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Associated Board Examination Syllabus
Trinity Guildhall Examination Syllabus| Violin & Piano | ||||
| D2000-2 | Prince Albert | Melody for violin with pianoforte accompaniment | £3.50 |
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| Violin or Viola & Piano | ||||
| D1992-1 | Alfredo Catalani & Edward German |
Romantic Melodies: La Wally & the English Rose  |
£4.00 | |
| D1992-3 | Alma Clarke (Lozanne) | Four Love Songs | £4.00 | |
| Cello & Piano | ||||
| D1995-6 | R C Bosanquet | Elégie for cello & piano (in memoriam Joan Dickson) | £4.50 | |
| B1998-3 | Christopher Bunting |
Elegy for cello & piano |
£6.00 | |
| D1992-2 | Alfredo Catalani & Edward German |
Romantic Melodies: La Wally & the English Rose |
£4.00 | |
| D1992-4 | Alma Clarke (Lozanne) | Four Love Songs | £4.00 | |
| D1996-8 | Gabriel Fauré |
L'Aurore, au bord de l'eau |
£4.50 | |
| D1990-5 | Shostakovich | Romance from the Gadfly |
£4.00 | |
| D1995-1 | Margot Wright | Three Northumbrian Folk Songs |
£5.00 | |
| Viola & Piano | ||||
| D1996-9 | Gabriel Fauré | L'Aurore, au bord de l'eau | £4.50 | |
| D2006-2 | Patsy Gritton | Four Character Pieces for Viola & Piano |
£7.00 | |
| Elegy, Presto for Frankie, Jazz-Dance, Viva Barcelona! Grades 5-7 ……interesting set of pieces for a player who would like to play music in contemporary idioms… Jane Gregory, ESTA News & Views 2006 | ||||
| D1990-4 | Shostakovich | Romance from the Gadfly |
£4.00 | |
| D1993-10 | Margot Wright | Three Northumbrian Folk Songs | £5.00 | |
| Cello duets | ||||
| D1988-4 | D. Gabrielli (1685-1690) | Canon for 2 cellos | £3.50 | |
| D1993-8 | Giuseppe Chinzer (c.1745) | Six duets opus 1 | £5.00 | |
| D1989-6 | Robert Lindley (1776-1855) | 3 Duets opus 4 | £6.00 | |
| D2008-1 | Laurenz & Maffia | Amurado - Tango for two cellos
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£5.00 | |
Violin & Cello | ||||
| D1988-6 | J.B.Breval (1753-1823) | Duets opus 19 nos. 1-2 | £5.00 | |
| D1989-2 | J.B.Breval | Duets opus 19 nos. 3-4 | £5.00 | |
| D1989-3 | J.B.Breval | Duets opus 19 nos. 5-6 | £5.00 | |
| D1987-2 | Joseph Gehot (1756-1820) | Duets op 3 nos. 3-4 | £5.00 | |
| D1987-3 | Joseph Gehot | Duets op 3 nos. 5-6 | £5.00 | |
| D1990-1 | Robert Lindley (1776-1855) | 3 Duets opus 2 | £7.50 | |
Violin or Viola & Cello | ||||
| D1989-1 | Joseph Gehot (1756-1820) | Duets for op 3 nos. 1-2 | £5.50 | |
2 Basses | ||||
| D1992-9 | Julian Dale (1954- ) | Duo for Double Basses | £4.50 | |
2 Violas | ||||
| D1988-5 | D. Gabrielli (1685-1690) | Canon arr. for 2 vlas | £3.50 | |
| Violin, Viola & Cello | ||||
| T2000-6 | Franz Schubert | D471 completed by Newboult (4 mvts) | £8.00 | |
| T2009-1 | Gustav Holst | String Trio (1894) - score & parts | £12.00 |
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| Violin, Viola or Violin & Cello | ||||
| T1988-1 | J.S. Bach | 3-part inventions nos 1-8 | £7.00 | |
| T1988-2 | J.S. Bach | 3-part inventions nos 9-15 | £7.00 | |
| T1993-1 | Joseph Gehot (1756-1820) | String trios Op 2 no. 1 in D | £4.50 | |
| T1993-2 | Joseph Gehot | String trios Op 2 no. 2 in G |
£4.50 | |
| T1993-3 | Joseph Gehot | String trios Op 2 no. 3 in E flat | £4.50 | |
| T1993-6 | Joseph Gehot | String trios Op 2 no. 6 in C | £4.50 | |
| T2005-1 | Henry Purcell | Sonata VII in E minor | £6.00 | |
| 2 Violins & Viola or Cello | ||||
| T2000-1 | Leopold Dancla | Trio in G opus 25 (with score) |
£8.00 | |
| "great fun to play ..." Music Teacher 2001 | ||||
| Violin/viola/cello, viola/violin, cello/bass (7 parts included) | ||||
| B2002-8 | Haydn Baryton Trio No. 96 in D minor (Player Editions) | £7.50 | ||
