Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Harpsichord from 2009
Grade: 8
Important information:
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 current syllabus - for Practical Grades or Performance Grades - and the Exam Information & Regulations.
Practical Grades
Select one from each of lists B and C, plus a third from either list A or D
Performance Grades
Select one from each of lists B and C, a third from either list A or D, plus a fourth own-choice piece
Pieces (select one from each list)
List AAvailable In
1. Chromatic Pavan (Queen Elizabeth's) and Chromatic Galliard
Bull
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12 Keyboard Pieces (Keyboard Music Book 1) (Stainer & Bell)$127.00
2. John come kiss me now
Byrd
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Six Sets of Variations (Keyboard) (Stainer & Bell)$12.07
3. Toccata Nona
Frescobaldi
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$38.00
4. Toccata (1) in A minor, FbWV 101 or Toccata (2) in D minor, FbWV 102
Froberger
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Complete Works for Keyboard & Organ, Book 2 (Bärenreiter)$56.10 -
John Blow's Anthology (Stainer & Bell)$16.45
7. Toccata No. 7
Rossi
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Early Italian Keyboard Music vols 1-2 (Oxford University Press)$52.71
8. Unter der Linden grune, SwWV 325
Sweelinck
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Complete Keyboard Works Vol. 4 (Breitkopf & Härtel)$44.44
9. Toccata (4) in A minor
Weckmann
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Complete Freely Composed Organ and Keyboard Works (Bärenreiter)$53.69
List BAvailable In
1. Allemande La Laborieuse (from 1er livre, 2e ordre)
F. Couperin
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2. Passacaille (Rondeau) (from 2e livre, 8e ordre)
F. Couperin
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Early French Keyboard Music (archive paperback) (Oxford University Press)$50.74
3. Tombeau de Mr. de Chambonnières (from Pièces de Clavecin)
D'Anglebert
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Early French Keyboard Music (archive paperback) (Oxford University Press)$50.74
4. Prélude No. 1 in D minor or Prélude No. 3 in G minor
L. Couperin
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Préludes non mesurés (+ CD) (Breitkopf & Härtel)$35.55
5. La Dauphine
Rameau
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Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 1 (Bärenreiter)$47.66 -
Pieces de Clavecin (Revised Edition) (Bärenreiter)$47.66
6. L'Enharmonique (from Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin)
Rameau
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Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 2 (Bärenreiter)$47.66 -
Pieces de Clavecin (Revised Edition) (Bärenreiter)$47.66
7. La Poule (from Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin)
Rameau
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Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book V (ABRSM)$16.45 -
Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 2 (Bärenreiter)$47.66
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Pieces de Clavecin (Revised Edition) (Bärenreiter)$47.66
List CAvailable In
1. Prélude: 1st movt from English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807
J. S. Bach
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6 English Suites (Keyboard) (Bärenreiter)$25.34 -
English Suites for keyboard (Henle)$26.66
2. Prélude: 1st movt from English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808
J. S. Bach
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6 English Suites (Keyboard) (Bärenreiter)$25.34
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English Suites for keyboard (Henle)$26.66
3. Toccata: 1st movt from Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830
J. S. Bach
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6 Partitas (keyboard/piano/harpsichord) (Bärenreiter)$25.34 -
$33.66
4. Prelude and Fugue in F# minor, BWV 883
J. S. Bach
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$24.77
5. Prelude and Fugue in Ab, BWV 886
J. S. Bach
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$24.77
6. Toccata No. 4 in G minor, BWV 915
J. S. Bach
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Toccatas for keyboard (Henle)$28.58 -
Toccatas for Keyboard BWV910-916 (Bärenreiter)$27.15
7. Präludium, Fuge und Postludium in G minor
Böhm
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Complete Keyboard Works Vol. 1 (Breitkopf & Härtel)$50.17
8. Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BuxWV 163
Buxtehude
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Selected Keyboard Works (Ausgewahlte Werke) (harpsichord/piano) (Breitkopf & Härtel)$20.31
9. Air and Doubles: 5th movt from Suite in D minor (1720), HWV 428
Handel
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Keyboard Works, Vol.1 (Bärenreiter)$29.56 -
Piano Suites from London 1720 (Henle)$32.39
10. Ouverture: 1st movt from Suite in G minor (1720), HWV 432
Handel
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Keyboard Works, Vol.1 (Bärenreiter)$29.56
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Piano Suites from London 1720 (Henle)$32.39
List DAvailable In
1. Musica per Clavicembalo
Jurriaan Andriessen
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Musica per Clavicembalo (Donemus)$13.96
3. Passacaglia ungherese for harpsichord
Ligeti
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$17.15
5. Vivace: 1st movt from Sonata No. 10 in D
Paradies
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$22.85
6. Silver Threads for solo harpsichord
Rhian Samuel
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Silver Threads for solo harpsichord (Stainer & Bell)$10.48
8. Sonata in G minor, Kp. 30 ('Cat Fugue')
D. Scarlatti
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Selected Piano Sonatas, Vol.I (Henle)$32.39
Also RecommendedAvailable In
1. Sight Reading Tests
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$11.37
2. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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$30.48 -
Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 8 (ABRSM)$12.07 -
$26.67
