# /research/top1000/music.htm

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# 2005 Music All forms of music are included on this updated list: operas, symphonies, songs, musicals, from Hildegard of Bingen to Lerner and Loewe. Let the music begin...
#1 | Messiah George Frideric Handel Library holdings: 22,206 Bibliographic records: 1,522 Rank on complete list: 45
#2 | Carmen Georges Bizet Library holdings: 18,832 Bibliographic records: 1,243 Rank on complete list: 66
#3 | Don Giovanni Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Library holdings: 16,819 Bibliographic records: 1,084 Rank on complete list: 81
#4 | La Bohème Giacomo Puccini Library holdings: 15,935 Bibliographic records: 843 Rank on complete list: 97
#5 | Magic Flute Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Library holdings: 15,481 Bibliographic records: 940 Rank on complete list: 103
#6 | Marriage of Figaro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Library holdings: 14,121 Bibliographic records: 915 Rank on complete list: 126
#7 | La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi Library holdings: 13,753 Bibliographic records: 980 Rank on complete list: 138
#8 | Aida Giuseppe Verdi Library holdings: 13,687 Bibliographic records: 875 Rank on complete list: 140
#9 | Madame Butterfly Giacomo Puccini Library holdings: 12,652 Bibliographic records: 652 Rank on complete list: 151
#10 | Brandenburg Concertos Johann Sebastian Bach Library holdings: 12,534 Bibliographic records: 818 Rank on complete list: 157
#11 | Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi Library holdings: 12,422 Bibliographic records: 788 Rank on complete list: 162
#12 | Tosca Giacomo Puccini Library holdings: 12,402 Bibliographic records: 691 Rank on complete list: 164
#13 | Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Ludwig van Beethoven Library holdings: 12,395 Bibliographic records: 939 Rank on complete list: 165
#14 | Symphony No. 5 in C Minor Ludwig van Beethoven Library holdings: 12,203 Bibliographic records: 920 Rank on complete list: 171
#15 | Pictures at an Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky Library holdings: 12,199 Bibliographic records: 878 Rank on complete list: 172
#16 | Symphonie Fantastique Hector Berlioz Library holdings: 12,073 Bibliographic records: 660 Rank on complete list: 174
#17 | Twelve Days of Christmas Library holdings: 11,792 Bibliographic records: 120 Rank on complete list: 181
#18 | Peter and the Wolf Sergey Prokofiev Library holdings: 11,216 Bibliographic records: 594 Rank on complete list: 196
#19 | Barber of Seville Gioacchino Rossini Library holdings: 11,071 Bibliographic records: 779 Rank on complete list: 204
#20 | Tristan and Isolde Richard Wagner Library holdings: 10,574 Bibliographic records: 600 Rank on complete list: 221
#21 | Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major Ludwig van Beethoven Library holdings: 10,162 Bibliographic records: 885 Rank on complete list: 248
#22 | Così Fan Tutte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Library holdings: 10,109 Bibliographic records: 503 Rank on complete list: 252
#23 | Lucia di Lammermoor Gaetano Donizetti Library holdings: 9,998 Bibliographic records: 653 Rank on complete list: 256
#24 | Symphony No 9 in E Minor Antonín Dvořák Library holdings: 9,858 Bibliographic records: 754 Rank on complete list: 260
#25 | Goldberg Variations Johann Sebastian Bach Library holdings: 9,525 Bibliographic records: 469 Rank on complete list: 273
#26 | Violin Concerto in D Major Ludwig van Beethoven Library holdings: 9,419 Bibliographic records: 700 Rank on complete list: 278
#27 | Otello Giuseppe Verdi Library holdings: 9,419 Bibliographic records: 485 Rank on complete list: 279
#28 | Symphony No. 40 in G Minor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Library holdings: 9,335 Bibliographic records: 617 Rank on complete list: 283
#29 | Symphony No 6 in B Minor Peter Tchaikovsky Library holdings: 9,292 Bibliographic records: 738 Rank on complete list: 286
#30 | Symphony in B Minor ("Unfinished") Franz Schubert Library holdings: 9,248 Bibliographic records: 678 Rank on complete list: 289
#31 | Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky Library holdings: 9,238 Bibliographic records: 490 Rank on complete list: 291
