The Best of Classical Themes

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Albeniz; Tango in D • Arditi; Il Bacio (The Kiss) • Arensky; Gavotte • Waltz • Avelluto; Elena • Bach; Bourree • Gavotte in B Minor • Gavotte in D • Bach-Gounod; Ave Maria •Beethoven; Allegretto (Seventh Symphony) • Andante in C • Funeral March • Für Elise • Gertrude’s Dream • Minuet in G • Moonlight Sonata • Sonata Pathetique • Turkish March • Berlioz; Rakoczy March • Bizet; Carmen (Prelude) • Carmen (Ending Theme) • Castanet Song • Habanera • Boccherini; Menuetto • Bohm; Dancing Spirits • La Zingana • Bonheur; King George’s Gavotte • Borodin; Nocturne • Braga; Angel’s Serenade • Brahms; • Allegretto (from Third Symphony) • Celébrated Waltzes • Hungarian Dance No. 1 -7 • Lullaby • Valse • Chabrier; Espana • Chopin; Berceuse • Etude in C Minor (Revolutionary) • Etude in Gb • Fantasie Impromptu • Funeral March • Mazurka - Op. 7, No. 1 • Mazurka - Op. 24, No. 3 • Mazurka - Op. 41, No. 3 • Mazurka - Op. 67, No. 2 • Nocturne - Op. 9, No. 2 • Nocturne - Op. 15, No. 2 • Nocturne - Op. 15, No. 3 • Nocturne - Op. 27, No. 2 • Nocturne - Op. 55, No. 1 • Polonaise - Op. 53 • Polonaise Militaire • Prelude - Op. 28, No. 4 • Prelude - Op. 28, No. 9 • Prelude - Op. 28, No. 15 • Prelude - Op. 28, No. 20 • Valse - Op. 69, No. 1 • Valse - Op. 69, No. 2 • Valse Brillante No. 1 & No. 2 • Waltz in C# Minor • Waltz in Eb - Op. 18, No. 2 • Waltz No. 14, (Op. Posth.) • Cui; Orientale • Czibulka; Angelo Waltz • Love’s Dream After the Ball • Stephanie Gavotte • Debussy; Reverie • De Fuentes • Tu (You) • Delibes; Coppelia • Mazurka • Pizzicato Polka • Slow Waltz (from Coppélia Ballet) • Depret; April Smiles • di Chiara; La Spagnolia • Drdla; Souvenir • Drigo; Valse Bluette • Dvorak; Humoresque • Largo • Legend • Slavonic Dance No. 6 • Songs My Mother Taught Me • Elgar; Salut d’Amour • Fibich; Poeme • Franck; Panis Angelicus • Symphony in D • Fucik; Thunder and Blazes • Gabriel-Marie; La Cinquantaine • Ganne; La Czarine • Gautier; (The) Secret • Ghys; Amaryllis • Gluck; Ballet Music • Gavotte • Gossec; Gavotte • Gounod; Faust • Faust Ballet No. 1 & 4 • Funeral March of the Marionette • Je Veux Vivre (Romeo & Juliet) • Marguerite Waltz (Faust) • Grandos; Playera - Op. 5, No. 5 • Grieg; Albumblatt • Anitra’s Dance • Ase’s Death • Dance Caprice • Elegy • Elfin Dance • Erotik • Humoreske • March of the Dwarfs • Morning • Norwegian Bridal Party • Norwegian Dance • Piano Concerto (Theme) • Solvejg’s Song • To Spring • Waltz - Op. 38, No. 7 • Wedding Day at Troldhaugen • Handel; Bourree • Haydn; Gypsy Rondo • Serenade • Surprise Symphony (Theme) • Herbert; Romany Life • Hofmann; Valse Caprice • Howell; Rustic Dance • Iljinsky; Berceuse • Ippolitow-Iwanow; (The) Sadar’s Procession • Ivanovici; Waves of the Danube • Kowalski; Salut A Pesth • Lange; Flower Song • Lehar; Gold and Silver Waltz • Merry Widow Waltz • Vilia • Lemare; Andantino • Leoncavallo; Mattinata • Liadov; Prelude in A Minor - Op. 31, No. 2 • Liszt; Consolation No. 2 • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 & No. 6 • Liebestraum • Luders; (The) Widow (Prince of Pilsen) • MacDowell; By A Meadow Brook • (A) Deserted Farm • Idyl • Scotch Poem • To a Water Lily • To a Wild Rose • Malbran; El Carro Del Sol • Margis; Valse Bleue • Massenet; Aragonaise • Elegie • Last Dream of the Virgin • Meditation • Meacham; (The) American Patrol • Mendelssohn; Andante Cantabile • Confidence • Consolation • Nocturne • Scherzo in E Minor • Song Without Words • Spinning Song • Spring Song • Wedding March • Meyerbeer; Coronation March • Mexican; Mandolina • Monti; Czardas • Moszkowski; Guitar • Spanish Dance No. 1 & 2 • Moussorgsky; Gopak • Mozart; Alla Turca (Turkish March) • Minuet No. 1 – 5 • Navarro; Asi Me Gusta • Nazareth; Dengozo • Nevin; Gavotte • Narcissus • Offenbach; The Apache Dance • Barcarolle • Can Can • La Belle Hélène • Orpheus Overture • Old English Air; Drink to Me Only • Padilla; El Relicario • Ponchielli; Dance of the Hours • Rachmaninoff; Concerto • Concerto (2nd Theme) • Prelude in C# Minor • Rameau; Rigaudon • Rimsky-Korsakoff; Flight of the Bumble Bee • Hymn to the Sun • Scheherezade (Excerpts) • Song of India • Rivarola; Celos • Rodriguez; La Cumparsita • Rosas; Over the Waves • Rubinstein; Kamenoi-Ostrow • Melody in F • Romance in Eb • Valse Caprice • Saint-Saens; Romance Sans Paroles • (The) Swan (Le Cygne) • Schubert; Ave Maria • Ballet Music • Impromptu in Bb (Theme) • Marche Militaire • Minuet 90 • Moment Musical • Rosamunde (Entrance) • Serenade • Unfinished Symphony • Schumann; Happy Farmer • Little Hunting Song • Romance • Sicilienne • Slumber Song • Traumerei • Serradell; La Golondrina • Smetana; Country Dance (The Bartered Bride) • Smith; Dorothy • Sousa; Corcoran Cadets • El Capitan • Gladiator March • Manhattan Beach • Semper Fidelis • (The) Stars and Stripes Forever • Thunderer • (The) Washington Post March • Strauss; Annen Polka • Artist’s Life • Coliseum Waltzes • Emperor Waltz • (The) Gypsy Baron • (The) Gypsy Baron Waltz • Homeward Bound Polka • Kiss Waltz • Morning Journals Waltz • Pizzicato Polka • Tales from the Vienna Woods • Thousand and One Nights • Thunder and Lightning • Tic-Tac Polka • Trisch-Trasch Polka • Village Swallows Waltzes • Wine, Women and Song • Stravinsky; Ronde Des Princesses • Talexy; Wanda • Thomas; Gavotte • Polonaise • Raymond Overture • Thome; Andante Religioso • Simple Avue • Valse Aragonaise • Tobani; Hearts and Flowers • Traditional; Bohemian Polka • College (Sailor’s) Hornpipe • Come Haste to the Wedding • Country Gardens • Devil’s Dream • Evening Song • Garry Owen • Goodbye • Gopak No. 1 • Irish Washerwoman • Italian Peasant Dance • Krakoviak • La Cucaracha • Londonderry Air • Man On the Flying Trapeze • Russian Sailor’s Dance • So Early in the Morning • Two Guitars • Viennese Refrain • Volga Boat Song • Tchaikowsky; Andante Cantabile • Autumn • Canzonetta • Concerto No. 1, Part 2 • Dance Chinois • Dance of the Candy Fairy • Dance of the Reed Flutes • Humoreske • In the Church • June • March (Nutcracker Suite) • March of the Tin Soldiers • March Slav • Mazurka • Morning Prayer • Nocturne • Pleasant Dreams • Romance • Romance Sans Paroles • Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet • Sixth Symphony (Theme) • Sleeping Princess • Swan Lake (Theme) • Theme • To the Waltz • Trepak • Waltz of the Flowers • Verdi; Anvil Chorus • Celeste Aida • Prelude from “Traviata” • Stride La Vampa • Triumphal March (from Aida) • Villoldo; El Choclo • von Suppe; Light Cavalry • Poet & Peasant Overture • von Weber; Invitation to the Dance • Weber’s Last Thought • Wagner; Bridal Chorus • Evening Star • Sigmund’s Love Song • Tannhauser March • Under the Double Eagle • Waldteufel; Angel of Love • Dolores Waltz • Espana Waltzes • Estudiantina • Golden Rain • The Skater’s Waltz • Wieniawski; Kujawiak

