermediate
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 6 Varia ons on Ich Denke Dein, WoO 74, Theme, Varia ons 1 and 2 (Wiener)
Cornelius Gurli (1820-1901) Dance, Op. 211, No. 17 (EKD)
Mátyás Seiber (1905-1960) Foxtrot 1 (EDPD)
Fritz Spindler (1817-1905) Immortelle No. 2 (EKD)
Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) Rus c Dance, Op. 122b, No. 6 (44 OPD)
Robert Volkmann (1815-1883) Morgengesang, Op. 39, No. 1 (EKD) Intermediate
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Sonata in D Major, Op. 6, I: Allegro molto (44 OPD/Wiener)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Waltzes in D Minor AND G Major, Op. 39, No. 9 AND 10 (Scho )
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) En Bateau from Pe te Suite, L. 65, No. 1 (44 OPD)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Ki y Valse from Dolly Suite, Op. 56, No. 4 (44 OPD)
Robert Starer (1924-2001) Suite of Piano Duets, I: Allegro OR IV: Presto (Alfred)
Advanced
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) March in D Major, Op. 45, No. 3 (Wiener)
Georges Bizet (1838-1875) Les chevaux de bois from Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22, No. 4 (EKD)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F Major, WoO 1 (Henle)
Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) Rigaudon in C Major, Op. 55, No. 6 (DR)
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) Russian Dance in A Minor, Op. 23, No. 1 (DR)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) The Carnival of the Animals, XII: Fossils AND/OR XIII: The Swan (Durand)