Introduction to. The Violin Series, 2013 Edition serves as the official material for The Royal Conservatory examinations.

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1 Introduction to eries, Edition The eries, Edition serves as the oicial material or The Royal Conservatory examinations The resent eries, launched in, is the ourth edition o this acclaimed series originally ulished in 99 This ne edition uilds on the strong oundation o revious editions, and has een udated, reined, and exanded to meet the needs o teachers and students The eries emraces a rogressively levelled, multiaceted aroach, systematically organizing material into searate comonents: Reertoire, Recordings, Technique and Etudes, and Orchestral Excerts Guide to Levels and Comonents or the eries, Edition: eries Level Reertoire Reertoire Comact Discs Technique and Etudes rearatory Level Level Level Level Level Level Level 6 Orchestral Excerts Level Level 8 Level 9 Level Level / ARCT Reertoire Nine rogressive volumes contain reertoire that is edagogically relevant and aealing to students, relecting a road range o musical styles and eriods Elementary levels include comositions and arrangements y contemorary violin edagogues, as ell as the orks o comosers such as Edard Elgar, Leoš anáček, and Bela Bartók Intermediate and advanced volumes include comosers resented in this series or the irst time: rank Bridge, Antonín Dvořák, Aleksandr Glazunov, Astor iazzolla, and many others In order to ully develo their musicianshi and technique, students are encouraged to ork on many ieces at each Level This varied and alanced reertoire selection ill rovide teachers ith the lexiility to choose edagogically sequenced material that suorts their individual teaching style and method The reertoire volumes ill insire and excite students o all ages, heling them develo technical mastery, artistic maturity, and a lielong areciation o music

2 eries, Edition The ieces in each Reertoire ook are divided into lists according to style or stylistic eriod Level List A List B List C List D rearatory Level Level Level Level Level Level 6 Level Level 8 ieces in a sloer temo Music Comosed During the Baroque and Classical eriods Concertos, onatas, and antasias Concertos, airs variés, and antasias Concertos and airs variés Concertos and airs variés ieces in a aster temo Music Comosed During the Romantic eriod and Traditional ieces Music Comosed During the Baroque eriod onatas and uites onatas and onatinas Music Comosed Ater ca 9 Concert ieces Concert ieces Concert ieces onatas and onatinas Concert ieces naccomanied Works Reertoire Comact Discs Recordings o each iece in the Reertoire volumes include erormances y some o North America s most accomlished violinists and ianists, oering insiration and a model or erormance ractice Technique and Etudes cales and areggios are ordered edagogically, and are closely linked to the technical demands o the corresonding Level s reertoire or instance, a threeoctave violin scale is introduced ith G maor in Level, since Reertoire requires acility u to th osition Ne skills such as doule stos, oneoctave maor scales in 6ths, harmonic minor scales in rds and octaves, and tooctave doule sto scales are introduced gradually and uild on the oundation estalished in revious levels Orchestral Excerts Orchestral Excerts contain a variety o selections rom standard orchestral reertoire In addition to irst arts and concertmaster solos, these volumes include excerts taken rom string orchestra and quartet literature Orchestral Excerts reach eyond assessment rearation Develoing erormers laying in orchestras ill areciate having a collection Additionally, each iece has een recorded ith the iano alone, roviding students ith oortunities to ractice ith accomaniment Teachers and students ill areciate each volume s extensive choice o material, rom traditional Etudes to modern Reertoire y leading violin edagogues Etudes ere chosen or their technical relevance and musical merit, suorting each Level s keys and hand shaes hile heling students rogressively develo a variety o skills o orchestral reertoire careully edited ith consideration o their level o technical develoment Advanced erormers ill notice that these single volumes or each instrument include a multitude o the excerts that aear on many North American audition lists Orchestral Excerts also contains selections requently encountered in chamer ensemle laying

