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Keepin’ It Classy: The Stories Behind the World’s Greatest Classical Compositions: Checklist #1.

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1- Morning Mood, Opus 23 by Edvard Grieg.

2- Adagio For Strings, Opus 11 by Samuel Barber.

3- O Fortuna by Carl Orff.

4- Overture to Carmen by Georges Bizet.

5- The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II.

A painting of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

6- Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39 by Edward Elgar.

7- Minuet and Trio (A Major) by Luigi Boccherini.

8- 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

9- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

10- Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35….the Funeral March by Frederic Chopin.

A photo of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Lego!!!
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart….in Lego!!!

11- Bolero by Maurice Ravel.

12- Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite #3, Movement #3 by Ottorino Respighi.

13- Wiegenlied Op. 49, No. 4 or Brahms’ Lullaby by Johannes Brahms.

14- Enigma Variations, Op. 36, No. 9, “Nimrod” by Edward Elgar.

15- Beethoven Funeral March Number 1 by Johann Heinrich Walch.

A painting of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
German composer Ludwig van Beethoven

16- The Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian.

17- The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas.

18- Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni.

19- The Can-can by Jacques Offenbach.

20- In Flanders by Ivor Gurney.

A painting of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.
Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.

21- Entrance of the Gladiators by Julius Fucik.

22- Fanfare Rondeau by Jean-Joseph Mouret.

23- Winter by Antonio Vivaldi.

24- Messiah by George Frideric Handel

25- The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

A painting of composer George Friderich Handel.
Composer George Friderich Handel.

26- Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin.

27- The Twelve Variations by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

28- O Mio Babuino Caro by Giacomo Puccini.

29- The Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach.

30- The Dance of the Knights by Sergei Prokofiev.

A statue of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach

31- The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky.

32- Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland.

33- Eroica by Ludvig van Beethoven.

34- Voices of Spring by Johann Strauss II.

35- The Goldberg Variations by Glenn Gould.

A photo of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.
Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.

36- The Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

37- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

38-The Moonlight Sonata by Ludvig van Beethoven.

39-Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss.

40-Air in D Major by Johann Sebastian Bach.

A painting by Max Lieberman of composer Richard Strauss.
Composer Richard Strauss.

41-Water Music by George Frideric Handel.

42-Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini.

43- La Mer by Claude Debussy.

44-The Triumphal March by Giuseppe Verdi.

45-Requiem in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

A painting of composer Claude Debussy.
Composer Claude Debussy.

46-The William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini.

47-The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

48-See, the Conquering Hero Comes by George Frideric Handel.

49-Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 by Ludwig van Beethoven.

50-Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi AND Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 by Ludwig van Beethoven.

51-In The Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg.

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