Music Guide
Introduction
This page features prominent examples of Western art music, covering all major genres and periods.
Medieval
| instrumental | dance | La Rotta anonymous |
| standalone | Dou mal qui m'a longuement fait languir Machaut |
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| vocal | plainchant | O pastor animarum Hildegard von Bingen |
| monophonic | Je Vivroie Liement Machaut |
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| polyphonic | Messe de Nostre Dame - Kyrie Machaut |
Renaissance
| dance | |
| Barriera Cesare Negri |
Pavan and Galliard a6 Byrd |
| solo |
| Mr Dowland's Midnight Dowland |
| sacred vocal | secular vocal |
| Sicut Cervus Palestrina |
Ce jour de l'an Dufay |
Baroque
| chamber | concerto |
| Flute Sonata No 2 - Siciliano Bach |
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 - Allegro moderato Bach |
| dance | vocal |
| Orchestral Suite No. 2 - Menuet Bach |
Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus Handel |
| solo | |
| Well-Tempered Clavier - Prelude 1 Bach |
Pastorale in F Major - Andantino tranquillo Bach |
Classical
| solo | |
| Violin Sonata No. 17 - Andante sostenuto Mozart |
Sonata Semplice - Andante Mozart |
| concerto | concerto |
| Trumpet Concerto - Allegro Haydn |
Clarinet Concerto - Adagio Mozart |
| symphony | vocal |
| Symphony No. 40 - Molto Allegro Mozart |
Ave Verum Corpus Mozart |
| symphony | piano |
| Symphony No. 5 - Allegro con brio Beethoven |
Moonlight Sonata - Adagio sostenuto Beethoven |
Romantic
| symphony | |
| New World Symphony - Largo Dvorak |
Symphony No. 1 - Un poco sostenuto; Allegro Brahms |
| ballet | |
| Nutcracker - Dance of the Mirlitons Tchaikovsky |
Swan Lake - Dance Of The Swans Tchaikovsky |
| orchestral | |
| Also sprach Zarathustra - Sunrise R Strauss |
Danse Macabre Saint-Saëns |
| piano | |
| Songs Without Words - Op.30 No.1 Mendelssohn |
Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade I Mussorgsky |
| choral | lied |
| Paulus - Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr Mendelssohn |
Winterreise - Erstarrung Schubert |
Modern
| orchestral | |
| Downland Suite - Minuet Ireland |
Tuba Concerto - Prelude: Allegro Moderato Vaughan Williams |
| piano | |
| Preludes - La fille aux cheveux de lin Debussy |
3 Gymnopedies - Lent et grave Satie |
| vocal | |
| Carmina Burana - Fortuna Imperatrix mundi: O fortuna Orff |
Carmina Burana - Cour d'amours: In trutina Orff |
Opera
| Baroque overture | Baroque duet |
| Dido and Aeneas - Overture Purcell |
Giulio Cesare - Ritorni omai nel nostro core Mozart |
| Baroque aria | |
| Rinaldo - Lascia Ch'io pianga Handel |
Xerxes - Ombra mai fu Mozart |
| Classical overture | Classical duet |
| Don Giovanni - Overture Mozart |
Marriage of Figaro - Che soave zeffiretto (Sull'aria) Mozart |
| Classical aria | |
| Orfeo ed Eurydice - Gli sguardi trattieni Gluck |
Marriage of Figaro - Non più andrai Mozart |
| Romantic overture | Romantic duet |
| Barber of Seville - Overture Rossini |
La traviata - Libiamo, ne' lieti calici Verdi |
| Romantic aria | |
| Carmen - Votre toast Bizet |
L'elisir d'amore - Quanto è bella Donizetti |