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Compositions (REACH) Flashcards

List of compositions by each composer. * for Reach, QB everything.

1
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The Four Seasons (violin concerto)*

A

Antonio Vivaldi

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Orlando Furioso (opera)

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Antonio Vivaldi

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The Well-Tempered Clavier (collection for keyboard)*

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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Goldberg Variations (keyboard work)*

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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Art of Fugue (keyboard work: or Art of the Fugue)

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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French Suites (x6) & English Suites (x6)

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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Brandenburg Concertos (x6)*

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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St. Matthew Passion (NOT St. Matthew’s Passion)*

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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Notebook for Anna Magdelena (collection)

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Johann Sebastian Bach (mainly, with other composers too such as Petzold)

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Messiah (oratorio; NOT The Messiah)*

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George Frederick Handel

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11
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Water Music (orchestral suite)*

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George Frederick Handel

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12
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Music for the Royal Fireworks (orchestral suite)*

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George Frederick Handel

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13
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Symphony #94 in G Major, “Surprise”*

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Franz Joseph Haydn (any symphony number above 41 is probably Haydn)

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Symphony #100 in G Major, “Military”

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Franz Joseph Haydn (any symphony number above 41 is probably Haydn)

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Symphony #104 in D Major, “London”

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Franz Joseph Haydn (any symphony number above 41 is probably Haydn)

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The Seasons (oratorio)

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Franz Joseph Haydn

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The Creation (oratorio)

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Franz Joseph Haydn

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18
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Eine kleine Nachtmusik*

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Symphony #41 in C Major, “Jupiter”*

A

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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20
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The Abduction from the Seraglio (opera)

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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21
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Don Giovanni (opera)*

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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22
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Così fan tutte (opera)

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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The Magic Flute (opera; or Die Zauberflöte)*

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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The Marriage of Figaro (opera; or Le nozze di Figaro)*

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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25
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Requiem Mass*

A

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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26
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Symphony #3 in E♭ major, “Eroica”*

A

Ludwig van Beethoven

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27
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Symphony #5 in C minor*

A

Ludwig van Beethoven

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28
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Symphony #6 in F major, “Pastoral”

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Ludwig van Beethoven

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29
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Symphony #9 in D minor/major, “Choral”*

A

Ludwig van Beethoven

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30
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Fidelio (opera)*

A

Ludwig van Beethoven (opera’s original title was Leonore)

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31
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Piano Sonatas: nicknames include “Tempest”, “Appassionata”, “Waldstein”, “Hammerklavier”, “Moonlight”, & “Pathétique”*

A

Ludwig van Beethoven

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32
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Piano Concerto #5 in E♭ major, “Emperor”

A

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Leonore Overtures #1-3

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Ludwig van Beethoven (overtures were previous versions of the overture for Fidelio)

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34
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Die Forelle (lieder/German song)

A

Franz Schubert

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35
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Erlkönig (NOT Die Erlkönig)*

A

Franz Schubert

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36
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Die Winterreise (song cycle)*

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Franz Schubert

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37
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Die schöne Müllerin (song cycle)

A

Franz Schubert

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38
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Death and the Maiden (string quartet)*

A

Franz Schubert

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39
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Trout String Quintet*

A

Franz Schubert

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40
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Symphony #8 in B minor, “Unfinished”*

A

Franz Schubert

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41
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Piano Concerto #1 in E minor

A

Fréderic Chopin (almost ONLY wrote for piano)

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42
Q

Various Mazurkas, Waltzes, & Polonaises for piano*

A

Fréderic Chopin (almost ONLY wrote for piano)

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43
Q

Symphonie fantastique

A

Hector Berlioz

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44
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Les Troyens (opera)

A

Hector Berlioz

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45
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Turandot (opera)

A

Giacomo Puccini

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46
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Madama Butterfly (opera)*

A

Giacomo Puccini

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47
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La bohème (opera)*

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Giacomo Puccini

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48
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Tosca (opera)*

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Giacomo Puccini

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49
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Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (symphonic poem)*

A

Claude Debussy

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50
Q

Children’s Corner (solo piano)

A

Claude Debussy

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51
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Pélléas et Mélissande (opera)

A

Claude Debussy

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52
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Jeux (ballet)

A

Claude Debussy

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53
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Petrushka (ballet)*

A

Igor Stravinsky

54
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The Firebird (ballet)*

A

Igor Stravinsky

55
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The Rite of Spring (ballet)*

A

Igor Stravinsky

56
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The Coronation of Poppea (opera; or L’incoronazione di Poppea)*

A

Claudio Monteverdi (Claude Vermont)

57
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L’Orfeo

A

Claudio Monteverdi (Claude Vermont)

58
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Dido and Aeneas

A

Henry Purcell

59
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Giulio Cesare

A

George Frederick Handel

60
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Orfeo ed Euridice*

A

Christoph Willibald Gluck

61
Q

Symphony #3 in A minor, “Scottish”*

A

Felix Mendelssohn (nickname often grouped with “Italian” symphony)

62
Q

Symphony # 4 in A major, “Italian”*

A

Felix Mendelssohn (nickname often grouped with “Scottish” symphony)

63
Q

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (overture)*

A

Felix Mendelssohn

64
Q

The Hebrides (or Fingal’s Cave)*

A

Felix Mendelssohn

65
Q

Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64

A

Felix Mendelssohn

66
Q

Hungarian Rhapsodies (x19)*

A

Franz Liszt

67
Q

Mephisto Waltzes

A

Franz Liszt

68
Q

Totentanz (solo piano + orchestra)