3 eries, Edition Reertoire amle ages In Ancient Times e uay Train 9 Maestoso q = 8 9 Harold Birston ( 96) With energy q = 8 88 ean Ethridge ( 9) g g simile, 6 non legato 9, cresc n n n n n n 6 cresc ource: Excursions or Coyright e rederick Harris Music Co, Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada g LH toot ource: e Encore eries or, ook Coyright 99 e rederick Harris Music Co, Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada rearatory Reertoire rearatory Reertoire 6 Dreamily q = 9 e Tooth airy n Christine Donkin ( 96) lithery q = izz + LH * + e lucky nake arco leggiero oco rit oco rit aulette o ( 98) arr Christine Gale u 6 n ource: Costume arty: Elementary Early Intermediate olos ith Accomaniment Coyright 9 e rederick Harris Music Co, Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada a temo + a temo leggiero * Indicates notes that may e layed izzicato ith the third or ourth inger o the let hand Coyright o Rerinted y ermission o the comoser Reertoire Reertoire

4 eries, Edition Reertoire amle ages Andantino q = 69 6 π cresc cresc 9 cresc cresc dolce ource: ix Very Easy ieces in the irst osition, o n Andantino in G Maor o, no rit e dim rit a temo a temo dim π Edard Elgar (8 9) π π Allegro con rio q = 66 ith very little edal oco a oco cresc suito q q indicates to thirtysecond notes / Motorcycles indicates our thirtysecond notes or David Morgan ource: e Encore eries or, ook Coyright 99 e rederick Harris Music Co, Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada n David Duke ( 9) Reertoire Reertoire resto h = 69 6 c c c onatina in Maor TWV : III: resto Georg hili Telemann (68 6) arr Kathleen Wood 8 Cheerully q = 6 8 n n n Wedding Tune o, no n n n Edvard Grieg (8 9) arr Kathleen Wood n n 8 9 Z Z n Z Z n n n n n n n ource: ei suonatine er violin e cemalo Arrangement coyright e rederick Harris Music Co, Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada or examinations, lay this iece in second osition Original title: Brurelåt ource: Norske olkeviser og dandse, o Arrangement coyright e rederick Harris Music Co, Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Reertoire Reertoire

5 6 eries, Edition Reertoire amle ages 8 c c c Andante q = 9 e Inant aganini antasia Eduard Mollenhauer (8 9) 6 Alla marcia q = oldatenmarsch oldier s March Ludig Mendelssohn (88 9) n n o n o n n n n n o n 6 n n n n n ine ine ource: Miniatures: iteen ieces or, o 6 Reertoire Reertoire 6 Rondo allegro q = 96 simile r 6 onata o, no III: Air olonais x 9 Carl Maria von Weer (86 86) 6 q = 8 6 ß Cue Cue Cue o 8 Aracadara or Kathy Raoort r simile gliss r r r gliss David Duke ( 9) ource: ix sonates rogressives our le ianoorte avec violin oligé, o n In Aracadara, there are several assages o ree alignment o the violin and the iano e violinist and ianist read rom the same score and use cues ritten into the music to coordinate their arts Donard arros marked cue indicate laces the violinist and ianist should make eye contact and signal A heavy horizontal line olloing a note indicates that the violin note is to e held until the iano inishes its sixteenthnote igure e diminuendo olloed y an s indicates a diminuendo that ends in silence ource: e Encore eries or, ook Coyright 99 e rederick Harris Music Co, Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Reertoire Reertoire

6 eries, Edition Reertoire amle ages c c c Allegro q = 96 Concerto in G Maor o, no, RV I Antonio Vivaldi (68 ) arr Kathleen Wood 6 Andante con moto q = 6 8 Berceuse dolce rank Bridge (89 9) ten n n n n n n ource: L estro armonico, o Arrangement coyright e rederick Harris Music Co, Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada n olo 9 oco rit oco rit Berceuse as originally comosed or orchestra in 9 a temo π a temo π Reertoire 6 Reertoire 6 Allegro q = 8 6 c c c onata in Maor n I: Allegro elix Mendelssohn (89 8) Allegro rioso q = g g 8 g g anischer Tänz ^ o, no ^ ^ n Moritz Moszkoski (8 9) 8 n n n n n n n n n n n n ^ ^ ^ n n n ^ ^ ^ n n n n Comosed in 8 anische Tänze, o as originally comosed or iano duet Reertoire Reertoire

