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Title Page
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE - THE MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, AND ELIZABETHAN AGES
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT
GUILLAUME DUFAY
JOSQUIN DESPREZ
THOMAS TALLIS
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA
ORLANDE DE LASSUS
WILLIAM BYRD
TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
CARLO GESUALDO
JOHN DOWLAND
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
GREGORIO ALLEGRI
PART TWO - THE AGE OF THE BAROQUE
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Water Music (1717)
Twelve Concerti grossi, Op. 6 (1739)
Messiah (1742)
Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Suites no. 1—4 for Orchestra, BWV 1066—1069 (dates unknown)
Six Suites for Solo Violoncello, BWV 1007—1012 (c.1720)
Three Sonatas and Three Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001—1006 (c.1720)
Six Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046—1051 (1721)
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846—869 (1722), and Book II, BWV 870—893 (1738—42)
Concerto in A Minor for Violin, BWV 1041 (1717—23) Concerto in E Major for Violin, BWV 1042 (1717—23)
Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins and Orchestra, BWV 1043 (1717—23)
Organ Music (various dates)
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (1727)
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1741)
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (c.1747—49)
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
The Harpsichord Sonatas (various dates)
OTHER BAROQUE COMPOSERS
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE
ARCANGELO CORELLI
HENRY PURCELL
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
TOMASO ALBINONI
ANTONIO VIVALDI
JAN ZELENKA
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
ALESSANDRO MARCELLO
PART THREE - THE AGE OF CLASSICISM
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD CLICK
Orfeo ed Euridice (1761—62)
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Six Quartets for Strings (Erdödy Quartets), Op. 76, H.III/75-80 (1797)
Concertos (various dates)
Sonatas for Piano (various dates)
Symphonies (1763—89)
The London Symphonies (1791—95)
The Creation, H.XXI/2 (1796—98)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Concerto no. 5 in A Major for Violin and Orchestra, K.219 (1775)
Concerto no. 9 in E-flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, K.271 (1777)
Sonata no. 8 in A Minor for Piano, K.310 (1778)
Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major for Violin and Viola, K.364 (1779)
Concerto no. 17 in G Major for Piano and Orchestra, K.453 (1784)
Sonata no. 14 in C Minor for Piano, K.457 (1784) Fantasia in C Minor for Piano, K.475 (1785)
Quartets no. 14—19 for Strings, K.387, 421, 428, 458, 464, 465 (1782—85)
Concerto no. 20 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra, K.466 (1785)
Concerto no. 21 in C Major for Piano and Orchestra, K.467 (1785)
Concerto no. 22 in E-flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, K.482 (1785)
Concerto no. 23 in A Major for Piano and Orchestra, K.488 (1786)
Concerto no. 24 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra, K.491 (1786)
Concerto no. 25 in C Major for Piano and Orchestra, K.503 (1786)
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K.492 (1786)
Don Giovanni, K.527 (1787)
Quintet in G Minor for Strings, K.516 (1787)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525 (1787)
Symphony no. 38 in D Major (Prague), K.504 (1786)
Symphony no. 39 in E-flat Major, K.543 (1788) Symphony no. 40 in G Minor, K.550 (1788) Symphony no. 41 in C Major (Jupiter), K.551 (1788)
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K.620 (1791)
Concerto in A Major for Clarinet, K.622 (1791)
Requiem, K.626 (1791)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Fidelio, Op. 72 (1804–5)
Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120 (1819; 1822–23)
Trio no. 6 in B-flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello (Archduke), Op. 97 (1811)
Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 (1806)
Missa solemnis, Op. 123 (1819–23)
OTHER CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
GIUSEPPE TARTINI
THOMAS ARNE
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
WILLIAM BOYCE
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
PIETRO NARDINI
ANTONIO SOLER
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
DOMENICO CIMAROSA
MUZIO CLEMENTI
LUIGI CHERUBINI
