Music for Ballet Class Volume 5
This Volume, played on a Yamaha Grand piano, has 56 tracks of music which is especially appealing for young children, with tunes from musicals, nursery rhymes for "babies" classes, ballet and classical music as well.
The last 15 tracks are devoted to music for short dances, each up to 2 mins, suitable for festivals and auditions from a wide range of music; dynamic (e.g. Bartok, Satie, Rossini) and melodic, lyrical pieces (e.g. Grieg, Massenet, Drigo).
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Track list and samples
| # | Name | Signature | Bars | Duration | Exercise | Sample |
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| 01 | Rag Warm-Up Old Virginia Rag, C. Douglass |
2/4 | 32 bars | 0:43 | Class 1 | |
| 02 | “Good Toes, Naughty Toes” Never Smile at a Crocodile, F. Churchill |
4/4 | 16 bars | 0:40 | Class 1 |
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| 03 | Sparkling Hands M. Kazimirska |
3/4 | 0:55 | Class 1 | ||
| 04 | Ex. for Demi-Plié Little Miss Muffet, Trad. |
3/4 | 32 bars | 0:52 | Class 1 | |
| 05 | Jumps in time with Humpty Dumpty, Trad |
6/8 | 16 bars | 0:26 | Class 1 |
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| 06 | First Tendus It’s a Small World, Sherman Bros |
4/4 | 32 bars | 0:37 | Class 1 | |
| 07 | Port de Bras C. Pugni |
3/4 | 16 bars | 0:55 | Class 1 |
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| 08 | Rhythm: Clapping & Marching American Patrol, F. Meacham |
4/4 | 32 bars | 0:58 | Class 1 | |
| 09 | Rhythm: Clapping Oh What a Beautiful Morning R.Rodgers |
3/4 | 16 bars | 0:27 | Class 1 | |
| 10 | Skipping “Posh” Sherman Bros |
6/8 | 96 bars | 1:47 | Class 1 |
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| 11 | Skipping with stops March of a Marionette Gounod Running with stops Whistle while you work F. Churchill |
6/8 4/4 |
32 bars 32 bars |
1:28 | Class 1 | |
| 12 | Continuous walks-skips-runs-marches Sing a song of Sixpence We’re off to see the Wizard I’m late, I’m late 76 Trombones |
4/4 6/8 2/4 4/4 |
12 bars 22 bars 20 bars 12bars |
1:40 | Class 1 | |
| 13 | Galops Semper Fidelis, J. Sousa |
6/8 | 64 bars | 1:12 | Class 1 | |
| 14 | For Fun: A Disco Mickey Mouse | 32 bars | 1:04 | Class 1 | ||
| 15 | A Day at the Circus “In a Persian Market” A. Kettelby ( Ponies, Acrobats, Jugglers, Clowns etc. ) |
2/4 | 116 bars | 2:20 | Class 1 |
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| 16 | A Night at the Ballet: Fairies & Nymphs “Sylvia” Delibes Grand Waltz “Les Sylphides” Chopin Silver Fairy Polka “Sleeping Beauty” Tchaikovsky The Evil Magician “Swan Lake” Tchaikovsky The Prince arrives & rescues the Princess |
2:47 | Class 1 | |||
| 17 | Reverence, M. Kazimirska | 8 bars | Class 1 |
| # | Name | Signature | Bars | Duration | Exercise | - |
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| 18 | Rag Warm-Up Bantam Step H. Jentes |
4/4 | 32 bars | 1:24 | Class 2 |
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| 19 | Pliés “Annie” C. Strouse |
3/4 | 64 bars | 1:55 | Class 2 | |
| 20 | Battement Tendus “Fiddler on the Roof” J. Bock |
4/4 | 32 bars | 1:04 | Class 2 | |
| 21 | Battements Glissés Waves of the Danube Ivanovici |
6/8 | 16 bars | 0:47 | Class 2 |
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| 22 | Ronds de Jambe a Terre “Close every Door” A. Lloyd Webber |
