Music & Sound Art
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Music & Sound Art
| Rank | Work | Year | Genre | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,00 | Ballet des Echecs | 1607 | Ballet | ? | Performed in the court of Louis XIV of France. |
| 2,00 | Checkmate | 1937 | Ballet | Sir Arthur Bliss / Ninette de Valois | Contemporary ballet inspired by the game of chess |
| 3,00 | Sinbad the Sailor on Ice | 1953 | Pantomime | Reginald Charles Noel-Johnson | Pantomime ballet that represents as a metaphor the game of chess on ice |
| 4,00 | Chess | 1980s | Musical | Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA) / Benny Andersson (ABBA) / Tim Rice | Love story between two chess players, Anatoly and Florence, who fall in love during a tournament. |
| 5,00 | Sketches of chess. Opera for two soprano and a chess-board | 1996 | Opera | Murielle Lucie Clément | Opera based on a chess game. |
| 6,00 | Mikhail vs. Mikhail | 2014 | Opera | Kristaps Petersons | About the World Championship match between Mikhail Botvinnik and Mikhail Tal. |
| 7,00 | Echec et Mat | Ballet | Alain Guélis | Contemporary ballet on the theme of chess | |
| 8,00 | Highlights from Chess | 1993 | Classical | Johan de Meij | Programmatic music. |
| 9,00 | Chess Suite of Incidental Music, Op. 5 | 1910 | Classical | Leevi Madetoja | Programmatic music. |
| 10,00 | Tocada Movida; Peón Aislado | 2009 | Various | Tocada Movida | Two music albums with chess themes. |
| 11,00 | Chess Pieces | 1943 | Classical | John Cage | Programmatic music. |
| 12,00 | Chess Set; for Percussion and Electronic Tape | 1971 | Classical | Marcia Cohen | Programmatic music. |
| 13,00 | Jogando xadrez (Playing chess) | 1971 | Classical | Osvaldo Lacerda | Programmatic music. |
| 14,00 | Ajedrez I y II (Chess I and II) | 1986 | Classical | Juan María Solare | Programmatic music. Based on a poem by Jorge Luis Borges. |
| 15,00 | Jeux Imaginaires | 1993 | Classical | Aake Parmerud | Based upon a game between Karpov and Kasparov played in the 1992 World Chess Championship. |
| 16,00 | Das Schachturnier (The Chess Tournament) | 1810 | Opera | Traugott Eberwein | Opera based on a chess tournament. |
| 17,00 | Chess Pieces (for Trumpet and Piano) | 1986 | Classical | Adrian Cruft | Programmatic music. |
| 18,00 | The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat | 1986 | Opera | Michael Nyman | There is a chess game in this opera. |
| 19,00 | Echec au roi (Chess of the King) | 1950s | Ballet | Bohuslav Martinu | Contemporary ballet inspired by the game of chess |
| 20,00 | Le Jouer D'echecs (The Player of Chess) | 1927 | Film Score | Henri Rabaud | Music for the film with the same name, directed by Raymond Bernard. |
| 21,00 | Chess Sonata for Two Pianos | 1972 | Classical | Jan Kapr | Programmatic music. |
| 22,00 | A Game of Chess Four Centuries Ago (Day Music: for Violin and Piano) | 1973 | Classical | Ned Rorem | Programmatic music. |
| 23,00 | Philidor's Defense: a musical chess game | 1965 | Classical | Paul Reif | Programmatic music. |
| 24,00 | Simultaneous Games of Chess (Love Symphony for a big orchestra) | 1925 | Classical | Petr Petrovich Saburov | Programmatic music. |
| 25,00 | Euwe Suite | 1985 | Classical | Rodney Waschka II | Based on chess games played by Max Euwe. |
| 26,00 | Chess Serenade: suite for two pianos, four hands | 1945 | Classical | Vittorio Rieti | Programmatic music. |
| 27,00 | Ajedrez mortal (El rock me mata) | 2007 | Metal | Sherpa (Barón Rojo) | Song that compares chess and politics. |
| 28,00 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin | 1993 | Rap | Wu-Tang Clan | Rap song. |
| 29,00 | Benoni for Flute, Clarinet and Violoncello | 1992 | Classical | Juan María Solare | Programmatic music. |
| 30,00 | Ana | 1990 | Ballet | Chopinet (choreography) | Based on Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. It includes a chess game. |
| 31,00 | Chess Theme (Tema para ajedrez) | 2014 | Classical | Jorge Díaz | Programmatic music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iz0ePsZiIQ |
| 32,00 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -The Chess Games | 2001 | Soundtrack | Jhon Williams | Music created for the giant chess board scene |
| 33,00 | Philidor's Victory | 1882 | Opera | Amadeo Ditak | Opera in honor of François-André "Philidor" |
| 34,00 | 8x8 chess sonate | 1957 | Classical | Hans Richter | Fairy tale for the subconscious based on the game of chess. |
