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adagios G
: Albinoni, JS
Bach, Barber, Khachaturian,
R Schumann
African-American/-European composers: [Henry 'Harry' Burleigh], Coleridge-Taylor, [Duke Ellington], Joplin, [Ulysses Kay], [The Chevalier de Saint-Georges (née Joseph Boulogne)], Still, [George Walker], [Clarence Cameron White]
airs/ayres G : Campion, Dowland, Morley
aleatory music G c1940 to present: Babbitt, Boulez, CAGE, Feldman, Foss, Stockhausen, XENAKIS
allegros G : Elgar, Ravel, R Schumann
Ancient music (see Medieval & Ancient music)
anthems G c1500-c1800+: +Billings, Blow, +Boyce, -Byrd, ++Finzi, Gibbons, +Handel, ++Howells, Lawes, Locke, -Morley, Purcell, -Sheppard, ++Sowerby, -Tallis, Tomkins, Weelkes
antiphons G : Dufay, Dunstable, Taverner
arabesques G : Debussy, R Schumann
arpeggione, G music for: Schubert (D821)
arrangements (see transcriptions)
Ars nova school G : Machaut, Vitry
Asian music, composers influenced by: Alain, Bizet, Borodin, Boulez, Britten, Cage, Cowell, Debussy, Delibes, GLASS, GRIFFES, HARRISON, Holst, HOVHANESS, Jolivet, Khachaturian, Ligeti, McPHEE, Messiaen, Ravel, REICH, Riley, Rimsky-Korsakov, Roussel, Saint-Saëns, Stockhausen, Szymanowski, TAKEMITSU, Tcherepnin, Varèse
Avant-garde style G c1950 to present:
predominantly of the 'American school': CAGE, Feldman, Kolb
predominantly of the 'European school': Berio, BOULEZ, Górecki, Holliger, Kagel, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Maderna, Nono, Penderecki, Scelsi, STOCKHAUSEN, Xenakis
bagatelles G : Bartók, Beethoven, Dvorák, Finzi, Ligeti, Webern
ballades G (à la Chopin): Chopin, Fauré, Martin
ballets G (and pantomime ballets G ) and/or suites drawn from them (see also masques & stage/dramatic works):
c1600-1900: +Adam, +DELIBES, +Glazunov, -LULLY, +Ponchielli, -Rameau, +TCHAIKOVSKY
1900 to present: Barber, -Bartók, Bernstein, Bliss, -Carpenter, Carter, COPLAND, -Debussy, -Dukas, -Falla, Gerhard, -Glière, Gould, -Honegger, KHACHATURIAN, Lambert, -Milhaud, -Pierné, -Piston, -Poulenc, -Prokofiev, -RAVEL, -Respighi, -Roussel, -Satie, Shchedrin, -Shostakovich, -STRAVINSKY, Tailleferre, Weill
band, concert wind (see winds/wind band/military band)
barcarolles G : Chopin, Offenbach
Baroque Period G (c1600-c1750) composers:
British: Blow, +HANDEL, -Lawes, Locke, -Philips, PURCELL
French: +Boismortier, M-A CHARPENTIER, +F COUPERIN, L Couperin, +Lalande, +Leclair, LULLY, Marais, +RAMEAU
German: +JS BACH, Bruhns, BUXTEHUDE, -Froberger, +Heinichen, +Krebs, Pachelbel, -Scheidemann, -Scheidt, -Schein, -SCHÜTZ, +TELEMANN, Weckmann, +Weiss, +Zelenka
Italian: +ALBINONI, -Allegri, -Caccini, Carissimi, -Cavalli, +CORELLI, -FRESCOBALDI, Geminiani, +Locatelli, -MONTEVERDI, Pasquini, +A Scarlatti, Stradella, Torelli, +VIVALDI
bass, double-, music for: Franck, Glière, Martinu, Rossini, Schubert (D667 & D803)
bass viol (see viola da gamba)
basso-continuo, G music featuring c1625-c1775: +CPE Bach, +JC Bach, JS Bach, Blow, CORELLI, F Couperin, HANDEL, Leclair, Marais, -Monteverdi, Pachelbel, Purcell, +Quantz, -Schütz, +Tartini, TELEMANN, VIVALDI
bassoon (see also winds & woodwinds):
unaccompanied or in a chamber setting (including sonatas; see also quintets--wind quintets): F Couperin, Glinka, Milhaud, Piston, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns
as featured instrument with orchestra (including concertos): J Haydn, Mozart, Weber
bel canto style G (early 19th Century) composers: Adam, Auber, BELLINI, DONIZETTI, Flotow, Glinka, Mercadante, Meyerbeer, Pacini, ROSSINI
Biedermeier style G (early 19th Century) composers: Franz, Loewe, MENDELSSOHN, Nicolai, Spohr
blues, composers influenced by (see also jazz, popular music/song, ragtime): GERSHWIN, Riley, Sowerby, Tippett
brass, music for c1550 to present (see also canzonas, French horn, trumpet, winds): +Arnold, +Bliss, +Copland, -G Gabrieli, +Gould, +Hindemith, -Locke, +Pärt, -Schein
canons G : Nancarrow, Pachelbel, Webern
cantatas G c1650 to present: -JS BACH, +Boulez, BRAHMS, +Britten, -Bruhns, -Buxtehude, -CARISSIMI, Coleridge-Taylor, Fauré, +Finzi, +Ginastera, -Handel, Janácek, +ORFF, Satie, -A SCARLATTI, -D Scarlatti, -Schein, +Schoenberg, -Stradella, -Telemann, +Walton
canzonas G (see also instrumental ensemble): Frescobaldi, Froberger, A Gabrieli, G Gabrieli
caprices/capriccios G : Janácek, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Paganini, Rimsky-Korsakov, Saint-Saëns, Tárrega, Tchaikovsky
carols G : Adam, Britten, Mendelssohn, Praetorius, Rutter
unaccompanied c1700 to present (including unaccompanied sonatas): -JS BACH, +Bloch, +Britten, +Crumb, -J Haydn, +Hindemith, +Kodály, Offenbach
in chamber music setting c1700 to present (including accompanied sonatas; see also quartets--string quartets, quintets--string quintets): +Barber, Beethoven, +Bloch, -BOCCHERINI, Brahms, Bridge, +Britten, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, +Kodály, +Martinu, +Miaskovsky, Offenbach, +Pärt, +Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saëns, +Schnittke, R Schumann, +Shostakovich, R Strauss, +Villa-Lobos
as featured instrument with orchestra c1700 to present (including concertos): -CPE Bach, +Barber, Beethoven, +Bloch, -BOCCHERINI, Brahms, +Britten, Bruch, DVORÁK, ELGAR, -J HAYDN, Herbert, +Khachaturian, Lalo, Offenbach, Saint-Saëns, +Schnittke, R SCHUMANN, +Shostakovich, R Strauss, +Tavener, Tchaikovsky, -Vivaldi, +Walton
chaconnes G : Buxtehude, Purcell
chamber concertos G : Arnold, Berg, Cage, Ligeti, Stravinsky, Vivaldi
chamber music G /small ensemble, general (multiple works, & for various forms; see also consort music, instrumental ensemble, music theatre, quartets, quintets, septets..., sextets, sonatas, trio sonatas, trios, chamber music subheadings under individual instruments):
c1600-1825: +JC Bach, JS Bach, +BEETHOVEN, -Biber, Boismortier, +Cherubini, F Couperin, +Danzi, +Dittersdorf, +Donizetti, +Hasse, +Hummel, +Krebs, -Lawes, -Locke, Marais, -PURCELL, Rameau, +Reicha, +Rossini, Sammartini, -Scheidt, -Schein, +SCHUBERT, +Soler, +Spohr, +K Stamitz, -Stradella, TELEMANN, Torelli, VIVALDI, Zelenka
1825-1925: +Arensky, +Bax, Berwald, +Bridge, +Busoni, +Casella, -Cherubini, +Coleridge-Taylor, +DEBUSSY, +Dohnányi, -Donizetti, +Elgar, FAURÉ, Franck, Gade, +Glazunov, Glinka, Gounod, -Hummel, +Indy, +Karg-Elert, +Kodály, Lalo, +Loeffler, +Nielsen, Paine, +Pierné, +Ravel, +Reger, -Reicha, Reinecke, -Rossini, +Roussel, +Schoenberg, -SCHUBERT, -Spohr, +Suk, +Taneyev, +Tournemire, +Webern, +Zemlinsky
1925 to present: Arnold, -Bax, +Berio, +Bolcom, -Bridge, Cage, -Casella, Cowell, +Davies, -Dohnányi, Dutilleux, -Elgar, -Enescu, +Feldman, Fine, Finney, +Foss, Françaix, Ginastera, -Glazunov, Glière, +Górecki, Hába, +Harbison, Harrison, Holmboe, Hovhaness, +Husa, Ibert, Jolivet, +Kagel, -Karg-Elert, -Kodály, Kokkonen, +Kolb, Korngold, +Kraft, Krenek, +Ligeti, -Loeffler, +Lutoslawski, Maderna, Malipiero, Martin, Martinu, McPhee, Messiaen, Milhaud, -Moeran, -Nielsen, +Perle, Persichetti, Petrassi, +Piazzolla, -Pierné, Piston, Pizzetti, +Powell, -RAVEL, +Reich, Riegger, +Riley, +Rochberg, +Rorem, -Roussel, Ruggles, +Sallinen, +Scelsi, +Schnittke, -Schoenberg, +Schuller, Still, +Stockhausen, -Suk, Tailleferre, +Takemitsu, -Tournemire, +Tower, Tubin, -Villa-Lobos, -Webern, +Wolpe, +Wuorinen, +Xenakis, -Zemlinsky, +Zwilich