FRANÇOIS - ADRIEN BOIELDIEU
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
FERNANDO SOR
MAURO GIULIANI
PART FOUR - THE ROMANTIC AGE
NICOLO PAGANINI I
Twenty-four Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 (c. 1805)
Concerto no. 1 in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 6 (c.1817)
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Aufforderung zum Tanz (Invitation to the Dance), J.260 (1819)
Der Freischütz (The Free-Shooter) (1817–21)
Konzertstück in F Minor for Piano and Orchestra, J.282, Op. 79 (1821
Der Freischütz Overture (1817–21 ) Euryanthe Overture (1822–23) Oberon Overture (1825–26)
GIOACHINO ROSSINI I
II Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville, 1816)
Overtures (1812–29)
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Quintet in A Major for Piano and Strings (Trout) D.667, Op. 114 (1819)
Symphony no. 8 in B Minor (Unfinished), D.759 (1822)
Fantasy in C Major for Piano (The Wanderer), D.760 (1822)
Rosamunde Overture, Entr‘acte no. 3, and Ballet Music no. 2, D.797 (1823)
Die schöne Müllerin (song cycle), D.795, Op. 25 (1823) Winterreise (song cycle), D.911, Op. 89 (1827)
Lieder (various dates)
Quartet no. 13 in A Minor for Strings (Rosamunde), D.804 (1824) Quartet no. 14 in D Minor for Strings (Death and the Maiden), D.810 (1824)
Trio no. 1 in B-flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, D.898, Op. 99 (1827) Trio no. 2 in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, D.929, Op. 100 (1827)
Symphony no. 9 in C Major (The Great), D.944 (1828)
Quintet in C Major for Strings, D.956, Op. 163 (1828)
Four Impromptus for Piano, D.899 (1827) Four Impromptus for Piano, D.935 (1827)
Sonata in C Minor for Piano, D.958 (1828) Sonata in A Major for Piano, D.959 (1828) Sonata in B-flat Major for Piano, D.960 (1828)
GAETANO DONIZETTI I
Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)
Don Pasquale (1843)
VINCENZO BELLINI
Norma (1831)
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (1830)
Harold en Italie, Op. 16 (1834)
Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (1838—39)
Le Carnaval romain, Op. 9 (1844)
1. Minuet of the Will-o’-the-Wisps 2. Dance of the Sylphs 3. Rákóczy March from La Damnation de Faust (1846)
Les Troyens (1856—58)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Octet in E-flat Major for Strings, Op. 20 (1825)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture (1826) Scherzo, Intermezzo, Nocturne, and Wedding March (1842)
Concerto no. 1 in G Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 25 (1832)
Symphony no. 4 in A Major (Italian), Op. 90 (1833)
Forty-eight Lieder ohne Worte (Songs Without Words) for Piano Solo Opp. 19, 30, 38, 53, 62, 67, 85, and 102 (various dates)
Concerto in E Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64 (1844)
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
Twenty-four Études, Opp. 10 and 25 (1829-36)
The Mazurkas (1830-49)
Concerto no. 1 in E Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 11 (1830) Concerto no. 2 in F Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 21 (1829–30)
The Nocturnes (various dates)
The Polonaises (various dates)
The Ballades, Opp. 23, 38, 47, 52 (1831-42)
Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 28 (1836-39)
The Scherzos, Opp. 20, 31, 39, and 54 (various dates)
The Waltzes (various dates)
Sonata no. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35 (1839)
Sonata no. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 (1844)
Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60 (1845-46)
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Carnaval for Piano, Op. 9 (1833–35)
Symphonic Études for Piano, Op. 13 (1834–37)
Fantasy in C Major for Piano, Op. 17 (1836–38)
Fantasiestücke for Piano, Op. 12 (1837)
Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood) for Piano, Op. 15 (1838)
Kreisleriana for Piano, Op. 16 (1838)
The Songs (1840)
Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 44 (1842)
Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54 (1841–45)
Concerto in A Minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 129 (1850)
Manfred Overture, Op. 115 (1848–49)
The Four Symphonies Symphony no. 1 in B-flat Major (Spring), Op. 38 (1841) Symphony no. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 (1845–46) Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major (Rhenish), Op. 97 (1850) Symphony no. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (1841–51)
FRANZ LISZT
Hungarian Rhapsodies for Piano (1846-85)
