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Section 6: CSET: Music Subtest  1 
Sample Constructed-Response Questions

Vocal/Instrumental Proficiency Exercise

Prepare a performance of the selection listed below for your instrument or vocal range. All elements identifying the selection (title of the work or aria collection, composer or arranger, edition, specific excerpt) must be matched to the given assignment exactly. If the selection is not matched exactly, your performance may be rated as "Unscorable." You may perform either with the score or from memory. Instrumentalists are to perform unaccompanied. Vocalists may choose to perform either the accompanied or a cappella selection listed for their vocal range.

Video-record your performance strictly following the instructions provided in the CSET: Music Subtest I Video Performance Procedures Manual.

Using the Vocal/Instrumental Proficiency Exercise Repertoire List that follows, locate the instrument or vocal range in which you plan to demonstrate your music performance skills. You will be assigned one of the four excerpts listed for your instrument or vocal range.

Instructions for recording your video performance for the vocal/instrumental proficiency exercise are provided in the CSET: Music Subtest I Video Performance Procedures Manual.

Vocal/Instrumental Proficiency Exercise Repertoire List

Instrument Selection
Title of Work; composer or arranger; edition
  • specific excerpt
Piano
  1. La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin; Debussy; Durand, Editions Musicales, Presser edition
    • All
  2. Sonata op. 27 no. 2; Beethoven; Henle edition
    • Adagio sostenuto
  3. Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397; Mozart; Schirmer edition
    • Beginning to page 6, stop before Allegretto
  4. Polonaise in A-flat Major, op. 53; Chopin; Henle edition
    • Measures 1–48
Harp
  1. Danses Sacrée et Profane; Debussy; Kalmus edition
    • I. Danse Sacrée: all (pages 1–4)
  2. Capriccio Italien—harp solo; Tchaikovsky; Breitkopf & Härtel edition
    • Measures 198–240 and
    • Measures 456–499
  3. Concerto in B-flat—harp solo; Handel; Schirmer edition
    • Andante Allegro, all (without repeats)
  4. Impromptu—harp solo, op. 86; Fauré; Durand edition
    • Measures 1–49
Guitar
  1. Collected Guitar Works, Volume I; Tárrega; Chanterelle edition
    • Capricho Árabe, all
  2. Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites; J. S. Bach, arranged by Yates for guitar; Mel Bay edition
    • Suite 3: Gigue, all (pages 57–59)
  3. 25 Etudes, op. 60; Mateo Carcassi; Heinrichshofen edition
    • Etudes 1 and 2
  4. Six Pavanas; Luis Milan, arranged by Scheit; Universal Edition edition
    • Pavanes 1 and 2
Violin
  1. Andante Cantabile from String Quartet no. 1, op. 11; Tchaikovsky; Carl Fischer Classic String Orchestra edition
    • Violin I, all
  2. Brandenburg Concerto no. 3; Bach; Barenreiter Verlag edition
    • Movement I, Violin I, measures 1–46, third quarter note
  3. Adagio and Fugue K. 546; Mozart; Broude Brothers edition
    • Fugue, Violin I
  4. Adagio for Strings; Barber; Schirmer edition
    • Violin I, all
Viola
  1. Andante Cantabile from String Quartet no. 1, op. 11; Tchaikovsky; Carl Fischer Classic String Orchestra edition
    • Viola, all
  2. Brandenburg Concerto no. 3; Bach; Barenreiter Verlag edition
    • Movement I, Viola I, measures 1–47, downbeat
  3. Adagio and Fugue K. 546; Mozart; Broude Brothers edition
    • Fugue
  4. Adagio for Strings; Barber; Schirmer edition
    • Viola I, all
Cello
  1. Andante Cantabile from String Quartet no. 1, op. 11; Tchaikovsky; Carl Fischer Classic String Orchestra edition
    • Cello, all
  2. Brandenburg Concerto no. 3; Bach; Barenreiter Verlag edition
    • Movement I, Cello I, measures 1–47, downbeat
  3. Adagio and Fugue K. 546; Mozart; Broude Brothers edition
    • Fugue
  4. Adagio for Strings; Barber; Schirmer edition
    • Cello I, all
String Bass
  1. L'éléphant; Saint-Saëns; Durand edition
    • All
  2. Sonata no. 2, op. 58, in D Major for String Bass; Mendelssohn; International edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro assai vivace, measures 369–451
  3. Adagio and Fugue K. 546; Mozart; Broude Brothers edition
    • Fugue
  4. Sonata in C Minor, op. 5, no. 8—bass solo; Corelli; International edition
    • Giga, all (no repeats)
Percussion
  1. More Audition Etudes; Whaley; Meredith Music edition
    • Multiple Percussion: One (page 33), snare drum and xylophone parts only
  2. More Audition Etudes; Whaley; Meredith Music edition
    • Multiple Percussion: Five (page 37), snare drum and xylophone parts only
  3. More Audition Etudes; Whaley; Meredith Music edition
    • Multiple Percussion: Seven (page 39), snare drum and xylophone parts only
  4. Sonata no. 1 for Percussion Soloist; Moore; Ludwig Music edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro, beginning to letter E, no repeat and
    • Movement 2: Recitative, vibes only, beginning to letter B
Flute
  1. Poem; Charles Griffes, arr. Barrère; Schirmer edition
    • Letter D to 10 measures after letter F and
    • Letter M to 10 measures before letter O
  2. Concertino; Chaminade; Southern edition
    • Beginning to one measure before letter E
  3. Nocturne and Allegro—flute solo; Gaubert; Southern edition
    • Nocturne, all
  4. Concerto no. 2 in D Major, K. 314; Mozart; International edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro aperto, measures 32–97
Oboe
  1. Concerto; Cimarosa; Boosey & Hawkes edition
    • Movement 2: Allegro, measures 5–29 and
    • Movement 3: Siciliana
  2. Oboe Concerto op. 7 no. 12 in C Major; Albinoni; Kunzelmann edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro, all