chamber operas G : Britten, Ginastera, Holst, Stravinsky
chamber/small orchestra, G music for (see orchestral music--chamber/small orchestra)
chamber symphonies G : Milhaud, Schoenberg, Webern
chance events (see aleatory music)
chansons G c1350-c1600 (see also songs): -Binchois, Clemens, -Dufay, Gombert, Janequin, Josquin, La Rue, +Lasso, -Machaut, Ockeghem, Willaert
chant & other monophonic G music (see Gregorian chant/plainchant)
children or amateurs, music for: Britten, Davies, Holst, Humperdinck, Kodály, Orff, Persichetti, Prokofiev (Op.67), Saint-Saëns ('Carnival of the Animals')
choral/choral-orchestral music, general (multiple works, & for various genres; see also anthems, cantatas, church music, concertatos, Glorias, Magnificats, masses, oratorios, Passions, psalm settings, requiems, sacred vocal music, Stabat Maters, Te Deums):
c1650-1825: Arne, CPE Bach, JS BACH, +BEETHOVEN, +Billings, -BUXTEHUDE, HANDEL, Hasse, +MOZART, Pachelbel, Purcell, +Rossini, +Schubert, -SCHÜTZ, +Spohr, Vivaldi, Zelenka
1825-1925: -BERLIOZ, +Boulanger, BRAHMS, Bruch, BRUCKNER, +Coleridge-Taylor, +Delius, Dvorák, +ELGAR, +Fauré, Franck, +Grainger, Grieg, +Holst, +Janácek, Liszt, Mahler, +Martin, -MENDELSSOHN, +Nielsen, Paine, Parry, +Rachmaninov, +Reger, -Rossini, -Schubert, +Scriabin, -Spohr, +Stanford, +Stenhammar, +Szymanowski, +Vierne, +Warlock
1925 to present: Alfvén, Bergman, Bernstein, Bliss, Britten, Cowell, Dallapiccola, Duruflé, -Elgar, Fine, Finney, Finzi, +Górecki, -Grainger, Hanson, Harbison, Harris, -Holst, Hovhaness, HOWELLS, +Husa, Ireland, -Janácek, KODÁLY, Lutoslawski, Martin, Messiaen, Moeran, ORFF, +Pärt, +Penderecki, Pizzetti, Poulenc, Prokofiev, -RACHMANINOV, +Rorem, +RUTTER, Schoenberg, Schuman, Stravinsky, -Szymanowski, +Tavener, Thompson, Tippett, -Varèse, -Vaughan Williams, -Vierne, -Villa-Lobos, Walton, -Warlock, Weill
chorales G (see also hymns): Pachelbel, Praetorius
church music/services (see also sacred vocal music, masses, anthems): JS Bach, Byrd, Cavalli, F Couperin, Fux, Gounod, Monteverdi, Sheppard, Sullivan
clarinet (see also woodwinds & winds):
in chamber music setting c1775 to present (including sonatas; see also quintets--wind quintets): +Arnold, Brahms, -Glinka, +Honegger, Janácek, +Milhaud, -MOZART, +Piston, +Poulenc, +Ravel, Saint-Saëns, R Schumann, -WEBER
as featured instrument with orchestra (see concertos--clarinet)
Classical ('Classic') Period G (c1750-c1825) composers: BEETHOVEN, BOCCHERINI, Cimarosa, Danzi, Dittersdorf, Grétry, J HAYDN, M Haydn, MOZART, Paisiello, Piccini, Salieri
concert overtures (see orchestral music--concert overtures)
concertatos, sacred G : Scheidt, Schütz
concerti grossi G c1675-c1775+: Albinoni, JS BACH, ++Bloch, CORELLI, +Geminiani, HANDEL, +Locatelli, ++Martin, ++Martinu, -Muffat, ++Schnittke, -Stradella, Telemann, -Torelli, Vivaldi
concertos G /concertinos G (see also chamber concertos, concerti grossi, featured instrument with orchestra, orchestral music--concertos for orchestra):
general (multiple works, and for various featured instruments):
c1700-1850: -Albinoni, CPE BACH, JC Bach, -JS BACH, Cimarosa, Danzi, Dittersdorf, -HANDEL, J HAYDN, M Haydn, -Heinichen, +Hummel, -Locatelli, Mercadante, Paisiello, Salieri, Sammartini, +Spohr, -J Stamitz, K Stamitz, Tartini, -TELEMANN, -Torelli, -VIVALDI
1850 to present: Alwyn, -Arensky, +Arnold, BARTÓK, +Carter, Casella, Copland, +Corigliano, +Creston, Elgar, +Françaix, +Ginastera, Glazunov, +Harrison, +Holmboe, +Hovhaness, +Jolivet, +Kabalevsky, +Khachaturian, Korngold, +Kraft, Krenek, -Lalo, +Larsson, +Lutoslawski, Martinu, Milhaud, Moeran, NIELSEN, Pfitzner, Piston, Ponce, Poulenc, -Reinecke, +Rodrigo, +Schnittke, +Schuller, +Shchedrin, +SHOSTAKOVICH, Stenhammar, R STRAUSS, -Svendsen, Tailleferre, -TCHAIKOVSKY, +Tubin, +WALTON, +Wuorinen, +Zwilich
bassoon (see also bassoon--featured instrument with orchestra): Mozart, Weber
cello c1700 to present (see also cello--featured instrument with orchestra): -CPE Bach, +Barber, Beethoven, -BOCCHERINI, Brahms, DVORÁK, +ELGAR, -J HAYDN, +Khachaturian, Lalo, Saint-Saëns, +Schnittke, R Schumann, +Shostakovich, -Vivaldi, +Walton
clarinet c1775 to present: +COPLAND, +Finzi, -Mercadante, -MOZART, NIELSEN, -Spohr, Stanford, -WEBER
flute c1700 to present (see also flute--featured instrument with orchestra): -CPE BACH, +IBERT, Mercadante, -MOZART, +NIELSEN, -Quantz, -K Stamitz, +Takemitsu, -TELEMANN, -Vivaldi
guitar c1800 to present (see also guitar--featured instrument with orchestra): +Arnold, +Castelnuovo-Tedesco, -Giuliani, +RODRIGO, +Villa-Lobos, --Vivaldi
harp (see also harp--featured instrument with orchestra): Boieldieu, Ginastera, Glière, Mozart
harpsichord (see also harpsichord--featured instrument with orchestra & keyboard--chamber or orchestral): JS Bach, Carter, Falla, Poulenc
horn, French c1700 to present (see also horn, French--featured instrument with orchestra): -J Haydn, -MOZART, +R STRAUSS, -Telemann
keyboard (see also keyboard--chamber or orchestral): J Haydn
mandolin: Vivaldi
oboe c1700 to present (see also oboe--featured instrument with orchestra): -Albinoni, -CPE Bach, -JS Bach, Bellini, -Cimarosa, -Handel, -Mozart, +R Strauss, -Telemann, +Vaughan Williams, -Vivaldi
organ (see also keyboard--chamber or orchestral & organ--chamber or orchestral): Handel, Poulenc
piano c1760 to present (see also keyboard--chamber or orchestral & piano--featured instrument with orchestra): Balakirev, +Barber, +BARTÓK, -BEETHOVEN, +Berg, BRAHMS, Busoni, +Cage, +Carter, CHOPIN, +Gershwin, +Ginastera, GRIEG, -Hummel, +Ireland, +Khachaturian, LISZT, MacDowell, +Martinu, +Medtner, Mendelssohn, -MOZART, Paderewski, +Poulenc, +Prokofiev, RACHMANINOV, RAVEL, Rubinstein, Saint-Saëns, +Schoenberg, C Schumann, R SCHUMANN, +Shostakovich, TCHAIKOVSKY, -Weber
recorder/piccolo: Telemann, Vivaldi
saxophone: Glazunov
trumpet c1650 to present (see also trumpet--featured instrument with orchestra): J Haydn, M Haydn, Hummel, +Shostakovich, Tartini, -Telemann, -Torelli, -Vivaldi
viola (see also viola--featured instrument with orchestra): Bartók, Schnittke, Telemann, Walton
violin c1650 to present (see also violin--featured instrument with orchestra): -JS BACH, +Barber, +Bartók, BEETHOVEN, +Berg, +Bloch, BRAHMS, BRUCH, +Delius, Dvorák, Elgar, +Glazunov, Goldmark, +KA Hartmann, J Haydn, +Henze, +Hindemith, +Khachaturian, +Korngold, MENDELSSOHN, Mozart, +Nielsen, Paganini, +Penderecki, +Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, +Schoenberg, +Shostakovich, +Sibelius, Spohr, +Stravinsky, +Szymanowski, Tartini, TCHAIKOVSKY, -Telemann, Vieuxtemps, Viotti, -VIVALDI, +Walton, +Weill, Wieniawski
concertos for orchestra (see orchestral music--concertos for orchestra)
consort music G c1550-c1675: -BYRD, DOWLAND, Gibbons, +Lawes, +Locke, -Morley, Philips, Tomkins
continuo, music employing (see basso-continuo)
dances (see ballets, chaconnes, folk music/dance settings, mazurkas, minuets, passacaglias, pavanes, polonaises, quadrilles, waltzes)
divertimentos G : Bartók, Ibert, MOZART, Satie
electronic music (see magnetic tape-based music)
English horn, music for (see horn, English)
etudes G : Bartók, Chopin, Czerny, Debussy, Liszt, Messiaen, Nancarrow, R Schumann, Scriabin, Villa-Lobos
exotic instruments, compositions featuring (see unusual or exotic...)
