The Top 100 Delightful Classical Music Pieces All Children Should Hear

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It’s the music that makes you think of an airplane soaring through the fluffy white clouds, or of an excited senior marching down the aisle to graduate. It’s the music that makes you laugh and music that makes you cry. It’s music we should all know and at least become somewhat familiar with. And, you can with my list of the Top 100 the Top 100 Delightful Classical Music Pieces All Children Should Hear. Be sure to use the great free printable pack that’s available at the end of the post. Click on the links below to listen.

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Baroque Period

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major

Bach: Little Fugue in G Minor

Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Bach: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”

Bach: Air on the G String (Suite No. 3 in D Major)

Vivaldi: Four Seasons “Spring,” “Summer,” “Autumn,” “Winter”

Pachelbel: Canon in D

Handel: Water Music

Handel: Messiah “He Shall Lead His Flock”, “Comfort Ye, My People,” “For Unto Us a Child is Born,” “Hallelujah Chorus,”

Handel: Rinaldo “Lascia Ch’io Pianga”

Paganini: Caprice No. 24

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Classical Period

Mozart: Symphony No. 40

Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music)

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture

Mozart: Piano Sonata No.11, K 331, III Alla Turca

Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus

Mozart: Divertimento No. 17

Haydn: Surprise Symphony

Haydn: Clock Symphony

Haydn: Farewell Symphony

Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

Beethoven: Pathetique Sonata

Beethoven: Fur Elise

Romantic Period

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Chopin: Waltz Opus 69, No. 1

Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2

Schubert: “Ave Maria”

Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture

Rossini: William Tell Overture

Bellini: “Casta Diva” from Norma

Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries

Verdi: “La Donna E Mobile” from Rigoletto

Offenbach: Can-Can

Franck: “Panis Angelicus”

J. Strauss: The Blue Danube Waltz

J. Strauss: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka Op. 214

Gottschalk: “The Banjo”

Brahms: “Lullaby”

Brahms: Waltz for Violin

Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5

Brahms: Violin Concerto

Bizet: Habanera from Carmen

Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee

Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles

Mussorgsky: A Night on Bald Mountain

Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

Dvorak: New World Symphony

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Theme

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Russian Dance, Waltz of the Flowers, Chinese Dance, Dance of the Reed Flutes

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

Grieg: Peer Gynt Morning

Saint-Saens: Carnival of Animals “Aquarium,” “Danse Macabre,” and “The Swan,”

Massenet: Meditation

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

Gilbert and Sullivan: “Major General” from Pirates of Penzance

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March #1 Op. 39

Faure: Sicilienne in G Minor for Cello and Piano

Satie: Gymnopedie

Modern Period

Puccini: “O Mio Babbino Caro” from Gianni Schicchi

Puccini: “Nessun Dorma” from Turnadot

Sousa: Washington Post March

Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever

Respighi: Pini di Roma

Debussy: Clair de Lune

Debussy: Arabesque

Garland and Razaf: In the Mood

R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3

Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Ravel: Bolero

Sibelius: Finlandia

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2

Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic Dances

Copland: Simple Gifts

Copland: Hoedown

Vaughan Williams: March Past of the Kitchen Utensils

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis

Kodaly: Viennese Musical Clock

Orff: “O Fortuna” from Carmina Burana

Holst: The Planets “Mars” and “Jupiter”

Barber: Adagio for Strings

John Williams: Star Wars

John Williams: Jurassic Park

John Williams: Schindler’s List

Shore: The Lord of the Rings medley

Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean

Schmidt: Prelude, Siciliano, & Rondo

Yanni: Until the Last Moment

Hurwitz: La La Land Epilogue

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Comments

Cristee says

January 28, 2018 at 1:52 pm

How do you print the flashcards? There was no place in which to do this.

- genamayo says
  
  January 29, 2018 at 1:43 pm
  
  Hi Cristee,
  After purchasing the course at https://learn.musicinourhomeschool.com/courses/100-delightful-classical-music-pieces-mini-course/, you look for the lesson entitled “Composer Flashcards.” You can download the PDF file there. The directions are included there as well, but I’ll copy them here: Print the composer flashcards double-sided and cut into fourths. You might also want to print on cardstock or use Avery #4750. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks!