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Composers
An index of composers and their works
| Work | Composer | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Iberia | Isaac Albeniz | Spanish |
| Brandenburg Concertos | Johann Sebastian Bach | German |
| Well Tempered Clavier | Johann Sebastian Bach | German |
| St. John Passion | Johann Sebastian Bach | German |
| Art of the Fugue | Johann Sebastian Bach | German |
| Adagio for Strings | Samuel Barber | American |
| Knoxville: Summer of 1915 | Samuel Barber | American |
| Vanessa | Samuel Barber | American |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Samuel Barber | American |
| School for Scandal | Samuel Barber | American |
| Bluebeard's Castle | Bela Bartok | Hungarian |
| Miraculous Mountain | Bela Bartok | Hungarian |
| Wooden Prince | Bela Bartok | Hungarian |
| Emperor Concerto | Ludwig van Beethoven | German |
| Egmont | Ludwig van Beethoven | German |
| Moonlight Sonata | Ludwig van Beethoven | German |
| Fidelio | Ludwig van Beethoven | German |
| Eroica | Ludwig van Beethoven | German |
| Pastoral Symphony | Ludwig van Beethoven | German |
| Choral Symphony | Ludwig van Beethoven | German |
| Pathetique Sonata | Ludwig van Beethoven | German |
| Missa Solemnis | Ludwig van Beethoven | German |
| Grosse Fuge | Ludwig van Beethoven | German |
| God Bless America | Irving Berlin | American |
| I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas | Irving Berlin | American |
| Alexander's Ragtime Band | Irving Berlin | American |
| Annie Get Your Gun | Irving Berlin | American |
| Top Hat (film) | Irving Berlin | American |
| Easter Parade (film) | Irving Berlin | American |
| Symphonie Fantastique | Louis Hector Berlioz | French |
| Damnation of Faust | Louis Hector Berlioz | French |
| Benvenuto Cellini | Louis Hector Berlioz | French |
| The Trojans | Louis Hector Berlioz | French |
| Harold in Italy | Louis Hector Berlioz | French |
| Romeo and Juliet (music) | Louis Hector Berlioz | French |
| Roman Carnival | Louis Hector Berlioz | French |
| Childhood of Christ | Louis Hector Berlioz | French |
| On the Town | Leonard Bernstein | American |
| Candide | Leonard Bernstein | American |
| West Side Story | Leonard Bernstein | American |
| Fancy Free | Leonard Bernstein | American |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | French |
| The Pearlfishers | Georges Bizet | French |
| Children's Games | Georges Bizet | French |
| Prince Igor | Aleksandr Borodin | Russian |
| German Requiem | Johannes Brahms | German |
| Violin Concerto in D | Johannes Brahms | German |
| A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra | Benjamin Britten | English |
| A Ceremony of Carols | Benjamin Britten | English |
| Billy Budd | Benjamin Britten | English |
| Death in Venice | Benjamin Britten | English |
| The Turn of the Screw | Benjamin Britten | English |
| A Midsummer's Night Dream | Benjamin Britten | English |
| Albert Herring | Benjamin Britten | English |
| The Rape of Lucretia | Benjamin Britten | English |
| Peter Grimes | Benjamin Britten | English |
| Gloriana | Benjamin Britten | English |
| Rodeo | Aaron Copland | American |
| Of Mice and Men (film) | Aaron Copland | American |
| Appalachian Spring | Aaron Copland | American |
| Billy the Kid | Aaron Copland | American |
| Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun | Claude Debussy | French (impressionist) |
| La Mer | Claude Debussy | French (impressionist) |
| Images | Claude Debussy | French (impressionist) |
| Nocturne | Claude Debussy | French (impressionist) |
| Lucrezia Borgia | Gaetano Donizetti | Italian |
| Lucia di Lammermoor (the Bride of Lammermoor) | Gaetano Donizetti | Italian |
| Don Pasquale | Gaetano Donizetti | Italian |
| The Daughter of the Regiment | Gaetano Donizetti | Italian |
| The Elixir of Love | Gaetano Donizetti | Italian |
| The Sorceror's Apprentice | Paul Dukas | French |
| Symphony #9 in E Minor, From the New World | Antonin Dvorak | Czech |
| Pomp and Circumstance | Sir Edward Elgar | English |
| Mood Indigo | Duke Ellington | American |
| Solitude | Duke Ellington | American |