| 35,00 | Jeux imaginaires | 1993 | Electro-acoustic music | Ake Parmerud | Musical composition that represents the game of chess between Anatoly Karpov and Kasparov in the 22nd World Chess Championship of 1992. |
| 36,00 | Peón del rey de negras | 1991 | Pop | Mecano | Song that tells the story of a pawn that became queen |
| 37,00 | Chess game | 1991 | Pop | Ricky Martin | Metaphor between a game of chess and a love story |
| 38,00 | Shakkipeli | 1910 | Classical | Leevi Madetoja | Suite. Programmatic music. |
| 39,00 | The sea cadet | 1876 | Operetta | Richard Genée | Operetta representing a live chess match |
| 40,00 | Eschecs. Suite for piano, op. 96 | 1957 | Classical | Jean Absil | Programmatic music. |
| 41,00 | The chess players | 1960 | Jazz | Wayne Shorter | Composition that represents a game of chess, interpreted by the band Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. |
| 42,00 | White rabbit | 1966 | Psychedelic Rock | Grace Slick | Song that has several references to chess. |
| 43,00 | Cello and tuba machine | 1968 | Classical | John White | The notes played by the tuba were determined by the movements of a gentleman on a musical chessboard. |
| 44,00 | Pawn to King 5 | 1968 | Ballet | Pink Floyd | Ballet with metaphors about chess |
| 45,00 | Sachova Dama | 1971 | Blues | Ladislav Simon | Composed blues piece for a jazz orchestra. |
| 46,00 | None the Wiser (King) | 1973 | Rock | Flash | Song dedicated to the king of chess. Collected in the album Out of Our Hands. |
| 47,00 | Farewall Number One (Pawn) | 1973 | Rock | Flash | Song dedicated to the pawn of chess. Collected in the album Out of Our Hands. |
| 48,00 | Man of Honor (horse) | 1973 | Rock | Flash | Song dedicated to the horse of chess. Collected in the album Out of Our Hands. |
| 49,00 | Dead Ahead (Queen) | 1973 | Rock | Flash | Song dedicated to the queen of chess. Collected in the album Out of Our Hands. |
| 50,00 | Bishop | 1973 | Rock | Flash | Song dedicated to the bishop of chess. Collected in the album Out of Our Hands. |
| 51,00 | Opening move | 1974 | Progressive rock | Gryphon | Song dedicated to the opening move of chess. Collected in the album Red Queen to Gryphon Three. |
| 52,00 | Second Spasm | 1974 | Progressive rock | Gryphon | Song dedicated to development of a chess game. Collected in the album Red Queen to Gryphon Three |
| 53,00 | Lament | 1974 | Progressive rock | Gryphon | Song dedicated to regret for the approach of the end of the game. Collected in the album Red Queen to Gryphon Three |
| 54,00 | Checkmate | 1974 | Progressive rock | Gryphon | Song dedicated to king's death. Collected in the album Red Queen to Gryphon Three |
| 55,00 | The chessmen of Mars | 1979 | Electro-acoustic music | Sten Hanson | Programmatic music. |
| 56,00 | Game and Earnest | 1987 | Classical | Wolfgang von Stuermer and Dietrich Eichman | Piece for two players acting on a chessboard. |
| 57,00 | Marching Mystery | 1994 | Folk | Dougie MacLean | Song that speaks the pieces of chess found mysteriously in the Isle of Lewis |
| 58,00 | Mind Volume 1 | 1997 | Progressive rock | Isildurs Bane | Throughout the song, the movements of a chess game are recited. |
| 59,00 | Oh Capablanca | 2018 | Pop | Juga | It tells the dramatic story of a lost chess game |
| 60,00 | King | 2014 | Electronic music | Ahzee | Programmatic music. |
| 61,00 | Chess | 2014 | Electronic music | Mark Willott | Programmatic music. |
| 62,00 | Chess | 2017 | Classical | Benny Andersson | Programmatic music. Instrumental piano music |
| 63,00 | The chess player Soundtrack | 2017 | Classical | Alejandro Vivas | Original Soundtrack from the movie The chess player |
| 64,00 | Ajedrez | 2014 | Rap | Ivan Nieto | Rap song. |
| 65,00 | La dama del ajedrez | 2011 | Folk | Los betos | Metaphor between a game of chess and a love story |
| 66,00 | Canción de la esperanza | 1980 | Pop | Victor Manuel | Song with chess references. |
| 67,00 | El tablero de ajedrez | 1977 | Heavy Metal | Ñu | Song protest. Critique of society with metaphor towards chess. |
| 68,00 | Juego de ajedrez | 2004 | Rap | Gnosis the Ancient Heretik | Rap song. |
| 69,00 | Danza del ajedrez (The Chess dance) | 2005 | Folk, medieval and Ancient music | Eduardo Paniagua, David Mayoral, and Serguei Sapricheff | Programmatic music. |
| 70,00 | Meeting | 1968 | Electro-acoustic music | John Cage and Marcel Duchamp | Chess game in which an electronic board was used that produced sounds and images while the game was being produced. |
| 71,00 | Sofa Chess | 2009 | Soundtrack | Max Richter | Henry may long's soundtrack |