exotic sources, composers employing (see also Asian music): Cowell, Harrison, Holst, Hovhaness, Jolivet, McPhee, Messiaen, Orff, Partch, Riley, Takemitsu
Exoticist style G 20th Century: Cowell, Harrison, McPhee, Orff, Riley, Takemitsu
Experimentalist style G 20th Century: Cowell, Crawford Seeger, Harrison, Nancarrow, Oliveros, Partch, Ruggles, Varèse
Expressionist style G 20th Century: Berg, KA Hartmann, Henze, Husa, Kraft, Krenek, Schnittke, Schoenberg, Webern
fanfares G : Copland, R Strauss (beginning of Op.30)
fantasies/fantasias G c1600 to present: -JS Bach, Chopin, -Gibbons, Liszt, Mozart, +Reger, +Rodrigo, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, R Schumann, Tchaikovsky, +Tippett, +Vaughan Williams, +Vierne, +Walton
featured instrument(s) with orchestra (multiple works, & for various featured instruments; see also listings for individual instruments, concerti grossi, concertos): Elgar, Foss, Hovhaness, Lalo, Martin, Pierné, Penderecki, Schuller, Tower, Vaughan Williams
film scores & orchestral suites drawn from them (see also multi/mixed-media works & stage works): Alwyn, Arnold, Bennett, Bliss, Blitzstein, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Copland, Glass, Honegger, Kagel, Korngold, Prokofiev, Tailleferre, Takemitsu, Thomson, Walton
flute (see also woodwinds & winds):
unaccompanied c1700 to present: -CPE Bach, -JS BACH, +Berio, DEBUSSY, +Ibert, +Jolivet, +Stockhausen, +VARÈSE
in chamber music setting c1700 to present (including sonatas; see also quintets--wind quintets): -CPE Bach, -JS Bach, -Boismortier, Debussy, Fauré, +Françaix, Giuliani, -Handel, +Harrison, +Ibert, +Jolivet, -Leclair, +Martin, +Martinu, +Piston, +Poulenc, +Prokofiev, -Quantz, Ravel, Reinecke, +Still, +Stockhausen, +Takemitsu, -Telemann, +Varèse, -Vivaldi
as featured instrument with orchestra c1700 to present (including concertos): -CPE BACH, -Cimarosa, -Gluck, Griffes, +Harrison, +Ibert, +Jolivet, +Martin, Mercadante, -MOZART, NIELSEN, -Quantz, -K Stamitz, +Takemitsu, -Telemann, +Vaughan Williams, -Vivaldi
folk music/dance settings c1600 to present: Albéniz, +Arnold, +Bartók, Brahms, +Brouwer, +Canteloube, Dvorák, +Enescu, +Grainger, Grieg, +Holst, +Kodály, Liszt, -Praetorius, +Respighi, +Vaughan Williams, +Warlock
folk music, nationality of composers influenced by (see also Nationalist style):
American: Beach, Cowell, Finney, Gershwin, Gottschalk, Harris, Hovhaness, Ives, MacDowell, Partch, Sowerby, Still, Thomson
Eastern European: BARTÓK, Chopin, DVORÁK, Enescu, Górecki, Hába, Husa, JANÁCEK, KODÁLY, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Martinu, Novák, Smetana, Szymanowski, Wieniawski, Zelenka
English/Irish: Bax, BUTTERWORTH, Coleridge-Taylor, Delius, Holst, Howells, Moeran, Rutter, Stanford, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Warlock
French: CANTELOUBE, Grétry, Milhaud
German/Austrian/Swiss: Brahms, Bruch, Dittersdorf, Franz, M Haydn, Humperdinck, Mahler, J Strauss Sr., TELEMANN, Weber
Italian/Spanish: Albéniz, Bellini, Berio, Falla, Gerhard, Giuliani, Granados, Moreno Torróba, Rodrigo, Sarasate, D SCARLATTI, Soler, Sor, Tartini, Turina
Latin American: Barrios, Brouwer, Chávez, Ginastera, Lauro, Ponce, VILLA-LOBOS
Russian: Balakirev, Borodin, Dargomïzhsky, Glière, GLINKA, Kabalevsky, KHACHATURIAN, Lyadov, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Shchedrin, Tchaikovsky, Tcherepnin
Scandinavian: Alfvén, GRIEG, JPE Hartmann, Holmboe, Nielsen, Sibelius, Svendsen
French horn (see horn, French)
French Neoclassical style 20th Century: Berkeley, Carter, Copland, Fine, Françaix, Ibert, Lambert, Martin, MARTINU, MILHAUD, POULENC, Roussel, STRAVINSKY, Tailleferre, Thomson
French opera, composers generally influenced by: Glinka, Gluck, Halévy
gamelan music, G composers influenced by: Britten, Debussy, Harrison, McPhee, Reich
German Neoclassical style 20th Century: HINDEMITH, Krenek, Weill
Gregorian chant/plainchant, G composers influenced by: Binchois, Dello Joio, Dufay, Dunstable, Duruflé, Hanson, Harris, Hildegard, Howells, Indy, Isaac, Kodály, Koechlin, Langlais, La Rue, Loeffler, Machaut, Malipiero, Messiaen, Morales, Obrecht, Palestrina, Pärt, Pérotin, Respighi, Rutter, Satie, Sheppard, Tallis, Tournemire, Widor
unaccompanied c1650 to present (including sonatas): Albéniz, +Barrios, +Britten, +Brouwer, Carulli, +Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Falla, +Ginastera, Giuliani, +Lauro, +Moreno Torróba, Paganini, +Piazzolla, +Ponce, +Rodrigo, SOR, +Takemitsu, Tárrega, +Turina, +Villa-Lobos
in chamber music setting c1775 to present: -BOCCHERINI, +Brouwer, -Carulli, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, -GIULIANI, Moreno Torróba, -Paganini, +Rodrigo, -Schubert, Sor, +Takemitsu, +Villa-Lobos
as featured instrument with orchestra c1800 to present (including concertos): +Arnold, +Brouwer, +Castelnuovo-Tedesco, -Giuliani, +RODRIGO, +Takemitsu, +Villa-Lobos, --Vivaldi (originally for lute or mandolin)
harmonium, G music for: Dvorák, KARG-ELERT
unaccompanied: Fauré, Pierné, Spohr
in chamber music setting (including sonatas): Britten, Debussy, Françaix, Ibert, Pierné, Ravel, Spohr, Still
as featured instrument with orchestra (including concertos): Boieldieu, Debussy, Ginastera, Glière, Martin, Mozart, Pierné, Vaughan Williams
harpsichord (see also keyboard instrument):
unaccompanied c1600 to c1775+ (including sonatas; see also sonatas--keyboard instrument): +JS Bach, F COUPERIN, -L Couperin, -Frescobaldi, -Froberger, Handel, +J Haydn, +Krebs, +RAMEAU, +D SCARLATTI
in chamber or orchestral settings c1700 to present (including concertos): -JS Bach, +Carter, -F Couperin, +Falla, -J Haydn, +Martin, +Poulenc, -Rameau, +Schnittke
horn, English, music for: Copland, Warlock
horn, French, music for (see also brass & winds):
in solo or chamber settings c1800 to present (including sonatas; see also quintets--wind quintets): Brahms, Dukas, +Harrison, Hindemith, -R Schumann, Warlock
as featured instrument with orchestra c1700 to present (including concertos): +Britten, -J Haydn, -Mozart, R Strauss, -Telemann
hymns G : Billings, Howells, Praetorius, Victoria
Impressionist style G c1890 to present: Boulanger, Casella, Carpenter, DEBUSSY, Enescu, Griffes, Karg-Elert, Koechlin, Loeffler, Malipiero, Mompou, RAVEL, Roussel, SATIE, Szymanowski, Takemitsu
impromptus G : Fauré, Schubert
incidental music (see orchestral music--incidental music)
indeterminate music (see aleatory music)
instrumental ensemble, music for (general and miscellaneous categories, for small to medium-sized forces; see also canzonas, chamber music, consort music): Biber, Foss, Frescobaldi, A Gabrieli, G Gabrieli, Locke, Maderna, Pärt, Partch, Reich, Riley, Schuller, Varèse
Italian opera, composers generally influenced by: Glinka, Gluck, Handel, Hasse, Heinichen, Henze, Paganini, Rameau, Sor, Tchaikovsky
jazz, composers influenced by (see also blues, popular music/song, ragtime): Adams, Arnold, Bennett, Berg, Bernstein, Bliss, Blitzstein, BOLCOM, CARPENTER, Copland, Dello Joio, Druckman, GERSHWIN, Gould, Grofé, Harbison, Henze, Hindemith, Ibert, Kolb, Kraft, Krenek, LAMBERT, Loeffler, Martinu, MILHAUD, Nancarrow, Piazzolla, Powell, Ravel, Reich, Riley, Rorem, Satie, SCHULLER, Sowerby, Still, Stravinsky, Takemitsu, Tippett, Tubin, WEILL, Wolpe
