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C: (61 notes)
John Cage: 101
John Cage: 4’33”
John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne
John Alden Carpenter: Krazy Kat
John Alden Carpenter: Sea Drift
Teresa Carreño: Corbeille de Fleurs, op. 9
Elliott Carter: Eight Etudes and a Fantasy
Elliott Carter: String Quartet no. 1
Elliott Carter: String Quartet no. 2
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Chorale and Variations for horn quartet
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto no. 1
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Escarramán – suite of Spanish Dances (after Cervantes), op. 177
Mario-Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Tarantella, op. 87b
Daniel Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas – opera
Daniel Catán: Il Postino – opera
Emanuel Chabrier: Espana
Emanuel Chabrier: Fête polonaise
George Chadwick: Rip Van Winkle Overture
George Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches
Cécile Chaminade: Flute Concertino, op. 107
Cécile Chaminade: Etudes de Concert, op. 35 – Autumne & Fileuse
Cécile Chaminade: Piano Sonata in c minor. op. 21
Gustave Charpentier: Louise – opera
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée – opera
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Noëls pour les Instruments
Ernest Chausson: Chanson perpétuelle, op. 37
Ernest Chausson: Concert for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet
Ernest Chausson: Poeme
Ernest Chausson: Poème de l’amour et de la mer, op. 19 (Poem of Love and the Sea)
Bob Chilcott: Mid-Winter
Carlos Chavez: Sinfonia India
Carlos Chavez: Sinfonia no. 5
Carlos Chavez: Toccata for percussion and orchestra
Frederic Chopin: (many listings - see separate page)
Chou Wen-Chung: Landscapes
Dominico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto Overture
Rebecca Clarke: Midsummer Moon
Rebecca Clarke: Morpheus
Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale
Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata
Eric Coates: Three Bears Fantasy
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Bamboula, op. 75
Aaron Copland: (many listings - see separate page)
Arcangelo Corelli: Christmas Concerto
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D major, op. 6, no. 4
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in F major, op. 6, no. 9
Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonatas, op. 1, 3 & 4
John Corigliano: (many listings - see below)
Jean Coulthard: Music for a Quiet Song
François Couperin: Pieces de clavecin, Book 2: 6th Ordre in B-flat
Craig Courtney: A Musicological Journey Through the 12 Days of Christmas
Henry Cowell: Harmonica Concerto
Henry Cowell: Ongaku
Henry Cowell: Set of Five
Paul Creston: Saxophone Sonata, op. 19
Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Clarinet Concerto no. 1 in E-flat
Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Clarinet Quartet no. 3 in D, op. 7
Jim Curnow: The Lion of Lucerne
Carl Czerny: Piano Quartet no. 1 in c minor, op. 148
Carl Czerny: Quartet in C for four pianos, op. 230 (Quartour Concertant)
John Corigliano: (6 notes)
Fern Hill
Promenade Overture
The Red Violin Concerto
The Red Violin Chaconne
The Red Violin – film music
Voyage for flute and strings
D: (35 notes)
Ingolf Dahl: Music for Brass Instruments
Luigi Dallapiccola: Piccola musica notturna
Jean-Michel Damase: Six-Sept Variation, op. 22
Alfredo D’Ambrogio: String Quartet in c minor, op. 42
Alfredo D’Ambrogio: Suite for Strings, op. 8
Franz Danzi: Wind Quintet in B-flat, op. 56, no. 1
Louis-Claude Daquin: Noel en Musette
Michael Daugherty: Brooklyn Bridge
Michael Daugherty: Dead Elvis
Michael Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony
Michael Daugherty: Route 66
Michael Daugherty: Time Machine
Claude Debussy: (many listings – see separate page)
Maurice Delage: Quatre poèmes hindous
Leo Delibes: Coppelia – ballet
Leo Delibes: Lakmé – Flower Duet
Leo Delibes: Le roi s’amuse – incidental music
Leo Delibes: Sylvia – ballet
Frederick Delius: (many listings - see below)
Nickitas Demos: epiphanies
David Diamond: Music for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Vincent D’Indy: Concert, op. 89
Vincent D’Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Aire
Paquito D’Rivera: Aires Tropicales
Hugo Distler: Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Double Bass Concerto
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Sinfonia Concertante
Ernst von Dohnányi: (many listings – see below)
