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The 20th-century classical music greatest works

1900

The ones you know or you must know.

1999
3700+ works listed
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1928

Boléro M. Ravel

Work for orchestra

1937

Carmina Burana C. Orff

Work for choir

1924

Rhapsody in Blue G. Gershwin

Work for orchestra with soloist

1913

The Rite of Spring I. Stravinsky

Ballet

1901

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor S. Rachmaninoff

Work for orchestra with soloist

1935

Romeo and Juliet S. Prokofiev

Ballet

1902

Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor G. Mahler

Work for orchestra

1936

Peter and the Wolf S. Prokofiev

Work for orchestra

1936

Adagio for strings S. Barber

Work for chamber orchestra

1905

Violin Concerto in D minor J. Sibelius

Work for orchestra with soloist

The 19th-century classical music greatest works

Other renowned works

1954 - The Barber of Seville Gioachino Rossini

1941 - Quartet for the End of Time Olivier Messiaen

1928 - An American in Paris George Gershwin

1917 - Symphony No. 1 in D major Sergei Prokofiev

1914 - The Planets Gustav Holst

1910 - The Firebird Igor Stravinsky

1901 - Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar

1900 - Symphony No. 4 in G major Gustav Mahler

1900 - Finlandia Jean Sibelius

1899 - Transfigured night Arnold Schoenberg

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).

1900 .. 2000 : the essential composers

1882-1971 Igor Stravinsky °

1860-1911 Gustav Mahler °

1841-1904 Antonín Dvořák °

1843-1907 Edvard Grieg °

1813-1901 Giuseppe Verdi °

1865-1957 Jean Sibelius °

1858-1924 Giacomo Puccini °

1862-1918 Claude Debussy °

1873-1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff °

1875-1937 Maurice Ravel °

1857-1934 Edward Elgar °

1928-2020 Ennio Morricone

° : 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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