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 ComposerBirthDeceaseWork
Year Created
Year Created Simplified
Age
2
1
Isaac Albeniz
18601909Asturias1892189232
3
2
Tomaso Albinoni
16711751
Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor
1708170837
4
3
Malcolm Arnold
19212006
Scottish Dances (4), Op. 59
1957195736
5
4
Johann Christian Bach
17351782
Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Cello in A major, C 34/Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Cello and Harpsichord in D major, Op. 22 no 1
1775/1780
178045
6
5
Johann Sebastian Bach
16851750
Air on the G String
1720172035
7
6
Samuel Barber
19101981
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
1936193626
8
7
Béla Bartók
18811945
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
1943194362
9
8
Ludwig van Beethoven
17701827
Symphony no 5
1808180838
10
9
Vincenzo Bellini
18011835
Norma: Casta diva
1831183130
11
10
Hector Berlioz
18031869
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
1830183027
12
11
Leonard Bernstein
19181990
West Side Story: Somewhere
1956195638
13
12
Georges Bizet
18381875
Carmen: Flower Song
1875187537
14
13
Ernest Bloch
18801959
Baal shem: 2nd movement, Nigun “Improvisation�
1923192343
15
14
Luigi Boccherini
17431805
Quintet for Strings in E major, Op. 11 no 5/G 275: Minuet
1771177128
16
15
Alexander Borodin
18331887
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
1869–1887
188754
17
16
Johannes Brahms
18331897
Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68
1855–1876
187643
18
17
Benjamin Britten
19131976
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
1946194633
19
18Max Bruch18381920
Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26
1868186830
20
19
Anton Bruckner
18241896
Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107
1884188460
21
20
William Byrd
15431623
Mass for 4 Voices/Mass for 5 Voices
1592–1593/1594–1595
159552
22
21
Frédéric Chopin
18101849
Nocturne for Piano in E flat major, Op. 9 no 2
1830–1832
183222
23
22
Aaron Copland
19001990
Fanfare for the common man
1942194242
24
23
Arcangelo Corelli
16531713
Christmas Concerto, Op. 6 no 8
1690–1714
171461
25
24
Claude Debussy
18621918
Clair de Lune
1890–1905
190543
26
25
Léo Delibes
18361891
Lakmé: Flower Duet
1881–1882
188246
27
26
Frederick Delius
18621934
On Hearing the First Cuckoo In Spring
1912191250
28
27
Geatano Donizetti
17971848
L’Elisir d’Amore: Una furtiva lagrima
1831183134
29
28
Antonín Dvorák
18411904
New World Symphony
1893189352
30
29
Sir Edward Elgar
18571934
Salut d’amour, Op. 12
1888188831
31
30
Manuel de Falla
18761946
El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
1914–1915
191539
32
31
Gabriel Fauré
18451924
Pavane, Op. 50
1886–1887
188742
33
32
César Franck
18221890
Panis angelicus
1872187250
34
33
George Gershwin
18981937
Rhapsody in Blue
1924192426
35
34
Alexander Glazunov
18651936
Violin Concerto
1904190439
36
35
Christoph W. Gluck
17141787
Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
1762176248
37
36
Charles Gounod
18181893Ave Maria1853185335
38
37
Enrique Granados
18671916
Danzas (12) españolas for Piano, Op. 37: no 5, Andaluza
1890189023
39
38
Edvard Grieg
18431907
Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16
1868186825
40
39
George Frideric Handel
16851759Largo1738173853
41
40
Franz Joseph Haydn
17321809
Surprise Symphony
1791179159
42
41
Paul Hindemith
18951963
Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
1943194348
43
42
Gustav Holst
18741934
The Planets
1914–1916
191642
44
43
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
17781837
Trumpet Concerto
1803180325
45
44
Charles Ives
18741954
Variations for Organ on “America�
1891189117
46
45
Leos Janácek
18541928
Sinfonietta
1926192672
47
46
Aram Khachaturian
19031978
Sabre Dance
1942194239
48
47
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
18971957
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Glück, das mir verblieb “Mariettalied�
1920192023
49
48
Fritz Kreisler
18751962Liebesleid1910191035
50
49
Franz Lehár
18701948
Das Land des Lächelns: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
1929192959
51
50
Ruggero Leoncavallo
18571919
I Pagliacci: Recitar!…Vesti la giubba
1892189235
52
51
Franz Liszt
18111886
Liebesträume for Piano, S 541: no 3, O Lieb, so lang
1850185039
53
52
Jean-Baptiste Lully
16321687
Armide, LWV 71: Passacaglia
1685–1686
168654
54
53
Gustav Mahler
18601911
Symphony no 1 in D major “Titan�
1887–1888
188828
55
54
Marin Marais
16561728
Les folies d’Espagne
1701170145
56
55
Pietro Mascagni
18631945
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
1890189027
57
56
Jules Massenet
18421912
Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller?