3/4 | 32 bars + 8 | 1:07 | Class 2 | |
| 23 | Battement Fondu Hernando’s Hideaway Adler/ Ross |
4/4 Tango | 16 bars | 0:41 | Class 2 | |
| 24 | Battement Frappés “A Spoonful of Sugar” Mary Poppins Sherman Bros. |
4/4 | 32 bars | 0:35 | Class 2 | |
| 25 | Developpés Samson and Delilah Saint-Saens |
3/4 | 16 bars | 0:40 | Class 2 | |
| 26 | Grands Battements Where the Lark Sings F. Lehar |
3/4 | 32 bars | 0:31 | Class 2 |
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| 27 | Grands Battements The Great Escape E. Bernstein |
4/4 | 16 bars | 0:35 | Class 2 | |
| 28 | Petits Battements M. Kazimirska |
2/4 | 32 bars + 8 | 0:43 | Class 2 |
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| 29 | Demi-Pointe Ex. It’s a Jolly Holiday Mary Poppins. Sherman Bros. |
4/4 | 32 bars | 1:02 | Class 2 |
| # | Name | Signature | Bars | Duration | Exercise | - |
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| 30 | Port de Bras Harry Potter Theme J. Williams |
3/8 | 32 bars | 1:11 | Centre | |
| 31 | Battement Tendus “The Godfather”, N. Rota |
4/4 | 32 bars | 1:04 | Centre |
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| 32 | Pirouettes Mazurka Chopin |
3/4 | 64 bars | 1:33 | Centre |
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| 33 | Pirouettes “Whispering” Schonberger |
4/4 | 32 bars | 1:10 | Centre | |
| 34 | Pirouettes en Dedans La Bayadere, Minkus |
3/4 | 64 bars | 1:25 | Centre |
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| 35 | Chainés/ Posé turns M. Kazimirska |
2/4 | 64 bars | 1:09 | Centre | |
| 36 | Adage Nocturne in Eb, Chopin |
12/8 | 16 bars | 0:55 | Centre | |
| 37 | Sautés/ Changements Jungle Book, Sherman Bros. |
2/4 | 32 bars | 0:38 | Centre | |
| 38 | Small Jumps The Trolley Song, R. Blane |
2/4 | 96 bars | 1:20 | Centre |
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| 39 | Medium Jumps “Oh, Oh, Antonio”, C. Murphy |
3/4 | 128 bars | 2:27 | Centre | |
| 40 | Grand Allegro Grand Valse Etincelles Waldteufel |
3/4 | 128 bars | 2:13 | Centre |
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| 41 | Reverence DANCES ( up to 2 mins. each ) For Ages 6 – 10 |
3/4 | 40 bars | 1:01 | Centre |
| # | Name | Signature | Bars | Duration | Exercise | - |
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| 42 | Parade of the Tin Soldiers, L. Jessel | 1:27 | Dances | |||
| 43 | The Dancing Cat, H. Mancini | 1:48 | Dances |
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| 44 | Le Piccadilly Marche, E. Satie | 1:27 | Dances | |||
| 45 | Dance of the Nymphs, Grieg | 1:15 | Dances | |||
| 46 | A Curious Story, J. Heller | 1:39 | Dances |
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| 47 | March of the Toys, V. Herbert | 1:25 | Dances | |||
| 48 | Sehnsuchts-Walzer, J. Field | 2:05 | Dances | |||
| 49 | Waltz op. 12 no. 2, Grieg | 1:57 | Dances | |||
| 50 | Music for Children’s Dances, Bartok | 2:03 | Dances | |||
| 51 | Reverie, Debussy | 2:12 | Dances | |||
| 52 | Valse Bluette, R. Drigo | 2:02 | Dances |
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| 53 | La Danza ( Tarantella ) , Rossini | 1:38 | Dances | |||
| 54 | Music for Children’s Dances, Bartok | 1:55 | Dances | |||
| 55 | Little Bird, Grieg | 2:00 | Dances | |||
| 56 | Mélodie, Massenet. & Dance, Sibelius | 1:52 | Dances |
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