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Beethoven, Ludwig van Wagner, Richard Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich Brahms, Johannes Strauss, Richard Bach, Johann Sebastian Dvorak, Antonín Mendelssohn, Felix Ravel, Maurice Schubert, Franz Stravinsky, Igor Berlioz, Hector Debussy, Claude Schumann, Robert Haydn, Franz Joseph Prokofiev, Sergei Liszt, Franz Weber, Carl Maria von Sibelius, Jean Mahler, Gustav Strauss, Johann, II Saint-Saens [Saint-Saëns], Camille Gershwin, George Copland, Aaron Bernstein, Leonard Rachmaninoff, Sergei Handel, George Frideric Shostakovich, Dmitri Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Bartok [Bartók], Béla Rossini, Gioachino Verdi, Giuseppe Musorgsky, Modest Chopin, Frédéric Bizet, Georges Bruckner, Anton Grieg, Edvard Elgar, Sir Edward Franck, César Barber, Samuel Falla, Manuel de Smetana, Bedrich Ives, Charles Respighi, Ottorino Vivaldi, Antonio Sousa, John Philip Bruch, Max Hindemith, Paul Britten, Benjamin Repertoire metrics NY Phil
Debussy, Claude Rank (U1 / U2) 14 / 15 Work perf. 1,508 Complete perf. 1,202 Excerpt share 20% First season – last season 1904–05 to 2026–27 Seasons played 121 Peak season 2010–11 (4.4%) Born – died 1862–1918 Work perf. Complete perf. (same denominator)
0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 share work perf. · 1842: 0.0% work perf. · 1843: 0.0% work perf. · 1844: 0.0% work perf. · 1845: 0.0% work perf. · 1846: 0.0% work perf. · 1847: 0.0% work perf. · 1848: 0.0% work perf. · 1849: 0.0% work perf. · 1850: 0.0% work perf. · 1851: 0.0% work perf. · 1852: 0.0% work perf. · 1853: 0.0% work perf. · 1854: 0.0% work perf. · 1855: 0.0% work perf. · 1856: 0.0% work perf. · 1857: 0.0% work perf. · 1858: 0.0% work perf. · 1859: 0.0% work perf. · 1860: 0.0% work perf. · 1861: 0.0% work perf. · 1862: 0.0% work perf. · 1863: 0.0% work perf. · 1864: 0.0% work perf. · 1865: 0.0% work perf. · 1866: 0.0% work perf. · 1867: 0.0% work perf. · 1868: 0.0% work perf. · 1869: 0.0% work perf. · 1870: 0.0% work perf. · 1871: 0.0% work perf. · 1872: 0.0% work perf. · 1873: 0.0% work perf. · 1874: 0.0% work perf. · 1875: 0.0% work perf. · 1876: 0.0% work perf. · 1877: 0.0% work perf. · 1878: 0.0% work perf. · 1879: 0.0% work perf. · 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perf. · 1922: 1.8% work perf. · 1923: 2.0% work perf. · 1924: 1.7% work perf. · 1925: 1.3% work perf. · 1926: 1.4% work perf. · 1927: 3.3% work perf. · 1928: 2.9% work perf. · 1929: 3.5% work perf. · 1930: 1.3% work perf. · 1931: 0.9% work perf. · 1932: 1.8% work perf. · 1933: 2.7% work perf. · 1934: 2.3% work perf. · 1935: 3.1% work perf. · 1936: 1.9% work perf. · 1937: 1.4% work perf. · 1938: 3.0% work perf. · 1939: 2.8% work perf. · 1940: 1.5% work perf. · 1941: 2.1% work perf. · 1942: 1.5% work perf. · 1943: 0.7% work perf. · 1944: 1.7% work perf. · 1945: 