RCM Piano Repertoire – Full List of Pieces

October 24, 2020August 4, 2020 by Taras (Terry) Babyuk

The complete list of RCM Piano Repertoire pieces students can choose from to prepare for their RCM examinations.

Source: RCM Celebration Series books, 2015 Edition (latest edition)

Level 1 Piano Repertoire

LIST A: BAROQUE AND CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE

PIECE	COMPOSER	PAGE
German Dance in D Major, Hob. IX:22, no. 2	Franz Joseph Haydn	4
Pyrenese Melody	Muzio Clementi	5
Minuet in A Minor	Johann Krieger	6
Allegro in B flat Major, K 3	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	7
Burlesque in G Major	Anonymous	8
The Ballet	Daniel Gottlob Turk	9
Minuet in F Major, K 2	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	10
Ecossaise in E flat Major, WoO 86	Ludwig van Beethoven	11
Andante in G Minor	Georg Philipp Telemann	12
Aira in F Major, BWV Anh. 131	Johann Christian Bach	13

LIST B: ROMANTIC, 20TH, AND 21ST CENTURY REPERTOIRE

Waltz, op. 39, no. 13	Dmitri Kabalevsky	14
A Little Piece, op. 6, no. 2	Alexander Gedike	15
Early One Morning	Traditional English song, arr. Frederick Silvester	16
Dance of the Martians	Mike Schoenmehl	17
Mist	Clifford Poole	18
Spring Light	Stephen Chatman	19
Robots	Anne Crosby Gaudet	20
Climb up on an Elephant (Monte sur un elephant)	French Canadian folk song, arr. Nancy Telfer	21
Bears	Linda Niamath	22
Lost	Elissa Milne	23
Red Satin Jazz	Martha Mier	24
Toy Soldiers March, op. 108, no. 8	Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee	26
Song of the Dark Woods	Elie Siegmeister	27
Dream Journey	Christine Donkin	28
Mountain Melody	Norman Dello Joio	29
Blinky the Robot	David Carr Glover	30
Angelfish	Anne Crosby Gaudet	32
A Starry Night	Italo Taranta	34

LIST C: INVENTIONS

Frere Jacques Stands on His Head	Clifford Poole	35
Cranky Cat	Teresa Richert	36
Teapot Invention	Andrew Markow	37
Canon	Carleton Elliott	38
Young Ludwig Exploring	Forrest Kinney	38
Swirling Leaves	Gordon A. McKinnon	39
The Snake	Renee Christopher	40

Level 2 Piano Repertoire

LIST A: BAROQUE AND CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE

Allegretto in C Major	Christian Gottlob Neefe	4
Impertinence, HWV 494	George Frideric Handel	5
Menuet en rondeau	Jean-Philippe Rameau	6
Gavotte in A Major	Daniel Gottlob Turk	7
Menuetto in C Major	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	8
Air in D Minor, ZT 676	Henry Purcell	9
German Dance in B flat Major, Hob. IX:22, no. 5	Franz Joseph Haydn	10
Ecossaise in G Major, WoO 23	Ludwig van Beethoven	11

LIST B: ROMANTIC, 20TH, AND 21ST CENTURY REPERTOIRE

Soldier’s March, op. 68, no. 2	Robert Schumann	12
On a Quiet Lake	William Gillock	13
Fanfare, op. 60, no. 8	Vincent Persichetti	14
A Little Song, op. 27, no. 2	Dmitri Kabalevsky	15
Atacama Desert	Wynn-Anne Rossi	16
Half Asleep	Christopher Norton	18
Prelude	Octavio Pinto	20
Little Red Wagon	Teresa Richert	21
Quiet Lagoon	Jon George	22
The Silent Moon	Nancy Telfer	24
Little Piece No. 3	Marko Tajcevic	26
I Spy	Melody Bober	28
Turkish Bazaar	Mark Mrozinski	30
The Sparkling Brook	Margaret Goldston	32
Periwinkle Twinkle	Anne Crosby Gaudet	34
The Waltz That Floated Away	David L. McIntyre	35

LIST C: INVENTIONS

Invention in C Major	Renee Christopher	36
Invention in A Minor	Frederick Silvester	36
Canon	Cornelius Gurlitt	37
Jazz Invention No. 2	Pierre Gallant	37
Courageous Cat	Teresa Richert	38
Canon in F Major, op. 14, no. 95	Konrad Max Kunz	39
Little Dance in Canon Form	Bela Bartok	40

