Composers and their most popular works, according to Google

This list was made by going to Google, searching the composer’s last name, and seeing which work by that composer came up as the first search result.

In some cases, I have had to search by the composer’s first and last name. Some composers have been omitted because the search suggestions were inconclusive.

Some of the entries may surprise you!

• Adam, A. – O Holy Night
• Albéniz, I. – Iberia
• Arensky, A. – Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor, Op. 32
• Bach, C.P.E. – Solfegietto
• Bach, J.S. – Cello suites
• Barber, S. – Adagio for Strings
• Bartók, B. – Concerto for Orchestra
• Beethoven, L. van – Symphony no. 9, op. 125
• Berg, A. – Lulu, opera
• Berio, L. – Sequenzas
• Berlioz, H. – Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
• Boccherini, L. – Cello Concerto no. 9, G. 482
• Borodin, A. – Symphony No. 2 in b minor
• Boulez, P. – Structures
• Brahms, J. – Lullaby
• Britten, B. – Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
• Bruckner, A. – Symphony No. 8 in c minor
• Busoni, F. – Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 39
• Buxtehude, D. – Membra Jesu Nostri
• Cage, J. – 4’33″
• Carter, E. – String Quartet no. 1
• Charpentier, G. – Te deum
• Chausson, E. – Poème, Op. 25
• Cherubini, L. – Requiem in c minor
• Chopin, F. – Nocturne, Op. 9/2
• Clementi, M. – Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 1
• Copland, A. – Appalachian Spring
• Corelli, A. – Christmas Concerto
• Couperin, F. – Les Nations
• Crumb, G. – Black Angels
• Debussy, C. – Arabesque no. 2
• Des Pres – Ave Maria
• Dittersdorf, C.D. von – Concerto for Double Bass
• Donizetti, G. – Lucia di Lammermoor
• Dukas, P. – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
• Dutilleux, H. – Metaboles
• Dvořák, A. – Cello Concerto in b minor, Op. 104
• Elgar, E. – Cello concerto in e minor, Op. 85
• Enescu, G. – Octet in C Major, Op. 7
• Fauré, G. – Requiem in d minor
• Franck, C. – Symphony in d minor
• Gabrieli, G – In Ecclesiis
• Gershwin, G. – Rhapsody in Blue
• Ginastera, A. – Harp Concerto
• Glass, P. – Metamorphosis
• Glazunov, A. – Violin concerto in a minor, Op. 82
• Glière, R. – Horn Concerto in Bb Major, Op. 91
• Glinka, M. – Grand Sextet
• Gluck, C.W. – Orfeo und Euridice
• Goldmark, K. – Rustic Wedding Symphony, Op. 26
• Górecki, H. – Symphony No. 3, Op. 36
• Gossec, F.J. – Gavotte in D
• Gottshalk, L. – The Banjo
• Gounod, C. – Ave Maria
• Granados, E. – Goyescas, Op. 11
• Grieg, E. – Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 16
• Handel, G.F. – Messiah oratorio
• Haydn, F.J. – Symphony No. 94 “Surprise”
• Hindemith, P. – Bassoon Sonata
• Holst, G. – The Planets
• Hummel, J.N. – Trumpet concerto
• Humperdinck, E. – Hänsel und Gretel, opera
• Ives, C. – The Unanswered Question
• John Field – Nocturne No. 1 in E flat major
• Kaupstin, N. – Etudes
• Khachaturian, A. – Toccata in e flat minor
• Kodály, Z. – Cello sonata in b minor, Op. 8
• Lalo, E. – Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
• Lehar, F. – The Merry Widow
• Liadov, A. – The Enchanted Lake
• Ligeti, G. – Requiem
• Liszt, F. – Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2
• Lully, J.B. – Armide, opera
• Lutosławski, W. – Concerto for Orchestra
• Lyapunov, S.- Douze études d’exécution transcendente, Op. 11
• Mahler, G. – Symphony No. 1 “Titan”
• Martinů, B. – Flute sonata
• Mendelssohn, F. – Violin Concerto in e minor, op. 64
• Menotti, G.C. – The Consul, opera
• Messiaen, O. – Quartet for the End of Time
• Milhaud, D. – Scaramouche
• Monteverdi, C. – L’Orfeo
• Mozart, W.A. – Requiem
• Offenbach, J. – Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld
• Orff, C. – Carmina Burana
• Pachelbel, J. – Canon in D (0bviously!)
• Paganini, N. – Caprice No. 24 in a minor
• Palestrina – Missa Papae Marcelli
• Pärt, A. – Tabula Rasa
• Penderecki, K. – Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
• Pergolesi, G.B. – Stabat Mater
• Peri, J. – Euridice, opera.
• Poulenc, F. – Gloria, FP 177
• Prokofiev, S. – Symphony no. 1, “Classical”
• Puccini, G. – La Bohème, opera
• Purcell, H. – Dido and Aeneas, opera
• Rachmaninov, S. – Piano Concerto in c minor, Op. 18
• Rameau, J.P. – Hippolyte et Aricie, opera.
• Ravel, M. – Boléro
• Reich, S. – Double sextet
• Resphigi, O. – Pines of Rome
• Rimsky-Korsakov, N. – Flight of the Bumblebee from Tale of the Tsar Sultan
• Rossini, G. – William Tell
• Rubentsein, A. – Romance in E-flat
• Saint-Saëns, C. – Violin Concerto no. 3 in b flat minor
• Sarasate, P. – Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), Op. 20
• Satie, E. – Gymnopédies (no. 3)
• Scarlatti, D. – Sonata in d minor (unclear which one)
• Schnittke, A. – Concerto grosso
• Schoenberg, A. – Pierrot Lunaire
• Schubert, F. – Ave Maria
• Schumann, R. – Cello Concerto, op. 129
• Scriabin, A. – Symphony no. 2 in c minor, Op. 29
• Shostakovich, D. – Symphony No. 5 in d minor, Op. 47
• Sibelius, J. – Violin concerto, Op. 47
• Smetana, B. – “The Moldau”, from Má vlast
• Sorabji, K.S. – Opus clavicembalisticum
• Spohr, L. – Clarinet Concerto no. 1, Op. 26
• Stamitz, C. – Viola concerto in D Major
• Stockhausen, K. – Kontakte
• Strauss, J. II – The Blue Danube
• Strauss, Richard – Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
• Stravinsky, I. – The Rite of Spring
• Takemitsu, T. – Toward the Sea
• Tan Dun – Water passion
• Tartini, G. – Devil’s Trill Sonata for violin
• Tchiakovsky, P.I. – Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35
• Telemann, G.P. – Viola concerto, TWV 51:G9
• Verdi, G. – Requiem
• Villa-Lobos, H. – Bachianas brasilieras
• Viotti, G.B. – Violin Concerto No. 23 in G Major
• Vivaldi, A. – The Four Seasons
• Wagner, R. – Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure
• Webern, A. – Symphony, Op. 21
• Widor, C.M. – Toccata from Symphony No. 5
• Wieniawski, H. – Violin concerto No. 2 in d minor, Op. 22
• Williams, R. Vaughn – Songs of Travel
• Xenakis, I. – Epicycles
• Ysaÿe, E. – Violin Sonata No. 3 “Ballade”