7 8 eries, Edition Reertoire amle ages Larghetto q = II n 9 III π n π π n onatina in G Maor m o II: Larghetto III dim dim II n Z rit rit a temo π a temo π n Antonin Dvořák (8 9) Andante esressivo q = 6 8 a temo a temo n n 6 n n n n n IV n n n n n n n n n n n Alumlatt n n n n n n n n n n n n n rit rit n n 6 Aleksandr Glazunov (86 96) n Alumlatt as originally comosed or trumet and iano in 899 Reertoire 8 Reertoire 8 Level Overvie cales Keys Range Temo Boing Maor B, C, D Harmonic and octaves C, D Melodic Minor = Maor Harmonic and octave in nd osition Melodic Minor = 6 Chromatic on D octave start on oen string = 66 Areggios Maor B, C, D Minor C, D octaves = 88 Maor Minor octave in nd osition = 6 Doule tos Exercise on D and A trings = 6 ToOctave cales = B Maor Technique amle ages Level Overvie cales Keys Range Temo Boing Maor G octaves = 6 or Maor A, E, Harmonic and G, E, Melodic Minor octaves = 88 Maor C octave on A string = 8 Chromatic on G, on A octaves = 6 Areggios Maor Minor A, E, G, E, octaves = Maor C octave on A string = 8 Dominant th o Maor Keys Diminished th o Minor Keys Doule tos C (starting on G), D (starting on A) A (starting on G ), B (starting on A ) octaves = octaves = Maor in 6ths G, B octave = C Maor ThreeOctave cale =6 G Maor C Harmonic Minor C Melodic Minor ToOctave cales =88 A Maor Technique and Etudes rearatory Technique and Etudes 8

8 eries, Edition 9 Etudes amle ages Technique and Etudes rearatory Level Technique and Etudes rearatory Technique and Etudes rearatory Technique and Etudes rearatory Level Technique and Etudes rearatory Technique and Etudes rearatory

9 eries, Edition Etudes amle ages Technique and Etudes 8 Technique and Etudes 8 Technique and Etudes 8 Technique and Etudes 8

10 Orchestral Excerts amle ages eries, Edition Level Allegro giocoso q = 6 6 n 9 n n 8 n n æ æ π molto cresc æ x æ 9 n Carmen uite No V: Les toréadors Georges Bizet (88 8) ource: Carmen, oéra comique in our acts; liretto y Henri Meilhac (8 89) and Ludovic Halévy (8 98) ater the novel Carmen y roser Mérimée (8 8) Numer, Les toréadors, is the introduction to act n n n n x n n n n n n n n n n n n n n dim n n esressivo 96 n cresc n n cresc n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Orchestral Excerts Level 9 c Maestoso marciale q = La gazza ladra Overture n Gioachino Rossini (9 868) 8 8 π I 8 È n n 6 Allegro q = 68 6 π staccato e leggiero n n n " n 66 " a temo 8 n π 9 π 9 99 π oco rit semre staccato π n n n cresc oco a oco ource: La gazza ladra, melodrama in to acts; liretto y Giovanni Gherardini ater La ie voleuse y MT Badouin d Auigny and LouisCharles Caigniez Orchestral Excerts

11 eries, Edition Orchestral Excerts amle ages 6 Level Allegro q = 6 C n n Í Í ÿ Í n Í n n restez n n n Die Zauerlöte R K 6 Overture ource: Die Zauerlöte, ingsiel in to acts; liretto y Emanuel chikaneder ( 8) n non div R n n Wolgang Amadeus Mozart (6 9) n ÿ n n n n n ÿ ÿ n n div n n n n n n " n or examinations, lay the uer art o all divisi in this excert Orchestral Excerts Highlights o Orchestral Excerts Title Messiah, HWV 6: Overture ymhony No in C Minor, o 6: II erenade or tring Orchestra, o : I Brandenurg Concerto No in G Maor, BWV 8: III The Young erson s Guide to the Orchestra, o ymhonie antastique, o : I, II ymhony No in A Maor Italian, o 9: I Don uan, o tring Quartet No in D Minor ( Death and the Maiden ), D 8: I, IV ymhony No, o : I Comoser George rideric Handel Ludig van Beethoven Edard Elgar ohann eastian Bach Benamin Britten Hector Berlioz elix Mendelssohn Richard trauss ranz chuert Dmitri hostakovich