Marshall, Karen - Encore: Book 1, Grades 1 & 2

Encore is the official collection of best-loved ABRSM piano exam pieces, selected from syllabuses of the past few decades. Pianists will find an appealing mix of repertoire, while teachers can be confident that the perfect balance of content has been selected at every level.

CONTENTS

• Vampire Blues (from Spooky Piano Time) [Kevin Wooding]
• Giga: third movement from Lesson in C, Op. 12 No. 2. Encore, Book 1 [Samuel Arnold]
• A Song of Erin: No. 8 from First Year Pieces [Thomas Dunhill]
• The Old Cuckoo-Clock [Nina Batschinskaja]
• Cradle Song, No. 17 from The First Lessons, Op. 117 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
• Gavotte in C (No. 3 from 24 Progressive Lessons, Op. 81) [James Hook]
• Theme and First Variation, from 5 Happy Variations on a Russian Folksong, Op. 51 No. 1 [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
• Das Echo, No. 14 from Maiblumchen, Op. 61 [Theodor Oesten]
• African Dance, from Bigger Picture Piano, Grade 2-3 [John Rowcroft]
• Das Ballet: No. 19 from Handstucke fur angehende Klavierspieler (Pieces for aspiring players) [Daniel Gottlob Turk]
• Chattanooga Choo Choo [Harry Warren]
• Musette in D, BWV Anh. II 126, from The Anna Magdalena Bach Book of 1725 [Anon.]
• The Prince of Denmark's March. No. 9 from Old English Trumpet Tunes, Book 1 [Jeremiah Clarke]
• Ecossaise in Eb, WoO 86 [Ludwig van Beethoven]
• Balletto [Georg Lohlein]
• Mozzie, from Easy Little Peppers [Elissa Milne]
• Cloudy Day, No. 6 from Microjazz I [Christopher Norton]
• The Bee, from Fantasy Studies for the Second Year, Op. 13 [Alec Rowley]
• Lullaby (No. 5 from Six Sketches) [Charles Villiers Stanford]
• Strange Things Happen [Sarah Watts]
• Garage Sale, from Really Easy Jazzin' About [Pam Wedgwood]