keyboard instrument, G music for c1500-c1775+ (see also harpsichord, piano, organ):
unaccompanied (see also sonatas--harpsichord, sonatas--keyboard, sonatas--piano): +CPE Bach, +JC Bach, +JS BACH, +WF Bach, Blow, +Boyce, -Bull, -Byrd, +Cimarosa, +Clementi, FRESCOBALDI, Froberger, +Fux, Gibbons, +HANDEL, +J Haydn, ++Ligeti, -Luzzaschi, Pasquini, -Philips, Purcell, +D SCARLATTI, Scheidt, +Soler, -Sweelinck, -Tallis, Tomkins
in chamber or orchestral settings (see also listings for piano & harpsichord): +JS Bach, +Handel, +J Haydn, +Mozart, Purcell
Latin American composers: Barrios, Brouwer, Chávez, Davidovsky, Ginastera, Kagel, [Augustin Lara], Lauro, Nancarrow, Piazzolla, Ponce, Villa-Lobos
lieder G (see also songs & song cycles): Berg, BRAHMS, Franz, Lasso, Liszt, Loewe, Mahler, Mendelssohn-Hensel, Reinecke, Schoenberg, SCHUBERT, C Schumann, R SCHUMANN, Senfl, R Strauss, WOLF
Light Classical style: Anderson, Grofé, Herbert, Joplin, Kreisler, Lehár, Offenbach, J Strauss Jr., J Strauss Sr., Jos Strauss, Sullivan, Suppé
lute, music for: JS BACH, Campion, DOWLAND, Vivaldi, WEISS
madrigals G : Byrd, Caccini, Frescobaldi, A Gabrieli, GESUALDO, Gibbons, Hassler, Lasso, Luzzaschi, Marenzio, MONTEVERDI, Morley, Palestrina, Philips, Rore, Schein, Tomkins, Weelkes, Wert, Willaert
magnetic tape-based/electronic/electric instruments-based music (see also Avant-garde): Babbitt, Berio, Boulez, Cage, Crumb, Davidovsky, Druckman, Holliger, Hovhaness, Kagel, Kolb, Ligeti, Maderna, Nono, Oliveros, Powell, Reich, Riley, STOCKHAUSEN, Varèse, Wuorinen, Xenakis
Magnificats G : JS Bach, Hovhaness, Lasso, Pachelbel, Palestrina, Schütz, Taverner
mandolin, music for: Vivaldi
Mannheim school composers G : Danzi, Jommelli, J Stamitz, K Stamitz
marches G : Chabrier, Elgar, J Strauss Jr., J Strauss Sr., Tchaikovsky
masques G (see also ballets & stage works): Arne, Blow, Campion, Handel, Vaughan Williams
c1350-1750: +JS BACH, -Binchois, Byrd, +M-A Charpentier, Clemens, +F Couperin, -Dufay, -Dunstable, +Fux, Gombert, Guerrero, Hassler, -Isaac, -Josquin, -La Rue, Lasso, -Machaut, Monteverdi, Morales, -Obrecht, -Ockeghem, PALESTRINA, Rore, +A Scarlatti, Schütz, Senfl, Sheppard, Tallis, Taverner, Victoria, Willaert
1750 to present: -BEETHOVEN, Berlioz, Bruckner, -Cherubini, -Cimarosa, -J Haydn, -M Haydn, +Howells, +Kodály, +Langlais, -MOZART, -Schubert, +Stravinsky, +Vaughan Williams, Vierne, Verdi
Medieval & Ancient music, composers generally influenced by (see also Gregorian chant): Górecki, Harrison, Indy, Krenek, Lambert, Ligeti, Messiaen, Orff, Pärt, Partch, Pizzetti, Satie, Schuman, Tavener, Varèse, Xenakis
Medieval Period composers: Hildegard, [Léonin], Machaut, Pérotin, Vitry
microtonal music G : Hába, Partch
military band, music for (see winds/wind band/military band)
Minimalist style G c1965 to present: Adams, GLASS, Górecki, Pärt, REICH, Riley
minuets G : Boccherini, Paderewski
motets G :
c1200-1500: +Dufay, +Dunstable, +Isaac, +Josquin, +La Rue, Machaut, +Obrecht, +Ockeghem, -Pérotin, -Vitry
1500-1750: +JS Bach, Byrd, M-A Charpentier, -Clemens, +F Couperin, Frescobaldi, +Fux, G Gabrieli, Gesualdo, -Gombert, -Guerrero, -Isaac, -Josquin, +Lalande, -La Rue, -Lasso, Lully, -Morales, +Pachelbel, -Palestrina, Philips, Praetorius, +Rameau, -Rore, +A Scarlatti, Scheidt, Schein, Schütz, -Senfl, -Sheppard, Sweelinck, -Tallis, -Taverner, Victoria, Wert, -Willaert
multi/mixed-media works c1960 to present (see also music theatre & narrated works): Glass, Kagel, Oliveros, Reich
music theatre G c1950 to present (see also narrated works): Berio, Cage, Davies, Henze, Kagel, Oliveros, Partch, Reich
Mystical style 20th Century: Alain, Crumb, Jolivet, Langlais, Messiaen, Scelsi, Scriabin, Tavener
narrated works 20th Century (see also music theatre & stage works): Copland, Henze, Honegger, Penderecki, Prokofiev, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Walton
Nationalist style G c1850 to present:
African-American: Still
American: COPLAND, Gottschalk, Harris, Ives, Thomson
Argentinian: Ginastera
Brazilian: VILLA-LOBOS
Czech: DVORÁK, Hába, Janácek, Smetana
English: Butterworth, Finzi, Grainger, Holst, Moeran, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Warlock
Finnish: SIBELIUS
French: Canteloube
Paraguayan: Barrios
Polish: Szymanowski
Russian: Balakirev, Borodin, Lyadov, MUSSORGSKY, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky
Spanish: Albéniz, Falla, Gerhard, Granados, Rodrigo
Venezuelan: Lauro
Native Americans music, composers influenced by: Beach, Chávez, Griffes, Partch, VILLA-LOBOS
Neoclassical style G 20th Century (see also French Neoclassical & German Neoclassical): Bloch, BRITTEN, Casella, Chávez, Dallapiccola, FALLA, Foss, Harbison, Holmboe, Lutoslawski, Orff, Persichetti, Petrassi, Piston, PROKOFIEV, Sessions, Tcherepnin, Tippett
Neoromantic style G 20th Century: Alwyn, Argento, Arnold, BARBER, Bliss, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Corigliano, Creston, Dello Joio, Diamond, Dupré, Duruflé, Hanson, HONEGGER, Hovhaness, Howells, Kabalevsky, Khachaturian, Kokkonen, Menotti, Pizzetti, PROKOFIEV, Rochberg, Rorem, Sallinen, Schuman, Shchedrin, SHOSTAKOVICH, Sowerby, Still, Thompson, Tower, Tubin, WALTON, Zwilich
New England school G composers: Beach, Paine
nocturnes G : Chopin, Debussy, Field, Szymanowski
nonets (see septets, octets, nonets)
oboe (see also woodwinds & winds):
in solo or chamber music settings (including sonatas; see also quintets--winds): Britten, Hindemith, Holliger, Mozart, Poulenc, R Schumann
as featured instrument with orchestra (including concertos): Albinoni, CPE Bach, JS Bach, Bellini, Cimarosa, Françaix, Handel, Holliger, Mozart, R Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi, Telemann
octets (see septets, octets, nonets)
odes G : Blow, Handel, Purcell
operas, G all genres (including chamber operas; see also stage works):
c1600-1800: Albinoni, +Arne, +JC Bach, -Caccini, -Cavalli, M-A Charpentier, +Cherubini, +Cimarosa, Fux, +GLUCK, +Grétry, HANDEL, +Hasse, Heinichen, +Jommelli, -Lully, Marais, +Mayr, +Méhul, -MONTEVERDI, +MOZART, +Paisiello, Pasquini, Pergolesi, +Piccinni, PURCELL, RAMEAU, +Salieri, A Scarlatti, Stradella, Vivaldi
1800-1900: Adam, Auber, -Beethoven, -BELLINI, Berlioz, BIZET, -Boieldieu, +Boito, +Borodin, +Chabrier, +G Charpentier, -Cherubini, Cui, Dargomïzhsky, +Delibes, -DONIZETTI, +Dvorák, +Fibich, Flotow, +Giordano, Glinka, Goldmark, Gounod, Halévy, JPE Hartmann, +Humperdinck, +Lalo, +Leoncavallo, +Mascagni, +MASSENET, -Mayr, -Méhul, Mercadante, MEYERBEER, +MUSSORGSKY, Nicolai, Offenbach, Pacini, +Ponchielli, +PUCCINI, +Rimsky-Korsakov, -ROSSINI, +Rubinstein, +Saint-Saëns, -Salieri, +Smetana, -Spohr, -Spontini, +Tchaikovsky, Thomas, VERDI, WAGNER, -WEBER
1900 to present: +Adams, +Argento, Barber, -Bartók, -BERG, -Boito, BRITTEN, -Busoni, Copland, -Cui, Dallapiccola, +Davies, -Debussy, Dello Joio, -Dukas, -Dvorák, -Falla, -Fauré, Gershwin, Ginastera, -Giordano, +Glass, Hába, +Harbison, Henze, Hindemith, -Holst, -Humperdinck, -JANÁCEK, -Joplin, -Kodály, +Kokkonen, -Korngold, Krenek, -Leoncavallo, +Maderna, -Malipiero, Martinu, -Mascagni, MENOTTI, Milhaud, -Nielsen, Orff, -Pfitzner, Pizzetti, Poulenc, Prokofiev, -PUCCINI, -Ravel, -Respighi, -Rimsky-Korsakov, -Schoenberg, -Schreker, Shostakovich, Still, +Stockhausen, -R STRAUSS, Stravinsky, -Szymanowksi, Tailleferre, Thomson, Tippett, Vaughan Williams, Weill, -Wolf-Ferrari, -Zemlinsky
