2021 VCE Music Prescribed list of

notated solo works: Violoncello

This list must be used in conjunction with information provided in the following documents:

 VCE Music Study Design 2017–2022

 VCE Music Performance Examination Specifications and Assessment Criteria (both 2017–2022),
available via the Music Performance Units 3–4 webpage of the VCAA website
 VCE Music Investigation Examination Specifications and Assessment Criteria (both 2017–2022),
available via the Music Investigation Units 3–4 webpage of the VCAA website
 Notices to Schools and the VCAA Bulletin, both available via the webpage of the VCAA website.

An assessment report is published annually and provided on the VCAA website.

Students may not perform the same work in more than one examination across VCE Music Performance,
VCE Music Investigation and/or VCE VET Music. This rule applies for studies undertaken in the same,
previous and/or subsequent years.

Study design requirements

Music Investigation

Compliance requirements
Students must base their Investigation Topic on, and their examination program must include, one work
selected from a current VCE Music Prescribed list. The examination program must include at least four
contrasting works that relate to the Investigation Topic.

Music Performance

Compliance requirements
Students who select to perform as a soloist for Units 3 and 4 and select Violoncello as their instrument must
choose all solo works for Units 3 and 4, Outcome 1 from this list. All works performed in the end-of-year
performance examination must also be selected from this list or be approved as alternative works.

The program for the Music Performance end-of year performance examination for Violoncello must consist of
at least four works. The program must include at least:

 one unaccompanied work

 two works with live accompaniment. Accompaniment may be provided by piano or another instrument
appropriate to the work. Different instruments may be used to accompany different works in the program
 two works in 20th- and/or 21st-century styles.

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Sample programs
Sample programs for Music Performance are provided as advice only. The works need not be performed in
the order listed. Sample programs for Violoncello are provided at the end of this list.

Music Investigation and Music Performance

2021 update
 Each title listed constitutes one work.
 Editions listed are for identification purposes only. Any recognised edition is acceptable. Before using an
alternative edition, students and teachers should check that it is in fact an edition of the listed work; that
is, it is not a simplified version or an arrangement of the work.
 Students should use information provided in the music by the composer, arranger and/or an editor
appropriately. Details added to the original score by an editor, such as fingering or dynamics, may be
varied to achieve the student’s intended interpretation of the work.
 Repeats, cadenzas and tutti passages are optional. Accompanists are not required to play all bars of the
introduction or lengthy passages following the conclusion of the solo part. Ornamentations and
embellishments are encouraged in the Baroque works.
 The closing date for alternative works and alternative instrument applications is Wednesday
24 February 2021.
 The Violoncello list is reviewed on a regular basis. Suggestions of works for inclusion or deletion should
be sent to curriculum.vcaa@education.vic.gov.au with the subject line ‘Attention Performing Arts
Manager, Violoncello list’. For suggestions of works to be included on the list:
 provide a copy of the sheet music, publication details and, as appropriate, a description of the
lines/parts to be performed
 indicate in which category the work should be listed
 describe briefly why the work should be included on the list.

Categories
 Unaccompanied works in 20th- and 21st-century styles
 Unaccompanied works in Baroque, Classical, Romantic and post-Romantic styles
 Accompanied works composed in 20th- and 21st-century styles
 Accompanied works
 Baroque
 Classical
 Romantic and post-Romantic

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Violoncello

Unaccompanied works in Baroque, Classical, Romantic and post-Romantic

styles

Composer Title Publisher

BACH, JS Six suites for violoncello solo, one or two contrasting movements Barenreiter or Steiner & Bell or Peters
from any one suite
FRANCHOMME, Twelve caprices, op. 7, any one International Music Company
Auguste
GABRIELLI, Seven ricercari, no. 3 Schott
Domenico
TELEMANN, Georg Twelve Fantasias for solo cello, movements 1 and 2 from Moseler
Phillip nos 1, 7 or 9

