Creative activity
based on dated works only
Duration of the works
(average or estimed)
Number of works
1652
36 years
1687
Number of works
Duration of the works (average or estimed)
Work for choir (25)
Song, lied (20)
Opera (20)
Work for chamber orchestra (3)
Work for orchestra (6)
not qualified (3)
Ballet (31)
Theatrical music (9)
Other renowned works
1686 - Acis et Galatée
1685 - Roland
1683 - Phaëton
1675 - Thésée
1669 - Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
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).
1630 .. 1680 : the essential composers
1685-1750 Johann Sebastian Bach °
1685-1759 George Frideric Handel °
1678-1741 Antonio Vivaldi °
1681-1767 Georg Philipp Telemann
1685-1757 Domenico Scarlatti
1653-1713 Arcangelo Corelli °
1567-1643 Claudio Monteverdi °
1637-1707 Dietrich Buxtehude
1683-1764 Jean-Philippe Rameau °
1660-1725 Alessandro Scarlatti
1632-1687 Jean-Baptiste Lully °
1561-1633 Jacopo Peri
° : Masterpieces listed
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.
Vocal music
Incidental music
Through the ages
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.