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Dmitri Shostakovich

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Difficulty 1 (4)

• Original works with opus numbers
• A Child’s Exercise Book, op. 69
• • 1. March (0' 30")
  • 2. Waltz (0' 30")
  • 3. The Bear (1')
  • 5. Sad Tale (1' 30")

Difficulty 1.5 (12)

• Original works with opus numbers
• A Child’s Exercise Book, op. 69
• • 4. Merry Tale (0' 30")
  • 6. Clockwork Doll (1')
  • 7. Birthday (1')

• Original works without opus numbers
• Funeral March in Memory of the Victims of the Revolution (1' 30")
• Three Pieces
• • 1. Minuet (0' 30")
  • 2. Prelude (0' 30")
• Murzilka (0' 30")

• Arrangements
• Dances of the Dolls
• • 2. Gavotte (1')
  • 3. Romance (2')
  • 5. Waltz-Scherzo (2' 30")
  • 6. Hurdy-Gurdy (0' 30")
  • 7. Dance (0' 30")

Difficulty 2 (15)

• Original works with opus numbers
• Aphorisms, op. 13
• • 1. Recitative (1')
• Twenty-four Preludes, op. 34
• • 3. G major (2')
  • 7. A major (1' 30")
  • 13. F-sharp major (1' 30")
  • 17. A-flat major (2')
  • 22. G minor (2' 30")
  • 23. F major (1' 30")
• Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues, op. 87
• • 7. A major, Prelude (1' 30")
  • 9. E major, Prelude (2' 30")

• Original works without opus numbers
• Nostalgia (2' 30")
• Three Pieces
• • 3. Intermezzo (1')

• Arrangements
• Funeral and Triumphal Prelude in Memory of the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad, op. 130 (2' 30")
• Novorossiysk Chimes (Flame of Eternal Glory) (2' 30")
• Dances of the Dolls
• • 1. Lyrical Waltz (1' 30")
  • 4. Polka (1' 30")

Difficulty 2.5 (41)

• Original works with opus numbers
• Eight Preludes, op. 2
• • 1. G minor (2')
  • 2. G major (2')
  • 4. B-flat major (0' 30")
  • 5. A minor (1')
  • 6. F minor (1')
  • 8. D-flat major (1')
• Three Fantastic Dances, op. 5
• • 2. (1' 30")
• Aphorisms, op. 13
• • 2. Serenade (1')
  • 4. Elegy (1')
  • 5. Funeral March (1' 30")
  • 9. Legend (2')
  • 10. Lullaby (2')
• Twenty-four Preludes, op. 34
• • 1. C major (1' 30")
  • 4. E minor (2' 30")
  • 8. F-sharp minor (1')
  • 10. C-sharp minor (2')
  • 14. E-flat minor (2')
  • 15. D-flat major (1')
  • 16. B-flat minor (1')
  • 18. F minor (1')
  • 19. E-flat major (1' 30")
  • 21. B-flat major (1')
• Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues, op. 87
• • 1. C major, Prelude (2' 30")
  • 3. G major, Prelude (2')
  • 5. D major, Prelude (1' 30")
  • 6. B minor, Prelude (1' 30")
  • 8. F-sharp minor, Prelude (1' 30")
  • 10. C-sharp minor, Prelude (2')
  • 11. B major, Prelude (1' 30")
  • 12. G-sharp minor, Prelude (4')
  • 14. E-flat minor, Prelude (3' 30")
  • 17. A-flat major, Prelude (2')
  • 18. F minor, Prelude (2')
  • 19. E-flat major, Prelude (2')
  • 20. C minor, Prelude (4')
  • 22. G minor, Prelude (2')
  • 23. F major, Prelude (2' 30")
  • 24. D minor, Prelude (3')

• Original works without opus numbers
• Piece in C major (3' 30")
• Prelude-March (2')

• Arrangements
• Suite for Jazz Orchestra no. 2
• • 2. Lullaby (2')

Difficulty 3 (29)

• Original works with opus numbers
• Eight Preludes, op. 2
• • 7. D-flat major (1' 30")
• Three Fantastic Dances, op. 5
• • 1. (1' 30")
• Aphorisms, op. 13
• • 3. Nocturne (2')
  • 8. Canon (1')
• Twenty-four Preludes, op. 34
• • 2. A minor (1')
  • 6. B minor (1')
  • 11. B major (0' 30")
  • 12. G-sharp minor (1' 30")
  • 24. D minor (1' 30")
• Sonata no. 2 in B minor, op. 61
• • 2. Largo (7')
• Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues, op. 87
• • 1. C major, Fugue (2' 30")
  • 2. A minor, Prelude (1')
  • 4. E minor, Prelude (2')
  • 5. D major, Fugue (2')
  • 7. A major, Fugue (2' 30")
  • 9. E major, Fugue (1' 30")
  • 13. F-sharp major, Prelude (2')
  • 14. E-flat minor, Fugue (2' 30")
  • 16. B-flat minor, Prelude (2' 30")
  • 16. B-flat minor, Fugue (6' 30")
  • 18. F minor, Fugue (3')
  • 20. C minor, Fugue (5')
  • 21. B-flat major, Fugue (3')

• Original works without opus numbers
• In the Forest (2')
• Bagatelle (1')
• Three Fugues
• • 1. C major (2')
  • 3. G major (3')

• Arrangements
• Suite for Jazz Orchestra no. 2
• • 1. Scherzo (3')
  • 3. Serenade (2')

Difficulty 3.5 (20)

• Original works with opus numbers
• Eight Preludes, op. 2
• • 3. E minor (1')
• Three Fantastic Dances, op. 5
• • 3. (1')
• Aphorisms, op. 13
• • 6. Etude (0' 30")
  • 7. Dance of Death (1')
• Twenty-four Preludes, op. 34
• • 5. D major (0' 30")
  • 9. E major (0' 30")
  • 20. C minor (0' 30")
• Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues, op. 87
• • 2. A minor, Fugue (1' 30")
  • 3. G major, Fugue (2')
  • 4. E minor, Fugue (5' 30")
  • 6. B minor, Fugue (4')
  • 8. F-sharp minor, Fugue (7')
  • 10. C-sharp minor, Fugue (5')
  • 15. D-flat major, Prelude (3')
  • 19. E-flat major, Fugue (2' 30")
  • 21. B-flat major, Prelude (1' 30")
  • 22. G minor, Fugue (3')
  • 23. F major, Fugue (3')

• Original works without opus numbers
• Three Fugues
• • 2. A minor (1' 30")

• Arrangements
• Overture to Armer Columbus, op. 23 no. 1 (3' 30")

Difficulty 4 (8)

• Original works with opus numbers
• Scherzo in F-sharp minor, op. 1a (4' 30")
• Sonata no. 2 in B minor, op. 61
• • 1. Allegretto (7')
  • 3. Moderato (con moto) (13')
• Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues, op. 87
• • 11. B major, Fugue (2')
  • 13. F-sharp major, Fugue (5')
  • 17. A-flat major, Fugue (4')
  • 24. D minor, Fugue (7')

• Original works without opus numbers
• Variations on a Theme by Glinka (15')

Difficulty 4.5 (2)

• Original works with opus numbers
• Theme and Variations in B-flat major, op. 3a (17')
• Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues, op. 87
• • 12. G-sharp minor, Fugue (4')

Difficulty 5 (2)

• Original works with opus numbers
• Sonata no. 1, op. 12 (13')
• Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues, op. 87
• • 15. D-flat major, Fugue (2')

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