| 2 Violins, Viola & Cello | ||||
| Q2001-1 | J.S. Bach arr Cooley | Passacaglia & Fugue BWV582 (with score) | £7.50 | |
| Q1995-3 | Frank Bridge (1879-1941) | Three Pieces for String Quartet (with score) |
£6.00 | |
| Q1992-5 | Johann N.Hummel (1778-1837) | Quartet in C, Op 30 no. 1 |
£11.00 | |
| Q1991-5 | Johann N.Hummel | Quartet in G, Op 30 no. 2 |
£11.00 | |
| Q1992-6 | Johann N.Hummel | Quartet in E flat Op 30 no. 3 |
£11.00 | |
| Q2003-1 | Maddalena Lombardini (1745-1818) | Opus 3 quartets I-III (score and parts) | £11.00 | |
| Q2003-2 | Maddalena Lombardini (1745-1818) | Opus 3 quartets IV-VI (score and parts) | £11.00 | |
| Q1994-6 | W. A. Mozart | Fuga 1 del sig: Handel | £4.00 | |
| Q1999-4 | George Onslow | Quartet in F, op 8 no. 2 | £9.50 | |
| Q2007-1 | Chevalier de Saint-George (Joseph Boulogne) (1745-1799) | Quartet in G minor (G068) score & parts
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£7.50 | |
| Q1996-1 | Franz Schubert | Quartet movement D103 | £5.50 | |
| Q1998-1 | C. V. Stanford | Quartet no. 5 in Bb | £11.00 | |
| Q2002-2 | Michael Summers | Folksong Suite (score and parts) | £6.50 | |
| B2000-8 | Charleston Times - 1920's Suite for String Quartet (Chugnut press ) | £17.50 | ||
| For jobbing quartets and competent amateurs Indiana There's Nothing New Under the Sun The Charleston Oh Joe I wonder where my Baby is Tonight | ||||
| Q2006-1 | Viola Dream String Quartets (score & parts) arr. Maxine Komlos | £10.00 | ||
| 7 well known pieces arranged for string quartet with juicy solos for the viola: Beethoven - Pathetique; Bizet - In the depths of the temple; Debussy - Cake-walk; Dvorak - Song to the moon; Handoshkin - Canzona; Mozart - Laudate Domine; Saint-Saens - Softly awakes my heart. Very welcome and good value arrangements which set out to address the apparent dearth of viola tunes in the string quartet literature…Highly recommended for working quartets. Mark Bryant, ESTA News & Views 2006 | ||||
| 2 Violins, 2 Viola & Cello | ||||
| Q1989-7 | Michael Haydn (1737-1806) | Quintet in C (viola 2 or violin 3) with score | £12.50 | |
| Q1990-3 | Michael Haydn (1737-1806) | Quintet in G with score | £12.50 | |
| Q1993-4 | George Onslow (1784-1853) | Quintet in D minor op 78 | £13.50 | |
| Q1993-7 | Louis Spohr (1784-1859) | Quintet in G op 33 no. 2 | £13.50 | |
| Q1993-9 | Louis Spohr (1784-1859) | Quintet in A minor op 91 | £13.50 | |
| 2 Violins, Viola & 2 Cellos | ||||
| Q2004-1 | Beethoven/Anon | Kreutzer Sonata arr. as 2-cello string quintet |
£19.50 | |
| Q1999-2 | Luigi Boccherini | Quintet in C G361 (2 cellos or 2 violas)  |
£11.00 | |
| Q1993-5 | George Onslow (1784-1853) | Quintet in C min op 38 (2 cellos or 2 violas) | £13.50 | |
| Q1991-1 | George Onslow (1784-1853) | Quintet in E op 39 (2 cellos or 2 violas) | £13.50 | |
| 8 violins | ||||
| E2009-2 | Gordon Jacob(1895-1984) | Suite for 8 Violins | £19.50 | |
| Commissioned by Florence Hooton in 1981 for her husband David Martin's 70th birthday | ||||
| 4 or more cellos | ||||
| E2008-2 | Emmanuel Moor (1863-1931) | Suite for 4 cellos opus 95
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£14.50 | |
| E1996-2 | Christopher Bunting | 3 Pieces for Cello Ensemble (4 or more cellos) | £7.00 | |
| E2007-2 | Gordon Jacob | Cello Octet
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£19.50 | |
| Commissioned by Florence Hooton in 1981 for her students at the Royal Academy | ||||
| E2010-1 | Karl Davidov | Hymn for 10 cellos, 2 basses & timpani | £10.00 | |
| Clarinet quintets | ||||
| Q1996-5 | C. V. Stanford | Fantasy no.1 for Clarinet & String quartet (Score and parts) |
£9.00 | |
