Creative activity
based on dated works only
Duration of the works
(average or estimed)
Number of works
1908
46 years
1953
Number of works
Duration of the works (average or estimed)
Work for choir (12)
Song, lied (17)
Opera (10)
Work for soloist (37)
Work for chamber orchestra (15)
Work for orchestra (54)
Work for orchestra with soloist (11)
not qualified (4)
Ballet (9)
Film score (7)
Other renowned works
1939 - Alexander Nevsky
1935 - Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor
1933 - Lieutenant Kije
1919 - Symphonic Suite
1915 - Scythian Suite
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).
1890 .. 1950 : the essential composers
1833-1897 Johannes Brahms °
1882-1971 Igor Stravinsky °
1860-1911 Gustav Mahler °
1841-1904 Antonín Dvořák °
1843-1907 Edvard Grieg °
1840-1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky °
1813-1901 Giuseppe Verdi °
1865-1957 Jean Sibelius °
1862-1918 Claude Debussy °
1858-1924 Giacomo Puccini °
1873-1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff °
1875-1937 Maurice Ravel °
° : 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.