Unaccompanied works in 20th- and 21st-century styles

Composer Title Publisher

COHEN, Mary Technique Takes Off! (Cello) any one of nos. 11, 12, 13, or 14 Faber Music
EDWARDS, Ross Prelude Australian Music Centre
Laughing Rock www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
EDWARDS, Ross Water Spirit Song Australian Music Centre
www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
HOPKINS, Sarah Reclaiming the Spirit, either Solo Cello version (SH2030), Music for the Soul
or Singing Cellist version (SH2031) www.sarahhopkins.com
HOPKINS, Sarah Honour the Earth Music for the Soul
www.sarahhopkins.com
HOPKINS, Sarah Journey to the East, version for solo cello Music for the Soul
www.sarahhopkins.com
JACOB, Gordon Cello serenade, any movement/s Simrock, 1981
KABALEVSKY, Five studies in major and minor, no. 4 or 5 or any two of Peters (EP4765)
Dmitri no. 1, 2 or 3
LEEK, Stephen Collections 1–5, any one or more Australian Music Centre:
www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
www.stephenleek.com/
MINSKY, Aaron 10 American Etudes, any one etude OUP
PROKOFIEV, S March from Music for Children, op. 65 International Music Company
SCULTHORPE, Requiem, any movement/s Faber Music
Peter
SCULTHORPE, Into the Dreaming Faber Music
Peter
SIBSON, Matthew Nicaea Variations Reed Music www.reedmusic.com/
(Ben)
STANHOPE, Paul Dawn Lament (cello) Reed Music www.reedmusic.com/
TSINTSADZE, Chonguri (in volume Cello World) Faber Music
Sulkhan
VASKS, Peteris Gramata Cellam, Movement 2 Pianissimo Schott

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Accompanied works in 20th- and 21st-century styles

Composer Title Publisher

BARTÓK, Béla Roumanian Folk Dances, any two movements Universal (UE13265)
BLOCH, Ernest Prayer no. 1, or Jewish Song, no 3 from Jewish Life Carl Fischer
(arr. KINDLER)
BLOCH, Ernest Meditation Hebraique Any edition
BOLLING, Claude Suite for cello and jazz piano, Part 1: Baroque in Rhythm Caid Music from Charles Hansen or Peters
recorded accompaniment recommended (EP238)
BRITTEN, Benjamin Sonata in C major, op. 65, any one movement Boosey & Hawkes
ELGAR, Edward Concerto in E minor, op. 85, movement no. 1 Novello
ELGAR, Edward Chanson du Matin Edition Butorac Iceland Music [Germany]
ELGAR, Edward Chanson du Nuit Edition Butorac Iceland Music [Germany]
GRANADOS, Enrique Intermezzo from Goyescas Schirmer
GRANADOS, Enrique Spanish Dance no. 2, op. 37, Orientale International Music Company
HOLLAND, Dulcie Rondel Australian Music Centre:
www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
HINDSON, Matthew Love Serenade Faber Music
HINDSON, Matthew Jungle Fever Faber Music
ISAACS, Mark Elegy Australian Music Centre:
www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
JACOB, Gordon ‘Robots March’ from The Contemporary Cellist Book II Associated Board
KABELEVSKY, Dmitri Cello concerto op. 49, movement 1 or 2 Any edition
KATS-CHERNIN, Elena Slicked-back Tango Boosey and Hawkes or
Australian Music Centre
KODALY, Zoltan Sonatina Boosey & Hawkes
KODALY, Zoltan Sonata, op. 4, either movement Universal
LEEK, Stephen Goombungee Australian Music Centre or
www.stephenleek.com/
MARTINU, Bohuslav Nocturnes, any one Alphonse Leduc
Pastorales, any one Alphonse Leduc
NICHOLLS, Simon ‘Cake-walk’ in Webber & Nicholls Recital Repertoire for Cellists Faber Music
Book
PIAZOLLA, Astor Libertango Kunzelmann
PIAZOLLA, Astor Oblivion Any edition
RACHMANINOFF, Vocalise, op. 34, no. 114 International Music Company
Sergei
SCULTHORPE, Peter Djilile: for cello and piano Faber Music
Tailitnama Song
SHOSTAKOVICH, Adagio from Two Pieces Boosey and Hawkes [M060024856]
Dimitri Sonata, op. 40, any one movement Boosey and Hawkes [M003017242]
SHOSTAKOVICH, Romance from The Gadfly Any edition
Dimitri
STRAVINSKY, Igor Suite Italienne, any one movement Boosey and Hawkes

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Accompanied works
Note: The performance of cadenzas in concerti is optional.

