MIDDLE AGES |
| Bingen (1098–1179) | most sacred songs are from 3 to 7 min. |
| Machaut (c.1300–77) | Notre Dame Mass (1360s) c. 25 min. |
RENAISSANCE |
| Josquin (c.1440–1521) | Pange Lingua Mass (early 1500s) c. 30 min. |
| Palestrina (c.1525–94) | Pope Marcellus Mass (1560s) c. 30 min. |
| Byrd (c.1543–1623) | Ave Verum Corpus () c. 3½ min. |
BAROQUE |
| Purcell (1659–95) | Dido and Aeneas (1689) c. 40 min., "Thy hand, Belinda" to the end is c. 10 min. |
| Vivaldi (1678–1741) | The Four Seasons (1725) c. 10 min. per season |
| J.S. Bach (1685–1750) | Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (1718–21) c. 20 min. |
| B minor Mass (1749) c. 1 hour 45 min., the Kyrie is c. 18 min. |
| Handel (1685–1759) | Water Music (1715–17) c. 30 min. |
CLASSICAL |
| Haydn (1732–1809) | String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor" (1788) c. 20 min., the 2nd movement is c. 8 min. |
| Mozart (1756–91) | Symphony No. 40 (1788) c. 35 min., the 1st movement is c. 7 min. |
| Ave Verum Corpus (1791) c. 4 min. |
| Beethoven (1770–1827) | Piano Sonata "Pathétique" (1799) c. 17 min. |
ROMANTIC |
| Beethoven (1770–1827) | Symphony No. 9 "Choral" (1824) c. 65 min., the 4th movement is c. 25 min. |
| Schubert (1797–1828) | Erlking (1815) c. 5 min. |
| Liszt (1811–86) | Les Preludes (1848–54) c. 16 min. |
| Brahms (1833–97) | German Requiem (1868) c. 1 hour, each movement is between 6 & 12 min. |
| Symphony No. 4 (1886) c. 45 min., the 1st movement is c. 13 min. |
| Verdi (1813–1901) | Requiem (1869–74) c. 2 hours, the opening of the Dies irae is c. 2 min. |
| Bizet (1838–75) | Carmen (1875) c. 2½ hours, the overture is c. 3½ min. |
| Tchaikovsky (1840–93) | Symphony No. 5 (1888) c. 47 min., the 2nd movement is c. 14 min. |
IMPRESSIONISM |
| Debussy (1862–1918) | Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1892–4) c. 10 min. |
EXPRESSIONISM |
| Schoenberg (1874–1951) | Pierrot lunaire (1912) c. 35 min., most numbers are c. 1½ min. |
PRIMITIVISM |
| Stravinsky (1882–1971) | The Rite of Spring (1912) c. 35 min., each segment is from 1 to 3 min. |
NEOCLASSICISM |
| Prokofiev (1876–1956) | Classical Symphony (1917) c. 15 min. |
AMERICANS |
| Gershwin (1898–1937) | Rhapsody in Blue (1924) c. 15 min. |
| Copland (1900–90) | Appalachian Spring (1944) c. 25 min. |
| Fanfare for the Common Man (1943) c. 3½ min. |
SERIALISM |
| Webern (1883–1945) | Variations for Orchestra (1940) c. 7 min. |
MINIMALISM |
| Adams (1947– ) | The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra (1985) c. 12 min. |
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