Basically a list of Kanon's keywords, sorted by composer, some with youtube links or some backstory to the song. Rather empty for now, but will be edited over time to add more links and things.
Adams, John - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Here!
Bach, Johann Sebastian - The Well-Tempered Clavier
Bartók, Béla - Allegro Barbaro *
Here.
Berg, Alban - Wozzeck
Is about a guy who is driven crazy.
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Pathétique
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony No. 7 *
Is like, the main theme in the Nodame Cantabile drama.
Bizet, Georges - L'Arlésienne
Britten, Benjamin - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra *
Part 1 Part 2.
Cage, John - 4' 33"
Is a composition where the the performer is required to not make a sound for 4 minutes and 33 seconds. Everyone can be a musician! 8Db
Chopin, Frédéric - Étude 10-4 *
Here.
Chopin, Frédéric - Revolutionary Étude in C Minor
lol Maksim Copland, Aaron - Appalachian Spring
Copland, Aaron - Rodeo
Hoedown is probably the most famous section.
Debussy, Claude - L'Isle Joyeuse *
Translated into "The Joyous Isle".
Here.
Dukas, Paul - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Mickey Mouse.
Dvořák, Antonín - From the New World *
4th movement. Yes, it's THIS song.
Gershwin, George - An American in Paris *
Gershwin, George - Rhapsody in Blue *
Part 1 Part 2.
Glass, Philip - Einstein on the Beach
Einstein on the Beach is BIZARRE. Look, that youtube link has... lego stopmotion!
Haydn, Joseph - Surprise
Holst, Gustav - The Planets *
My favourite movement from this is
Jupiter (the Bringer of Jollity). ... which has appeared in Toph's keywords, yes.
Ives, Charles - The Unanswered Question
Here.
Liszt, Franz - Transcendental Étude No.10
Here.
Mahler, Gustav - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Translated (mistranslated, apparently, according to wiki) as "Songs of a Wayfarer". IS SAD.
Mendelssohn, Felix - Songs without Words
Monteverdi, Claudio - Orpheus
Morley, Thomas - Now Is the Month of Maying
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Don Giovanni
Is about a rapist. (N-no, really.)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Sonata for 2 Pianos *
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3. I'm fairly certain there's a Nodame version too, since this song was played by Chiaki and Nodame.
Mussorgsky, Modest - Pictures at an Exhibition
Pachelbel, Johann - Canon in D
Everyone SHOULD KNOW PACHELBEL. HE IS FOLLOWING YOU.
Pachelbel rant is awesome.
Prokofiev, Sergei - The Love for Three Oranges *
Is about princesses in oranges.
Rachmaninoff, Sergei - Piano Concerto No. 2 *
Ravel, Maurice - Bolero *
Here.
This version is also fun.
Ravel, Maurice - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Is uh, dedicated to the memory of Ravel's friends who had died fighting in World War I. Sorry TTT. W-why did I keyword this icon as this.
Sarasate, Pablo de - Carmen Fantasy *
Part 1 Part 2 Schoenberg, Arnold - A Survivor from Warsaw
Narration depicts the story of a survivor from Warsaw ghetto during the World War II.
Here.
Schubert, Franz - The Erlking
Schubert, Franz - Trout
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5. Part 4 is probably the most famous section, I think.
Schumann, Robert - Carnival
Shostakovich, Dmitri - Symphony No. 5 in D minor
Smetana, Bedřich - The Moldau
Smith, Bessie - Lost Your Head Blues
Strauss, Richard - Till Eulenspiegel
Stravinsky, Igor - Petroushka *
Is a ballet, and has a rather
interesting story.
Have a 4-hands version of Russian Dance.
Stravinsky, Igor - The Rite of Spring
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich - Violin Concerto in D major
Varèse, Edgard - Electronic Poem
Verdi, Giuseppe - Rigoletto
Vivaldi, Antonio - The Four Seasons *
* = I have some sort of recording of it. A couple might be in some CD tucked away somewhere, though.