operettas G (see also stage works): Bernstein, Herbert, LEHÁR, OFFENBACH, J STRAUSS JR., SULLIVAN, Suppé, Weill
oratorios G c1600 to present: Berlioz, +Brahms, -Carissimi, -M-A Charpentier, +Elgar, +Franck, -Fux, HANDEL, J HAYDN, +Honegger, +Liszt, +Martin, Mendelssohn, -Pasquini, +Penderecki, +Satie, -A Scarlatti, -Schütz, Spohr, +Stravinsky, +Tippett
orchestral music (see also ballets, chamber symphonies, concerti grossi, concertos, film scores, orchestration, overtures & preludes, symphonies, winds):
chamber/small orchestra, G music for (see also chamber concertos & chamber symphonies): Davies, Hindemith, Ibert, Ives, Respighi, Stravinsky, Wagner, Webern, Wolf
concert overtures G : Balakirev, Berlioz, Brahms, Dvorák, Elgar, Mendelssohn, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schuman, Tchaikovsky
concertos for orchestra: Bartók, Kodály, Lutoslawski, Petrassi, Stravinsky, Tippett
incidental music G to plays, etc. (& suites drawn from them): Arne, Beethoven, Bizet, Copland, Fauré, Grieg, JPE Hartmann, Honegger, Humperdinck, Ibert, Kabalevsky, Lully, Mendelssohn, Nielsen, Paine, Schubert, R Schumann, Sessions, Sibelius, Vaughan Williams
sinfonia concertantes G & sinfonias G (see also concerti grossi): JC Bach, Cimarosa, Handel, J Haydn, Malipiero, Martin, Mozart, K Stamitz
string orchestras, G music for: Adams, Albinoni, Arensky, Bartók, Bliss, Bridge, Britten, Dvorák, Elgar, Finzi, Górecki, Grieg, Holst, Honegger, Mozart, Nielsen, Pärt, Penderecki, Purcell, Schoenberg, R Strauss, Stravinsky, Suk, Takemitsu, Tchaikovsky, Telemann, Tippett, Turina, Vaughan Williams, Warlock
suites for orchestra G : JS Bach, Bartók, Berg, Bernstein, Bizet, Bliss, Bridge, Carpenter, Copland, Debussy, Delius, Fauré, Glière, Gould, Grieg, Grofé, Handel, Hindemith, Holst, Honegger, Ives, Kabalevsky, Kodály, Massenet, Milhaud, Muffat, Nielsen, Piston, Ravel, Respighi, Rimsky-Korsakov, Roussel, Sessions, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Smetana, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Walton
symphonic ('tone') poems G c1850 to present: -Balakirev, Bax, -Borodin, Debussy, Delius, DUKAS, -FRANCK, Gershwin, Glière, -Goldmark, Honegger, Ibert, Koechlin, -LISZT, MacDowell, -Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, RESPIGHI, -Rimsky-Korsakov, Schoenberg, Scriabin, SIBELIUS, -Smetana, -R STRAUSS, -Tchaikovsky, Webern, Zemlinsky
theme and variations G for orchestra (including works with featured instrument): Arensky, Brahms, Britten, Bruch, Carter, Delius, Dohnányi, Dvorák, Elgar, Franck, Hindemith, Indy, Kodály, Lutoslawski, Reger, Schoenberg, R Strauss, Tchaikovsky
various other forms, or general:
c1675-1800: +JC Bach, JS Bach, Boyce, Handel, -Lalande, +Mozart, J Stamitz, Telemann, -Torelli
1800-1925: +Albéniz, +Alfvén, +Arensky, +Bartók, +Berg, -Berlioz, Bizet, +Bliss, Borodin, Brahms, +Butterworth, +Carpenter, +Casella, Chabrier, +Coleridge-Taylor, Cui, Dargomïzhsky, +Debussy, +Delius, Duparc, Dvorák, +Elgar, +Enescu, +Fibich, +Fauré, Glinka, +Grainger, Grieg, +Griffes, +Hindemith, +Holst, +Honegger, +Indy, +Ireland, +Ives, +Janácek, +Korngold, Liszt, +Loeffler, +Lyadov, Massenet, -Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky, +Novák, Offenbach, Paine, Ponchielli, +Prokofiev, +Rachmaninov, +Ravel, +Reger, Rimsky-Korsakov, +Roussel, Saint-Saëns, +Satie, +Schoenberg, +Sibelius, Smetana, +Stenhammar, J Strauss Jr., J Strauss Sr., Jos Strauss, +R Strauss, +Suk, Sullivan, Tchaikovsky, +Turina, +Varèse, +Vaughan Williams, Wagner, +Warlock, -Weber, +Webern
1925 to present: +Adams, -Alfvén, Anderson, Arnold, Barber, -Bartók, -Berg, +Berio, Bernstein, Bliss, +Bolcom, Boulez, -Bridge, Britten, -Carpenter, Carter, -Casella, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Copland, Cowell, Creston, +Crumb, -Delius, Dello Joio, +Druckman, Dutilleux, -Elgar, -Enescu, Fine, Finzi, Gerhard, -Gershwin, +Glass, +Górecki, Gould, -Grainger, -Grofé, Harris, Henze, Hindemith, -Holst, Honegger, Husa, Ibert, -Ireland, -Janácek, Khachaturian, Kodály, +Kolb, Korngold, -Lambert, Larsson, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Martinu, McPhee, Messiaen, Milhaud, Moeran, +Pärt, Piazzolla, Piston, Prokofiev, -Rachmaninov, -Ravel, -Riegger, +Rorem, -Roussel, -Ruggles, +Sallinen, Scelsi, +Schnittke, -Schoenberg, -Schreker, +Schuller, Schuman, Sessions, +Shchedrin, Still, Stockhausen, -R Strauss, +Takemitsu, +Tower, -Turina, Varèse, Vaughan Williams, Walton, -Warlock, -Webern, +Wuorinen, +Xenakis, +Zwilich
orchestration, G composers particularly noted for their talent at: Berlioz, Debussy, Dukas, Mahler, Ravel, Respighi, Rimsky-Korsakov, R Strauss, Wagner, Weber
organ (see also keyboard instrument):
unaccompanied (including sonatas):
c1500-1800: +CPE Bach, +JS BACH, Bruhns, BUXTEHUDE, -Cabezón, +F Couperin, L Couperin, FRESCOBALDI, -G Gabrieli, -Hassler, +Krebs, Pachelbel, Scheidemann, Scheidt, -Sweelinck, Weckmann
1800 to present: +Alain, -Alkan, Dupré, +Duruflé, FRANCK, +Glass, Glazunov, +Howells, Ireland, Ives, Karg-Elert, +Langlais, +Ligeti, -LISZT, -Mendelssohn, +MESSIAEN, Nielsen, Parry, REGER, Saint-Saëns, +Sowerby, Tournemire, Vierne, WIDOR
in chamber or orchestral settings c1700 to present (including concertos): -Albinoni, -Handel, +Poulenc, Saint-Saëns
Orthodox Church music traditions, composers influenced by:
Greek: TAVENER
Russian: PÄRT, Penderecki, RACHMANINOV, Schnittke, TAVENER
overtures G & preludes G (to stage works): Barber, BEETHOVEN, Berlioz, Bernstein, Borodin, Cherubini, Glinka, Gluck, Kabalevsky, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Mussorgsky, Nielsen, Offenbach, Purcell, ROSSINI, Schubert, R Schumann, Smetana, Suppé, Verdi, WAGNER, Weber
pantomime ballets (see ballets)
passacaglias G : JS Bach, Buxtehude, Webern
Passions G : JS Bach, Pärt, Penderecki, Schütz, Victoria
pavanes G : Byrd, Fauré, Gibbons, Ravel
in chamber music setting: Bartók, Cage, Crumb, Ginastera, Harrison, Kraft, McPhee, Partch, Reich, Varèse, Xenakis
in an orchestral setting: Bartók, Copland, Kraft, Martinu, McPhee, Shchedrin, Varèse
piano (see also keyboard instrument):
unaccompanied (including sonatas; see also sonatas--keyboard instrument):
c1775-1900: +ALBÉNIZ, Alkan, +Balakirev, +Beach, -BEETHOVEN, +BRAHMS, +Busoni, Chabrier, CHOPIN, +Cui, Czerny, +DEBUSSY, +Fauré, Franck, +Fibich, -Field, Gade, +Glazunov, Glinka, Gottschalk, +GRANADOS, +Grainger, +GRIEG, -J Haydn, -Hummel, +Ives, +Janácek, +Joplin, LISZT, +Lyadov, +MacDowell, MENDELSSOHN, Mendelssohn-Hensel, +Moszkowski, -MOZART, Mussorgsky, +Nielsen, +Paderewski, +RACHMANINOV, Raff, +Ravel, +Reger, Rossini, Rubinstein, +Satie, SCHUBERT, C Schumann, R SCHUMANN, +SCRIABIN, +Sinding, Smetana, +Suk, +Tchaikovsky, -Weber
