Summary Provides an Overview of the Most Frequently Performed Composers and Works, and of U.S., Canadian, and Contemporary Composers and Works
The data below was compiled from the 2011-12 classical season repertoire submitted by 52 League of American Orchestras member orchestras.
This summary provides an overview of the most frequently performed composers and works, and of U.S., Canadian, and contemporary composers and works.
DATA SET
TOTAL DATA COLLECTED FOR THE STATISTICS THAT FOLLOW
1196 Concert performances
3721 Performances of individual works
52 Orchestras
989 Distinct compositions
305 Different composers
Most frequently performed composers
Scheduled performances Ludwig van Beethoven 265 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 244 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 155 Johannes Brahms 147 Sergei Rachmaninoff 125 Antonin Dvorak 119 Richard Strauss 99 Gustav Mahler 87 Igor Stravinsky 85 Franz Schubert 83 Felix Mendelssohn 80 Sergei Prokofiev 79 Maurice Ravel 77 Dmitri Shostakovich 65 Claude Debussy 63 Jean Sibelius 54 Franz Liszt 53 Franz Joseph Haydn 52 Hector Berlioz 51 Johann Sebastian Bach 48 Aaron Copland 47 Richard Wagner 44 Edward Elgar 41 Robert Schumann 40 Bela Bartok 38
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Most frequently performed works Scheduled performances Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Opus 55 “Eroica” 29 Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major 25 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Opus 30 25 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36 24 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 41 In C major, K. 551 "Jupiter" 23 Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, Opus 100 23 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 In C minor, Opus 18 23 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major, Opus 93 22 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67 21 Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 77 21 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Opus 73 "Emporer" 20 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Opus 98 20 Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor, Opus 64 20 Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition 19 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 73 18 Edward Elgar Enigma Variations, Opus 36 18 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 18 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Opus 74 "Pathetique" 18 Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Opus 70 17 Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major 17 Carl Orff Carmina Burana 17 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944 "The Great" 17 Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 16 16 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 43 16 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Opus 64 16
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Most frequently performed U.S. composers Scheduled performances Igor Stravinsky 85 Aaron Copland 47 Leonard Bernstein 29 Samuel Barber 27 John Adams 23 George Gershwin 23 Steven Stucky 18 Richard Danielpour 10 Michael Daugherty 9 Alan Hovhaness 9 Erich Korngold 8 Charles Ives 7 Christopher Rouse 7 William Bolcom 6 John Corigliano 6 Philip Glass 6 David Ott 6 Frank Ticheli 6 Ernest Bloch 5 Jake Heggie 5 Daniel Kellogg 5 Steven Mackey 5 Michael Abels 4 Leroy Anderson 4 Nathaniel Stookey 4 George Tsontakis 4 Frank Zappa 4
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Most frequently performed living U.S. composers Scheduled performances John Adams 23 Steven Stucky 12 Richard Danielpour 10 Michael Daugherty 9 Christopher Rouse 7 William Bolcom 6 John Corigliano 6 Philip Glass 6 David Ott 6 Frank Ticheli 6 Jake Heggie 5 Daniel Kellogg 5 Steven Mackey 5 Michael Abels 4 Nathaniel Stookey 4 George Tsontakis 4 Chen Yi 3 Carlisle Floyd 3 Stephen Hartke 3 James Newton Howard 3 Pierre Jalbert 3 Adam Schoenberg 3 Alvin Singleton 3 Christopher Theofanidis 3 John Williams 3
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Most frequently performed works by U.S. composers Scheduled performances Igor Stravinsky The Firebird (all versions) 14 Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring 13 George Gershwin American in Paris 12 Leonard Bernstein Overture from Candide 10 Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3 8 Michael Abels Global Warming 8 Steven Stucky Son et Lumiere 7 Igor Stravinsky Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra 7 Igor Stravinsky Petrouchka 7 Samuel Barber Essay No. 1, Opus 12 7 George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue 6 Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man 6 Erich Korngold Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 35 5 Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings 5 Alan Hovhaness Symphony No. 2, "Mysterious Mountain" 5 Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring 5 Leroy Anderson Typewriter 4 Igor Stravinsky Suite from Pulcinella 4 Igor Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms 4
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U.S. and Canadian composers and works
Number Percent Total composers 305 U.S. composers 76 24.9% Canadian composers 6 2.0% Total, U.S. and Canadian composers 82 26.9%
Total compositions 2012-13 989
Compositions written by U.S. composers 164 16.6% Compositions written by Canadian composers 11 1.1% Total, U.S. and Canadian compositions 175 17.7%
Total performances of individual works 3721 Performances of U.S. works 434 11.7% Performances of Canadian works 14 0.4% Total, performances of U.S. and Canadian works 448 12.0%
Contemporary composers and works (within the last 25 years) Number Percent Total number of composers in 2011-12 305
Composers who wrote works in and after 1987 57 18.7%
Total compositions in 2011-12 989 Compositions written in and after 1987 78 7.9%
Total performances of individual works in 2011-12 3721 Performances of works written in and after 1987 166 4.5%
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