List of classical music in literature

List of classical music pieces which inspired or are mentioned explicitly in literature.

ComposerMusical PieceAuthorLiterary Work
Johann Sebastian BachGoldberg VariationsRichard PowersThe Gold Bug Variations (1991)
Ludwig van BeethovenSymphony No. 3 "Eroica"Anthony BurgessNapoleon Symphony (1974)
BeethovenViolin Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer"Leo TolstoyThe Kreutzer Sonata (1889)
BeethovenSymphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67E. M. ForsterHowards End (1910)
BeethovenPiano Trio, Op. 97 "Archduke Trio" 1. Allegro (performed by Arthur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz and Emanuel Feuermann)Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore (2002)
BeethovenSymphony No. 9 "Choral"Anthony BurgessA Clockwork Orange (1962)
Claude DebussyPrélude à l'après-midi d'un fauneAnthony BurgessThe Devil's Mode (1989)
Anton DiabelliSonatina in F major, Op 168 No. 1Marguerite DurasModerato Cantabile (1958)
George Frideric HandelWater MusicT. C. BoyleWater Music (1982)
Leoš JanáčekSinfoniettaHaruki Murakami1Q84 (2009)
Franz Liszt"Le Mal du Pays" from Années de pèlerinage, Year One: Switzerland (performed by Lazar Berman)Haruki MurakamiColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (2013)
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSymphony No. 39 in "E-Flat Symphony"Thomas HardyLines to a Movement in Mozart's E-Flat Symphony (1917)
MozartSymphony No. 40Anthony BurgessMozart and the Wolf Gang (1991)
Joachim RaffSymphony No. 5 "Lenore"Jessie FothergillThe First Violin (1877)
Alexander ScriabinSymphony No. 3 "The Divine Poem"Boris PasternakThemes and Variations (1917)
Giuseppe TartiniViolin Sonata in G minor "Devil's Trill Sonata"Jérôme LalandeVoyage d'un françois en Italie (1769)

See also

Further reading
  • A Clockwork Counterpoint: The Music and Literature of Anthony Burgess by Paul Phillips
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