1900 to present: -ALBÉNIZ, Babbitt, Barber, -Bartók, Bax, -Beach, -Berg, Berkeley, +Bolcom, Boulez, -Busoni, Cage, Carter, -Casella, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Copland, Cowell, +Crumb, -Cui, +Davies, -DEBUSSY, Dohnányi, -Fauré, Gerhard, -Gershwin, Ginastera, +Glass, -Glazunov, -GRANADOS, Grainger, -Griffes, Hindemith, Hovhaness, Howells, Ireland, -Ives, -Janácek, -JOPLIN, Kabalevsky, Khachaturian, Krenek, -Lyadov, -MacDowell, Medtner, Messiaen, Mompou, -Moszkowski, Nancarrow, -Nielsen, Paderewski, Persichetti, Piazzolla, Poulenc, PROKOFIEV, -RACHMANINOV, -RAVEL, -Reger, Rodrigo, -Roussel, -SATIE, Schoenberg, -SCRIABIN, Shostakovich, -Sinding, Still, +Stockhausen, Stravinsky, -Suk, -Szymanowski, Tcherepnin, Thomson, Tubin, -Turina, Villa-Lobos, Wolpe
general (multiple works, and for various forces) c1775 to present: Beach, -Beethoven, -Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, -Field, Franck, +Gerhard, -Hummel, +Ireland, +Martinu, +Medtner, Mendelssohn-Hensel, +Poulenc, Rachmaninov, Ravel, C Schumann, R Schumann, +Shostakovich, Sinding, Smetana, +Szymanowski, +Tcherepnin, +Turina, +Villa-Lobos
piano four hands G /two players c1775 to present: Bizet, Brahms, +Casella, Czerny, Fauré, Gottschalk, +Grainger, Grieg, +Lutoslawski, +Messiaen, +Milhaud, Moszkowski, Ravel, Satie, -Schubert
piano trios G c1775 to present: Arensky, -Beethoven, Brahms, +Bridge, Dvorák, Fauré, Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn-Hensel, Ravel, -Schubert, C Schumann, R Schumann, +Shostakovich, Smetana, Tchaikovsky
piano quartets G c1775 to present: Brahms, Fauré, -Mozart, R Schumann
piano quintets G c1775 to present: +Bax, +Bloch, Brahms, Dvorák, Elgar, Franck, -Schubert, R Schumann, +Shostakovich
miscellaneous specific combinations (especially sonatas with other instruments) c1775 to present: +Barber, +Bartók, -Beethoven, Bloch, Brahms, +Bridge, +Cage, Chausson, Chopin, +Crumb, Cui, Debussy, Dukas, +Enescu, Fauré, Franck, +Glière, Grieg, -J Haydn, +Hindemith, +Honegger, Janácek, +Jolivet, +Kreisler, +Martin, +Martinu, +Messiaen, +Milhaud, -Mozart, +Pärt, +Poulenc, +Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Ravel, -Rossini, Saint-Saëns, +Schnittke, -Schubert, C Schumann, R Schumann, +Shostakovich, Smetana, +Stockhausen, R Strauss, +Szymanowski, -Weber, Wieniawski
as featured instrument with orchestra c1775 to present (including concertos): Balakirev, +Barber, +BARTÓK, Beach, -BEETHOVEN, +Berg, +Bernstein, +Bloch, BRAHMS, Busoni, +Cage, +Carter, CHOPIN, +Dohnányi, +Falla, Fauré, -Field, Franck, +Gerhard, +Gershwin, +Ginastera, GRIEG, +Hindemith, -Hummel, Indy, +Ireland, +Kabalevsky, +Khachaturian, LISZT, +Lutoslawski, MacDowell, +Martin, +Martinu, +McPhee, +Medtner, MENDELSSOHN, +Messiaen, Moszkowski, -MOZART, Paderewski, +Poulenc, +Prokofiev, RACHMANINOV, Raff, RAVEL, Rubinstein, Saint-Saëns, +Schoenberg, C Schumann, R SCHUMANN, +Shostakovich, Sinding, Stravinsky, +Szymanowski, TCHAIKOVSKY, +Tcherepnin, +Turina, +Villa-Lobos, -Weber
political subjects, music on (see socio-political subjects, music on)
polkas, orchestral G : J Strauss Jr., J Strauss Sr., Jos Strauss
popular music/song traditions, composers generally influenced by (see also blues, folk music traditions, jazz, ragtime):
specific tradition(s) not noted: Arnold, Bennett, Blitzstein, BOLCOM, CARPENTER, Dello Joio, Grofé, Joplin, Kolb, Poulenc, SCHULLER, Tubin, Turina
European countries: Grétry, D SCARLATTI, Sor
Latin American countries: GOTTSCHALK, Ponce, VILLA-LOBOS
North American countries: GOTTSCHALK, Ives, Still
Post-Classical style G c1800-c1850: Boieldieu, Carulli, Cherubini, Clementi, Czerny, Field, Giuliani, Hummel, Mayr, Méhul, PAGANINI, Reicha, ROSSINI, SCHUBERT, Sor, Spontini, Viotti, WEBER
Pre-Classical style G c1725-c1775: Arne, CPE BACH, JC Bach, WF Bach, Boyce, GLUCK, Hasse, Jommelli, Pergolesi, Quantz, Sammartini, D SCARLATTI, Soler, J Stamitz, K Stamitz, Tartini
preludes (see overtures)
prepared piano, G works for: Cage, Cowell
primitivistic elements, G composers employing: Jolivet, Orff, Stravinsky, Varèse
psalm settings G : Allegri, Bernstein, M-A Charpentier, Clemens, Honegger, Janequin, Kodály, Lasso, Reger, Schütz, Stravinsky, Willaert
quadrilles, orchestral G : J Strauss Jr., J Strauss Sr.
string quartets G (form or forces) c1750 to present: +Barber, +BARTÓK, -BEETHOVEN, +Berg, +Bloch, -Boccherini, Borodin, Brahms, +Britten, +Carter, +Cowell, +Crawford, Debussy, Dvorák, +Elgar, +Fauré, Franck, +Ginastera, Grieg, +Hába, -J HAYDN, +Holmboe, Ives, +Janácek, +Ligeti, +Lutoslawski, Mendelssohn, +Miaskovsky, -MOZART, +Prokofiev, Puccini, Ravel, +Sallinen, +Schnittke, +Schoenberg, -SCHUBERT, +SHOSTAKOVICH, Sibelius, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, +Tippett, +Turina, Verdi, +Villa-Lobos, +Webern, Wolf
piano quartets (see piano--piano quartets)
multiple works, or for other instrumental combinations: Cage, Crumb, Diamond, Dvorák, Françaix, Messiaen, Mozart, Pierné, Rossini
string quintets G (form or forces): Boccherini, Bruckner, Mozart, Schubert
piano quintets (see piano--piano quintets)
wind quintets G (form or forces): Danzi, Françaix, Hindemith, Ibert, Ligeti, Martinu, Milhaud, NIELSEN, Poulenc, Reicha, Stravinsky
other combinations: Arnold, JC Bach, JS Bach, Beethoven, BOCCHERINI, Brahms, Françaix, MOZART, Roussel, Weber
ragtime, composers influenced by (see also jazz, popular songs/music): BOLCOM, CARPENTER, GERSHWIN, Gould, Krenek, LAMBERT, Satie, Stravinsky
recorder/piccolo, music for: Blow, Boismortier, Handel, Reich, Stockhausen, Telemann, Vivaldi
religious music (see anthems, cantatas, choral music, church music, Glorias, hymns, Magnificats, masses, motets, oratorios, Passions, psalm settings, religious subjects, requiems, sacred vocal music, Stabat Maters, Te Deums)
religious subjects, music on: Bloch, Dello Joio, Gorecki, Hildegard, Honegger, Messiaen, Penderecki, Tavener
Renaissance Period G (c1400-c1600) composers:
Dutch/Franco-Flemish: -Binchois, Clemens, -DUFAY, Gombert, Isaac, JOSQUIN, La Rue, +LASSO, Obrecht, -Ockeghem, +Sweelinck
English: +Bull, +BYRD, +Campion, +DOWLAND, -Dunstable, +Gibbons, +Morley, Sheppard, +Tallis, Taverner, +Tomkins, +Weelkes
French: +Janequin
German: +Hassler, +Praetorius, Senfl
Italian: +A Gabrieli, +G GABRIELI, +Gesualdo, +Luzzaschi, +Marenzio, +PALESTRINA, Rore, +Wert, Willaert
requiems G : Berlioz, BRAHMS, Britten, Cherubini, Duruflé, FAURÉ, MOZART, Schütz, Takemitsu, VERDI, Victoria
rhapsodies G : Alfvén, Bartók, Bloch, Brahms, Butterworth, Chabrier, Delius, Dvorák, Enescu, Gershwin, Janácek, Kodály, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Ravel
romances G : Dvorák, Rubinstein, C Schumann, R Schumann, Vaughan Williams
Romantic Period G (c1825-c1925) composers:
Czech Romantic: +Suk
English Romantic: +Bax, +ELGAR, +Ireland, Sullivan
French Romantic: -Adam, Alkan, -Auber, -BERLIOZ, BIZET, +Chabrier, +G Charpentier, +Chausson, -CHOPIN, Delibes, +Dukas, Duparc, +FAURÉ, +FRANCK, Gottschalk, Gounod, -Halévy, +Indy, +Lalo, +Massenet, -Meyerbeer, +Pierné, +SAINT-SAËNS, Thomas, +Tournemire, +Vierne, Vieuxtemps, +Widor
German Romantic: -Berwald, BRAHMS, Bruch, Bruckner, +DVORÁK, -Flotow, Franz, Gade, Goldmark, +Humperdinck, +Korngold, LISZT, -Loewe, +MAHLER, -MENDELSSOHN, -Mendelssohn-Hensel, -Nicolai, +Pfitzner, Raff, +Reger, Reinecke, +SCHOENBERG, +Schreker, -C Schumann, -R SCHUMANN, +Sinding, -Spohr, +R STRAUSS, WAGNER, +Wolf, +Zemlinsky