Level 3 Piano Repertoire

LIST A: BAROQUE

Harlequinade	Johann Ludwig Krebs	4
Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126	attr. Johann Sebastian Bach	5
Menuet in E flat Major	Johann Mattheson	6
Polonaise in G Minor, BWV Anh. 119	attr. Johann Sebastian Bach	7
Gavotte in G Major, HWV 491	George Frideric Handel	8
Gigue a l’Angloise	Georg Philipp Telemann	9

LIST B: CLASSICAL AND CLASSICAL-STYLE REPERTOIRE

Sonatina in C Major, op. 36, no. 1 1st Movement 2nd Movement 3rd Movement	Muzio Clementi	10
Sonatina in A Minor, op. 94, no. 4 1st Movement	Albert Biehl	16
Sonatina in G Major 1st Movement	Thomas Attwood	18
Sonatina in F Major, op. 257, no. 2 4th Movement: Finale	Theodore Lack	20

LIST C: ROMANTIC, 20TH, AND 21ST CENTURY REPERTOIRE

The Song of Twilight	Yoshinao Nakada	22
Arctic Voices	Susan Griesdale	23
Variations on a Russian Folksong	Isaak Berkovich	24
Holiday Parade	Rhonda Bennett	26
A Little Piece, op. 6, no. 11	Alexander Gedike	28
Clowns, op. 39, no. 20	Dmitri Kabalevsky	29
Allegro moderato	Bela Bartok	30
Wild Mignonette, op. 205, no. 1	Cornelius Gurlitt	31
Funny Puppy	Anne Crosby Gaudet	32
Morning Prayer, op. 39, no. 1	Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky	34
Picnic 1920	Mike Schoenmehl	35
Interlude	Martha Mier	36
Zinc Pink	Dennis Alexander	38
Summer Drought	Janet Gieck	40

Level 4 Piano Repertoire

LIST A: BAROQUE REPERTOIRE

March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach	4
Rigadoon in A Minor	William Babell	5
Air in B flat Major, HWV 471	George Frideric Handel	6
Aria	Domenico Scarlatti	7
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116	attr. Johann Sebastian Bach	8
Menuet in D Minor	Johann Heinrich Buttstett	10

LIST B: CLASSICAL AND CLASSICAL-STYLE REPERTOIRE

Sonatina in C Major, op. 34, no. 1 2nd Movement: Rondo	Johann Anton Andre	11
Sonatina in G Major, op. 36, no. 2 3rd Movement	Muzio Clementi	12
Sonatina in B flat Major, op. 12, no. 5 1st Movement	James Hook	15
Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1 1st Movement	Anton Diabelli	16
German Dance in E flat Major, WoO 13, no. 9	Ludwig van Beethoven	18

LIST C: ROMANTIC, 20TH, AND 21ST CENTURY REPERTOIRE

Old French Song, op. 39, no. 16	Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky	19
The Happy Farmer, op. 68, no. 10	Robert Schumann	20
Dance	Bela Bartok	21
A Sad Story, op. 27, no. 6	Dmitri Kabalevsky	22
After the Rain	Joanne Bender	23
Reflections	Dennis Alexander	24
Positively Swinging	Christopher Norton	26
Jazzberry Jump	Stephen Chatman	28
Creole Lullaby	Italo Taranta	30
Dreamcatcher	Anne Crosby Gaudet	31
Squirrels at Play	Boris Berlin	32
Chatter	Emma Lou Diemer	34
Foggy Day Blues	Mike Springer	36
Ballerina Doll	Diane Chouinard	38
When the Planets Are Aligned	Nancy Telfer	40

Level 5 Piano Repertoire

LIST A: BAROQUE REPERTOIRE

Fantasia in C Major	Georg Philipp Telemann	4
Menuet in E Major	Johann Sebastian Bach	6
Sonata in D Major, K 34	Domenico Scarlatti	7
Scherzo in C Major	Johann Ludwig Krebs	8
Boree in B flat Major	Richard Jones	10
Menuet in G Minor, BWV 842	Johann Sebastian Bach	11

