User:SurreyJohn/Popular Classical Music

Objective

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To produce an objective list of popular western classical music.
Include guidance as to what should be included, based on published popular music catalogs, ranking (e.g. from classical radio stations) and "Best Music" compilations.
Classical music is largely European (some US), so we should use European lists and rankings. These could be from old CD and cassette catalogs, manufacturers listings, web based reviews and classical music magazines.

What constitutes popular?

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Popular is likely to be well known, recognizable and famous. However, this is subjective, so we need an alternate way of defining popular that is more objective and will meet Wikipedia's requirements of impartiality. This could be:

  • Music that is famous (e.g. used in TV adverts)
  • Music that is highly ranked on popularity lists
  • Music that has had many recorded (and cataloged) performances
  • Music known throughout Europe (i.e. not only one country)

What Constitutes classical music?

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Whilst many people may have different ideas of what constitutes popular classical music, most will have a fairly intuitive idea of what it is. Here we want to take a "general view", and not simply the classical era:

  • Pre-Classical (Baroque) period (1600-1740)
  • Classical era is primarily music from the classical period (1730-1820)
  • Post-Classical (Romantic) period (1815-1910)
  • Great classics, regardless of era (e.g. Handel's Messiah)
  • Do not include modern (twentieth century) modern, contemporary and pop music
  • Do not include African, Asian and Afro-American (i.e. Jazz, Soul, R&B)
  • Do not include choral works, opera, vocal (that can be another topic)

Layout of list

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The list will be in the form of table with of a minimum of 100 and probably several hundred rows.

  • Table columns can be sorted
  • There should be columns for:
    • Title
    • Composer
    • Class/Type (e.g. Symphony, Suite, Concerto)
    • Specific rantings (with reference)
    • Overall Ranking (calculated)
  • Ideally it should be possible to filer (e.g. show only Symphonies), but this is currently not possible
  • The same piece should not appear twice (e.g. as a movement and as a complete work)
  • There should be links to composer pages (always)
  • There should be links to the work's page on Wikipedia (if it exists)
  • Provide a link to listen to the music (if reasonably easy)

Top 50/100/300 Table

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Popular Classical Music
Composer Piece Type R1 Top10 R3 R4 R5 Rank TV/Film Theme Tune
Wagner Ride of the Valkyries Overture Movie 20 20 Apocalypse Now
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody 19 19 YouTube #19
Grieg In the hall of the Mountain King Suite 18 YouTube #18
Beethoven Symphony No 9 (Ode to Joy) Symphony Sym 17 YouTube #17
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 Rhapsody 16 YouTube #16
Ponchielli Dance of the hours Suite 15 YouTube #15
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance No 1 March 14 YouTube #14
Ravel Bolero Suite 13 YouTube #13
Bizet Carmen, Toreador's Song March 12 YouTube #12
Offenbach Infernal Gallop Suite 11 YouTube #11
Orff Carmina Burana, O Fortuna Opera 10 YouTube #10
Strauss R Also Sprach Zarathustra Sym. Poem Movie 9 2001: A Space Odyssey
Handel Hallelujah Chorus Chorus 8 YouTube #8
Rossini William Tell Overture Overture 7 7 The Lone Ranger TV theme
Strauss J The Blue Danube Waltz 6 Star Wars
Pachelbel Canon in D Canon 5 Ordinary People
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture Overture 4 4 YouTube #4
Bach JS Toccata & Fugue Organ 3 3 YouTube #3
Mozart Eine Kleine Nachmusik, Allegro Suite 2 2 YouTube #2
Mozart Symphony No 40 Symphony Sym
Dvorak Symphony No 9 (New World) Symphony Sym Hovis Advert (TV)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 (Pastoral) Symphony Sym
Bruckner Symphony No 5 Symhonon Sym
Mahler Symphony No 5, Adagietto Symphony Sym Death in Venice
Sibelius Symphony No 5 Symphony Sym
Copland Symphony No 3 Symphony Sym
Prokofiev Symphony No 5 Symphony Sym
Shostakovich Symphony No 10 Symphony Sym
Mozart Piano Concerto No 27 Concerto PC
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 Concerto PC
Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 Concerto PC
Shumann Piano Concerto Concerto PC
Grieg Piano Concerto Concerto PC
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 Concerto PC
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3 Concerto PC
Ravel Piano Concerto Concerto PC
Bartok Piano Concerto No 2 Concerto PC
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 Concerto PC Brief Encounter
Barber Adagio for Strings ? Platoon, Elephant Man
Mascagani Cavalleria rusticana, Intermezzo ? The Godfather
Verdi La Forza del destino Overture Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources
Vivaldi The four Seasons Suite Kramer v Kramer
Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumble Bee Suite Shine