#32 | Scheherazade Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov Library holdings: 9,121 Bibliographic records: 638 Rank on complete list: 299
#33 | St. Matthew Passion Johann Sebastian Bach Library holdings: 9,075 Bibliographic records: 588 Rank on complete list: 305
#34 | Mass in B Minor Johann Sebastian Bach Library holdings: 8,743 Bibliographic records: 430 Rank on complete list: 326
#35 | Violin Concerto in D Major Johannes Brahms Library holdings: 8,719 Bibliographic records: 545 Rank on complete list: 328
#36 | Meistersingers of Nurenberg Richard Wagner Library holdings: 8,706 Bibliographic records: 559 Rank on complete list: 329
#37 | German Requiem Johannes Brahms Library holdings: 8,657 Bibliographic records: 468 Rank on complete list: 333
#38 | Requiem Giuseppe Verdi Library holdings: 8,654 Bibliographic records: 476 Rank on complete list: 334
#39 | Four Seasons Antonio Vivaldi Library holdings: 8,624 Bibliographic records: 625 Rank on complete list: 337
#40 | Cavalleria Rusticana Pietro Mascagni Library holdings: 8,613 Bibliographic records: 567 Rank on complete list: 340
#41 | West Side Story Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim Library holdings: 8,534 Bibliographic records: 262 Rank on complete list: 343
#42 | Porgy and Bess George Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward, and Ira Gershwin Library holdings: 8,519 Bibliographic records: 409 Rank on complete list: 348
#43 | Symphony No 1 in D Major Gustav Mahler Library holdings: 8,445 Bibliographic records: 485 Rank on complete list: 354
#44 | Symphony No 1 in C Minor Johannes Brahms Library holdings: 8,174 Bibliographic records: 655 Rank on complete list: 374
#45 | Petrushka Igor Stravinsky Library holdings: 8,164 Bibliographic records: 386 Rank on complete list: 375
#46 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor Peter Tchaikovsky Library holdings: 8,147 Bibliographic records: 599 Rank on complete list: 376
#47 | Suites for Cello Johann Sebastian Bach Library holdings: 8,081 Bibliographic records: 511 Rank on complete list: 380
#48 | Water Music George Frideric Handel Library holdings: 8,073 Bibliographic records: 653 Rank on complete list: 382
#49 | Faust Charles Gounod Library holdings: 7,917 Bibliographic records: 726 Rank on complete list: 400
#50 | Symphony No 6 in F Major Ludwig van Beethoven Library holdings: 7,847 Bibliographic records: 695 Rank on complete list: 410
#51 | Creation Joseph Haydn Library holdings: 7,838 Bibliographic records: 537 Rank on complete list: 411
#52 | Symphony in C Major Franz Schubert Library holdings: 7,674 Bibliographic records: 516 Rank on complete list: 424
#53 | My Fair Lady Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner Library holdings: 7,659 Bibliographic records: 276 Rank on complete list: 427
#54 | Planets Gustav Holst Library holdings: 7,521 Bibliographic records: 377 Rank on complete list: 441
#55 | Dido and Aeneas Henry Purcell Library holdings: 7,449 Bibliographic records: 261 Rank on complete list: 449
#56 | Carmina Burana Carl Orff Library holdings: 7,422 Bibliographic records: 328 Rank on complete list: 455
#57 | Ring of the Niebelung Richard Wagner Library holdings: 7,336 Bibliographic records: 395 Rank on complete list: 463
#58 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor Frédéric Chopin Library holdings: 7,310 Bibliographic records: 466 Rank on complete list: 471
#59 | Symphony in D Minor César Franck Library holdings: 7,292 Bibliographic records: 391 Rank on complete list: 474
#60 | Symphony No. 5 in E Minor Peter Tchaikovsky Library holdings: 7,282 Bibliographic records: 615 Rank on complete list: 476
#61 | Well-Tempered Clavier Johann Sebastian Bach Library holdings: 7,250 Bibliographic records: 423 Rank on complete list: 477
#62 | Symphony No. 4 in G Major Gustav Mahler Library holdings: 7,218 Bibliographic records: 369 Rank on complete list: 483
#63 | Parsifal Richard Wagner Library holdings: 7,158 Bibliographic records: 507 Rank on complete list: 493
#64 | Sound of Music Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein Library holdings: 7,083 Bibliographic records: 230 Rank on complete list: 505
#65 | Symphony No 7 in A Major Ludwig van Beethoven Library holdings: 7,074 Bibliographic records: 699 Rank on complete list: 508
