| 1752 | Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) | |
| 1770 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770- 1827) | |
| 1782 | Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) | |
| 1786 | Carl Maria von Weber (1786- 1826) | |
| 1791 | Carl Czerny Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791- 1864) |
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| 1797 | Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) |
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| 1800 | ||
| 1801 | Vincenzo Bellini (1801-35) | |
| 1802 | Gioacchino Rossini (1802-1868) | |
| Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, "Eroica" | 1803 | Louis Hector Berlioz (1803-69) |
| 1804 | ||
| 1805 | ||
| 1806 | ||
| 1807 | ||
| Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C Minor | 1808 | |
| 1809 | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) | |
| 1810 | Frederic Chopin (1810-49) Robert Schumann (1810-56) |
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| 1811 | Franz Liszt (1811-86) | |
| 1812 | ||
| 1813 | Richard Wagner (1813-83) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) |
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| Schubert, "Gretchen am Spinnrade" | 1814 | |
| Rossini, Barber of Seville Schubert, Erlkonig |
1815 | |
| Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 1816 | |
| 1817 | ||
| 1818 | Charles Gounod (1818-93) | |
| Schubert, "Trout" Quintet | 1819 | Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896) |
| 1820 | ||
| Weber, Der Freischütz | 1821 | |
| 1822 | ||
| Schubert, "Auf dem Wasser zu singen" | 1823 | |
| 1824 | ||
| 1825 | ||
| Beethoven, String Quartet in C# Minor, Op. 131 Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night's Dream |
1826 | Weber died (1786-1826) |
| Schubert, Winterreise | 1827 | Beethoven died (1770-1827) |
| 1828 | Schubert died (1797-1828) | |
| Rossini, Guillaume Tell | 1829 | |
| Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, first performance | 1830 | |
| Bellini, Norma Chopin, Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 |
1831 | |
| Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor Mendelssohn, Italian Symphony |
1832 | |
| Chopin, Mazurkas, Opus 17 | 1833 | Johannes Brahms (1833-97) |
| 1834 | ||
| Chopin, Polonaise in C# Minor, Ballade in G Minor |
1835 | |
| Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots Mendelssohn, St. Paul |
1836 | |
| Berlioz, Requiem, first performance Schumann, Fantasiestucke |
1837 | |
| Liszt, Années de Pèlerinage | 1838 | Georges Bizet (1838-75) |
| Mendelssohn, Piano Trio No 1 in D Minor/ | 1839 | Modest Musorgsky (1839-81) |
| Schumann, Liederkreis, Dichterliebe | 1840 | Pyotr Il'Yich Tchaikovsky (1840-93) Paganini died (1782-1840) |
| 1841 | ||
| 1842 | ||
| Donizetti, Don Pasquale Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night's Dream |
1843 | |
| 1844 | ||
| Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, printed | 1845 | |
| Berlioz, Damnation of Faust, performed | 1846 | |
| 1847 | Mendelssohn died (1809-47) | |
| 1848 | ||
| 1849 | Chopin died (1810-49) | |
| 1850 | ||
| 1851 | ||
| 1852 | ||
| C. W. Schumann, Jucunde Verdi, Il trovatore |
1853 | |
| 1854 | ||
| 1855 | ||
| Wagner, Die Walkure | 1856 | |
| 1857 | ||
| 1858 | Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) | |
| Wagner, Tristan | 1859 | |
| 1860 | Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) | |
| 1861 | ||
