Famous Composers & Their Music
Monday, July 1, 2013
This list is a mix of the most famous composers and my personal favorites, in chronological order, to give you a sense of how (Western/European) music has developed. I will soon update it with links to their biographies and sample music. Listening to all this music isn't necessary for passing the Maturita test, but it will enrich your lives. Why know the names Mozart and Beethoveen, if you don't ever hear their work? How could you compare them otherwise? I hope you enjoy it.
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) Canon in D Pachelbel Rant
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Chacony in G Minor Z730 - This used to drive me crazy. Try memorizing it.
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Four Seasons (Winter)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cello suite No.1 Prelude in G - Major Sonata for solo violin in g minor, Fuga
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Messiah "Hallelujah"
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet Op 20 n.5 I-Moderato
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Symphony 40 in G min KV 550
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Moonlight Sonata 5th Symphony
Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840) Caprice No. 24
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Franz Schubert (1797–1828) Serenade
Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) Symphonie fantastique - I. Rêveries, passions
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) Spring Song
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
Robert Schumann (1810–1856) Fantasy in C
Franz Liszt (1811–1886) Consolation No. 3
César Franck (1822–1890) Violin Sonata - 1st movement
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) Double Concerto for violin and cello. 1st Mvt.1-2
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
Max Bruch (1838–1920) Kol Nidrei
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) Piano Concerto 1 - B Flat Minor
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) Concerto in B minor Opus 104 ~ Adagio
Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908) Navarra
Edward Elgar (1857–1934) Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Symphony No. 5: Part I: Mov. 1 - Part 1
Claude Debussy (1862–1918) cello sonata
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) Prélude Op. 3 No. 2 in C Sharp Minor
Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Concerto for Orchestra Violin Concerto No. 2
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Concerto for Two Pianos
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Dance of the Knights
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) Canon in D Pachelbel Rant
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Chacony in G Minor Z730 - This used to drive me crazy. Try memorizing it.
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Four Seasons (Winter)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cello suite No.1 Prelude in G - Major Sonata for solo violin in g minor, Fuga
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Messiah "Hallelujah"
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet Op 20 n.5 I-Moderato
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Symphony 40 in G min KV 550
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Moonlight Sonata 5th Symphony
Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840) Caprice No. 24
Franz Schubert (1797–1828) Serenade
Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) Symphonie fantastique - I. Rêveries, passions
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) Spring Song
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
Robert Schumann (1810–1856) Fantasy in C
Franz Liszt (1811–1886) Consolation No. 3
César Franck (1822–1890) Violin Sonata - 1st movement
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) Double Concerto for violin and cello. 1st Mvt.1-2
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
Max Bruch (1838–1920) Kol Nidrei
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) Piano Concerto 1 - B Flat Minor
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) Concerto in B minor Opus 104 ~ Adagio
Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908) Navarra
Edward Elgar (1857–1934) Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Symphony No. 5: Part I: Mov. 1 - Part 1
Claude Debussy (1862–1918) cello sonata
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) Prélude Op. 3 No. 2 in C Sharp Minor
Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Concerto for Orchestra Violin Concerto No. 2
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Concerto for Two Pianos
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Dance of the Knights