#66 | Art of the Fugue Johann Sebastian Bach Library holdings: 7,061 Bibliographic records: 438 Rank on complete list: 510
#67 | Lohengrin Richard Wagner Library holdings: 7,051 Bibliographic records: 566 Rank on complete list: 514
#68 | Salome Richard Strauss Library holdings: 7,038 Bibliographic records: 260 Rank on complete list: 516
#69 | Twilight of the Gods Richard Wagner Library holdings: 6,942 Bibliographic records: 421 Rank on complete list: 533
#70 | Rheingold Richard Wagner Library holdings: 6,930 Bibliographic records: 379 Rank on complete list: 536
#71 | Valkyrie Richard Wagner Library holdings: 6,894 Bibliographic records: 455 Rank on complete list: 544
#72 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Sergei Rachmaninoff Library holdings: 6,884 Bibliographic records: 432 Rank on complete list: 547
#73 | Tannhäuser Richard Wagner Library holdings: 6,827 Bibliographic records: 538 Rank on complete list: 561
#74 | Falstaff Giuseppe Verdi Library holdings: 6,788 Bibliographic records: 305 Rank on complete list: 568
#75 | Song from the Earth Gustav Mahler Library holdings: 6,725 Bibliographic records: 343 Rank on complete list: 576
#76 | Piano Concerto No 5 in E-flat Major Ludwig van Beethoven Library holdings: 6,710 Bibliographic records: 572 Rank on complete list: 581
#77 | Violin Concerto in E Minor Felix Mendelssohn Library holdings: 6,702 Bibliographic records: 435 Rank on complete list: 582
#78 | Symphony No 4 in E Minor Johannes Brahms Library holdings: 6,658 Bibliographic records: 485 Rank on complete list: 588
#79 | Missa Solemnis Ludwig van Beethoven Library holdings: 6,596 Bibliographic records: 308 Rank on complete list: 602
#80 | Norma Vincenzo Bellini Library holdings: 6,584 Bibliographic records: 571 Rank on complete list: 604
#81 | Turandot Giacomo Puccini Library holdings: 6,559 Bibliographic records: 311 Rank on complete list: 606
#82 | La Mer Claude Debussy Library holdings: 6,417 Bibliographic records: 406 Rank on complete list: 641
#83 | Ballo in Maschera Giuseppe Verdi Library holdings: 6,405 Bibliographic records: 489 Rank on complete list: 645
#84 | Symphony No. 4 in A Major Felix Mendelssohn Library holdings: 6,374 Bibliographic records: 438 Rank on complete list: 648
#85 | Symphony No 2 in D Major Johannes Brahms Library holdings: 6,354 Bibliographic records: 481 Rank on complete list: 652
#86 | Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor Gustav Mahler Library holdings: 6,348 Bibliographic records: 318 Rank on complete list: 655
#87 | Symphony No. 4 in F Minor Peter Tchaikovsky Library holdings: 6,343 Bibliographic records: 495 Rank on complete list: 656
#88 | Flying Dutchman Richard Wagner Library holdings: 6,338 Bibliographic records: 450 Rank on complete list: 657
#89 | Quintet in A Major Franz Schubert Library holdings: 6,311 Bibliographic records: 414 Rank on complete list: 661
#90 | Cello Concerto in B Minor Antonín Dvořák Library holdings: 6,306 Bibliographic records: 417 Rank on complete list: 662
#91 | Fledermaus Johann Strauss Library holdings: 6,282 Bibliographic records: 399 Rank on complete list: 669
#92 | Siegfried Richard Wagner Library holdings: 6,281 Bibliographic records: 362 Rank on complete list: 670
#93 | Amahl and the Night Visitors Gian Carlo Menotti Library holdings: 6,220 Bibliographic records: 75 Rank on complete list: 688
#94 | Symphony No. 2 in C Minor Gustav Mahler Library holdings: 6,207 Bibliographic records: 338 Rank on complete list: 691
#95 | Symphony No 3 in F Major Johannes Brahms Library holdings: 6,192 Bibliographic records: 440 Rank on complete list: 695
#96 | Orpheus and Euridice Christoph Willibald Gluck Library holdings: 6,192 Bibliographic records: 385 Rank on complete list: 696
#97 | Midsummer Night's Dream Felix Mendelssohn Library holdings: 6,189 Bibliographic records: 417 Rank on complete list: 697
#98 | Pagliacci Ruggiero Leoncavallo Library holdings: 6,128 Bibliographic records: 405 Rank on complete list: 716
#99 | Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Library holdings: 6,127 Bibliographic records: 569 Rank on complete list: 717
#100 | Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin Library holdings: 6,127 Bibliographic records: 365 Rank on complete list: 718