Baroque

Composer Title Publisher

BACH, Johann Gamba sonatas, any one, or two movements, from any one sonata Any edition
Sebastian
ECCLES, Henry Sonata in G minor, any movement/s Any edition
FESCH, Willem de Sonata in D minor, op. 8, no. 3, movement nos 1 and 2 Schott (CB54) or Peters (EP7239)
FRESCOBALDI, Toccata Universal
Giralomo
GEMINIANI, Sonatas for cello, any two movements from any one sonata Any edition
Francesco
MARCELLO, Sonata in F major, G major, or C major, any two movements from Any edition
Benedetto any one sonata
VALENTINI, Sonata no. 10, any two contrasting movements Chester (55101)
Giuseppi
VIVALDI, Antonio Sonatas, either movements 1 and 2 or movements 3 and 4 from Peters
any of Sonata 1 in B-flat major, RV47; Sonata 3 in A minor, RV 43;
Sonata 5 in E minor, RV 40; or Sonata 6 in B-flat major, RV 46

Classical

Composer Title Publisher

BOCCHERINI, Luigi Rondo Alphonse Leduc (AL16769) or International
(arr. BAZELAIRE) Music Company
HAYDN, Joseph Concerto in C major, Hob.VII b:1,any one movement International Music Company
HAYDN, Joseph Concerto in D Major, movement no. 2 Any edition
PAGANINI, Nicolò Variation on a Theme from Moses by Rossini International Music Company
PARADIS, Maria- Sicilienne Schott
Theresia von
SAMMARTINI, Sonata in G major, any one or two movement/s Schott (CB55) or International Music
Giovanni Company
SCHUBERT, Franz Ave Maria, op. 52, no. 4 Editio Musica Budapest
VANDINI Sonata in F Major or Sonata in G Major Schott

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Romantic and post-Romantic

Composer Title Publisher

BARTÓK, Béla Evening in the Village Editio Musica Budapest
BRUCH, Max Kol Nidrei International Music Company or Lengnick
DEBUSSY, Claude Reverie Any edition
FAURÉ, Gabriel Après un Rêve International Music Company or Leduc
Berceuse, op.16 Alphonse Leduc or Hamelle
Elégie, op. 24 Hamelle
Sicilienne Any edition
GLAZUNOV, Alexander Serenade Espagnol, op. 20, no. 2 International Music Company
JANÁCEK, Leos ‘Presto’ from Webber & Nicholls Recital Repertoire for Cellists Faber Music
Book I
JOPLIN, Scott Six Ragtimes, any one in Book 1 Kunzelmann
(arr. FÖRSTER, Dieter)
KLENGEL, Julius Concertpiece in D minor, op. 10, movement no. 1 International Music Company (1409)
KREISLER, Fritz Liebeslied Any edition
LEONARD, Hubert Donkey and Driver (from volume Cello World) Faber Music
MENDELSSOHN, Felix Song without Words, op. 109 International Music Company
MOSZKOWSKI, Moritz Guitarre, op. 45, no. 2 Peters (2224)
RACHMANINOFF, Sonata, any one movement Any edition
Serge
RAVEL, Maurice Pièce en Forme de Habanera Alphonse Leduc
POPPER, David Gavotte no. 2 in D major, op. 23 International Music Company (1607)
POPPER, David Mazurka op. 51 Any edition
POPPER, David Tempi di Marcia op.16 Any edition
SAINT-SAËNS, Camille Allegro appassionato, op. 43 Durand
Concerto, movement no. 1 (play up to the Allegretto con moto) Durand
‘The Swan’ from Carnival of the Animals International Music Company
SCHUMANN, Robert Fantasy Pieces any one International Music Company or Henle Verlag
or Schott
SQUIRE, William Henry Tarantella, op. 23 Stainer & Bell (2287)
SQUIRE, William H Bouree Any edition
Harlequinade Any edition
TCHAIKOVSKY, Peter Andante Cantabile op.11 Any edition
VAN GOENS, Daniel Scherzo for cello op. 12 Any edition

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Sample programs
Program 1
HOPKINS, Sarah Reclaiming the Spirit, either Solo Cello version Unaccompanied, 20/21
(SH2030), or Singing Cellist version (SH2031)
VIVALDI, Antonio Sonata 5 in E minor, RV 40, 1st and 2nd Accompanied, Baroque
movements Note: can be played with or without
repeats
PIAZOLLA, Astor Oblivion Accompanied, 20/21
VANDINI Sonata in F Major (Schott) Accompanied, Classical
MOZKOWSKI, Moritz Guitarre, op. 45, no. 2 Peters (2224) Accompanied, Romantic and Post-
Romantic

Program 2
HAYDN, Joseph Concerto in C major, Hob.VII b:1, 1st movement Accompanied, Classical

BACH, J.S Sarabande from Suite No.3 for violoncello solo. Unaccompanied, Baroque
Note: can be played with or without repeats.
SHOSTAKOVICH, Dimitri Romance from The Gadfly Accompanied 20/21
PIAZOLLA, Astor Libertango Accompanied 20/21

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