1.3% work perf. · 1946: 2.2% work perf. · 1947: 2.3% work perf. · 1948: 2.0% work perf. · 1949: 0.8% work perf. · 1950: 0.9% work perf. · 1951: 1.2% work perf. · 1952: 1.1% work perf. · 1953: 2.1% work perf. · 1954: 2.0% work perf. · 1955: 1.5% work perf. · 1956: 1.1% work perf. · 1957: 1.0% work perf. · 1958: 2.4% work perf. · 1959: 2.1% work perf. · 1960: 3.0% work perf. · 1961: 1.7% work perf. · 1962: 2.3% work perf. · 1963: 1.9% work perf. · 1964: 1.4% work perf. · 1965: 0.8% work perf. · 1966: 2.2% work perf. · 1967: 2.8% work perf. · 1968: 2.1% work perf. · 1969: 1.3% work perf. · 1970: 2.8% work perf. · 1971: 1.3% work perf. · 1972: 1.5% work perf. · 1973: 3.3% work perf. · 1974: 2.3% work perf. · 1975: 1.8% work perf. · 1976: 2.9% work perf. · 1977: 0.6% work perf. · 1978: 1.5% work perf. · 1979: 1.3% work perf. · 1980: 0.6% work perf. · 1981: 0.3% work perf. · 1982: 4.0% work perf. · 1983: 1.1% work perf. · 1984: 1.0% work perf. · 1985: 1.6% work perf. · 1986: 2.6% work perf. · 1987: 1.5% work perf. · 1988: 1.5% work perf. · 1989: 0.5% work perf. · 1990: 1.4% work perf. · 1991: 0.8% work perf. · 1992: 0.2% work perf. · 1993: 1.3% work perf. · 1994: 1.1% work perf. · 1995: 2.2% work perf. · 1996: 0.9% work perf. · 1997: 0.1% work perf. · 1998: 0.6% work perf. · 1999: 0.0% work perf. · 2000: 2.3% work perf. · 2001: 0.5% work perf. · 2002: 1.5% work perf. · 2003: 2.3% work perf. · 2004: 0.4% work perf. · 2005: 0.2% work perf. · 2006: 2.4% work perf. · 2007: 0.4% work perf. · 2008: 0.9% work perf. · 2009: 0.9% work perf. · 2010: 4.4% work perf. · 2011: 2.1% work perf. · 2012: 0.2% work perf. · 2013: 0.2% work perf. · 2014: 1.9% work perf. · 2015: 0.4% work perf. · 2016: 0.1% work perf. · 2017: 3.6% work perf. · 2018: 1.1% work perf. · 2019: 2.0% work perf. · 2020: 0.0% work perf. · 2021: 1.6% work perf. · 2022: 1.8% work perf. · 2023: 0.9% work perf. · 2024: 0.8% work perf. · 2025: 1.6% complete perf. · 1842: 0.0% complete perf. · 1843: 0.0% complete perf. · 1844: 0.0% complete perf. · 1845: 0.0% complete perf. · 1846: 0.0% complete perf. · 1847: 0.0% complete perf. · 1848: 0.0% complete perf. · 1849: 0.0% complete perf. · 1850: 0.0% complete perf. · 1851: 0.0% complete perf. · 1852: 0.0% complete perf. · 1853: 0.0% complete perf. · 1854: 0.0% complete perf. · 1855: 0.0% complete perf. · 1856: 0.0% complete perf. · 1857: 0.0% complete perf. · 1858: 0.0% complete perf. · 1859: 0.0% complete perf. · 1860: 0.0% complete perf. · 1861: 0.0% complete perf. · 1862: 0.0% complete perf. · 1863: 0.0% complete perf. · 1864: 0.0% complete perf. · 1865: 0.0% complete perf. · 1866: 0.0% complete perf. · 1867: 0.0% complete perf. · 1868: 0.0% complete perf. · 1869: 0.0% complete perf. · 1870: 0.0% complete perf. · 1871: 0.0% complete perf. · 1872: 0.0% complete perf. · 1873: 0.0% complete perf. · 1874: 0.0% complete perf. · 1875: 0.0% complete