Les Préludes for Orchestra, S.97 (1848; rev. before 1854)
Concerto no. 1 in E-flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, S. 124 (1849; rev. 1853)
Twelve Études d‘exécution transcendante, S.139 (1851)
Sonata in B Minor for Piano, S.178 (1852-53)
A Faust Symphony, S.108 (1857)
Mephisto Waltz no. 1 for Piano, S.514 (1860), and for Orchestra, S.1 10 (1860)
RICHARD WAGNER
Tannhäuser (1843—45)
Lohengrin (1846-48)
Tristan und Isolde (1857-59)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1862-68)
Der Ring des Nibelungen 1. Das Rheingold (1853-54) 2. Die Wa/küre (1854-56) 3. Siegfried (1856—71) 4. Götterdämmerung (1869-74)
Siegfried Idyll (1870)
Parsifal (1877-82)
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Rigoletto (1851)
Il Trovatore (The Troubador) (1853)
La Traviata (The Fallen Woman) (1853)
Aïda (1870-71)
Requiem (1873–74)
Otello (1887)
Falstaff (1893)
CHARLES GOUNOD
Faust (1859)
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Les Contes d‘Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) (1880)
Various Overtures
Gaîté parisienne
CÉSAR FRANCK
Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue, M.21 (1884)
Variations symphoniques for Piano and Orchestra, M.46 (1885)
Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, M.8 (1886)
Symphony in D Minor, M.48 (1886–88)
BEDRICH SMETANA
The Bartered Bride (1863-66)
“The Moldau,” Symphonic Poem no. 2 from Má vlast (1874)
Quartet no. 1 in E Minor for Strings (Z mého života, or From My Life) (1876)
ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphony no. 4 in E-flat Major (Romantic) (1874; rev. 1878–80)
Symphony no. 7 in E Major (1881–83)
Symphony no. 8 in C Minor (1884–87)
The Other Symphonies
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus (The Bat) (1874)
Waltzes and Polkas
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Concerto no. 1 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15 (1854–58)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 (1861)
Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 (1862–63)
Quintet in F Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 34 (1861–64)
Ein deutsches Requiem (German Requiem), Op. 45 (1857–68)
Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 (1869)
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Opp. 56a and 56b (1873)
Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77 (1878)
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (1880)
Concerto no. 2 in B-flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83 (1 878–81)
Symphony no. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 (1876) Symphony no. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 (1877) Symphony no. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 (1883) Symphony no. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 (1884–85)
Sonata no. 1 in E Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 38 (1862–65) Sonata no. 2 in F Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 99 (1886)
Sonata no. 1 in G Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 78 (1878–79) Sonata no. 2 in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 100 (1 886) Sonata no. 3 in D Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 108 (1886–88)
Quintet in B Minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115 (1891)
Seven Fantasias for Piano, Op. 116 (1892) Three Intermezzos for Piano, Op. 117 (1892) Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 (1892) Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 (1892)
Songs (1851–96)
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Symphony No. 2 in B Minor (1876)
In the Steppes of Central Asia (1880)
Prince Igor Overture and Polovtsian Dances (1869—87)
Quartet no. 2 in D Major for Strings (1881)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
Concerto no. 2 in G Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 22 (1868)
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 28 (1863)
Danse macabre, Op. 40 (1874)
The Carnival of the Animals (1886)
Symphony no. 3 in C Minor (Organ), Op. 78 (1886)
GEORGES BIZET
Symphony in C Major (1855)
L’Arlésienne, Suites I and 2 (1872)
Carmen (1873-74)
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
A Night on Bald Mountain (1867; reorchestrated 1886)
Boris Godunov (1869)
Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet (1869; rev. 1880)
Quartet no. 1 in D Major for Strings, Op. 11 (1871 )
Concerto no. 1 in B-flat Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23 (1875)
Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 (1876)
