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Score-Reading Exercises

Alto Clef

Bartok Fifth String Quartet
Brahms Quartet Op. 60
Gastoldi Bicinium
Morley Bicinium
Mozart Duo K. 423 I
Mozart Duo K. 423 II
Mozart G Minor Symphony K. 550
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante I
Purcell Fantazia
Ravel Jardin Feérique

Tenor Clef

Bach Gamba Sonata
Brahms C Minor Piano Quartet
Dvoràk Cello Concerto
Gastoldi Bicinium
Morley Bicinium

Soprano Clef

Antiquis Bicinium
Bach Ich Will Dir Mein Herze Schenken
Gastoldi Bicinium
Lotti Vere Languores
Mendelssohn Elijah

Mezzo-Soprano Clef

Byrd Mass for Three Voices
Ingegneri Cumque Injecissent Manus
Ingegneri Inter Iniquos
Lasso Expandi Manus Meas
Lasso Missa ad Imitationen Moduli lager, "Benedictus"
Purcell My Song Shall Be Always

Alto & Tenor Clef

Albert Die Sonn' ist abgegangen
Albert Die Sonne rennt mit Prangen
Bach Jesus meine Freude BWV 227

Alto, Tenor, and Soprano Clef

Anonymous (1450) Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich
Hassler Benedictus
Morley Aria

Four Clefs (Treble, Alto, Tenor, Bass)

Four Common Clefs: 1
Four Common Clefs: 2
Four Common Clefs: 3
Four Common Clefs: 4
Four Common Clefs: 5

Chorales

Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland
Was Gott thut, das ist wohlgetan
Christ lag in Todesbanden
Komm, Jesu Komm
Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich
Est ist das Heil uns kommen her
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
Singen wir aus Herzens Grund

D Transposition

Anonymous Bicinium
Bach Christmas Oratorio
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Duets
Melodies
Mozart Horn Concerto K. 412
Purcell Trumpet Pieces
Rossini Semiramide

F and B-flat Transposition

Morris/Ferguson Exercise #114
Morris/Ferguson Exercise #120
Bizet L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 (Prelude)
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Canzonetta)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto in B-flat Minor

F and A Transposition

Morris/Ferguson Exercise #121
Morris/Ferguson Exercise #124
Spohr: Octet, Op. 32

Mixed Transpositions

Brahms: Fourth Symphony (A and E)
Wagner: Tannhäuser (Overture) (A and E)
von Weber: Clarinet Concerto (E-flat and B-flat)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Adagio) (E-flat and B-flat)
Bach: Hilf Gott, daß mir's gelinge (F, B-flat, and E-flat)
Kaminski: Die liebe Sonne (F, B-flat, and E-flat)
Hassler: Ave maris stella (F and E-flat)
Pepping: O christgläuber Mensch (A, F, and E)

F Transposition

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Beethoven Trio Op. 87
Mozart Duo K. 487
Mozart Die Zauberflöte, Priests's Chorus
Schubert Octet Op. 166
F Transposition Exercise #2
F Transposition Exercise #3

A Transposition

Bach Cantata No. 136
Brahms Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
Brahms Serenade in A Major, Op. 16
Stravinsky Octet
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini

B-flat Transposition

Beethoven Duo for Clarinet and Bassoon
Beethoven Trio, Op. 11
Melodies
Mozart Divertimento for Two Clarinets and Bassoon, K. 439b

Reductions

Beethoven Cello Sonata Op. 5, No. 1
Haydn Trio No. 19 in D Minor
Schubert Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 125
Schubert Violin Sonata

Full Scores

Bizet: Carmen Prelude
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6, II
Mahler: Symphony No. 6, III
Mozart: Symphony No. 39, Intro
Mozart: Serenade, K. 361 Minuet
Stravinsky: Petrushka Scene
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, II

Quartets

Haydn Op. 20 No. 3, III
Haydn Op. 74 No. 2, II
Haydn Op. 72, No. 1, II
Haydn Op. 20, No. 5, III