perf. · 1876: 0.0% complete perf. · 1877: 0.0% complete perf. · 1878: 0.0% complete perf. · 1879: 0.0% complete perf. · 1880: 0.0% complete perf. · 1881: 0.0% complete perf. · 1882: 0.0% complete perf. · 1883: 0.0% complete perf. · 1884: 0.0% complete perf. · 1885: 0.0% complete perf. · 1886: 0.0% complete perf. · 1887: 0.0% complete perf. · 1888: 0.0% complete perf. · 1889: 0.0% complete perf. · 1890: 0.0% complete perf. · 1891: 0.0% complete perf. · 1892: 0.0% complete perf. · 1893: 0.0% complete perf. · 1894: 0.0% complete perf. · 1895: 0.0% complete perf. · 1896: 0.0% complete perf. · 1897: 0.0% complete perf. · 1898: 0.0% complete perf. · 1899: 0.0% complete perf. · 1900: 0.0% complete perf. · 1901: 0.0% complete perf. · 1902: 0.0% complete perf. · 1903: 0.0% complete perf. · 1904: 0.0% complete perf. · 1905: 0.8% complete perf. · 1906: 0.8% complete perf. · 1907: 0.0% complete perf. · 1908: 1.1% complete perf. · 1909: 3.0% complete perf. · 1910: 1.6% complete perf. · 1911: 1.2% complete perf. · 1912: 1.4% complete perf. · 1913: 2.4% complete perf. · 1914: 0.9% complete perf. · 1915: 0.4% complete perf. · 1916: 1.2% complete perf. · 1917: 2.5% complete perf. · 1918: 1.6% complete perf. · 1919: 1.2% complete perf. · 1920: 0.7% complete perf. · 1921: 0.8% complete perf. · 1922: 0.9% complete perf. · 1923: 1.0% complete perf. · 1924: 1.0% complete perf. · 1925: 1.0% complete perf. · 1926: 0.9% complete perf. · 1927: 2.4% complete perf. · 1928: 2.3% complete perf. · 1929: 3.0% complete perf. · 1930: 0.5% complete perf. · 1931: 0.5% complete perf. · 1932: 1.6% complete perf. · 1933: 2.0% complete perf. · 1934: 1.5% complete perf. · 1935: 1.7% complete perf. · 1936: 1.2% complete perf. · 1937: 1.2% complete perf. · 1938: 2.0% complete perf. · 1939: 2.6% complete perf. · 1940: 1.1% complete perf. · 1941: 1.4% complete perf. · 1942: 1.1% complete perf. · 1943: 0.5% complete perf. · 1944: 1.5% complete perf. · 1945: 1.0% complete perf. · 1946: 2.0% complete perf. · 1947: 1.4% complete perf. · 1948: 1.7% complete perf. · 1949: 0.6% complete perf. · 1950: 0.8% complete perf. · 1951: 0.9% complete perf. · 1952: 0.7% complete perf. · 1953: 1.9% complete perf. · 1954: 0.7% complete perf. · 1955: 1.3% complete perf. · 1956: 0.8% complete perf. · 1957: 1.0% complete perf. · 1958: 2.2% complete perf. · 1959: 1.0% complete perf. · 1960: 1.9% complete perf. · 1961: 1.6% complete perf. · 1962: 2.0% complete perf. · 1963: 1.9% complete perf. · 1964: 1.1% complete perf. · 1965: 0.4% complete perf. · 1966: 1.2% complete perf. · 1967: 2.8% complete perf. · 1968: 1.9% complete perf. · 1969: 1.3% complete perf. · 1970: 2.8% complete perf. · 1971: 0.9% complete perf. · 1972: 1.2% complete perf. · 1973: 3.3% complete perf. · 1974: 1.9% complete perf. · 1975: 1.5% complete perf. · 1976: 2.9% complete perf. · 1977: 0.5% complete perf. · 1978: 1.5% complete