Marche Slave, Op. 31 (1876)
Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35 (1878)
Symphony no. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 (1877–78)
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 (1879)
Overture 1812, Op. 49 (1880)
Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 (1880)
Symphony no. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 (1888)
Ballets Swan Lake, Op. 20 (1876) The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (1886) The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (1892)
Symphony no. 6 in B Minor (Pathétique), Op. 74 (1893)
ANTONÍN DVOÁK
Slavonic Dances, Opp. 46 and 72 (1878 and 1886)
EDVARD GRIEG
Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16 (1869)
Ballade in the Form of Variations on a Norwegian Folksong for Piano, Op. 24 (1875–76)
Peer Gynt (incidental music), Op. 23 (1874–75) Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, Op. 46 (1874–75) Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, Op. 55 (1874–75)
Holberg Suite, Op. 40 (1884–85)
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 (1887)
Sheherazade (symphonic suite), Op. 35 (1888)
Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 (1888)
GABRIEL FAURÉ
Sonata no. 1 in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 13 (1876)
Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80 (1898)
Requiem, Op. 48 (1877; rev. 1900)
Songs (1861-1921)
Nocturnes (1883-1922)
LEOS JANÁEK
Jenfa (1894-1903)
Sinfonietta (1926)
Glagolitic Mass (1926)
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Enigma Variations, Op. 36 (1898-99)
Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39 (1902-7)
Concerto in B Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 (1909-10)
Concerto in E Minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85 (1919)
GIACOMO PUCCINI
La Bohème (1894—95)
Tosca (1898—1900)
Madama Butterfly (1904)
HUGO WOLF
Lieder
Italian Serenade (1887)
GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony no. 1 in D Major (Titan) (1883–88)
Symphony no. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection) (1887–94)
Symphony no. 3 in D Minor (1895–96)
Symphony no. 4 in G Major (1899–1901)
Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp Minor (1901–2)
Symphony no. 6 in A Minor (Tragic) (1903–5)
Symphony no. 7 in E Minor (1904–6)
Symphony no. 8 in E-flat Major (1906–7)
Das Lied von der Erde (1907–9)
Symphony no. 9 in D Minor (1909-10)
FREDERICK DELIUS
Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody (1907)
In a Summer Garden (1908)
Summer Night on the River (1911) On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (1912)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Suite bergamasque (1890)
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1892–94)
Quartet for Strings, Op. 10 (1893)
Nocturnes (1893–99)
Pelléas et Mélisande (1892–1902)
Estampes (1903)
La Mer (1903–5)
Children’s Corner Suite (1908)
Twenty-four Preludes for Piano (1910, 1913)
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1916–17)
RICHARD STRAUSS
Don Juan, Op. 20 (1887–88)
Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24 (1888–89)
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks), Op. 28 (1894–95)
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra), Op. 30 (1895–96)
Don Quixote, Op. 35 (1896–97)
Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Op. 40 (1897–98)
Salome, Op. 54 (1903–5)
Elektra, Op. 58 (1906–8)
Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose), Op. 59 (1909–10)
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) (1947–48)
JEAN SIBELIUS
Finlandia, Op. 26 (1899)
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22/3 (1900)
Concerto in D Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 47 (1905)
Tapiola, Op. 112 (1926)
OTHER ROMANTIC COMPOSERS
DANIEL FRANÇOIS AUBER - (1782–1871) France
GIACOMO MEYERBEER - (1791–1864) Germany
FRANZ BERWALD - (1796–1868) Sweden
ALBERT LORTZING - (1801–1851) Germany
ADOLPHE ADAM - (1803–1856) France
MIKHAIL GLINKA - (1804–1857) Russia
OTTO NICOLAI - (1810–1849) Germany
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN - (1813–1888) France
FRANZ VON SUPPÉ - (1819–1895) Austria
EDOUARD LALO - (1823-1892) France
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK - (1829-1869) United States
KARL GOLDMARK - (1830-1915) Hungary
AMILCARE PONCHIELLI - (1834-1886) Italy
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI - (1835-1880) Poland
LEO DELIBES - (1836-1891) France
MILY BALAKIREV - (1837-1910) Russia
MAX BRUCH - (1838-1920) Germany
