GREAT COMPOSERS OF MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA

Bach
(Toccata and Fugue)

Beethoven
(5th Symphony)

Blake
(The Snowman)

Brahms

Britten
(Peter Grimes - Storm)

Cage

Chopin

Debussy
(Clair de Lune)

Dvorak
(From the New World)

Elgar

Gershwin
(Rhapsody in Blue)

Grieg
(In the Hall of the Mountain King)

Handel
(Zadok the Priest)

Haydn

Holst
(Planets - Mars - Bringer of War)

Jenkins
(Adiemus)

Mahler

Meredith
(Body Percussion)

Mozart
(Opera / Horn Concerto #4)

Mussorgsky
(A Night On A Bare Mountain)

Orff

Prokofiev
(Peter and the Wolf)

Pachelbel
(Canon in D)

Rachmaninov

Rutter

Satin-Saens
(Carnival of the Animals / Danse Macabre)

Shostakovic
(Piano Concerto #2)

Stravinsky
(Firebird / The Rite of Spring)

Tchaikovsky
(Nutcracker / Swan Lake)

Verdi

Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
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Wagner

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YouTube user 'Smalin' (Stephen Malinowski) has created some incredible videos, visually illustrating the patterns of classical composition using bar-graph scores.

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Read the profiles of 52 great composers HERE.

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Here's another great site with lots of information about composers through the ages…
(www.sinfinimusic.com)

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Fun & Games with Orchestral Music - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

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Fun with Music - San Francisco Symphony for Kids

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ABRSM Classical 100

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