Gaetano Donizetti: (many listings – see below)
Avner Dorman: Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! – percussion concerto
Bill Douglas: Three Bagatelles for bassoon
John Dowland: songs and lute pieces
Madeleine Dring: Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Paul Dukas: La péri
Paul Dukas: La péri – fanfare
Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Henri Duparc: L’Invitation au Voyage
Marcel Dupré: Poème Héroïque
Maurice Durufle: Requiem, op. 9
Antonin Dvořák: (many listings – see separate page)
Frederick Delius: (8 notes)
Dance Rhapsody no. 1
Dance Rhapsody no. 2
Florida Suite
On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring
North Country Sketches
Sea Drift
Sleigh Ride
Summer Night on the River
Ernst von Dohnányi: (5 notes)
String Quartet no. 3 in a, op. 33
Piano Quintet no. 1 in c, op. 1
Serenade for String Trio, op. 10
Piano Sextet in C, op. 37
Symphonic Minutes, op. 36
Gaetano Donizetti: (5 notes)
Concertino for English Horn
La Fille du regiment – opera
Don Pasquale – opera
L’Elisir d’amore – opera
Lucia di Lammermoor - opera
E: (13 notes)
Edwardian songs
Cecil Effinger: Four Pastorales
Cecil Effinger: Little Symphony no. 1, op. 31
Sir Edward Elgar: (many listings – see separate page)
Duke Ellington: Black, Brown, and Beige
Duke Ellington: Nutcracker Suite, after Tchaikovsky
Duke Ellington: The River – ballet
Georges Enesco: Rumanian Rhapsodies
Peter Eötvös: The gliding of the eagle in the skies
Peter Eőtvős: Snatches of a Conversation
João Rodrigues Esteves: Magnificat
Eric Ewazen: Double Concerto for trumpet and trombone
Eric Ewazen: Down a River of Time
Eric Ewazen: Roaring Fork Quintet for winds
F: (22 notes)
Manuel de Falla: (many listings – see below)
Louise Farrenc: Sextet in c minor for piano and wind quintet, op. 40
Louise Farrenc: Trio in E-flat major for clarinet, cello, and piano, op 44
Louise Farrenc: Trio in e minor for flute, cello, and piano, op. 45
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto in D major for two horns, two oboes, and bassoon
Gabriel Faure: (many listings – see below)
Phillip Feeney: The Hunchback of Notre Dame – ballet
Samuel Feinberg: transcription of Scherzo fr. Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique
José Feliciano: Feliz Navidad
John Field: Nocturnes for piano
John Field: Nocturne no. 2 in c minor
John Field: Nocturne no. 6 in F major
John Field: Piano Sonatas, op. 1
Gerald Finzi: (many listings – see below)
Bela Fleck: Banjo Concerto
Jean Françaix: (many listings – see below)
Rudolf Friml: Rose Marie – operetta
Rudolf Friml: The Vagabond King – operetta
Friedrich von Flotow: Martha – opera
Carlisle Floyd: Susannah – opera
Arthur Foote: (many listings – see below)
Gabriela Lena Frank: Escaramuza
Gabriela Lena Frank: Hilos
Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas – An Andean Walkabout
François Francoeur: Cello Sonata
Cesar Franck: (many listings – see below)
Kenneth Frazelle: The Swans at Pungo Lake
Julius Fučik: Der Alte Brummbär, op. 210 (Old Bear with a Sore Head)
Manuel de Falla: (7 notes)
El Amor Brujo – ballet
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Siete canciones populares españolas
Suite populaire espagnole
The Three-Cornered Hat – ballet
The Three-Cornered Hat ballet - Dance of the Corrigidor
La vida breve – Danse Espagnole
Gabriel Faure: (11 notes)
Ballade for piano and orchestra, op. 19
Cantique de Jean Racine
La Chanson d’Ëve
Elegy
Masques and Bergamasques
Pavane
Pelleas and Melisande
Piano Quartet no. 1 in c, op. 15
Requiem
Violin Sonata no. 1 in A, op. 13
Violin Sonata no. 2 in e, op. 108
Gerald Finzi: (6 notes)
Clarinet Concerto, op. 31
Earth and Air and Rain – song cycle
Eclogue
In Terra Pax, op. 39
Let Us Garlands Bring, op. 18 – song cycle
Nocturne: New Year Music, op. 7
Arthur Foote: (4 notes)
A Night Piece for flute and strings
String Quartet no. 3 in D, op. 70
Sarabande and Rigaudon, op. 60
Violin Sonata in g, op. 20
Jean Françaix: (11 notes)
Nine Character Pieces
Piano Concertino
The Flower Clock (Oboe Concerto)
Octet for string quartet, bass, clarinet, bassoon, and horn
English Horn (Cor Anglais) Quartet
Mozart new-look
Quintet for clarinet and string quartet (1977)
Petit Quartour pour Saxophones (1935)
Suite for Saxophone Quartet
Wind Quintet no. 1
Wind Quintet no. 2
Cesar Franck: (7 notes)
The Accursed Huntsman
Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue
Psyché
Piano Quintet in f minor
Violin Sonata in A
Symphony in d minor
Symphonic Variations
