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Musical Works
The 50 most-frequently referenced works of music in NAQT.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1845 - Carmen | Opera - Georges Bizet |
| 1871 - Aida | Opera - Giuseppe Verdi |
| 1876 - The ring of the Nibelung | Opera - (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner |
| 1741 - Messiah | Oratorio - George Frideric Handel |
| 1823 - Symphony No. 9, "Choral" | Symphony - Ludwig van Beethoven |
| 1808 - Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" | Symphony - Ludwig van Beethoven |
| 1830 - Symphonie fantastique | Symphony - (Louis-) Hector Berlioz |
| 1892 - The Nutcracker | Ballet - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| 1913 - The rite of spring | Ballet - Igor (Fyodorovich) Stravinsky |
| 1904 - Madama Butterfly | Opera - Giacomo Puccini |
| 1804 - Symphony No. 3, "Eroica" | Symphony - Ludwig van Beethoven |
| 1816 - The Barber of Seville | Opera - Gioacchino (Antonio) Rossini |
| 1791 - The Magic Flute | Opera - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1944 - Appalachian Spring | Ballet - Aaron Copland |
| 1851 - Rigoletto | Opera - Giuseppe Verdi |
| 1787 - Don Giovanni | Opera - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1896 - La Boheme | Opera - Giacomo Puccini |
| 1805 - Fidelio | Opera - Ludwig van Beethoven |
| 1725 - The Four Seasons | Concerto - Antonio Vivaldi |
| 1924 - Rhapsody in Blue | Composition - George Gershwin |
| 1784 - The Marriage of Figaro | Opera - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1957 - West Side Story | Musical - Leonard Bernstein |
| 1876 - Siegfried | Opera - (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner |
| 1801 - Moonlight Sonata | Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven |
| 1918 - The Planets | Suite - Gusta(us Theodore von) Holst |
| 1893 - Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique" | Symphony - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| 1935 - Porgy and Bess | Opera - George Gershwin |
| 1804 - William Tell | Opera - Gioacchino Rossini |
| 1936 - Peter and the Wolf | Composition - Sergei (Sergeyevich) Prokofiev |
| 1909 - The Song of the Earth | Symphony - Gustav Mahler |
| 1877 - Swan Lake | Ballet - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| 1843 - The Flying Dutchman | Opera - (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner |
| 1850 - Lohengrin | Opera - (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner |
| 1928 - Bolero | Composition - (Joseph) Maurice Ravel |
| 1910 - The Phantom of the Opera | Musical - Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| 1900 - Tosca | Opera - Giacomo Puccini |
| 1762 - Turandot | Opera - Giacomo Puccini |
| 1853 - La Traviata | Opera - Giuseppe Verdi |
| 1874 - Pictures at an Exhibition | Composition - Modest (Petrovich) Mussorgsky |
| 1868 - A German Requiem | Sacred Choral Work - Johannes Brahms |
| 1791 - Symphony No. 94, "Surprise" | Symphony - (Franz) Joseph Haydn |
| 1788 - Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter" | Symphony - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1893 - Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" | Symphony - Antonin (Leopold) Dvorak |
| 1885 - The Mikado | Musical - Arthur Sullivan (music) William S. Gilbert (words) |
| 1956 - My Fair Lady | Musical - Frederick Loewe |
| 1893 - Falstaff | Opera - Giuseppe Verdi |
| 1869 - Boris Godunov | Opera - Modest (Petrovich) Mussorgsky |
| 1982 - Cats | Musical - Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| 1899 - Enigma Variations | Composition - Edward (William) Elgar |
| 1905 - Salome | Opera - Richard (Georg) Strauss |