  3. Oboe Quartet; Mozart; Peters edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro, measures 1–63, no repeat and
    • Movement 3: Allegro, letter E to seven measures after letter F
  4. Concerto in C Major, K. 314 Oboe/Piano; Mozart; Henle edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro aperto, measures 32–97
B-flat Clarinet
  1. Fantaisie-Caprice; Lefebvre; Southern edition
    • Measure 2 to third beat of measure 11 and
    • Measures 60–77 and
    • Measure 150 to the end
  2. Concertino op. 26; von Weber; Rubank edition
    • Measures 10–36 and
    • Measures 124 to the end
  3. Clarinet Concerto K. 622; Mozart, arranged for B-flat clarinet and piano; Barenreiter edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro, measures 57–75 and
    • Movement 1: Allegro, measures 248–270 and
    • Movement 2: Adagio, measures 33–54
  4. Clarinet Sonata no. 2 in E-flat; Brahms; Boosey and Hawkes edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro amabile, beginning to beat 1 of measure 65
Bassoon
  1. Partita; Gordon Jacob; Oxford edition
    • Movement 3, beginning to the first note of measure 41 and
    • Movement 4, all
  2. Concerto in B-flat, K. 191; Mozart; International Music edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro, measures 35–71
    • Movement 3: Rondo, measures 21–50
  3. Concerto no. 7 in A Minor; Vivaldi; Ricordi edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro molto, measures 33–69 and
    • Movement 2: Andante molto, all
  4. Sonata for Bassoon and Piano; Hindemith; Schott edition
    • Movement 1, all
French Horn
  1. Sonata; Heiden; Associated edition
    • Movement 1: Moderato, beginning to rehearsal #7 and
    • Movement 2, measures 1–66, no repeats
  2. Sonata for Horn and Piano; Hindemith; Schott edition
    • Movement 1, beginning to rehearsal #5, downbeat and
    • Movement 2, five measures before rehearsal #18 through one measure after rehearsal #21
  3. Concertpiece—F horn solo, op. 94; Saint-Saëns; International Music edition
    • Movement 1, beginning to measure 45 and
    • Movement 1, measures 57–83
  4. Concerto no. 1 in E-flat—F horn solo, op. 11; Strauss; International edition
    • Allegro, measures 76–131
Trumpet
  1. Concerto in E-flat; Neruda; Breitkopf & Härtel edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro, measures 48–76 and
    • Movement 1: Allegro, measures 113–144
  2. Concerto for Trumpet; Artunian; International edition
    • Measures 1–22 and
    • Measures 33–49 and
    • Measures 56–70
  3. Concerto for Trumpet; Haydn; Billaudot edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro, rehearsal #5 to rehearsal #10 and
    • Movement 1: Allegro, rehearsal #11 to two measures after rehearsal #13
  4. Concerto in E-flat Major for Trumpet; Haydn/Voisin; International Music edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro, measures 37–83 and
    • Movement 2: Andante, all
Trombone
  1. Sonatina; Serocki; Moeck Verlag edition
    • Movement 1, all
  2. Concerto for Trombone; G. Jacob; ECS edition
    • Movement 1, beginning to letter D and
    • Movement 1, one measure before letter L to letter M
  3. Sonata in F Major—trombone solo; Marcello; International Music edition
    • First Largo, all, no repeats and
    • Presto: all, no repeats, play second endings
  4. Morceau Symphonique—trombone/baritone solo; Guilmant; Warner Brothers edition
    • Andante sostenuto, measure 3 to downbeat of measure 36 and
    • Allegro moderato, measures 5–68
Tuba
  1. Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba; Hartley; Theodore Presser edition
    • Movement 1, all and
    • Movement 4, all, no repeats
  2. Suite for Tuba; Don Haddad; Shawnee edition
    • Movement 1: Allegro maestoso, two measures after letter H to the end of the movement and
    • Movement 2: Andante espressivo, beginning to letter D
  3. Second Sonatina—tuba solo; William Presser; Tenuto edition
    • Movement 1: Allegretto, beginning to measure 55 and
    • Movement 3: Allegro, measure 79 to end of movement
  4. Concerto in One Movement—tuba; Lebedev; Edition Musicus edition
    • Measures 1–53
Baritone
  1. Allegro Spiritoso; Senaille; Southern edition
    • Beginning to letter C, first note
  2. Lyric Suite; White; Schirmer edition
    • Movement 2: Allegro giusto, letter A to letter C and
    • Movement 2, letter D to letter J, downbeat
  3. Sonatina; Hutchison; Fischer edition
    • Movement 1, all and
    • Movement 3, all, no repeat
  4. Morceau Symphonique—trombone/baritone solo; Guilmant; Warner Brothers edition
    • Andante sostenuto, measure 3 to downbeat of measure 36 and
    • Allegro moderato, measures 5–68
Alto Saxophone
  1. 48 Famous Studies; Ferling; Southern edition
    • Page 4, #7 and #8
  2. Concerto in E-flat Major for Alto Saxophone, op. 109; Glazunov/Petiot; Alphonse Leduc edition
    • Rehearsal #1 to rehearsal #9
  3. Prelude et Saltarelle—alto sax solo; Planel; Alphonse Leduc edition
    • Beginning to measure 36 (fermata) and
    • Mouvt de Saltarelle to two measures before Même Mouvt
  4. Sonata—alto sax solo; Eccles, arr. Rascher; Presser edition
    • Movement 1, all and
    • Movement 2, all
Tenor Saxophone
  1. 48 Famous Studies; Ferling; Southern edition
    • Page 4, #7 and #8
  2. Sonata in G Minor—tenor sax; Vivaldi; McGinnis & Marks edition
    • Movement 1: Vivace, all
  3. Sonata—tenor sax solo; Anderson; Southern edition
    • Movement 1, beginning to measure 77
  4. Estilian Caprice; Paul; Rubank edition
    • Measure 5, Tempo de Valse through Spiritoso, no repeat, play secondending and
    • Moderato, all to Presto