Italian Romantic: -BELLINI, Boito, -DONIZETTI, +Giordano, +Leoncavallo, +Mascagni, -Mercadante, -Pacini, Ponchielli, +PUCCINI, +Respighi, VERDI, +Wolf-Ferrari
Late Romantic: Alfvén, Beach, Bridge, Busoni, Coleridge-Taylor, DELIUS, Dohnányi, Enescu, Fibich, MacDowell, Moszkowski, NIELSEN, Paderewski, Parry, Sarasate, SIBELIUS, Stanford, Stenhammar, Tárrega
Middle Romantic: Paine, Wieniawski
Russian Romantic: +Arensky, Cui, Dargomïzhsky, +Glazunov, +Glière, -Glinka, +Medtner, +Miaskovsky, +RACHMANINOV, Rubinstein, +Scriabin, +Taneyev, +TCHAIKOVSKY
rondos G : Field, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Saint-Saëns
sacred vocal/choral music (various genres; see also anthems, cantatas, choral music, church music, Glorias, hymns, Magnificats, masses, motets, oratorios, psalm settings, religious subjects, requiems, Stabat Maters, Te Deums):
c1350-1600: -Binchois, +Byrd, +A Gabrieli, +G Gabrieli, +Guerrero, +Hassler, --Hildegard, +Lasso, -Machaut, +Monteverdi, +Philips, +Praetorius, +Rore, +Sweelinck, +Tallis, Taverner, +Victoria
1600-1850: -Allegri, CPE Bach, JS Bach, +Berlioz, Billings, -Buxtehude, -Byrd, -Carissimi, -M-A Charpentier, F Couperin, -G Gabrieli, Handel, Hasse, -Hassler, Jommelli, +Liszt, +Mendelssohn, -Monteverdi, Mozart, Pachelbel, Pergolesi, -Philips, -Praetorius, +Rossini, A Scarlatti, D Scarlatti, -Scheidt, -Schein, +Schubert, -Schütz, -Sweelinck, Vivaldi, -Weckmann, Zelenka
1850 to present: -Berlioz, +Bernstein, -Brahms, +Britten, -Bruckner, +Duruflé, -Dvorák, Elgar, Fauré, -Franck, -Gounod, Holst, +Hovhaness, Howells, Kodály, -Liszt, -Parry, +Pärt, +Penderecki, Poulenc, Rachmaninov, -Reger, Stanford, Stravinsky, +Tavener, Vaughan Williams, -Verdi, Vierne, Webern, Weill
saxophone, music for: Françaix, Glazunov, Pierné
scherzos G : Dukas, Glière, Wieniawski
Second Viennese school G composers: Berg, Schoenberg, Webern
septets, octets, nonets G : Beethoven, Hába, Martinu, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Schoenberg, Schubert, Spohr, Stravinsky, Varèse, Villa-Lobos
serenades G : Brahms, Britten, Dvorák, Elgar, Mozart, Roussel, Stenhammar, Suk, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams, Wolf
Serial technique, G composers associated with: Babbitt, Bennett, BERG, Carter, Dallapiccola, Davidovsky, Davies, Druckman, Finney, Gerhard, Ginastera, Krenek, Perle, Petrassi, Powell, Riegger, Rochberg, SCHOENBERG, Schuller, Sessions, Stravinsky, Tower, WEBERN, Wolpe, Wuorinen, Zwilich
services (see church music & religious music)
sextets: Beethoven, Brahms, Davies, Dvorák, Janácek, Poulenc, Schoenberg, Xenakis
sinfonies concertantes (see orchestral music--sinfonia concertantes)
sinfonias (see orchestral music--sinfonia concertantes)
socio-political subjects, music on: Berio, Blitzstein, Henze, Nono, Penderecki, Weill
sonatas G and sonatinas G (by primary named instrument):
general (multiple works, and for various featured instruments): Arnold, CPE Bach, JS Bach, Bartók, Carter, Hindemith, Honegger, Poulenc, Telemann, Vivaldi
bassoon: Saint-Saëns
cello c1775 to present: +Barber, -Beethoven, -Boccherini, Brahms, Bridge, -Chopin, +Crumb, Debussy, Hindemith, Kodály, Martinu, +Miaskovsky, +Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saëns, +Schnittke, +Shostakovich, R Strauss
clarinet: Arnold, Brahms, Honegger, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns
flute: CPE Bach, JS Bach, Debussy, Giuliani, Handel, Leclair, Martinu, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Reinecke
guitar: Ginastera, Giuliani, Moreno Torróba, Sor
harpsichord (see also sonatas--keyboard): D Scarlatti, Soler
horn: Hindemith
keyboard instrument: CPE Bach, JC Bach, Cimarosa, Clementi, J Haydn, D Scarlatti, Soler
organ: CPE Bach, Mendelssohn
piano c1775 to present (see also sonatas--keyboard): +Barber, Bax, -BEETHOVEN, Berg, +Boulez, Brahms, +Carter, -Chopin, -Clementi, +Copland, -Field, +Ginastera, Griffes, +Hindemith, Ives, Janácek, Liszt, MacDowell, Miaskovsky, -MOZART, +PROKOFIEV, -Schubert, -R Schumann, SCRIABIN
trumpet: Hindemith
viola: Debussy
violin c1650 to present: -JS Bach, +Bartók, BEETHOVEN, -Biber, +Bloch, Brahms, -Corelli, +Debussy, +Enescu, +Fauré, FRANCK, -Geminiani, Grieg, +Janácek, -Leclair, Mozart, +Prokofiev, +Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Spohr, +R Strauss, +Szymanowski, -Tartini, -Vivaldi
song cycles/collections G c1800 to present (see also lieder, songs, voice, featured solo): +Barber, -Berlioz, +Boulez, +Britten, Butterworth, Canteloube, +Copland, +Crumb, Debussy, Delius, FAURÉ, Grieg, Griffes, +Henze, Hindemith, Mahler, -Mussorgsky, +Poulenc, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, +Rorem, Schoenberg, -SCHUBERT, -R SCHUMANN, Sullivan, Vaughan Williams, Villa-Lobos, Warlock, Webern, WOLF
songs (usually with piano or orchestral accompaniment; see also chansons, lieder, madrigals, song cycles):
c1550-1800: +Arne, Blow, -Byrd, -Caccini, -Campion, -Dowland, -Guerrero, +J Haydn, -Lasso, Lawes, Purcell, A Scarlatti
1800-1900: +Balakirev, +Beach, -Bellini, Berlioz, Borodin, BRAHMS, +Chabrier, +Chausson, +Cui, Dargomïzhsky, +Dvorák, +DEBUSSY, +Delius, +Duparc, +FAURÉ, -Giuliani, Glinka, Gounod, +Granados, +Grieg, +Ives, +Koechlin, +Leoncavallo, Liszt, +MacDowell, +Mahler, +Mascagni, +Massenet, Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky, +Nielsen, +Pfitzner, +Rachmaninov, +Ravel, +Reger, +Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini, Rubinstein, +Schoenberg, -SCHUBERT, R SCHUMANN, +Sibelius, +Sinding, -Sor, +Stanford, +Stenhammar, +R Strauss, +Sullivan, +Tchaikovsky, -Weber, +WOLF, +Zemlinsky
1900 to present: Barber, -Bartók, -Beach, -Berg, +Bolcom, -Boulanger, Britten, -Butterworth, Canteloube, -Carpenter, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Copland, -Cui, -DEBUSSY, -Delius, Diamond, -Falla, -FAURÉ, Finzi, -GERSHWIN, Grainger, -Griffes, +Henze, Ireland, -Ives, -Koechlin, -Leoncavallo, -Mahler, Mascagni, -Massenet, Medtner, Milhaud, -NIELSEN, -Pfitzner, -Ponce, POULENC, -Rachmaninov, -Ravel, -Reger, -Respighi, Rodrigo, +ROREM, -Roussel, Schoenberg, -Schreker, -Sibelius, -Sinding, -Stanford, -Stenhammar, R Strauss, -Szymanowski, Turina, Vaughan Williams, Villa-Lobos, -Warlock, -Webern, WEILL, -Wolf-Ferrari, -Zemlinsky
spoken word (see narrated works)
Stabat Maters G : Dvorák, Palestrina, Pärt, Pergolesi, Poulenc, Rossini, Szymanowski
stage/dramatic works, general (see also ballets, film scores, masques, multi/mixed-media works, music theatre, operas, operettas, oratorios, orchestral music--incidental music, overtures): Arne, Bennett, Berlioz, Bernstein, Blitzstein, M-A Charpentier, Corigliano, Delius, Dittersdorf, Fibich, Gershwin, Honegger, Kabalevsky, Kagel, Lehár, Locke, Maderna, Moreno Torróba, Nono, Oliveros, Orff, Purcell, Shostakovich, Stradella, Tailleferre, Weill
string orchestra, music for (see orchestral music--music for string orchestras)
string quartets (see quartets--string quartets)
string quintets (see quintets--string quintets)
suites G (exclusive of for orchestra alone; see also orchestral music--suites): Albéniz, JS Bach, Berg, Bloch, Britten, F Couperin, Debussy, Fauré, Françaix, Froberger, Granados, Handel, Milhaud, Mussorgsky, Piazzolla, Ravel, Satie, Schnittke, R Schumann, Suk, Tchaikovsky, Weiss