LIST B: CLASSICAL AND CLASSICAL-STYLE REPERTOIRE

Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5, no. 2 1st Movement 2nd Movement: Rondo	Ludwig van Beethoven	12
Sonatina in C Major, op. 36, no. 3 3rd Movement	Muzio Clementi	17
Sonatina in A Minor, op. 214, no. 4 1st Movement 2nd Movement 3rd Movement	Cornelius Curlitt	20
Sonatina in G Major 3rd Movement	Jean Theodore Latour	25
Romance in G Major, op. 52, no. 4	Johann Nepomuk Hummel	28

LIST C: ROMANTIC, 20TH, AND 21ST CENTURY REPERTOIRE

Siciliano, op. 68, no. 11	Robert Schumann	30
No Worries	Elissa Milne	32
Sunset in Rio	Mike Springer	34
You and I	Tom Gerou	36
March of the Tin Soldiers, op. 25, no. 1	Genari Karganov	38
Dedication, op. 1, no. 1	Enrique Granados	40
Melancholy Reflections	Mike Schoenmehl	41
Scamp	Christopher Norton	42
A Slow Waltz, op. 39, no. 23	Dmitri Kabalevsky	43
Blue Mood	William Gillock	44
When Rivers Flowed on Mars	Nancy Telfer	46
Teasing Song	Bela Bartok	48

Level 6 Piano Repertoire

LIST A: BAROQUE REPERTOIRE

Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999	Johann Sebastian Bach	4
Les carillons	Johann Philipp Kirnberger	6
Aria in G Major	Georg Philipp Telemann	8
Little Prelude in E Minor, BWV 941	Johann Sebastian Bach	9
Sarabande in D Minor	George Frideric Handel	10
Bulesca in D Major	Johann Ludwig Krebs	12
Sonata in A Major, K 83b	Domenico Scarlatti	14

LIST B: CLASSICAL AND CLASSICAL-STYLE REPERTOIRE

As Swift as a Deer	Daniel Gottlob Turk	15
Sonatina in A Minor	Georg Anton Benda	16
Sonatina in D Major, op. 12, no. 1 1st Movement	James Hook	18
Sonatina in G Major, op. 55, no. 2 1st Movement	Friedrich Kuhlau	20
Rondo in C Major	Jacob Schmitt	22
Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1 3rd Movement: Rondo	Anton Diabelli	24
Sonatina in G Major, op. 19/20, no. 1 1st Movement 2nd Movement: Rondo	Jan Ladislav Dussek	26

LIST C: ROMANTIC, 20TH, AND 21ST CENTURY REPERTOIRE

Sentimental Waltz, op. 50, no. 13	Franz Schubert	30
Mignon, op. 68, no. 35	Robert Schumann	32
Prelude in C Minor	Charles Gounod	34
On the Lake, op. 77, no. 12	Heinrich Hofmann	36
Song of the Cavalry, op. 27, no. 29	Dmitri Kabalevsky	38
Gentle Breeze	Joanne Bender	40
Happy Time Jazz	Martha Mier	42
Spanish, op. 55, no. 5	Agathe Backer-Grondahl	44
Winter’s Northern Scene	Jean Coulthard	47
Zigzag	Dennis Alexander	48
Secrets, op. 25, no. 5	Amy Beach	50
Prelude No. 2	Srul Irving Glick	52
Kangaroo, op. 2, no. 1	George Fiala	54
Douglas Firs	Stephen Chatman	56

Level 7 Piano Repertoire

LIST A: BAROQUE REPERTOIRE

Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779	Johann Sebastian Bach	4
Allegro in G Major	George Frideric Handel	6
Bouree in F Major	Georg Philipp Telemann	8
Allegro in B flat Major	Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas	10
Passepied in D Major	Johann Philipp Kirnberger	11
Polonaise in E Major	Johann Sebastian Bach	12
Sonata in C Major, op. 1, no. 2 2nd Movement	Giovanni Benedetto Platti	13

LIST B: CLASSICAL AND CLASSICAL-STYLE REPERTOIRE

Sonatina in D Major, op. 36, no. 6 1st Movement	Muzio Clementi	16
Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI/G1 3rd Movement: Finale	Franz Joseph Haydn	22
Fur Elise, WoO 59	Ludwig van Beethoven	24
Sonatina in C Major, op. 88, no. 1 1st Movement	Friedrich Kuhlau	27
Viennese Sonatina in A Major 1st Movement	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	30
Sonatina in B flat Major, op. 168, no. 4 1st Movement	Anton Diabelli	32

