Grade by Grade – Cello Grade 1

Description

Grade by Grade – Cello Grade 1 – part of the Grade by Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Edward Huws Jones and others.

Carefully selected by Miriam Lowbury, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 1 cellist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance.

Each volume contains:

• a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip
• grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises
• brand new sight-reading, music-theory and improvisation activities
• newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks
• a piano accompaniment booklet

Full performance demonstrations, piano accompaniment tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources available online.

Grade by Grade – Cello Grade 1 contents:

• Traditional American melody: Coming Round The Mountain
• Traditional American melody: Turn The Glasses Over
• Henry Purcell: Rigadoon
• Sheila Nelson: Mad As A Hatter
• Christopher Norton: Pitlochry
• Rodgers & Hammerstein: Edelweiss (from The Sound of Music)
• Hugh & Katherine College: Hallowe’en
• Traditional English melody: Lovely Joan
• Ailbhe McDonagh: Floating In Time
• Béla Bartók: The Banks Of The Danube
• Béla Bartók: In Yugoslav Style (duet)
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Ecossaise
• Traditional Scottish melody: Skye Boat Song
• Georg Philipp Telemann: Minuet
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Lison Dormait
• Traditional French melody: Fais Dodo
• James MacMillan: March No 1 (from Northern Skies)
• Gerald Howard: The Lochmaddy Ferry