#101 | Fiddler on the Roof Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick Library holdings: 6,094 Bibliographic records: 174 Rank on complete list: 731
#102 | Piano Concerto No 1 in D Minor Johannes Brahms Library holdings: 6,075 Bibliographic records: 349 Rank on complete list: 740
#103 | Piano Concerto in A Minor Robert Schumann Library holdings: 6,067 Bibliographic records: 424 Rank on complete list: 741
#104 | St. John Passion Johann Sebastian Bach Library holdings: 5,997 Bibliographic records: 378 Rank on complete list: 751
#105 | Rosenkavalier Richard Strauss Library holdings: 5,967 Bibliographic records: 260 Rank on complete list: 763
#106 | South Pacific Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein Library holdings: 5,967 Bibliographic records: 215 Rank on complete list: 764
#107 | Magnificat Johann Sebastian Bach Library holdings: 5,959 Bibliographic records: 323 Rank on complete list: 769
#108 | Fidelio Ludwig van Beethoven Library holdings: 5,946 Bibliographic records: 353 Rank on complete list: 779
#109 | Violin Concerto in D Major Peter Tchaikovsky Library holdings: 5,927 Bibliographic records: 440 Rank on complete list: 785
#110 | Freischütz Carl Maria von Weber Library holdings: 5,768 Bibliographic records: 483 Rank on complete list: 829
#111 | Three Penny Opera Kurt Weill Library holdings: 5,736 Bibliographic records: 169 Rank on complete list: 839
#112 | Symphony No 1 in C Major Ludwig van Beethoven Library holdings: 5,718 Bibliographic records: 523 Rank on complete list: 846
#113 | Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations Hildegard of Bingen Library holdings: 5,653 Bibliographic records: 116 Rank on complete list: 861
#114 | Winter Journey Franz Schubert Library holdings: 5,644 Bibliographic records: 392 Rank on complete list: 863
#115 | Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat Major Johannes Brahms Library holdings: 5,628 Bibliographic records: 354 Rank on complete list: 868
#116 | Hansel and Gretel Engelbert Humperdinck Library holdings: 5,622 Bibliographic records: 309 Rank on complete list: 869
#117 | King and I Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein Library holdings: 5,611 Bibliographic records: 182 Rank on complete list: 876
#118 | Elijah Felix Mendelssohn Library holdings: 5,606 Bibliographic records: 337 Rank on complete list: 877
#119 | Symphony No 4 in B-flat Major Ludwig van Beethoven Library holdings: 5,560 Bibliographic records: 431 Rank on complete list: 894
#120 | La Forza del Destino Giuseppe Verdi Library holdings: 5,557 Bibliographic records: 380 Rank on complete list: 895
#121 | Christmas Oratorio Johann Sebastian Bach Library holdings: 5,540 Bibliographic records: 377 Rank on complete list: 901
#122 | Swan Lake Peter Tchaikovsky Library holdings: 5,536 Bibliographic records: 458 Rank on complete list: 902
#123 | Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major Anton Bruckner Library holdings: 5,535 Bibliographic records: 379 Rank on complete list: 903
#124 | Mikado Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert Library holdings: 5,518 Bibliographic records: 344 Rank on complete list: 909
#125 | Abduction from the Seraglio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Library holdings: 5,493 Bibliographic records: 364 Rank on complete list: 920
#126 | Manon Lescaut Giacomo Puccini Library holdings: 5,489 Bibliographic records: 254 Rank on complete list: 921
#127 | Requiem Gabriel Fauré Library holdings: 5,451 Bibliographic records: 238 Rank on complete list: 936
#128 | Requiem Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Library holdings: 5,437 Bibliographic records: 234 Rank on complete list: 939
#129 | Don Carlos Giuseppe Verdi Library holdings: 5,435 Bibliographic records: 348 Rank on complete list: 942
#130 | Pelléas and Mélisande Claude Debussy Library holdings: 5,434 Bibliographic records: 214 Rank on complete list: 944
#131 | Symphony No. 3 in C Minor Camille Saint-Saëns Library holdings: 5,387 Bibliographic records: 279 Rank on complete list: 957
#132 | Symphony No. 2 in D Major Jean Sibelius Library holdings: 5,326 Bibliographic records: 284 Rank on complete list: 986
#133 | Oklahoma Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein Library holdings: 5,302 Bibliographic records: 237 Rank on complete list: 993