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Composers and Famous Works
Great composers, when and where they lived, and well-known pieces.
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- The Four SeasonsWork or clueAntonio VivaldiBaroque violin concertos
- Brandenburg ConcertosWork or clueJohann Sebastian Bach
- Toccata and Fugue in D minorWork or clueJohann Sebastian BachOrgan work
- MessiahWork or clueGeorge Frideric HandelIncludes the Hallelujah chorus
- Water MusicWork or clueGeorge Frideric Handel
- The Surprise Symphony (No. 94)Work or clueJoseph HaydnHas a sudden loud chord
- The Magic FluteWork or clueWolfgang Amadeus MozartAn opera
- Eine kleine NachtmusikWork or clueWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- The Marriage of FigaroWork or clueWolfgang Amadeus MozartAn opera
- Symphony No. 5 (da-da-da-DUM)Work or clueLudwig van Beethoven
- Ode to Joy (Symphony No. 9)Work or clueLudwig van Beethoven
- Moonlight SonataWork or clueLudwig van BeethovenPiano sonata
- Fur EliseWork or clueLudwig van Beethoven
- Trout QuintetWork or clueFranz Schubert
- Ave Maria (famous setting)Work or clueFranz Schubert
- Hungarian DancesWork or clueJohannes Brahms
- Brahms's LullabyWork or clueJohannes Brahms
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2Work or clueFranz Liszt
- Minute WaltzWork or clueFrederic ChopinPiano
- Nocturnes for pianoWork or clueFrederic Chopin
- The Blue DanubeWork or clueJohann Strauss IIWaltz
- Carnival of the AnimalsWork or clueCamille Saint-Saens
- Danse MacabreWork or clueCamille Saint-Saens
- Peer Gynt SuiteWork or clueEdvard GriegIncludes In the Hall of the Mountain King
- Symphony from the New WorldWork or clueAntonin Dvorak
- The NutcrackerWork or cluePyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyBallet
- Swan LakeWork or cluePyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyBallet
- The Sleeping BeautyWork or cluePyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyBallet
- 1812 OvertureWork or cluePyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyHas cannon fire
- Pictures at an ExhibitionWork or clueModest MussorgskyLater orchestrated by Ravel
- Flight of the BumblebeeWork or clueNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- ScheherazadeWork or clueNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- BoléroWork or clueMaurice Ravel
- Clair de luneWork or clueClaude DebussyPiano
- La merWork or clueClaude DebussyOrchestral sea pictures
- GymnopediesWork or clueErik Satie
- The PlanetsWork or clueGustav Holst
- The Rite of SpringWork or clueIgor StravinskyBallet
- The FirebirdWork or clueIgor StravinskyBallet
- Peter and the WolfWork or clueSergei ProkofievInstruments tell a story
- Romeo and Juliet balletWork or clueSergei Prokofiev
- Rhapsody in BlueWork or clueGeorge Gershwin
- An American in ParisWork or clueGeorge Gershwin
- Appalachian SpringWork or clueAaron CoplandBallet
- Fanfare for the Common ManWork or clueAaron Copland
- Stars and Stripes ForeverWork or clueJohn Philip SousaMarch
- Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraWork or clueBenjamin Britten
- West Side Story musicWork or clueLeonard Bernstein
- Star Wars themeWork or clueJohn Williams
- CarmenWork or clueGeorges BizetOpera
- La TraviataWork or clueGiuseppe VerdiOpera
- AidaWork or clueGiuseppe VerdiOpera
- The Barber of SevilleWork or clueGioachino RossiniOpera
- William Tell OvertureWork or clueGioachino Rossini
- La BohemeWork or clueGiacomo PucciniOpera
- The Ring CycleWork or clueRichard WagnerFour operas
- Ride of the ValkyriesWork or clueRichard Wagner
- Also sprach ZarathustraWork or clueRichard StraussUsed in 2001: A Space Odyssey
- FinlandiaWork or clueJean Sibelius
- The Sorcerer's ApprenticeWork or cluePaul Dukas
- Canon in DWork or clueJohann Pachelbel
- Ballet RodeoWork or clueAaron Copland
- Slavonic DancesWork or clueAntonin Dvorak
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1Work or clueEdward Elgar
- Lullaby (Wiegenlied)Work or clueJohannes Brahms
- Prelude in C major (Well-Tempered Clavier)Work or clueJohann Sebastian Bach
- Bolero was written by this French composerWork or clueMaurice Ravel
- Rodeo's Hoe-Down is by this AmericanWork or clueAaron Copland
- Oh Fortuna (Carmina Burana)Work or clueCarl Orff
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