| The Three-Cornered Hat | Manuel de Falla | Spanish |
| Oh! Susanna | Stephen Foster | American |
| My Old Kentucky Home | Stephen Foster | American |
| Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair | Stephen Foster | American |
| Camptown Races | Stephen Foster | American |
| The Old Folks at Home | Stephen Foster | American |
| Rhapsody in Blue | George Gershwin | American |
| An American in Paris | George Gershwin | American |
| Porgy and Bess | George Gershwin | American |
| Lady, Be Good! | George Gershwin | American |
| Of Thee I Sing | George Gershwin | American |
| Einstein on the Beach | Philip Glass | American |
| The Voyage | Philip Glass | American |
| A Life for the Czar | Mikhail Glinka | Russian |
| Russian and Ludmilla | Mikhail Glinka | Russian |
| Orpheus and Euridice | Christoph Gluck | German |
| Alcestis | Christoph Gluck | German |
| Inphigenie and Aulide | Christoph Gluck | German |
| Faust | Charles Gounod | French |
| Romeo and Juliet (1867) | Charles Gounod | French |
| Peer Gynt | Edvard Grieg | Norwegian |
| Olav Trygvason | Edvard Grieg | Norwegian |
| Holberg Suite | Edvard Grieg | Norwegian |
| Water Music | George Frederic Handel | English (baroque) |
| Messiah | George Frederic Handel | English (baroque) |
| Music for the Royal Fireworks | George Frederic Handel | English (baroque) |
| Renaldo | George Frederic Handel | English (baroque) |
| The Clock Symphony | Franz Joseph Haydn | Austrian |
| Symphonies 82-87 (Paris) | Franz Joseph Haydn | Austrian |
| Symphonies 93-104 (London) | Franz Joseph Haydn | Austrian |
| Hansel and Gretel | Engelbert Humperdinck | German |
| Jenufa | Leos Janacek | Czech |
| Mr. Broucek | Leos Janacek | Czech |
| Katya Kabanova | Leos Janacek | Czech |
| The Cunning Little Vixen | Leos Janacek | Czech |
| The Makropoulos Case | Leos Janacek | Czech |
| From the House of the Dead | Leos Janacek | Czech |
| The Entertainer | Scott Joplin | American |
| Maple Leaf Rag | Scott Joplin | American |
| Treemonisha | Scott Joplin | American |
| Showboat | Jerome Kern | American |
| Roberta | Jerome Kern | American |
| Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | Jerome Kern | American |
| Old Man River | Jerome Kern | American |
| All the Things You Are | Jerome Kern | American |
| Spartacus | Aram Khachaturian | Soviet-Armenian |
| Gayane | Aram Khachaturian | Soviet-Armenian |
| Hary Janos | Zoltan Kodaly | Hungarian |
| I Pagliacci | Ruggiero Leoncavallo | Italian |
| A Faust Symphony | Franz Liszt | Hungarian |
| Hungarian Rhapsodies | Franz Liszt | Hungarian |
| Mezeppa | Franz Liszt | Hungarian |
| Cats | Andrew Lloyd Webber | British |
| Evita | Andrew Lloyd Webber | British |
| Jesus Christ Superstar | Andrew Lloyd Webber | British |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Andrew Lloyd Webber | British |
| Alceste | Jean Baptitse Lully | French |
| Armide | Jean Baptitse Lully | French |
| Bourgeois Gentlemen | Jean Baptitse Lully | French |
| Song of the Earth | Gustav Mahler | Austrian |
| Symphony of a Thousand (#8) | Gustav Mahler | Austrian |
| Manon | Jules Massenet | French |
| Werther | Jules Massenet | French |
| Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream | Felix Mendelssohn | German |
| The Hebrides (or Fingal's Cave) | Felix Mendelssohn | German |
| Symphony #2 Hymn of Praise | Felix Mendelssohn | German |
| Symphony #3 Scottish | Felix Mendelssohn | German |
| Symphony #4 Italian | Felix Mendelssohn | German |
| Symphony #5 Reformation | Felix Mendelssohn | German |
| Saint Paul Oratorio | Felix Mendelssohn | German |
| Elijah Oratorio | Felix Mendelssohn | German |
| Ruy Blas Oratorio | Felix Mendelssohn | German |
| Orfeo | Claudio Monteverdi | Italian |
| The Return of Ulysses | Claudio Monteverdi | Italian |
| The Coronation of Poppaea | Claudio Monteverdi | Italian |
| Boris Godunov | Modest Moussorgsky | Russian |
| Pictures at an Exhibition | Modest Moussorgsky | Russian |
| A Night on Bald Mountain | Modest Moussorgsky | Russian |
| A Little Night Music | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Austrian |
| Jupiter Symphony | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Austrian |