LIST C: ROMANTIC, 20TH, AND 21ST CENTURY REPERTOIRE

Winter Solstice Song	Bela Bartok	35
Consolation, op. 30, no. 3	Felix Mendelssohn	38
Polonaise in G Minor, op. posth., B 1	Frederic Chopin	40
Le cavalier sans-souci (The Carefree Knight)	Jacques Ibert	42
Solitary Traveler, op. 43, no. 2	Edvard Grieg	44
Rondo-Toccata, op. 60, no. 4	Dmitri Kabalevsky	46
Moonlight Mood	William Gillock	49
Fantasy Bossa	Christopher Norton	50
Pajaro triste (Sad Bird)	Federico Mompou	52
Peace Country Hoedown	Christine Donkin	54
Waltz	Viktor Kosenko	56
Rock Zone	Robert D. Vandall	58
Nocturne	Clifford Poole	60
Tickled Pink	David L. McIntyre	62

Level 8 Piano Repertoire

LIST A: BAROQUE REPERTOIRE

Gigue in D Major	Johann Ludwig Krebs	4
Little Prelude in E Major, BWV 937	Johann Sebastian Bach	6
Invention No. 10 in G Major, BWV 781	Johann Sebastian Bach	8
Menuet and Trio in B Minor	Johann Sebastian Bach	10
Solfeggio in C Minor, Wq 117/2, H 220	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach	12
Sonata in D Major, op. 1, no. 4	Baldassare Galuppi	14

LIST B: CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE

Sonata in D Major, op. 12, no. 3 1st Movement	Samuel Arnold	15
Six Variations on a Swiss Folk Song, WoO 64	Ludwig van Beethoven	18
Sonata in E flat Major, op. 19/20, no. 6 1st Movement	Jan Ladislav Dissek	22
Rondo in C Major, op. 52, no. 6	Johann Nepomuk Hummel	26
Sonata in A Major, op. 59, no. 1 1st Movement	Friedrich Kuhlau	30

LIST C: ROMANTIC REPERTOIRE

Lieb’ Schwesterlein (Dear Little Sister), op. 32, no. 14	Robert Fuchs	35
Souvenir, op. 10, no. 1	Genari Karganov	36
Reiterstuck (Horseman), op. 68, no. 23	Robert Schumann	38
Mazurka in A Minor, op. 7, no. 2	Frederic Chopin	40
Andante sostenuto, op. 72, no. 2	Felix Mendelssohn	42
With Sweet Lavender, op. 62, no. 4	Edward MacDowell	44
Scherzo in B flat Major, D 593, no. 1	Franz Schubert	46

LIST D: POST-ROMANTIC, 20TH, AND 21ST CENTURY REPERTOIRE

Fiesta, op. 52, no. 7	Joaquin Turina	49
Swineherd’s Dance	Bela Bartok	52
Page d’album (Album Leaf)	Claude Debussy	56
In Evening Air	Aaron Copland	57
La mendiga (The Beggar Woman), op. 1, no. 2	Enrique Granados	60
Three in Blue No. 1	Ann Southam	62
Rings of Saturn	Alexina Louie	64
Jazz Suite No. 2 3rd Movement	Glenda Austin	66
Shooting Stars in Summer	Naoko Ikeda	69
Jazz Exercise No. 2	Oscar Peterson	72
Far Away Friend	Mike Springer	74
Sneaky	Stephen Chatman	76
Seven of Hearts	Kevin Olson	78

Level 9 Piano Repertoire

LIST A: BAROQUE REPERTOIRE

Sinfonia No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 790	Johann Sebastian Bach	4
Sinfonia No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796	Johann Sebastian Bach	6
L’Egyptienne	Jean-Philippe Rameau	8
Allemande in E Minor	George Frideric Handel	12
Sonata in E Major, K 380	Domenico Scarlatti	14
Sonata in A Major, K 209	Domenico Scarlatti	18
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 847	Johann Sebastian Bach	23