symphonic poems (see orchestral music--symphonic poems)
symphonies G :
1750-1825: -CPE Bach, -JC Bach, +BEETHOVEN, Boccherini, -Boyce, Clementi, Dittersdorf, J HAYDN, M Haydn, +Méhul, MOZART, -Sammartini, +SCHUBERT, +Spohr, -J Stamitz, K Stamitz
1825-1925: +Alfvén, Arensky, Balakirev, -BERLIOZ, -Berwald, Bizet, Borodin, BRAHMS, BRUCKNER, Chausson, DVORÁK, +ELGAR, Fibich, Franck, Gade, +Glazunov, -Gottschalk, Indy, +Ives, Liszt, +MAHLER, -MENDELSSOHN, +NIELSEN, Paine, Parry, +Rachmaninov, Raff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rubinstein, Saint-Saëns, +Schoenberg, -SCHUBERT, -R SCHUMANN, +Scriabin, +SIBELIUS, -Spohr, +Stanford, +Stenhammar, +R Strauss, +Suk, Svendsen, +Szymanowski, Taneyev, TCHAIKOVSKY, +VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, +Zemlinsky
1925 to present: -Alfvén, Alwyn, Arnold, Barber, -Bax, Bernstein, +Bolcom, Britten, Chávez, Copland, +Corigliano, Cowell, +Davies, Diamond, Dutilleux, +Glass, -Glière, +Górecki, Hanson, Harris, KA Hartmann, Henze, Hindemith, Holmboe, -HONEGGER, Hovhaness, Kabalevsky, Khachaturian, Kokkonen, Larsson, -MARTINU, Messiaen, -Miaskovsky, Milhaud, -Moeran, -Nielsen, +Pärt, Persichetti, Piston, -Prokofiev, -Rachmaninov, -Riegger, Rochberg, -Roussel, +Sallinen, +Schnittke, -Schoenberg, Schuman, Sessions, SHOSTAKOVICH, Still, -Stravinsky, -Szymanowski, Tcherepnin, Thompson, Tubin, -VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Walton, -Webern
Te Deums G : Berlioz, Bruckner, M-A Charpentier, Dvorák, Langlais
'Third Stream' style G (20th Century) composers: Druckman, Schuller
toccatas G : JS Bach, Frescobaldi, Froberger, Pachelbel, Widor
tone poems (see orchestral music--symphonic poems)
transcriptions & arrangements of other composers' works: Busoni, Czerny, Liszt, Moszkowski, Tárrega
trio sonatas G c1650-c1775: Albinoni, Buxtehude, CPE Bach, Corelli, F Couperin, Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi, Zelenka
trios (see also chamber music):
piano trios (see piano--piano trios)
other combinations: Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Glinka, J Haydn, Martinu, Milhaud, Mozart, Piston, Poulenc, Schoenberg, Zemlinsky
trombone, solo: Berio
trumpet (see also brass & winds):
unaccompanied or in a chamber setting: Enescu, Hindemith, Saint-Saëns
as featured instrument with orchestra (including concertos): Copland, J Haydn, M Haydn, Hummel, Shostakovich, Tartini, Telemann, Torelli, Vivaldi
unaccompanied instrumentalist, works for (see also listings for individual instruments): JS Bach, Berio, Britten, Perle, Persichetti, Reger, Scelsi, Xenakis
unusual or exotic instruments/instrumental combinations: Grainger, Harrison, Holliger, Hovhaness, McPhee, Messiaen, Partch, Reich, Takemitsu
(theme and) variations G (exclusive of orchestra alone; see also orchestral music--theme and variations): JS Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Copland, Dohnányi, Franck, Hindemith, Ives, Lutoslawski, Marais, Mendelssohn, Pierné, Reger, Sor, R Strauss, Tchaikovsky
verismo style G (late 19th Century) composers: G Charpentier, Giordano, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Puccini
Vernacularist style G 20th Century: Bernstein, Blitzstein, Bolcom, Gershwin, Gould, Piazzolla, Rutter, Weill
unaccompanied or in a chamber music setting (including sonatas; see also quartets--string quartets & quintets--string quintets): Bloch, Bruch, Debussy, Hindemith, Mozart, Pärt
as featured instrument with orchestra (including concertos): Bartók, Berlioz, Bloch, Corelli, Hindemith, Mozart, Schnittke, Telemann, Walton
viola da gamba, G music for (see also consort music): F Couperin, Marais, Morley, Purcell
unaccompanied: JS Bach, Bartók, PAGANINI, Vieuxtemps, Wieniawski
in chamber music setting (including sonatas; see also quartets--string quartets & quintets--string quintets):
c1650-1850: JS Bach, +BEETHOVEN, -Biber, -CORELLI, -F Couperin, Geminiani, Leclair, Locatelli, Mozart, -Pachelbel, +Paganini, -Purcell, +Schubert, +R Schumann, +Spohr, -Stradella, Tartini, +Vieuxtemps, Vivaldi
1850 to present: Bartók, Bloch, -Brahms, -Chausson, -Cui, Debussy, Enescu, -Fauré, -FRANCK, -Grieg, +Harrison, Janácek, Kodály, Kreisler, +Pärt, Prokofiev, Ravel, -Saint-Saëns, -Sarasate, +Schnittke, -C Schumann, -Smetana, R Strauss, Szymanowski, -Vieuxtemps, -Wieniawski
as featured instrument with orchestra (including concertos):
c1650-1850: Albinoni, JS BACH, +BEETHOVEN, Geminiani, Handel, J Haydn, Leclair, +MENDELSSOHN, MOZART, +Paganini, +Spohr, -Stradella, Tartini, Telemann, Vieuxtemps, +Viotti, VIVALDI
1850 to present: Barber, Bartók, Berg, Bloch, -BRAHMS, -BRUCH, -Chausson, Delius, -Dvorák, Elgar, Glazunov, -Goldmark, +Harrison, KA Hartmann, +Henze, Hindemith, Khachaturian, Korngold, -LALO, -Massenet, Nielsen, +Penderecki, PROKOFIEV, Ravel, -SAINT-SAËNS, -Sarasate, Schoenberg, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Stravinsky, Szymanowski, -TCHAIKOVSKY, Vaughan Williams, -Vieuxtemps, Walton, Weill, -Wieniawski
voice, featured solo, w/orchestra (various contexts exclusive of opera):
c1625-1800: JS Bach, -Buxtehude, Handel, +Hasse, +J Haydn, +Mozart, Pergolesi, -Purcell, -Schütz, Vivaldi
1800-1900: -Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Bruckner, +Delius, +Dvorák, +Fauré, Franck, +Grieg, -J Haydn, Liszt, +Mahler, Mendelssohn, -Rossini, -Schubert, Spohr, +R Strauss, +Verdi
1900 to present: Barber, -Berg, Bergman, +Berio, Bernstein, -Boulanger, Boulez, Britten, Canteloube, -Coleridge-Taylor, +Crumb, Dallapiccola, -Delius, Duruflé, -Falla, -Fauré, Finzi, Ginastera, +Górecki, +Harbison, Henze, Honegger, Hovhaness, Howells, -Janácek, Kodály, Lambert, -Mahler, Martin, Orff, +Pärt, +Penderecki, Poulenc, Prokofiev, -Rachmaninov, -Ravel, +Reich, -Satie, Schoenberg, R Strauss, Stravinsky, -Szymanowski, +Tavener, Thomson, Tippett, Varèse, Vaughan Williams, -Vierne, Walton, -Zemlinsky
voice, wordless, music for: Rachmaninov, Reich, Villa-Lobos
voice(s), unaccompanied, pre-20th Century music for (see anthems, cantatas, Magnificats, masses, sacred vocal music)
voice(s), unaccompanied, 20th Century music for: Berio, Cage
waltzes G : Barrios, Chopin, Lauro, Lehár, Liszt, Ravel, Sibelius, J STRAUSS JR., J STRAUSS SR., Jos Strauss, Tchaikovsky
wind quintets (see quintets--winds)
winds/ G wind band/military band, music for (see also concertos, quintets--winds, sonatas, listings under individual wind instruments): Arnold, Beethoven, Berlioz, Dvorák, Françaix, Gould, Grainger, Handel, Holst, Husa, Koechlin, Mercadante, Messiaen, Milhaud, Mozart, Persichetti, Reicha, Schoenberg, Schuller, R Strauss, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi
women composers: [Violet Archer], Beach, Boulanger, [Cécile Chaminade], Crawford, [Vivian Fine], [Peggy Glanville-Hicks], Hildegard, Kolb, [Joan La Barbara], [Libby Larsen], [Elisabeth Lutyens], Mendelssohn-Hensel, [Meredith Monk], [Thea Musgrave], Oliveros, C Schumann, Tailleferre, Tower, Zwilich
woodwinds, music for (multiple works, & for various forms; see also concertos, sonatas, winds, listings under individual woodwind instruments): Danzi, Milhaud, Wolf-Ferrari