1887188745
58
57
Felix Mendelssohn
18091847
Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64
1838–1844
184435
59
58
Claudio Monteverdi
15671643
Vespro della Beata Vergine
1610161043
60
59
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
17561791
Jupiter Symphony, K 551/Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Overture
1788/1786
178630
61
60
Modest Mussorgsky
18391881
Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano
1874187435
62
61
Carl Nielsen
18651931
Symphony no 4, Op. 29 “Inextinguishable�
1915–1916
191651
63
62
Jacques Offenbach
18191880
Les contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle
1880188061
64
63
Johann Pachelbel
16531706
Canon in D major
around 1680
168027
65
64
Niccolò Paganini
17821840
Caprice for Violin solo no 24 in A minor
1802180220
66
65
Manuel Ponce
18821948Estrellita1912191230
67
66
Francis Poulenc
18991963
Sonata for Flute and Piano
1956195657
68
67
Sergei Prokofiev
18911953
Classical Symphony, Op. 25
1916–1917
191726
69
68
Giacomo Puccini
18581924
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
1900190042
70
69
Henry Purcell
16591695
Dido and Aeneas: When I am laid in earth (Dido’s Lament)
1688168829
71
70
Arvo Pärt
1935-Fratres1977197742
72
71
Sergei Rachmaninov
18731943Vocalise1912191239
73
73
Einojuhani Rautavaara
1928-
Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61 “Concerto for Birds and Orchestra�
1972197244
74
74
Maurice Ravel
18751937
Pavane pour une infante défunte
1899189924
75
75
Ottorino Respighi
18791936
Pines of Rome
1924192445
76
76
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
18441908
Flight of the Bumblebee
1899–1900
190056
77
77
Joaquin Rodrigo
19011999
Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar
1939193938
78
78
Gioachino Rossini
17921868
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
1816181624
79
79
Camille Saint-Saëns
18351921The Swan1886188651
80
80
Pablo de Sarasate
18441908
Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
1878187834
81
81Erik Satie18661925
Gymnopédie no 1
1888188822
82
82
Domenico Scarlatti
16851757
Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 380/L 23
1754175469
83
83
Franz Schubert
17971828Ave Maria1825182528
84
84
Robert Schumann
18101856
Träumerei
1838183828
85
85
Alexander Scriabin
18721915
Etude for Piano in D sharp minor, Op. 8 no 12
1894189422
86
86
Dmitri Shostakovich
19061975
Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47
1937193731
87
87
Jean Sibelius
18651957
Finlandia, Op. 26
1899189934
88
88
Bedrich Smetana
18241884
The Moldau
1874187450
89
89
Johann Strauss Jr.
18251899
The Blue Danube (An der schönen, blauen Donau)
1866186641
90
90
Richard Strauss
18641949
Don Juan, Op. 20
1888188824
91
91
Igor Stravinsky
18821971
The Rite of Spring (Le sacre du printemps)
1913191331
92
92
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
18401893
Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
1874187434
93
93
Georg Philipp Telemann
16811767
Concerto for Trumpet in D major, TV 51 no D 7
1710–1720
172039
94
94
Ralph Vaughan Williams
18721958
Fantasia on Greensleeves
1924–1928
192856
95
95
Giuseppe Verdi
18131901
Aida: Celeste Aida
1870–1871
187158
96
96
Heitor Villa-Lobos
18871959
Bachianas brasileiras no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos: Aria “Cantilena�
1938–1945
194558
97
97
Antonio Vivaldi
16781741
The Four Seasons
1725172547
98
98
Richard Wagner
18131883
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 1 Prelude
1867186754
99
99
Sir William Walton
19021983
Coronation March “Crown Imperial�
1937193735
100
100
Carl Maria von Weber
17861826
Invitation to the Dance, in D flat major J 260/Op. 65
1819181933