LIST B: CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE

Sonata in B Minor, Wq 62/22, H 132 1st Movement	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach	28
Sonata in A Major, Hob. XVI: 12 1st Movement 2nd Movement: Minuet and Trio 3rd Movement: Finale	Franz Joseph Haydn	31
Sonata in G Major, K 283 (189h) 1st Movement 2nd Movement 3rd Movement	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	38
Six Easy Variations on an Original Theme, WoO 77	Ludwig van Beethoven	52
Sonata in C Major, WoO 51 1st Movement	Ludwig van Beethoven	58

LIST C: ROMANTIC REPERTOIRE

Waltz in A flat Major, op. 64, no. 3	Frederic Chopin	63
Butterfly, op. 43, no. 1	Edvard Grieg	68
October (Autumn Song), op. 37b, no. 10	Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky	72
Variations on a Russian Folk Song (Among the Gentle Valleys)	Mikhail Glinka	76
Nocturne in G Minor, op. 37, no. 1	Frederic Chopin	80
Scotch Poem, op. 31, no. 2	Edward MacDowell	84
Song without Words, op. 30, no. 1	Felix Mendelssohn	87
Moment musical, op. 94, no. 3	Franz Schubert	90
Toccatina in B flat Major	Bedrich Smetana	92

LIST D: POST-ROMANTIC, 20TH, AND 21ST CENTURY REPERTOIRE

Salta, salta (Hobby-horse)	Octavio Pinto	96
Deserted Plantation	William Gillock	98
Decadent Sentimental Song	Miguel Manzano	100
Ocean Vista	Ruth Watson Henderson	103
Golliwogg’s Cake-walk	Claude Debussy	106
Changes	Alexina Louie	111
O Polichinela (Punch)	Heitor Villa-Lobos	114
Reverie in F Minor	Dennis Alexander	118
El viaje (The Journey)	Astor Piazzolla	121
Over the Rainbow	Harold Arlen, arr. George Shearing	124
Monarchs	Martha Hill Duncan	126
Carnivalse	Chilly Gonzales	130

Level 10 Piano Repertoire

LIST A: BAROQUE REPERTOIRE

Prelude and Fugue in B flat Major, BWV 866	Johann Sebastian Bach	4
Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 851	Johann Sebastian Bach	8
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817 1st Movement: Allemande 8th Movement: Gigue	Johann Sebastian Bach	12
Fantasia in C Minor	Johann Sebastian Bach	16

LIST B: CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE

Sonata in G Minor, Hob. XVI:44 (complete)	Franz Joseph Haydn	20
Sonata in F Minor, op. 2, no. 1 (complete)	Ludwig van Beethoven	30
Rondo in D Major, K 485	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	48

LIST C: ROMANTIC REPERTOIRE

Impromptu in A flat Major, op. 90, D 899, no. 4	Franz Schubert	55
Vogel als Prophet, op. 82, no. 7	Robert Schumann	62
Intermezzo in B flat Minor, op. 117, no. 2	Johannes Brahms	65
Nocturne in E Minor, op. posth. 72, no. 1	Frederic Chopin	70
Polonaise in A Major, op. 40, no. 1	Frederic Chopin	74
Spinning Song, op. 67, no. 4	Felix Mendelssohn	80
Consolation No. 3	Franz Liszt	86

LIST D: POST-ROMANTIC, IMPRESSIONIST, & EARLY 20TH CENTURY REPERTOIRE

Twenty-four Preludes, op. 11 Prelude No. 4 Prelude No. 6	Alexander Scriabin	90
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum	Claude Debussy	94
Barcarolle No. 4 in A flat Major, op. 44	Gabriel Faure	99
Cordoba, op. 232, no. 4	Isaac Albeniz	105
The Sea, op. 17, no. 12	Selim Palmgren	112
Prelude in G flat Major, op. 23, no. 10	Sergei Rachmaninoff	116

LIST E: 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY REPERTOIRE

Prelude in C Major, op. 12, no. 7	Sergei Prokofiev	119
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (complete)	Bela Bartok	124
Six Variations on “Land of the Silver Birch”	Pierre Gallant	132
Old Adam (Two-Step)	William Bolcom	138
The River	Martha Hill Duncan	142
“V” (Valse chromatique)	Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte	145
Cassandra’s Dream	James Domine	150
Cancion y danza VI	Federico Mompou	153
Mist	Court Stone	156
Dance (Juba)	R. Nathaniel Dett	160
Nocturne	Stephen Chatman	164
Toccata	David L. McIntyre	166

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