Voice Selection
Title of Aria Collection; "Aria Title"; composer; edition
  • specific excerpt
Soprano or Tenor
(accompanied)
  1. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium High Voice; "Il mio bel foco"; Marcello; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 55–59, Allegretto affettuoso
  2. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium High Voice; "Danza, danza, fanciulla gentile"; Durante; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 28–31
  3. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium High Voice; "Se tu m'ami, se sospiri"; Pergolesi; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 68–71
  4. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium High Voice; "Nel cor più non mi sento"; Paisiello; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 66–67
Soprano or Tenor
(a cappella)
  1. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium High Voice; "Vittoria, mio core!"; Carissimi; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 23–27
  2. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium High Voice; "Caro mio ben"; Giordani; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 35–37
  3. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium High Voice; "Nina"; Pergolesi; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 72–73, with repeats
  4. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium High Voice; "Tu lo sai"; Torelli; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 98–100
Alto or Bass
(accompanied)
  1. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium Low Voice; "Il mio bel foco"; Marcello; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 55–59, Allegretto affettuoso
  2. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium Low Voice; "Danza, danza, fanciulla gentile"; Durante; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 28–31
  3. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium Low Voice; "Se tu m'ami, se sospiri"; Pergolesi; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 68–71
  4. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium Low Voice; "Nel cor più non mi sento"; Paisiello; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 66–67
Alto or Bass
(a cappella)
  1. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium Low Voice; "Vittoria, mio core!"; Carissimi; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 23–27
  2. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium Low Voice; "Caro mio ben"; Giordani; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 35–37
  3. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium Low Voice; "Nina"; Pergolesi; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 72–73, with repeats
  4. Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries for Medium Low Voice; "Tu lo sai"; Torelli; Schirmer edition
    • Pages 98–100

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