| The Marriage of Figaro | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Austrian |
| Abduction from the Seragilo | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Austrian |
| Don Giovanni | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Austrian |
| Cosi Fan Tutte | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Austrian |
| The Magic Flute | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Austrian |
| Opheus in the Underworld | Jacques Offenbach | French |
| Tales of Hoffman | Jacques Offenbach | French |
| La Belle Helene | Jacques Offenbach | French |
| Peter and the Wolf | Sergei Prokofiev | Russian |
| Cinderella | Sergei Prokofiev | Russian |
| Romeo and Juliet (ballet) | Sergei Prokofiev | Russian |
| Tosca | Giacomo Puccini | Italian |
| La Boheme | Giacomo Puccini | Italian |
| Madame Butterfly | Giacomo Puccini | Italian |
| Turandot | Giacomo Puccini | Italian |
| Dido and Aeneas | Henry Purcell | English |
| The Fairy Queen | Henry Purcell | English |
| Mother Goose | Maurice Ravel | French (impressionist) |
| Bolero | Maurice Ravel | French (impressionist) |
| The Child and the Spells | Maurice Ravel | French (impressionist) |
| La Valse | Maurice Ravel | French (impressionist) |
| Daphnis and Chloe | Maurice Ravel | French (impressionist) |
| The Spanish Hour | Maurice Ravel | French (impressionist) |
| Scheherazade | Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Russian |
| The Great Russian Father | Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Russian |
| The Legend of Tsar Sultan | Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Russian |
| The Snow Maiden | Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Russian |
| The Golden Cockerel | Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Russian |
| Carousel | Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein | American |
| The King and I | Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein | American |
| Oklahoma! | Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein | American |
| The Sound of Music | Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein | American |
| South Pacific | Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein | American |
| Showboat | Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern | American |
| Girl Friend | Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart | American |
| Pal Joey | Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart | American |
| The Fantastic Toyshop | Gioacchino Antonio Rossini | Italian |
| William Tell | Gioacchino Antonio Rossini | Italian |
| The Barber of Seville | Gioacchino Antonio Rossini | Italian |
| The Thieving Magpie | Gioacchino Antonio Rossini | Italian |
| Cinderella | Gioacchino Antonio Rossini | Italian |
| The Italian Girl in Algiers | Gioacchino Antonio Rossini | Italian |
| Count Ory | Gioacchino Antonio Rossini | Italian |
| Samson et Dalila | Charles Camille Saint-Saens | French |
| Carnival of the Animals | Charles Camille Saint-Saens | French |
| Danse Macabre | Charles Camille Saint-Saens | French |
| Dying Swan | Charles Camille Saint-Saens | French |
| The Trout Quintet | Franz Schubert | Austrian (Romantic) |
| Fifth Symphony (1816) | Franz Schubert | Austrian (Romantic) |
| Eighth Symphony (The Unfinished, 1822) | Franz Schubert | Austrian (Romantic) |
| The Tragic Symphony | Franz Schubert | Austrian (Romantic) |
| Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk | Dmitri Shostakovich | Russian |
| The Golden Age | Dmitri Shostakovich | Russian |
| 7th Symphony (the Leningrad) | Dmitri Shostakovich | Russian |
| The Nose | Dmitri Shostakovich | Russian |
| Finlandia | Jean Sibelius | Finnish |
| The Swan of Tuonela | Jean Sibelius | Finnish |
| Karelia Suite | Jean Sibelius | Finnish |
| Valse Triste | Jean Sibelius | Finnish |
| The Bartered Bride | Bedrich Smetana | Czech |
| West Side Story (lyrics) | Stephen Sondheim | American |
| Company | Stephen Sondheim | American |
| A Little Night Music | Stephen Sondheim | American |
| Sweeney Todd | Stephen Sondheim | American |
| Sunday in the Park with George | Stephen Sondheim | American |
