Piano Literature II
Listening lists
Juilliard, Piano Lit II, First semester, Midterm
Beethoven: Complete piano sonatas
Juilliard, Piano Lit II, First semester, Final
Schubert: Sonatas in am, Op. 164; BM; AM, D 664; am, D784; am, Op. 42; GM, cm, AM, D959; Bb
6 Moments-musicaux; Impromptus Op. 90 and Op. 142; Wanderer Fantasy; Fantasy in fm for 4 hands
Juilliard, Piano Lit II, Second semester, Midterm
Schumann: Papillons, Carnaval, Fantasiestucke, Kinderscenen, Kreisleriana, Symphonic Etudes, Fantasie, Faschingschwank aus Wien; Sonatas #1 and #2; Concerto in am
(Note: for Schumann, know internal #s or movements for Sonatas, Concerto, Faschingschwank, Fantasie, and Fantasiestucke. For the other Schumann [Papillons, Carnaval, Kinderscenen, Kreisleriana, and Symphonic Etudes], just recognize that a given movement is a part of the larger work.)
Chopin: Sonatas #2 and #3; 4 Ballades; 4 Scherzi; Mazurkas Op. 6 (just #1 and #2), 50 (just #3), 56, 59, 63 (#2 and #3) ; Nocturnes Op. 15; Op. 27; Op. 37; Op. 62; Polonaises Op. 44; 53; 61; Fantasy, Op. 49; Barcarolle, Op. 60; Preludes, Op. 28 (recognize genre, do not need specific #), Etudes, Op. 10, 25, and posthumous (recognize genre and opus, but do not need specific #); Concertos 1 and 2
Juilliard, Piano Lit II, Second semester, Final
Liszt:
Sonata in bm (only need to identify as sonata, but be able to recognize from major sections such as "slow movt" or "fugato"
Second year of Pilgrimage (Italy) (identify different pieces within volume by title, but do not need to differentiate the different Petrarch sonatas by number)
Etudes #1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11 from Transcendental Etudes; Paganine Etudes #2, #3, and #6; Nuages Gris
Lugubrious Gondolier (recognize either 1 or 2, but do not need to differentiate by number)
Brahms:
Sonatas #2 and #3 (recognize movts, as ever)
4 Ballades (Op. 10)- (recognize Op and # within opus)
Variations on an Original Theme in DM; Handel Variations (recognize variations but only need to identify title of work; do not need need number of variation)
Rhapsodies, Op. 79 (recognize Opus and # within opus)
Klavierstucke Op. 76, Op. 116, Op. 117, Op. 118, Op. 119 (recognize Op and # within opus)
Concertos 1 and 2 (recognize movts)
Franck: Chorale, Prelude, and Fugue (be able to identify from major points such as start of prelude and fugue, but only need to give title of work)
Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (recognize work from any individual movt, but do not need individual movt titles)
Balakirev: Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)
Liapunov: “Lezginka” - Transcendental etude Op. 11, #10
Faure: Nocturne #1 and #6; Barcarolle #1
