Composers & Classical Music

Composers and their Compositions

Bach, Johann Sebastian (German baroque composer)
....................................................................... Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
........................................................................ The Well-Tempered Clavier
   ............................................................................... Toccata and Fugue
   ............................................................................... Goldberg Variations
Barber, Samuel (American)
.................................................................................... School for Scandal
   .................................................................................. Adagio for Strings
Beethoven, Ludwig von (German)
................................................................................. Eroica Symphony #3
   ........................................................................... Pastoral Symphony #6
   ............................................................ Choral Symphony #9 (Ode to Joy)
   ................................................................................... Egmont Overture
   .......................................................................... Fidelio (his only opera)
   .................................................................................. Moonlight Sonata
   .................................................................. “Emperor” Piano Concerto #5
   .............................................................................................. Für Elise
Berlioz, Hector (French)
.............................................................................. Symphonie Fantastique
   ............................................................................... Damnation of Faust
   .............................................................................. Les Troyens (opera)
Bizet, Georges (French)
   ................................................................. Carmen (opera, set in Seville)
............................................................................................ L’Arlésienne
Borodin, Alexandr (Russian)
.................................................................................... Prince Igor (opera)
Brahms, Johannes (German)
..................................................................................... Hungarian Dances
   ................................................................................................ Lullaby
Britten, Benjamin (British)
..................................................................................... Billy Budd (opera)
Chabrier, Alexis (French)
.................................................................................................... España
Chopin, Frederic (Polish)
.................................................... Numerous scherzos, etudes and mazurkas
Copeland, Aaron (American)
................................................................................... Appalachian Spring
   ................................................................... Fanfare for the Common Man
   ............................................................................... Billy the Kid (opera)
   ............................................................................ Music for a Great City
Debussy, Claude (French)
........................................................................................... Clair de Lune
   ................................................................................................. La Mer
..................................................................... Prelude, Afternoon of a Faun
Donizetti, Gaetano (Italian)
   .................................................................. Lucia di Lammermoor (opera)
Dvorak, Antonin (Czech, the “Bohemian” composer)
......................................................................... The New World Symphony
   ......................................................................................... Humoresque
Elgar, Edward (English)
............................................................................ Pomp and Circumstance
   ................................................................................. Enigma Variations
Gershwin, George (American)
..................................................................................... Rhapsody in Blue
   .......................................................................... Porgy and Bess (opera)
................................................................................ An American in Paris
Grieg, Edvard (Norwegian)
................................................................................................ Peer Gynt
   ....................................................................... Piano Concerto in A Minor
Grofe, Ferd (American)
............................................................................ The Grand Canyon Suite
Gounod, Charles (French)
.......................................................................................... Faust (opera)
Handel, George Friedrich (German oratorio composer, lived at times in England)
.................................................................................................. Messiah
   ......................................................................................... Water Music
   ....................................................................... Music for Royal Fireworks
Haydn, Franz Joseph (Austrian, nickname “Papa”)
........................................................................................... The Creation
.......................................................................... “Surprise” Symphony #94
.......................................................................... “Military” Symphony #100
   .................................................................... “The Clock” Symphony #101
Herbert, Victor (Irish-American)
........................................................................... Babes in Toyland (opera)
Holst, Gustav (English)
............................................................................................. The Planets
Humperdink, Engelbert (German)
..................................................................................... Hansel and Gretel
Khachaturian, Aram (Soviet-American)
............................................................................................ Sabre Dance

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero (Italian)
.................................................................................... I Pagliacci (opera)
Liszt, Franz (Hungarian)
................................................................................. Hungarian Rhapsody
Massenet, Jules (French)
..................................................................................................... Thaïs
Mendelssohn, Felix (German, lived for a time in Scotland)
   ...................................................... A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
   ....................................................................... Violin Concerto in E Minor
   ................................................................................. Hebrides Overture
Menotti, Gian Carlo (20th century Italian)
   ........................................................ Amahl and the Night Visitors (opera)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (Austrian, wife Constanze Weber)
....................................................................................... The Magic Flute
   ....................................................................... Symphony #40 in G Minor
   ............................................................................ Jupiter Symphony #41
   ...................................................................................... Elvira Madigan
   ................................................................ The Marriage of Figaro (opera)
   ........................................................................... Cosi Fan Tutte (opera)
   ............................................................................. Don Giovanni (opera)
   ........................................... Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music)