‧BOOK 1                  
                   

A. Theory Practice

Unit 1 2, 3 & 4 Meters

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]      
 

Unit 2 Melodic Contour

[1]              
  Unit 3 Motive
[1]              
  Unit 4 Instrument Parade I
[1] [2] [3] [4]        
  Unit 5 Performance Party
[1]              
  Unit 6 Score Reading
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]      
  Unit 7 Composing Melody
[1]              
  Unit 8 Dynamics
[1]              
  Unit 9 Intervals and Harmony
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
  Unit 10 Melody and Lyrics [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]      

B. Listening Appreciation

The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

  Instrumental Guide to the Chinese Orchestra

C. Composers Parade  
   
Baroque Period  
1. A. Vivaldi Summer, from Four Seasons, 1st movement
2. J. S. Bach Prelude in C, from The Well-Tempered Clavier
3. G. F. Handel Hallelujah chorus, from Messiah
Classical Period  
4. J. Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E Flat, 3rd movement
  The Heavens are Telling, from The Creation
5. W. A. Mozart Symphony in G Minor, No.40, 1st movement
  Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622, 1st movement
6. L. v. Beethoven Symphony No.5, 1st movement
  Sonata in C Sharp Minor Moonlight, Op.27
No.2, 1st movement
7. F. Schubert Unfinished symphony, 1st movement
8. R. Schumann Album for the Young, No.10
9. F. Chopin Polonaise in A Flat Major, Op.53
10. F. Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies, No.2
20th Century  
11. C. Debussy Voiles, from Preludes for Piano, Book 1
12. M. Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess (piano version)
  Pavane for a Dead Princess (orchestral version)
13. A. Schoenberg Premonitions, from Five Pieces for the Orchestra, Op.16
14. B. Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, 1st movement

2. Summary Exercises

Excerpt I Excerpt II Excerpt III Excerpt IV
  Excerpt V Excerpt VI Excerpt VII Excerpt VIII

BOOK 2                    
                     
A. Theory Practice                    
Unit 1 Compound Time
[1] [2] [3]              
Unit 2 Scales with Five Notes
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]        
Unit 3 Pop Music
[1] [2] [3]              
Unit 4 Instrument Parade II
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]  
Unit 5 The Pleasure of Performance
[1] [2] [3] [4]            
Unit 6 Learning More About Melody
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]          
Unit 7 Form of Music
[1] [2] [3] [4]            
Unit 8 Performing in Public
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Unit 9 Sharing Harmony
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]          
Unit 10 Lyric Writing [1] [2] [3] [4]            

B. Listening Appreciation

Peter and the Wolf

  The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

C. Genre Parade

   
Baroque Period    
(1) Chorale and Church
  Cantata
  Chorale – The Son of God Has Come
(Gottes Sohn ist kommen in German)
    Bach – Cantata No.140 Awake a Voice is Calling Us
(Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme
in German), 4th movement
(2) Oratorio   Handel: Sinfonia for Orchestra, from oratorio Messiah
    Handel: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted, from oratorio Messiah
(3) Opera   Monteverdi: You Are Dead (Tu se’ morta in Italian),
from opera Orfeo
(4) Prelude and Fugue   Bach – Prelude in F Minor,
from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
    Bach – Fugue in F Minor,
from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
(5) Baroque Sonata   Corelli – Trio Sonata in A Minor, Op.3, No.10, 1st movement
    Corelli – Trio Sonata in A Minor, Op.3, No.10, 2nd movement
(6) Baroque Suite   Bach – Cello Suite No.1 in G Major, 1st movement
    Bach – Suite No.3 in D Major, 3rd movement
(7) Concerto Grosso and
  Concerto
  Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.2, 1st movement
    Vivaldi – Autumn, from concerto for violin and
string orchestra The Four Seasons
   
Classical Period  
(A) Classical Sonata   Beethoven – Violin Sonata No.5, Op.24 Spring, 1st movement
    Mozart – Piano Sonata in C Major, K.545, 1st movement
(B) Concerto   Mozart – Piano Concerto No.23 in A Major,
K.488, 1st movement (expositions)
    Mozart – Piano Concerto No.23 in A Major,
K.488, 1st movement (development to the end)
(C) Symphony   Haydn – Symphony No.56, 1st movement
    Haydn – Symphony No.94 Surprise, 3rd movement
    Beethoven – Symphony No.3 Eroica, 1st movement
(D) Chamber Music   Haydn – String Quartet Op.76, No.3, 2nd movement
    Mozart – Flute Quartet No.3 in C Major, K.258b, 1st movement
    Mozart – Divertimento in D Major, K.251, 1st movement
    Beethoven – String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op.130, 4th movement
 
BOOK 3                    
                     
A. Theory Practice                    
Unit 1 Theme and Variations [1] [2] [3] [4]            
Unit 2 Colourful Melody
[1] [2] [3] [4]            
Unit 3 Music and Drama [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]          
Unit 4 Instrument Parade III
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]          
Unit 5 Fun for Improvisation
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6a] [6b] [6c] [6d] [6e]
Unit 6 The Creativity of Arranging
[1a] [1b] [2a] [2b] [3a] [3b] [4a] [4b]    
Unit 7 Form of Music
[1] [2a] [2b] [2c]            
Unit 8 The Secret of Modulation
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]          
Unit 9 Texture [1a] [1b] [1c] [1d]            
  [2a] [2b] [2c] [2d]            
  [3a] [3b] [3c] [3d] [3e]          
Unit 10 Cantonese Opera Workshop [1]                  

B. Listening Appreciation
1st movement: Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
2nd movement: Hens and Roosters
3rd movement: Wild Donkeys
4th movement: Tortoises
5th movement: The Elephant
6th movement: Kangaroos
7th movement: Aquarium
8th movement: Characters with Long Ears
9th movement: The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
10th movement: Aviary
11th movement: Pianists
12th movement: Fossils
13th movement: The Swan
14th movement: Finale
Bolero

C. Composers Parade

   
Romantic Period    
(A) Piano Music   Chopin – Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op.9, No.2
    Liszt – Transcendental Etude No.10 in F Minor
(B) Art Song   Schubert – Heidenröslein
(C) Opera   Verdi – La Donna è Mobile, from Rigoletto
(D) Music for Ballet   Tchaikovsky – Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty
(E) Programme Music   Tchaikovsky – Introduction, from Swan Lake
    Mussorgsky – Promenade, from Pictures at an Exhibition
    Tchaikovsky – Overture Fantasy from Romeo and Juliet
(F) Nationalistic Music   Dvořák – New World Symphony, 2nd movement
   
20th Century  
1. Debussy   Voiles (Sails), from Preludes for Piano, Book 1
2. Bartók   Two Romanian Dances, No.1
3. Stravinsky   Introduction, from The Rite of Spring
    Dances of the Youths and Maidens, from The Rite of Spring
4. Schoenberg   Praludium, from Suite for Piano, Op.25
    Premonitions, from Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16
5. Gershwin   Rhapsody in Blue
6. John Cage   4’33”, 1st movement
    Sonata No.1, from Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
     




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