Piano Literature

A 15-week college course covering the major pieces in the classical piano repertory

Dr. Charles Joseph Smith

Outline of the 15-Week Course

(covering the repertory contained in

each of the weeks covered, and includes exams and/or quizzes, if any)

Week 1, Part 1

•Introduction to class

•Sonatas L. 104, 411 (D. Scarlatti)

Week 1, Part 2

Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor (J.S. Bach)

Week 2, Part 1

Sonatas, K. 310 and K. 331 (Mozart)

Fantasy in D minor (Mozart)

Week 2, Part 2

Variations in F minor (Haydn)

Week 3, Part 1

Sonatas, nos. 33, 34, 52 (Haydn)

Week 3, Part 2

Sonatas, op. 2, nos. 1-3 (Beethoven)

Week 4, Part 1

Sonatas, op. 13, op. 27, no. 2, and op. 57 (Beethoven)

Week 4, Part 2

Fantasy in C major (R. Schumann)

Review for Quiz 1

Week 5, Part 1

Quiz 1

(Covers material from weeks 1-4)

Combination of multiple-choice and

listening questions

Week 5, Part 2

Aufschwung (R. Schumann)

Papillions (R. Schumann)

Wanderer Fantasy (F. Schubert)

Week 6, Part 1

Etudes, opp. 10 and 25 (Chopin)

Preludes, op. 39 (Chopin)

Week 6, Part 2

Rondo capriccioso (Mendelssohn)

Songs Without Words (Mendelssohn)

Week 7, Part 1

Scherzos (Chopin)

Fantasy in F minor (Chopin)

Barcarolle in F-sharp major (Chopin)

Berceuse in D-flat Major (Chopin)

Week 7, Part 2

Sonatas, opp. 81a, 101, 106 (Beethoven)

Week 8, Part 1

Sonata, op. 110 in E major (Beethoven)

Review for midterm exam

Week 8, Part 2

Midterm Exam

(Covers material from weeks 1-8)

Combination of multiple choice, listening, and short-answer questions

Week 9, Part 1

Carnaval (R. Schumann)

Sonata no. 1 (Brahms)

Week 9, Part 2

Sonata in B-flat minor, op. 35 (Chopin)

Vallee d’Obermann (Liszt)

Week 10, Part 1

Sonata in B minor (Liszt)

Hungarian Rhapsody no. 11 (Liszt)

Week 10, Part 2

L’isle joyeuse (Debussy)

Masques (Debussy)

Prelude from “Pour le Piano” (Debussy)

Images, Book I (Debussy)

Week 11, Part 1

Le petit berger (Debussy)

Gollwogg’s Cakewalk (Debussy)

Gradus ad Parnassum (Debussy)

Week 11, Part 2

Alborada del gracioso (Ravel)

Un barque sur l’ocean (Ravel)

Jeux d’eau (Ravel)

Week 12, Part 1

Gaspard de la nuit (Ravel)

Review for Quiz 2

Week 12, Part 2

Quiz 2

(Covers material from weeks 9-11)

Combination of multiple-choice and

listening questions

Week 13, Part 1

Sonata no. 7 (Prokofiev)

Preludes, op. 53 (Shostakovich)

Week 13, Part 2

Andaluza (de Falla)

Piano Variations (Copland)

Gnoisienne no. 1 (Satie)

Week 14, Part 1

Two Rumanian Dances (Bartok)

Allegro Barbaro (Bartok)

Week 14, Part 2

Regard de la croix (Messiaen)

Policinelo (Villa-Lobos)

Three Preludes (Gershwin)

Week 15, Part 1

Review for Final Exam

(covering weeks 1-14)

Week 15, Part 2

Final Exam

Combination of multiple choice,

essay, short answer, and listening

questions