A

Franz Liszt

69
Q

Má vlast (symphonic poems: includes “Vltava”, or “The Moldau”)*

A

Bedřich Smetana

70
Q

The Bartered Bride (opera)

A

Bedřich Smetana

71
Q

Eugene Onegin (opera)*

A

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (or any other similar spelling)

72
Q

The Queen of Spades (opera)

A

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (or any other similar spelling)

73
Q

Swan Lake (ballet)*

A

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (or any other similar spelling)

74
Q

The Nutcracker (ballet)*

A

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (or any other similar spelling)

75
Q

The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)

A

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (or any other similar spelling)

76
Q

Symphony #6 in B minor, “Pathétique”

A

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (or any other similar spelling)

77
Q

Romeo and Juliet Overture

A

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (or any other similar spelling)

78
Q

Dichterliebe (song cycle; or A Poet’s Love)

A

Robert Schumann

79
Q

Abegg Variations, Carnaval, Papillions (each collections for piano)

A

Robert Schumann (three collections grouped together for convenience)

80
Q

Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)*

A

Johannes Brahms

81
Q

Academic Festival Overture

A

Johannes Brahms

82
Q

La traviata (opera)*

A

Giuseppe Verdi (Joe Green)

83
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Rigoletto (opera)*

A

Giuseppe Verdi (Joe Green)

84
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Il torvatore (opera; The Troubadour)

A

Giuseppe Verdi (Joe Green)

85
Q

Aida (opera)*

A

Giuseppe Verdi (Joe Green)

86
Q

La forza del destino (opera)

A

Giuseppe Verdi (Joe Green)

87
Q

Otello (opera)

A

Giuseppe Verdi (Joe Green)

88
Q

Falstaff (opera)

A

Giuseppe Verdi (Joe Green)

89
Q

The Ring Cycle* (in order):

  • Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold)
  • Die Walküre (The Valkyrie)
  • Siegfried
  • Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods)
A

Richard Wagner

90
Q

Parsifal (opera)*

A

Richard Wagner

91
Q

Lohengrin (opera)*

A

Richard Wagner

92
Q

The Flying Dutchman (opera)

A

Richard Wagner

93
Q

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (opera; The Mastersingers of Nuremberg)

A

Richard Wagner

94
Q

Tannhäuser (opera)*

A

Richard Wagner

95
Q

Tristan und Isolde (opera)*

A

Richard Wagner

96
Q

Symphony #2 in C minor/major, “Resurrection”*

A

Gustav Mahler

97
Q

Symphony No. 8 in E♭ major, “Of a Thousand”*

A

Gustav Mahler

98
Q

Boléro*

A

Maurice Ravel

99
Q

Bluebeard’s Castle (opera)*

A

Béla Bartók

100
Q

Mikrokosmos (solo piano)*

A

Béla Bartók

101
Q

The Love for Three Oranges (opera)

A

Sergei Prokofiev

102
Q

War and Peace

A

Sergei Prokofiev

103
Q

Romeo and Juliet (ballet)*

A

Sergei Prokofiev

104
Q

Peter and the Wolf*

A

Sergei Prokofiev

105
Q

A Survivor from Warsaw*

A

Arnold Schoenberg

106
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Verklärte Nacht (string quartet; Transfigured Night)*

A

Arnold Schoenberg

107
Q

Pierrot lunaire

A

Arnold Schoenberg

108
Q

Wozzeck (opera)*

A

Alban Berg

109
Q

Lulu (opera)*

A

Alban Berg

110
Q

Quatour pour la fin du temps*

A

Olivier Messaien (composed piece in a POW camp, WWII, for instruments available at the time)

111
Q

Piano Concerto #2 in C minor*

A

Sergei Rachmaninoff

112
Q

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini*

A

Sergei Rachmaninoff

113
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Carmen (opera)*

A

Georges Bizet

114
Q

Elektra (opera)*

A

Richard Strauss (not to be confused with other Strausses)

115
Q

Salome (opera)

A

Richard Strauss (not to be confused with other Strausses)

116
Q

Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra)*

A

Richard Strauss (not to be confused with other Strausses)

117
Q

Der Rosenkavalier (opera; The Knight of the Rose)

A

Richard Strauss (not to be confused with other Strausses)

118
Q

Radetzky March*

A

Johann Strauss I (not to be confused with other Strausses)

119
Q

The Blue Danube (waltz; An der schönen blauen Donau)*

A

Johann Strauss II (not to be confused with other Strausses)

120
Q

Emperor Waltz (Kaiser-Waltzer)*

A

Johann Strauss II (not to be confused with other Strausses)

121
Q

Die Fledermaus*

A

Johann Strauss II (not to be confused with other Strausses)

122
Q

The Barber of Seville (opera)*

A

Gioachino Rossini

123
Q

William Tell (opera; Guillaume Tell)*

A

Gioachino Rossini

124
Q

La Cenerentola (opera; Cinderella)

A

Gioachino Rossini

125
Q

Symphony #9 in E minor, “From the New World”*

A

Antonín Dvořák

126
Q

American String Quartet

A

Antonín Dvořák

127
Q

Rusalka (opera)

A

Antonín Dvořák

128
Q

Pomp and Circumstance Marches*

A

Sir Edward Elgar

129
Q

The Planets*

A

Gustav Holst

130
Q

First Suite in E♭ for Military Band*

A

Gustav Holst

131
Q

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice*

A

Paul Dukas

132
Q

Sabre Dance (from Gayene (ballet))*

A

Aram Khachaturian

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