| Into the Woods | Stephen Sondheim | American |
| Gypsy (lyrics) | Stephen Sondheim | American |
| Semper Fidelis | John Phillip Sousa | American |
| The Stars and Stripes Forever | John Phillip Sousa | American |
| The Washington Post March | John Phillip Sousa | American |
| The Blue Danube | Johann Strauss | Austrian |
| The Bat | Johann Strauss | Austrian |
| Tales from the Vienna Woods | Johann Strauss | Austrian |
| The Gypsy Baron | Johann Strauss | Austrian |
| Die Fledermaus | Johann Strauss | Austrian |
| Death and Transfiguration | Richard Strauss | German |
| Thus Spake Zarathustra | Richard Strauss | German |
| Salome | Richard Strauss | German |
| Don Quixote | Richard Strauss | German |
| Der Rosenkavalier | Richard Strauss | German |
| Till Eulenspiegel | Richard Strauss | German |
| Metamorphosis | Richard Strauss | German |
| Don Juan | Richard Strauss | German |
| A Hero's Life | Richard Strauss | German |
| Elektra | Richard Strauss | German |
| The Woman without a Shadow | Richard Strauss | German |
| Ariadne on Naxos | Richard Strauss | German |
| Song of the Nightingale | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| Card Game | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| Dumbarton Oaks | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| The Wedding | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| The Firebird | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| Carnaval | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| The Fairy's Kiss | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| Orpheus | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| The Rite of Spring | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| Petrushka | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| Agon | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| Apollo | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| Palcinella | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| The Rake's Progress | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| The Soldier's Tale | Igor Stravinsky | Russian-American |
| 1812 Overture | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Russian |
| Little Russian Symphony | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Russian |
| Pathetique Symphony (#6) | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Russian |
| The Nutcracker | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Russian |
| The Sleeping Beauty | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Russian |
| Swan Lake | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Russian |
| Eugene Onegin | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Russian |
| The Queen of Spades | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Russian |
| Rigoletto | Giuseppe Verdi | Italian |
| La Traviata | Giuseppe Verdi | Italian |
| A Masked Ball | Giuseppe Verdi | Italian |
| Aida | Giuseppe Verdi | Italian |
| MacBeth | Giuseppe Verdi | Italian |
| Falstaff | Giuseppe Verdi | Italian |
| Othello | Giuseppe Verdi | Italian |
| Il Trovatore | Giuseppe Verdi | Italian |
| Nabucco | Giuseppe Verdi | Italian |
| Don Carlos | Giuseppe Verdi | Italian |
| The Four Seasons | Antonio Vivaldi | Italian (Baroque) |
| Parsifal | Richard Wagner | German |
| The Flying Dutchman | Richard Wagner | German |
| Lohengrin | Richard Wagner | German |
| Tannhauser | Richard Wagner | German |
| Tristan and Isolde | Richard Wagner | German |
| The Ring of the Nibelungen | Richard Wagner | German |
| The Rhinegold | Richard Wagner | German |
| The Valkyrie | Richard Wagner | German |
| Siegfried | Richard Wagner | German |
| The Twilight of the Gods | Richard Wagner | German |
| The Mastersingers of Nuremberg | Richard Wagner | German |
| The Threepenny Opera | Kurt Weill | German-born, American |
| The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogany | Kurt Weill | German-born, American |
| Transfigured Night | Arnold Schoenberg | Austrian/US Citizen |
| Pierrot Lunaire | Arnold Schoenberg | Austrian/US Citizen |
| The Dream of Gerontius | Sir Edward Elgar | English |
| The Engima Variations | Sir Edward Elgar | English |