HERMANN GOETZ - (1840-1876) Switzerland
EMMANUEL CHABRIER - (1841-1894) France
ARRIGO BOITO - (1842-1918) Italy
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN - (1842-1900) England
JULES MASSENET - (1842-1912) France
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR - (1844-1937) France
PABLO DE SARASATE - (1844-1908) Spain
HENRI DUPARC - (1848-1933) France
VINCENT D’INDY - (1851-1931) France
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK - (1854-1921) Germany
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA - (1854-1932) United States
ANATOLY LIADOV - (1855-1914) Russia
ERNEST CHAUSSON - (1855-1899) France
RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO - (1857-1919) Italy
MIKHAIL IPPOLITOV-IVANOV - (1859-1935) Russia
GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER - (1860-1956) France
EDWARD MACDOWELL - (1860-1908) United States
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ - (1860-1909) Spain
CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER - (1861-1935) United States
ANTON ARENSKY - (1861-1906) Russia
PIETRO MASCAGNI - (1863-1945) Italy
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV - (1865-1936) Russia
CARL NIELSEN - (1865-1931) Denmark
PAUL DUKAS - (1865-1935) France
PART FIVE - THE AGE OF MODERNISM
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Piano Music (various dates)
Symphony no. 4 (Le Poème de l’extase), Op. 54 (1905-8)
Sonata no. 5 in F-sharp Major, Op. 53 (1907)
Sonata no. 9 (Messe noir), Op. 68 (1912–13)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (1909–10)
Symphony no. 2 (A London Symphony) (1911–14)
Symphony no. 4 in F Minor (1931–34)
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Songs (1887–1916)
Prelude, Op. 3/2 (1892) Ten Preludes, Op. 23 (1903) Thirteen Preludes, Op. 32 (1910)
Concerto no. 2 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18 (1901)
Symphony no. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 (1906–7)
Concerto no. 3 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 30 (1909)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43 (1934)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4 (1899)
Chamber Symphony no. 1, Op. 9 (1906)
Gurrelieder (1901–3; orchestrated 1911)
Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11 (1909) Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 (1911) Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23 (1923) Suite for Piano, Op. 25 (1923)
Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 (1909)
Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 (1912)
Trio for Strings, Op. 45 (1946)
MAURICE RAVEL
Pavane pour une infante défunte for Piano (1899)
Quartet in F Major for Strings (1902–3)
Sonatine for Piano (1903—5)
Alborada del gracioso for Piano, No. 4 from Miroirs (1904—5)
Rapsodie espagnole (1907—8)
Gaspard de la nuit for Piano (1908)
Ma Mere l’Oye (Mother Goose) (1911)
Valses nobles et sentimentales (1911)
Daphnis et Chloé (choreographic symphony) (1909—12)
Le Tombeau de Couperin (1914-17)
La Valse (choreographic poem) (1919—20)
Boléro (1928)
Concerto in D Major for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra (1929-30)
Concerto in G Major for Piano and Orchestra (1929—31)
BELA BARTÓK
Quartet no. 1 for Strings, Op. 7 (1908) Quartet no. 2 for Strings, Op. 17 (1914—17) Quartet no. 3 for Strings, Sz.85 (1927) Quartet no. 4 for Strings, Sz.91 (1928) Quartet no. 5 for Strings, Sz.102 (1934) Quartet no. 6 for Strings, Sz. 114 (1939)
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (Sz.106, 1936)
Concerto no. 1 for Piano and Orchestra, Sz.83 (1926) Concerto no. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, Sz.95 (1930—31) Concerto no. 3 for Piano and Orchestra, Sz.119 (1945)
Concerto no. 2 for Violin and Orchestra, Sz. 112 (1937—38)
Concerto for Orchestra (Sz.1 16, 1943)
IGOR STRAVINSKY
L’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird) (1909—10)
Pétrouchka (1910—11)
Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (1911—13)
Les Noces (The Wedding) (1914—17)
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (1928—29)
Symphony of Psalms (1930)
ALBAN BERG
Wozzeck (1922)
Lyric Suite for String Quartet (1925–26)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1935)
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Symphony no. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 (Classical) (1916–17)
Concerto no. 1 in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 19 (1916-17) Concerto no. 2 in G Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 63 (1935)
