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Quartet Essential masterworks

1770

The ones you know or you must know.

1980
460+ works listed
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Quartet for the End of Time

O. Messiaen

1941
1824

String Quartet No. 14 in D major, “Der Tod und das Mädchen”

F. Schubert

1861

Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor

J. Brahms

String Quartet No. 8 in C minor

D. Shostakovich

1960

String Quartet in G minor

C. Debussy

1893
1786

String Quartets, “Haydn Quartets”

WA. Mozart

1806

3 String Quartets, “Rasumovsky”

L. Beethoven

String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor

D. Shostakovich

1974
1784

Quartet for piano and winds in E-flat

WA. Mozart

1842

3 String Quartets

R. Schumann

Other renowned works

1964 - String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat major Dmitri Shostakovich

1946 - String Quartet No. 3 in F major Dmitri Shostakovich

1923 - String Quartet No. 1, “The Kreutzer Sonata” Leoš Janáček

1893 - String Quartet No. 12 in F major, “Americký” Antonín Dvořák

1876 - String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, “Aus meinem Leben” Bedřich Smetana

1875 - Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor Johannes Brahms

1873 - Quartet in E minor Giuseppe Verdi

1871 - String Quartet No. 1 in D major Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1826 - String Quartet No. 15 in G major Franz Schubert

1826 - String Quartets, “Late String Quartets” Ludwig van Beethoven

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).

1770 .. 1980 : the essential composers

1756-1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart °

1770-1827 Ludwig van Beethoven °

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 °

1843-1907 Edvard Grieg °

1813-1883 Richard Wagner °

1840-1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky °

° : 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 ...


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Instrumental music

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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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