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Category 5: The Treasury of Contemporary Composers - No Age Limit

There are five levels in this category
.
Contestants may choose to enter one or more levels, but only once in each level.

For this category, music must be performed from memory
. NO REPEATS are allowed, unless instructed clearly.



ELEMENTARY LEVEL:
6 Pre-selected BARTOK pieces - No Repeats
Book: BARTOK: His Greatest Piano Solos by Bela Bartok, Hal Leonard HL.510181, ISBN-13:978-0-8256-5136-6


1. Bartok: Children's Bk.1 #1, Playing Children in C Major [P.2]
2. Bartok: Children's Bk.1 #3, Andante [P.3]
3. Bartok: Children's Bk.1 #13, Ballad in D Minor [P.13]
4. Bartok: Children's Bk.1 #14, Allegretto [P.14]
5. Bartok: Children's Bk.1 #15, Allegro in D Major [P.14-15]
6. Bartok: Children's Bk.1 #17, Round Dance in E Minor [P.16]


JUNIOR LEVEL:
6 Pre-selected BARTOK pieces - No Repeats
Book: BARTOK: His Greatest composed by Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Ashley Mark Publishing Company #AS10181, HL.510181

1. Bartok: Children's Bk.1 #21, Allegro robusto in A Minor [P.20, no repeat]
2. Bartok: Children's Bk.1 #27, Scherzo in D Major [P.26]
3. Bartok: Children's Bk.1 #32, Fooling in C Major [P.31]
4. Bartok: Children's Bk.2 #8, Dance in E Minor [P.52]
5. Bartok: Children's Bk.2 #18, Fooling in E Major [P.58]
6. Bartok: Children's Bk.2 #20, Joking in C Major [P.60-61]



INTERMEDIATE LEVEL:
6 Pre-selected pieces - No Repeats
Book 1 - Anthology of 20th Century Piano Music, Alfred AP.21442
Book 2 - An Anthology of Piano Music Volume 4 –The Twentieth Century, Denes Agay, HL14001217,ISBN 978-0-8256-8044-1

1. Ravel: Prelude [Book 1, P.164-165]
2. Rebikov: Dancing Demons [Book 1, P.166-167]
3. Scott: Lento Op.35 #1 in Db Major [Book 1, P.185-187]
4. Szymanowski: Prelude Op.1 #1 in B Minor [Book 1, P.192-193]
5. Bartok: Bear Dance [Book 2, P.86-89]
6. Bartok: Bagatelle No.2 from Op. 6 [Book 2, P.98-99]



SENIOR LEVEL:
6 Pre-selected pieces - No Repeats
Book 1 – Howard Ferguson Five Bagatelles, Piano Solo, Boosey & Hawkes, M-060-01998-2
Book 2 – Dmitri Shostakovitch Three Fantastic Dances, Op.5 for Piano, G. Schirmer, 47520


1. Ferguson: Bagatelle 1 [Book 1, P.2-3]
2. Ferguson: Bagatelle 3 [Book 1, P.6-9]
3. Ferguson: Bagatelle 5 [Book 1, P.12-15]
4. Shostakovitch: Op.5 #1, Three Fantastic Dance [Book 2, P.2-3]
5. Shostakovitch: Op.5 #2, Three Fantastic Dance [Book 2, P.4-5]
6. Shostakovitch: Op.5 #3, Three Fantastic Dance [Book 2, P.6-7]



ADVANCED LEVEL:
6 Pre-selected SCRIABIN pieces - No Repeats
Book – SCRIABIN: The Complete Preludes and Etudes for Pianoforte Solo, Dover AP.6-22919X


1. Scriabin: Etude Op.2 #1 in C# Minor [P.153-154]
2. Scriabin: Etude Op.42 #2 in F# Minor [P.208-209]
3. Scriabin: Etude Op.42 #3 in F# Major [P.210-212]
4. Scriabin: Etude Op.42 #4 in F# Major [P.213-215]
5. Scriabin: Etude Op.42 #7 in F Minor [P.226-227]
6. Scriabin: Etude Op.56 #4 [P.234-235]