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The greatest works for choir

1550

The ones you know or you must know.

1940
5100+ works listed
Timeline :
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1741

Messiah

GF. Handel

Carmina Burana

C. Orff

1937

Requiem in D minor

WA. Mozart

1791

Messa da requiem

G. Verdi

1874
1727

St. Matthew Passion

JS. Bach

1724

St. John Passion

JS. Bach

1727

Coronation Anthem No. 1, “Zadok the priest”

GF. Handel

Mass in B minor

JS. Bach

1749
1723

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben

JS. Bach

1567

Missa Papae Marcelli

G. Palestrina

Other renowned works

1911 - Songs of Gurre Arnold Schoenberg

1880 - Mass, “Messa di Gloria” Giacomo Puccini

1868 - Requiem Johannes Brahms

1867 - Petite Messe Solennelle Gioachino Rossini

1846 - Elijah Felix Mendelssohn

1796 - The Creation Joseph Haydn

1782 - Mass No. 17 in C minor, “Große Messe” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1734 - Christmas Oratorio Johann Sebastian Bach

1727 - St. Matthew Passion Johann Sebastian Bach

1715 - Gloria Antonio Vivaldi

This selection of works is not the result of personal preferences or artistic opinion. Selected works come from an exclusive data analysis method developed by soclassiq.

The dating of the works can be precise or sometimes approximate. It may correspond to the premiere date or publication year or completion of the composition (that can be several years after its first public execution).

1550 .. 1940 : the essential composers

1756-1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart °

1770-1827 Ludwig van Beethoven °

1685-1750 Johann Sebastian Bach °

1810-1849 Frédéric Chopin °

1797-1828 Franz Schubert °

1882-1971 Igor Stravinsky °

1732-1809 Joseph Haydn °

1833-1897 Johannes Brahms °

1860-1911 Gustav Mahler °

1841-1904 Antonín Dvořák °

1678-1741 Antonio Vivaldi °

1843-1907 Edvard Grieg °

° : Masterpieces listed

On stage or recorded, listen these essential works

Meet the greatest works of classical music

Currently, 25000+ works are listed for a small selection of 101 composers among thousands listed here. Many composers are missing of which some are essential: J. Rodriguo, C. Franck, H. Gorecki, C. Nielsen, J.Corigliano, P. Hindemith, C. Ives, A. Webern ... New catalogues will be processed later to complete this experience of the discovery of the classical music masterpieces. Thus this selection of works will be updated.

Composers with listed works ...


Vocal music

  • Work for choir
  • Song, lied
  • Opera

Incidental music

  • Ballet
  • Theatrical music
  • Film score

Instrumental music

  • Work for soloist
  • Work for chamber orchestra
  • Work for orchestra
  • Work for orchestra with soloist

Through the ages

10 centuries of classical music

  • 20th century
  • Romantic
  • Classical
  • Baroque
  • Renaissance

Some major genres or forms among the 150 listed

Concerto, Symphony, Rhapsody, Sonata, Lied, Mass, Suite, Trio, Quartet, Quintet, Waltz, March, Operetta, ...

Composed for piano, harpsichord, organ, violin, cello, viola, flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, string orchestra, string quartet, ...


The purpose of these pages is to point out few relevant works only among tens of thousands and to provide some chronological references.

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