| Q1996-7 | C. V. Stanford | Fantasy no.2 for Clarinet & String quartet (Score and parts) |
£9.00 | Piano Trio |
| Q1998-4 | W. A. Mozart | Piano Trio in F from duet K497 | £12.50 | |
| Piano Quartet | ||||
| Q1995-2 | W. A. Mozart | Piano Quartet in C from duet K521 | £13.50 | |
| Piano Quintet | ||||
| Q2005-2 | George Onslow (1784-1853) | Quintet in B min op 70 (Piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass/cello II) |
£18.50 | |
| Here is a modern edition of this work, written for the same combination of instruments as Schubert’s Trout Quintet. | ||||
| T1995-4 | Penelope Lynex | 20 Carols for a Cellist and Friends | £6.50 |
| Cello plus another bass and/or treble instrument | |||
| U1996-3 | R.Caroline Bosanquet | Secret Life of Cello Strings (Harmonics for Cellists) | £13.50 |
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This 44 page tutorial with numerous exercises leads to a complete understanding of the theory and practise of playing harmonics on the cello. "Considering the ever-expanding role harmonics play in contemporary literature, I strongly advise the use of Ms Bosanquet's book to all cellists... " Janos Starker "Brilliant..." Jane Francis, ESTA | |||
| D2000-3 | R.Caroline Bosanquet | Fun with Cello Harmonics | £8.00 |
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11 pieces for young cellists featuring well-known tunes in harmonics. Simple instructions and diagrams are given. Cello II and piano parts included. This book is essential for all cello pupils ready to develop their horizons beyond first position. Bosanquet clearly knows about teaching. Warmly recommended. Catherine Wilmers, ESTA | |||
| B2000-4 | Christopher Bunting | Essay on the Craft of Cello Playing (first published 1982 by CPU; reprinted 2000 by Sangeeta) Vol 1 Prelude, Bowing, Coordination |
£16.50 |
| B2000-5 | Christopher Bunting | Essay on the Craft of Cello Playing Vol 2 The Left Hand |
£17.50 |
| B1996-6 | Christopher Bunting | Portfolio of Exercises Part 1 A unique collection of exercises suitable for players of all standards |
£6.50 |
| B1997-2 | Christopher Bunting | Portfolio of Exercises Part 2 | £6.50 |
| U1989-4 | J. Haydn | String quartets for Cellists | £7.50 |
| U1990-2 | Beethoven | String quartets for Cellists | £7.50 |
| U1991-2 | Beethoven | String quartets for 2nd violin | £7.50 |
| U1991-3 | Beethoven, Mozart | String quartets for viola | £7.50 |
| U1992-8 | Various | String Quintets, Sextets, Octets - Cello | £8.00 |
| SC2004-2 | Beethoven/Anon | Kreutzer sonata quintet | £6.00 |
| SC1999-1 | Luigi Boccherini | Quintet in C | £5.00 |
| SC1992-7 | Johann N.Hummel | Quartets Opus 30 nos 1-3 | £12.00 |
| SC1999-3 | George Onslow | Quartet in F op 8 no.2 | £4.50 |
| SC1994-5 | George Onslow | Quintet in C min op 38 "The Bullet" | £5.00 |
| SC1994-2 | George Onslow | Quintet in E op 39 | £5.00 |
| SC1994-1 | George Onslow | Quintet in D minor op 78 | £5.00 |
| SC2007-1 | Franz Schubert | String Trio D471 | £4.50 |
| SC1997-1 | Franz Schubert | Quartet movement D103 (score) | £4.50 |
| SC1994-3 | Louis Spohr | Quintet in G op 33 no.2 | £5.00 |
| SC1994-4 | Louis Spohr | Quintet in A minor op 91 | £5.00 |
| SC1998-2 | C. V. Stanford | Quartet no. 5 in Bb (score) | £5.00 |
| B2002-1 | CHAMBER MUSIC REPERTOIRE FOR AMATEUR PLAYERS (3rd Edition revised) by Harold Haynes | £7.50 | |
| This book lists the whole 'standard' repertoire and hundreds of little-known works for strings with assessments of the difficulty of each movement for each 'key' player. Recommended for amateurs are some 435 string quartets and 630 works for other ensembles (including works with wind instruments and with piano) by a total of 332 composers. | |||