| 1862 | Claude Debussy (1862-1918) | |
| 1863 | ||
| Brahms, Piano Quintet in F Minor | 1864 | Richard Strauss (1864-1949) |
| 1865 | ||
| 1866 | ||
| Wagner, Meistersinger | 1867 | |
| 1868 | Rossini died (1802-68) | |
| Musorgsky, Boris Gudunov | 1869 | Berlioz died (1803-69) |
| 1870 | ||
| 1871 | ||
| 1872 | Alexander Skryabin (1872-1915) | |
| Verdi, Requiem | 1873 | |
| 1874 | Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Charles Ives (1874-1954) |
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| Bizet, Carmen | 1875 | Bizet died (1838-75) |
| Wagner, Ring performed at Bayreuth | 1876 | |
| Tchaikovsky, Symphony No 4 in F Minor | 1877 | |
| Brahms, Concerto for Violin in D Major | 1878 | |
| 1879 | ||
| 1880 | ||
| Liszt, Nuages gris | 1881 | Musorgsky died (1839-81) Béla Bartók (1881-1945) |
| 1882 | Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) | |
| 1883 | Wagner died (1813-83) Anton Webern (1883-1945) Edgard Varèse (1883-1965) |
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| 1884 | ||
| 1884 | ||
| Bruckner, Virga Jesse | 1885 | Alban Berg (1885-1935) |
| 1886 | Liszt died (1811-86) | |
| Verdi, Otello | 1887 | |
| Strauss, Don Juan Wolf, Morike Lieder, Satie, Trois Gymnopedies |
1888 | |
| 1889 | ||
| 1890 | ||
| 1891 | ||
| Fauré, "Avant que tu ne t'en ailles" | 1892 | |
| Dvorák, New World Symphony | 1893 | |
| Mahler, Symphony no. 3 | 1894 | |
| 1895 | Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) William Grant Still (1895-1978) |
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| Puccini, La Bohème | 1896 | Roger Sessions (1896-1985) |
| Strauss, Don Quixote Debussy, L'Après-midi d'une Faun |
1897 | Brahms died (1833-97) Henry Cowell (1897-1965) |
| Ravel, Ouverture de Shéherazade Ives, "Feld Einsamkeit" |
1898 | |
| Debussy, Nuages Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht |
1899 | |
| 1900 | Aaron Copland (1900-90) | |
| 1901 | Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953) | |
| Debussy, Pelleas et Melisande | 1902 | |
| Debussy, Estampes Skryabin, Piano Pieces, Op. 35 |
1903 | Wolf died (1860-1903) |
| Mahler, Kindertotenlieder | 1904 | |
| R. Strauss, Salomé Schoenberg, Pelleas... |
1905 | |
| 1906 | ||
| Schoenberg, String Quartet no. 2 Ives, "Soliloquy" |
1907 | |
| Schoenberg, String Quartet No. 2 Ravel, Mother Goose Suite Ives, The Unanswered Question |
1908 | Elliott Carter (b. 1908) Olivier Messiaen (b. 1908) |
| Schoenberg, Five Orchestra Pieces, Op. 16 Webern, Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5 Mahler, Das Lied von der erde |
1909 | |
| 1910 Stravinsky, Firebird | ||
| Bartók, Bluebeard's Castle Stravinsky, Petrushka |
1911 | |
| Berg, Altenberg Lieder Schoenberg, Pierrot lunaire |
1912 | John Cage (1912-1992) |
| Stravinsky, Rite of Spring Webern, Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 Debussy, Jeux Webern, Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10 Ives, New England Holidays |
1913 | Benjamin Britten (1913-76) |
| Ives, "General William Booth Enters into Heaven" Skryabin, " Vers la flamme" |
1914 | |
| Prokofiev, Scythian Suite Ives, Concord Sonata |
1915 | Skryabin died (1872-1915) |
| Ives, Fourth Symphony | 1916 | Milton Babbitt (b. 1916) |
| Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin Ives, "They Are There!" Satie, Parade Stravinsky, Les Noces Prokofiev, Classical Symphony, Op. 25 |
1917 | |
| Stravinsky, L'Histoire du soldat | 1918 | Debussy died (1862-1918) |