Concerto no. 3 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 26 (1921)
Lieutenant Kijé (symphonic suite), Op. 60 (1934)
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (1936)
Peter and the Wolf (symphonic fairy tale for children), Op. 67 (1936)
Sonata no. 7 in B-flat Major for Piano, Op. 83 (1942)
Symphony no. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100 (1944)
PAUL HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler (Matthew the Painter) (symphony) (1934)
Nobilissima visione (dance legend) (1938)
Ludus tonalis (1942)
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue for Piano and Orchestra (1924)
Concerto in F Major for Piano and Orchestra (1925)
An American in Paris (1928)
Porgy and Bess (1935)
FRANCIS POULENC
Concerto in D Minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1932)
Le Bal masqué (1932)
Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani (1938)
Sonata for Flute and Piano (1956)
Gloria in G Major for Soprano, Chorus, and Orchestra (1959)
Songs (1916–62)
AARON COPLAND
Variations for Piano (1930)
El Salón Mexico (1933–36)
Billy the Kid Suite (1938)
Lincoln Portrait for Speaker and Orchestra (1942)
Fanfare for the Common Man (1942)
Appalachian Spring Suite (1944)
Concerto for Clarinet and Strings, Harp, and Piano (1947–48)
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Concerto no. 1 in C Minor for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings, Op. 35 (1933)
Symphony no. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10 (1924–25) Symphony no. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 (1937) Symphony no. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54 (1939) Symphony no. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65 (1943) Symphony no. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70 (1945) Symphony no. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93 (1953) Symphony no. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135 (1969) Symphony no. 15 in A Major, Op 141 (1971)
Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87 (1950–51)
Quartet no. 8 in C Minor for Strings, Op. 110 (1959–60)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for String Orchestra, Op. 10 (1937)
Sinfonia da requiem, Op. 20 (1940)
Serenade (song cycle), Op. 31 (1943)
Peter Grimes, Op. 33 (1944-45)
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (1946)
War Requiem, Op. 66 (1961)
OTHER MODERN COMPOSERS
ERIK SATIE
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
UMBERTO GIORDANO
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
SCOTT JOPLIN
HANS PFITZNER
ALBERT ROUSSEL
FRANZ LEHÁR
ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY
MAX REGER
GUSTAV HOLST
CHARLES IVES
JOSEF SUK
REINHOLD GLIÈRE - (1875–1956) Russia
FRITZ KREISLER
JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER
MANUEL DE FALLA
ERNO VON DOHNANYI
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
FRANK BRIDGE
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
ERNEST BLOCH
GEORGE ENESCU
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
JOAQUÍN TURINA
PERCY GRAINGER
ZOLTÁN KODALY
ANTON WEBERN
SIR ARNOLD BAX
ALFREDO CASELLA
EDGARD VARÈSE
CHARLES TOMLINSON GRIFFES
GEORGE BUTTERWORTH
MARCEL DUPRÉ
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
JACQUES IBERT
BOHUSLAV MARTIN
FRANK MARTIN
ARTHUR HONEGGER
FERDE GROFÉ
DARIUS MILHAUD
WALTER PISTON
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
CARL ORFF
VIRGIL THOMSON
HOWARD HANSON
ROGER SESSIONS
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
ROY HARRIS
SILVESTRE REVUELTAS
CARLOS CHÁVEZ
GEORGE ANTHEIL
KURT WEILL
HARRY PARTCH
GERALD FINZI
JOAQUÍN RODRIGO
MAURICE DURUFLÉ
SIR WILLIAM WALTON
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
DMITRI KABALEVSKY
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
ELLIOTT CARTER
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
SAMUEL BARBER
ALAN HOVHANESS
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
JOHN CAGE
MORTON GOULD
WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI
GEORGE PERLE
MILTON BABBITT
ALBERTO GINASTERA
LOU HARRISON
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
KAREL HUSA
IANNIS XENAKIS
GYÖRGY LIGETI
NED ROREM
LUCIANO BERIO
PIERRE BOULEZ
HANS WERNER HENZE
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
GEORGE CRUMB
TORU TAKEMITSU
RODION SHCHEDRIN
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
ARVO PÄRT
PHILIP GLASS
WILLIAM BOLCOM - (1938- ) United States
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