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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 Fόr Elise Gertrudes 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 Georges Gavotte Borodin; Nocturne Braga; Angels 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 Loves 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 dAmour 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 Anitras Dance Ases Death Dance Caprice Elegy Elfin Dance Erotik Humoreske March of the Dwarfs Morning Norwegian Bridal Party Norwegian Dance Piano Concerto (Theme) Solvejgs 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) Sadars 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 Hélθne 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 Artists 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 (Sailors) Hornpipe Come Haste to the Wedding Country Gardens Devils 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 Sailors 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 Webers Last Thought Wagner; Bridal Chorus Evening Star Sigmunds Love Song Tannhauser March Under the Double Eagle Waldteufel; Angel of Love Dolores Waltz Espana Waltzes Estudiantina Golden Rain The Skaters 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