Grade by Grade – Violin Grade 4

Description

Grade by Grade – Violin Grade 4 – part of The Grade by Grade series which 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 Liz Partridge, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 4 violinist 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 – Violin Grade 4 contents:

• Bill Thorp: Wistaria
• Joseph Bloch: Bolero
• Béla Bartók: In One Spot (from ‘Romanian Folk Dances’)
• Leonard Bernstein: Maria (from ‘West Side Story’)
• Ángel Villoldo: El Choclo
• Georg Philipp Telemann: Largo & Allegro (from ‘Sonatina no 2’)
• Georges Bizet: Sequidilla (from ‘Carmen’)
• Lazare Krein: Russian Cradle Song
• Christopher Norton: King Boogie
• Aaron Copland: The Little Horses
• James Scott: The Fascinator
• Traditional Mexican tune: El Jarabe Tapatio
• Rodgers & Hammerstein: How do you solve a problem like Maira? (from ‘The Sound of Music’)
• Antonio Vivaldi: Larghetto & Allegro