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Swiss Miss, (1926) arrangement of a song from Lady, Be Good. Machinery Gone Mad, (1927) unpublished. Blue Monday, (1927) a piano suite based on Gershwin's one-act opera of the same name. Merry Andrew, (1928) arrangement of a dance piece from Rosalie. Three-Note Waltz, (1931) Also known as Melody #36.
Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz -influenced effects. Commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman and written by George Gershwin, the work premiered in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music" on February 12, 1924, in Aeolian Hall, New York ...
The style of the composer's music is given where possible, bearing in mind that some defy simple classification. Names are listed first by year of birth, then in alphabetical order within each year. The 20th century is defined by the calendar rather than by any unifying characteristics of musical style or attitude, and is therefore not an era ...
The Mushrooms Going to War, for voice (bass) and piano (1904) Conductor and Tarantula, for voice and piano (1906) Lost. Faun and Shepherdess, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, Op. 2 (1907) Pastorale, for vocalise soprano and piano (1907) Stravinsky created an arrangement of this piece for soprano and four woodwinds in 1923, and arrangements for ...
Eight Short Preludes and Fugues (BWV 553–560) possibly composed by Johann Tobias Krebs. Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) – possibly Bach's transcription of a violin work, or indeed a piece by another composer. Bairstow, Edward. Organ Sonata (1937) Beethoven, Ludwig van. Fugue in D major for organ, WoO 31 (1783)
Seven, They Are Seven, Op. 30 (1917–18, rev. 1933), cantata for tenor, chorus, and large orchestra. Melodie, Op. 35bis (1920), for female voice and orchestra. Vocal Suite from The Fiery Angel, Op. 37bis (1923, incomplete) Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (1936), a children's story for narrator and orchestra. Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the ...
Debussy c. 1900 by Atelier Nadar (Achille) Claude Debussy [n 1] was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born to a family of modest means and little cultural involvement, Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at ...
Anton Fils (1733–1760), German composer who wrote at least 40 symphonies for the Mannheim orchestra. Franz Ignaz Beck (1734–1809), German composer of about 25 symphonies. François-Joseph Gossec (1734–1829), French composer of over 60 symphonies. Karl von Ordoñez (1734–1786), Austrian composer of some 73 symphonies.