perf. · 1979: 1.3% complete perf. · 1980: 0.6% complete perf. · 1981: 0.3% complete perf. · 1982: 3.9% complete perf. · 1983: 1.1% complete perf. · 1984: 1.0% complete perf. · 1985: 0.6% complete perf. · 1986: 2.3% complete perf. · 1987: 1.5% complete perf. · 1988: 1.5% complete perf. · 1989: 0.5% complete perf. · 1990: 1.4% complete perf. · 1991: 0.8% complete perf. · 1992: 0.2% complete perf. · 1993: 1.3% complete perf. · 1994: 1.1% complete perf. · 1995: 2.2% complete perf. · 1996: 0.9% complete perf. · 1997: 0.0% complete perf. · 1998: 0.6% complete perf. · 1999: 0.0% complete perf. · 2000: 2.3% complete perf. · 2001: 0.5% complete perf. · 2002: 1.5% complete perf. · 2003: 1.7% complete perf. · 2004: 0.3% complete perf. · 2005: 0.2% complete perf. · 2006: 2.3% complete perf. · 2007: 0.4% complete perf. · 2008: 0.8% complete perf. · 2009: 0.8% complete perf. · 2010: 2.9% complete perf. · 2011: 2.1% complete perf. · 2012: 0.0% complete perf. · 2013: 0.2% complete perf. · 2014: 1.3% complete perf. · 2015: 0.4% complete perf. · 2016: 0.1% complete perf. · 2017: 3.3% complete perf. · 2018: 0.9% complete perf. · 2019: 2.0% complete perf. · 2020: 0.0% complete perf. · 2021: 1.2% complete perf. · 2022: 0.9% complete perf. · 2023: 0.7% complete perf. · 2024: 0.8% complete perf. · 2025: 1.6% Completed seasons. Both lines use the season's total work performances as denominator: the upper line is this composer's work performances, the lower line the part of them that are complete (no movement named). The gap is this composer's excerpts as a share of the whole season. Rank by decade Decade Rank Share 1900s 21 1.0% 1910s 15 1.8% 1920s 11 2.0% 1930s 10 2.1% 1940s 11 1.6% 1950s 15 1.5% 1960s 10 2.0% 1970s 14 1.9% 1980s 18 1.5% 2000s 23 1.2% 2010s 12 1.6% 2020s 18 1.1%
Most performed works Work Work perf. Complete perf. First season Last season Rank (all) PRELUDE A L'APRES-MIDI D'UN FAUNE (PRELUDE TO THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN) 302 301 1905-06 2022-23 36 MER, LA [THE SEA] 251 238 1921-22 2025-26 46 NOCTURNES 217 34 1904-05 2019-20 64 IMAGES: IBÉRIA, NO. 2 142 136 1910-11 2011-12 116 IMAGES: RONDES DE PRINTEMPS, NO. 3 56 56 1910-11 2025-26 295 IMAGES: GIGUES, NO. 1 38 38 1918-19 2025-26 436 JEUX; POEME DANSE 27 27 1937-38 2014-15 570 MARTYRE DE SAINT SEBASTIEN, LE...: FRAGMENTS SYMPHONIQUES 23 23 1952-53 2006-07 651 FANTAISIE FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA 22 22 1920-21 2025-26 692 QUARTET, STRING, IN G MINOR, OP.10 21 3 1907-08 2017-18 706 TWO DANCES (ARR. Ravel) 21 8 1923-24 1951-52 725 RHAPSODY FOR CLARINET AND ORCHESTRA 19 19 1912-13 1970-71 774 DANSE SACRÉE ET DANSE PROFANE 18 16 1916-17 2010-11 800 CHILDREN'S CORNER SUITE (ORCH ARR.) (ARR. Caplet) 15 2 1921-22 1952-53 899 DAMOISELLE ELUE, LA (THE BLESSED DAMOZEL) 15 15 1935-36 1988-89 903
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