Beginner Repertoire

This is a list of piano repertoire suitable for beginners who have completed a basic method program, and are ready to move on to classical training. I've included a link to the score for public domain pieces, as well as youtube links to example pieces:

Beginner Repertoire 

Johann Sebastian Bach

From "The Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach" Sheet Music

- Chorale, BWV 514  

- Aria in D minor, BWV 515 YouTube

Leopold Mozart

From "Notebook for Wolfgang"

- Bourrée in E minor

- Minuet in D minor

Alexander Gedike

From "60 Simple Piano Pieces for Beginners" Op. 36

- A Happy Tale (no. 31)

- A Sad Song (no. 39)

Dmitri Kabalevsky

From "24 Pieces for Children"

- March, no. 10

- Waltz, no 13

from "30 Pieces for Children" op. 27 SCH

- Valse (no. 1)

- A Little Song (no. 2)

from "Children's Adventures"

- Skipping Robe (no. 17)

Béla Bartok

From "Mikrokosmos"


From "For Children, Vol.1"
- Quasi adagio: No. 3

Aram Khachaturian - 24 Easy Piano Pieces for Children

Johann Wilhelm Hässler - Fifty Pieces for Beginners

Cornelius Gurlett - Six Sonatinas, op. 76

Dimitri Shostakovich - Six Children's Pieces, op. 69

Nancy Telfer - 
From "Planets and Stars"
- The Milky Way


Robert Schumann
From "Album für die Jugend", op. 68

- Soldatenmarsch (Soldiers’ March) (no. 2)

Vaughn Williams

from "A Little Piano Book"

- Two-Part Invention in G (no. 6) 

High Beginner/Early Intermediate Repertoire

These are pieces suitable for advanced beginner/early intermediate students, approximately grade 3-4 in UK grade levels and 4-5 in Canada/US grade levels.

Béla Bartok

From For Children, 1

- Children's Game (no. 8)

- Allegretto (no. 22)

- Allegro non troppo (no. 33)

Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Bagatelle in A minor, Op. 119 No. 9. 
- Minuet in G  (from Six Minuets)

Dmitri Kabalevsky

From 24 Pieces for Children

- Waltz, no. 23

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

- Minuet in D Major, K 94/37h

- Minuet in F major, K 5

- Viennesse Sonatina no. 1 in C major

From 12 petites pièces (2nd Set)
- Polonoise in D.  (no. 5) 

Domenico Scarlatti

- Sonata in D Minor, L 423, K 32

- Sonata in C minor, L 357, K 40

- Sonata in B flat, lS 36, K42

Dimitri Shostakovich 
From Six Children's Pieces, op. 69
- Clock-work Doll: No. 6

Robert Schumann

From Album für die Jugend, op. 68

- Wilder Reiter (The Wild Horseman) ( no. 8)

Georg Philipp Telemann

- Fantasia in C major, TWV 33:14

- Fantasia in E flat major, TWV 33:35
- Allegretto in C, TWV 30:23