| Bartók, The Miraculous Mandarin Prokofiev, The Love for Three Orange, Op. 33 |
1919 | |
| 1920 Ravel, La Valse | ||
| Berg, Wozzeck | 1921 | |
| 1922 | Iannis Xenakis (b. 1922) |
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| Varèse, Hyperprism Henry Cowell, Aeolian Harp Milhaud, Le Creation du monde Stravinsky, Octet for Winds Schoenberg, Suite for Piano, Op. 25 |
1923 | György Ligeti (b. 1923) |
| Stravinsky, Concerto for Piano and Winds Honegger, Pacific 231 |
1924 | Puccini died (1858-1924) |
| 1925 | Pierre Boulez (b. 1925) |
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| Berg, Lyric Suite R.C. Seeger, Violin Sonata Bartók, Out of Doors Suite |
1926 | |
| 1927 | ||
| Schoenberg, Variations for Orchestra Webern, Symphonie, Op. 21 Ravel, Bolero |
1928 | Karlheinz Stockhausen (b. 1928) |
| Schoenberg, Piano Piece, Op. 33a Webern, String Quartet, Op. 28 |
1929 | George Crumb (b. 1929) |
| 1930 Still, Afro-American Symphony | ||
| Bartók, Piano Concerto, No. 2 | 1931 | |
| Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk | 1932 | Pauline Oliveros (b. 1932) |
| 1933 | Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933) | |
| Hindemith, Mathis der Mahler Prokofiev, Lt. Kije Suite and Romeo and Juliet |
1934 | Peter Maxwell Davies (b. 1934) |
| Gershwin, Porgy and Bess | 1935 | Berg died (1885-1935) Terry Riley (b. 1935) |
| Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta | 1936 | Steve Reich (b. 1936) |
| 1937 | Philip Glass (b. 1937) |
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| Poulenc, Organ Concerto | 1938 | |
| 1939 | ||
| 1940 | ||
| Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps | 1941 | |
| 1942 | ||
| Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra | 1943 | |
| 1944 | ||
| 1945 | Bartók died (1881-1945) Webern died (1883-1945) |
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| 1946 | ||
| Babbitt, Three Compositions for Piano |
1947 | John Adams (b. 1947) |
| 1948 | ||
| 1949 | Strauss died (1864-1949) | |
| 1950 | ||
| Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress | 1951 | Schoenberg died (1874-1951) |
| 1952 | ||
| 1953 | ||
| 1954 | ||
| 1955 | ||
| Stockhausen, Gesang der Junglinge |
1956 | |
| Boulez; Le Marteau sans Maitre Varese, Poeme electronique |
1957 | |
| 1958 | ||
| Schuller, Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee Poulenc, Gloria |
1959 | |
| Cage, Cartridge Music | 1960 | |
| 1961 | ||
| Xenakis, Atrees |
1962 | |
| 1963 | Hindemith died (1895-1963 | |
| Babbitt, Philomel; Riley, In C | 1964 | |
| Reich, It's Gonna Rain |
1965 | Varèse died (1883-1965) |
| Rochberg, Nach Bach | 1966 | |
| Penderecki, Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra |
1967 | |
| 1968 | ||
| 1968 | ||
| Shostakovich, Symphony No. 14 Davies, Eight Songs for a Mad King |
1969 | |
| Crumb, Black Angels, Ancient Voices of Children | 1970 | |
| 1971 | Stravinsky died (1882-1971) | |
| 1972 | ||
| 1973 | ||
| Oliveros, Sonic Meditations |
1974 | |
| 1975 | ||
| Glass, Einstein at the Beach |
1976 | Britten died (1913-76) |
| 1977 | ||
| 1978 | ||
| Reich, Violin Phase | 1979 | |
| 1980 | ||
| 1981 | ||
| 1982 | ||
| 1983 | ||
| 1974 | ||
| 1984 | ||
| 1985 | ||
| 1986 | ||
| Adams, Nixon in China |
1987 | |
| 1974 | ||
| Reich, Different Trains |
1988 | |
| 1989 | ||
| 1990 | Copland died (1900-90) | |
| Adams, Death of Klinghoffer |
1991 | |
| 1992 | John Cage died (1912-92) | |
| 1993 | ||
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