Composer Life Span Date of Birth Date of Death

Rameau 1683-1764 September 25, 1683 September 12, 1764

Bach 1685-1750 March 21, 1685 July 28, 1750

Handel 1685-1759 February 23, 1685 April 14, 1759

Gluck 1714-1787 July 2, 1714 November 15, 1787

Haydn 1732-1809 March 31, 1732 May 31, 1809

Gossec 1734-1829 January 17, 1734 February 16, 1829

Boccherini 1743-1805 February 19, 1743 May 28, 1805

Mozart 1756-1791 January 27, 1756 December 5, 1791

Beethoven 1770-1827 December 17, 1770 March 26, 1827

Bonheur 1782-1871

von Weber 1786-1826 November 18, 1786 June 5, 1826

Meyerbeer 1791-1864 September 5, 1791 May 2, 1864

Schubert 1797-1828 January 31, 1797 November 19, 1828

Berlioz 1803-1869 December 11, 1803 March 8, 1869

Mendelssohn 1809-1847 February 3, 1809 November 4, 1847

Chopin 1810-1849 March 1, 1810 October 17, 1849

Schumann 1810-1856 June 8, 1810 July 29, 1856

Liszt 1811-1886 October 22, 1811 July 31, 1886

Thomas 1811-1896 August 5, 1811 February 12, 1896

Wagner 1813-1883 May 22, 1813 February 13, 1883

Verdi 1813-1901 October 9, 1813 January 27, 1901

Gounod 1818-1893 June 18, 1818 October 18, 1893

Offenbach1819-1880 June 20, 1819 October 5, 1880

von Suppe 1819-1895 April 18, 1819 May 21, 1895

Talexy 1820-1881

Gautier 1822-1878 February 27, 1822 April 1, 1878

Franck 1822-1890 December 10, 1822 November 8, 1890

Arditi 1822-1903

Smetana 1824-1884 March 2, 1824 May 12, 1884

Strauss 1825-1899 October 25, 1825 June 3, 1899

Rubinstein 1829-1894 November 28, 1829 November 20, 1894

Lange 1830-1889 August 13, 1830 July 20, 1889

Borodin 1833-1887 November 12, 1833 February 27, 1887

Brahms 1833-1897 May 7, 1833 April 3, 1897

Ponchielli 1834-1886 August 31, 1834 January 17, 1886

Wieniawski 1835-1880 July 10, 1835 March 31, 1880

Cui 1835-1918 January 6, 1835 March 13, 1918

Saint-Saens 1835-1921 October 9, 1835 December 16, 1921

Delibes 1836-1891 February 21, 1836 January 16, 1891

Waldteufel 1837-1915 December 9, 1837 February 12, 1915

Bizet 1838-1875 October 25, 1838 June 3, 1875

Moussorgsky 1839-1881 March 9, 1839 March 28, 1881

Ghys 1839-1908

Tchaikowsky 1840-1893 May 7, 1840 November 6, 1893

Chabrier 1841-1894 January 18, 1841 September 13, 1894

Dvorak 1841-1904 September 8, 1841 May 1, 1904

Kowalski 1841-1916

Czibulka 1842-1894 May 14, 1842 October 27, 1894

Massenet 1842-1912 May 12, 1842 August 13, 1912

Grieg 1843-1907 June 15, 1843 September 4, 1907

Serradell 1843-1910

Rimsky-Korsakoff 1844-1908 March 6, 1844 June 21, 1908

Bohm 1844-1920

Ivanovici 1845-1902 January 17, 1845 September 28, 1902

Drigo 1846-1930 June 30, 1846 October 1, 1930

Meacham 1850-1896

Fibich 1850-1900 December 21, 1850 October 15, 1900

Thome 1850-1909 October 18, 1850 April 4, 1909

Moszkowski 1854-1925 August 23, 1854 March 4, 1925

Sousa 1854-1932 November 6, 1854 March 6, 1932

Liadov 1855-1914 May 11, 1855 August 28, 1914

Tobani 1855-1933

Gabriel 1856-1932 August 18, 1856 September 15, 1932

Leoncavallo 1857-1919 April 23, 1857 August 9, 1919

Elgar 1857-1934 June 2, 1857 February 23, 1934

Iljinsky 1859-1920

Herbert 1859-1924 February 1, 1859 May 26, 1924

Ippolitow-Iwanow 1859-1935 November 19, 1859 January 28, 1935

MacDowell 1860-1908 December 18, 1860 January 23, 1908

Albeniz 1860-1909 May 29, 1860 May 18, 1909

di Chiara 1860-1937

Arensky 1861-1906 July 12, 1861 February 25, 1906

Villoldo 1861-1919 February 16, 1861 October 14, 1919

Nevin 1862-1901 November 25, 1862 February 17, 1901

Debussy 1862-1918 August 22, 1862 March 25, 1918

Ganne 1862-1923 April 5, 1862 July 14, 1923

Nazareth1863-1934 March 20, 1863 February 4, 1934

Luders 1865-1913 December 13, 1865 January 24, 1913

Lemare 1865-1934

Granados 1867-1916 July 27, 1867 March 24, 1916

Rosas 1868-1894 January 25, 1868 July 9, 1894

Monti 1868-1922 January 6, 1868 June 20, 1922

Drdla 1868-1944 November 28, 1868 September 3, 1944

Braga1868-1945 April 15, 1868 March 14, 1945

Lehar 1870-1948 April 30, 1870 October 24, 1948

Hofmann 1870-1956 December 15, 1870 May 7, 1956

Fucik 1872-1916 July 18, 1872 September 15, 1916

Rachmaninoff 1873-1943 April 1, 1873 March 28, 1943

De Fuentes 874-1944

Stravinsky 1882-1971 June 17, 1882 April 6, 1971

Depret 1886-1971

Padilla 1889-1960

Rodriguez 1897-1948 March 28, 1897 April 25, 1948