ABRSM Harpsichord from 2009 Grade 7 Syllabus

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Board:	ABRSM
Syllabus:	Harpsichord from 2009
Grade:	7

Please note that the information listed below does not contain complete syllabus details. Therefore, when planning an exam entry, it is important to refer to the following publications:

• The current syllabus
• The current Examination Information & Regulations
• These Music Exams (containing practical advice for candidates, teachers and parents)

Choose one piece from each of Lists B and C and then choose one from either List A or D.

List A

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1. The Carman's Whistle Byrd	Six Sets of Variations (Keyboard) (Stainer & Bell) $11.53

2. Pavana Italiana Cabezón	Claviermusik (Piano Music) (Schott) $16.90	Three Pavanes from the Same Theme (piano) (Schott) $13.07

3. Loath to Depart Farnaby	17 Pieces (piano/keyboard) (Stainer & Bell) $9.15

4. Capriccio in G Frescobaldi	Fantasy & Capriccio for a Keyboard Instrument (Doblinger) $15.30

5. Galliard 'Lord Salisbury' Gibbons	Eight Keyboard Pieces (Stainer & Bell) $9.61

6. Almand: from Suite No. 7 in D minor (Z.668) Purcell	Complete Keyboard Music Book 1 (Chester Music) $27.60	Harpsichord Works Complete Book 1: 8 Suites (Stainer & Bell) $13.07

7. Praeambulum in D minor Scheidemann	Sämtliche Werke für Clavier (Complete Works for Piano) (Breitkopf & Härtel) $36.88

8. Toccata 2di Toni (g2), SwWV293 Sweelinck	Complete Keyboard Works Vol. 1 (Breitkopf & Härtel) $48.43

List B

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1. Pavane: L'Entretien des Dieux Chambonnières	Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book V (difficult) (ABRSM) $16.14

2. La Favorite: Chaconne à deux tems (from 1er livre, 3e ordre) F. Couperin	Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book V (difficult) (ABRSM) $16.14

3. La Superbe ou la Forqueray (from 3e livre, 17e ordre) F. Couperin	Anthologie pour Clavecin (harpsichord) (Onyx Brass) $35.34

4. Prélude No. 12 in F L. Couperin	Préludes non mesurés for harpsichord (Breitkopf & Härtel) $33.05

5. La Couronne (Allemande) (from Pièces de Clavecin, 1er ordre) Dagincour	Early French Keyboard Music (archive paperback) (Oxford University Press) $39.90

6. Courante in E minor (from Pièces de Clavecin) Rameau	Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 1 (Bärenreiter) $43.82	Pieces de Clavecin (Revised Edition) (Bärenreiter) $52.66

7. Gigue (from 1er livre) Rameau	Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 1 (Bärenreiter) $43.82	Pieces de Clavecin (Revised Edition) (Bärenreiter) $52.66

8. La Majestueuse (Courante) Royer	Pièces de Clavecin (Heugel & Cie) $72.24

List C

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1. Sinfonia No. 15 in B minor, BWV 801 J. S. Bach	Inventions & Sinfonias (ABRSM) $14.22

2. Courante: 3rd movt from English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 J. S. Bach	6 English Suites (Keyboard) (Bärenreiter) $23.45	English Suites for keyboard (Henle) $28.44

3. Sarabande and Double: 4th movt from English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811 J. S. Bach	6 English Suites (Keyboard) (Bärenreiter) $23.45	English Suites for keyboard (Henle) $28.44

4. Praeludium: 1st movt from Partita No. 1 in Bb, BWV 825 J. S. Bach	6 Partitas (keyboard/piano/harpsichord) (Henle) $25.37	6 Partitas (keyboard/piano/harpsichord) (Bärenreiter) $26.06

5. Contrapunctus 1: from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 J. S. Bach	The Art of Fugue (ABRSM) $36.90

6. Chaconne: from Suite in D Böhm	Complete Keyboard Works Vol. 1 (Breitkopf & Härtel) $39.90

7. Gigue: from Suite in A, BuxWV 243 Buxtehude	Sämtliche Suiten und Variationen (Musicological Edition) (piano/harpsichord) (Breitkopf & Härtel) $86.86	Sämtliche Suiten und Variationen (Practical Edition) (piano/harpsichord) (Breitkopf & Härtel) $36.13

8. Presto: 6th movt from Suite in D minor (1720), HWV 428 Handel	Keyboard Works, Vol. 1 (Bärenreiter) $27.60	Piano Suites 1-8 (London 1720) (Henle) $29.20

9. Fugue No. 5 in A minor, HWV 609 Handel	Klavierwerke Vol. 3 (Keyboard Works III) (Bärenreiter) $22.29	Six Fugues HWV 605-610 & Fugues HWV 611 & 612 (Henle) $18.37

List D

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1. Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in F minor, Wq. 62/6, H. 40 C. P. E. Bach	Please email us for availability

2. Presto: 2nd movt from Sonata in A, Op. 17 No. 5 J. C. Bach		Klaviersonaten Vol. 2 Op. 17 (Sonatas for Piano - Book 2) (Henle) $29.98

3. Allemande: 1st movt from Suite in G minor (FK 24) W. F. Bach		Ausgewählte Klavierwerke (Selected Piano Works) (Henle) $13.07

4. Un poco Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in G G. (J. A.) Benda		6 Piano Sonatas (Schott Piano Classics) (Schott) $11.53

5. No. 1: from Fanfares for Solo Harpsichord Ronald Caltabiano		Fanfares for Solo Harpsichord (Theodore Presser) $21.91

6. Tempo libero, poco lento espressivo: 3rd movt from Notebook for Harpsichord Maconchy		Notebook for Harpsichord (Chester Music) $9.15

7. Andante: 1st movt from Sonata No. 4 in C minor Paradies		Sonate di Gravicembalo Vol. 1 (Sonatas for Harpsichord 1-6) (Schott) $18.43

8. Sonata in E minor, Kp. 263 D. Scarlatti		Selected Piano Sonatas Vol. 3 (Henle) $29.13

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2. Preparation for the Aural Tests	Aural Training in Practice, ABRSM Grades 6–8, with 3 CDs (ABRSM) $22.98	Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 7 (ABRSM) $8.07
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