| 72,00 | Kasparov | 2009 | Indie | Arthur and Martha | Song in honor of the chess player Kasparov |
| 73,00 | Kasparov deep blues | 2004 | Indie | Javi Pez Orquesta | Song in honor of the chess player Kasparov |
| 74,00 | Chess | 1984 | Pop-rock | Rivers Cuomo | Song that explains the game of chess |
| 75,00 | Canción de ajedrez. El reino del revés | 1960 | Children's music | Maria Elena Walsh | Song that explains to the children how is the game of chess. |
| 76,00 | Schachnovelle | 2013 | Opera | Cristobal Halfter | Opera based on the novel by Stefan Zweig |
| 77,00 | Schizophrenic Pawn | 2005 | Techno | Andre Mongeon | Musical CD completely inspired by the game of chess, which offers music with an urban techno ambient mood |
| 78,00 | Chess moves | 2017 | Rap | Kingikeem | Song that tells the movements of the chess pieces. |
| 79,00 | The chess hotel | 2004 | Rock | The Elms | Song that compares chess with an inhospitable place. |
| 80,00 | Chess'n Jazz | 2018 | Jazz | William Suvanne | William Suvanne unify his two personal passions: jazz music and chess games. This project combines a jazz concert and a chess tournament in real time. |
| 81,00 | The Cosmic Chess Match | 2016 | Electronic music | Apoptygma Berzerk | Instrumental song that resembles a futuristic chess game |
| 82,00 | Subliminal chess mastery | 2012 | New age | Binaural Beat Brainwave Subliminal Systems | Programmatic music |
| 83,00 | NUH Play Chess | 2018 | Trap | KingDolla | Song that shows a game of chess |
| 84,00 | Movements in chess | 2017 | Classical | Avery Kentis | Programmatic music |
| 85,00 | Chess Tape | 2018 | Rap | The chess club | Music band and complete CD dedicated to chess game |
| 86,00 | Giant chess men | 2018 | Electronic music | Giant chess men | Instrumental song inspired in chess game |
| 87,00 | Let's play chess | 2011 | Electronic music | Chess players. Dom Williams & DJ Aroma | Instrumental electronic and house music inspired in chess game |
| 88,00 | Chess Match | 2010 | Rap | Curtiss King | Song that explains a chess match |
| 89,00 | Chess Match | 2016 | New age | Secret Nightshade | Programmatic music |
| 90,00 | Chess Match | 2014 | Jazz | Rockswell Smith | The Filmscore's Soundtrack |
| 91,00 | One who moves | 2018 | Rap | Chess moves | CD dedicated to chess game |
| 92,00 | Get your way | 2006 | Jazz | Jamie Cullum | Song with chess references. |
| 93,00 | Chess | 1980 | Rock | Weezer | Song that explains the game of chess |
| 94,00 | Only a pawn in their game | 1964 | Rock | Bob Dylan | Song with chess references. |
| 95,00 | Deep blue | 2010 | Rock | Arcade Fire | Song dedicated to the game of chess between Gary Kasparov and the computer Deep Blue in 1996 |
| 96,00 | Rebel without a pause | 2005 | Rap | Public Enemy | Metaphor between life and a game of chess |
| 97,00 | I've seen all good people | 1971 | Progressive rock | Yes | Song with chess references. |
| 98,00 | Hilltop hoods | 2017 | Rap | Cosby Sweater | Song in honor of Bobby Fischer |
| 99,00 | Weak Spot | 2007 | Rap | Wu-Tang Clan | Metaphor between the battle in a war and a game of chess |
| 100,00 | Man on the moon | 2009 | Pop | R.E.M. | Song with chess references. |
| 101,00 | Milonga do Xeque-Mate | 2014 | Samba | Humberto Gessinger | Metaphor between life and a game of chess |
| 102,00 | Fortune Faded | 2011 | Rock | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Song with chess references. |
| 103,00 | All about that bass | 2014 | Soul | Meghan Trainor | Metaphor between life and a game of chess |
| 104,00 | War pigs | 1992 | Heavy Metal | Black Sabbath | Song with chess references. |
| 105,00 | Chess background music | 2015 | New age | Atomica music | Programmatic music |
| 106,00 | Checkmate | 2015 | New age | Brainwave Power Music | Programmatic music |
| 107,00 | Chess | 2018 | Rock | Matron | Song with chess references. |
| 108,00 | Chess with mal | 1993 | Jazz | Rabih Abou-Khalil | Programmatic music |
| 109,00 | Isolated Pawn | 2018 | Pop | Juga | Song with chess references. |
| 110,00 | Chess not checkers | 2018 | Rap | 3$ixkidd | Metaphor between life and a game of chess |
| 111,00 | Mono chess | 2014 | Electronic music | Andrea Erre | Programmatic music |
| 112,00 | Playing chess | 2018 | Pop | Elise LeGrow | Complete music CD dedicated to the game of chess |
| 113,00 | Let's play chess | 2018 | Jazz | Sonny Stitt with Bennie Green | Programmatic music |
| 114,00 | Chess | 2018 | Soul | Yendor | Song that shows a game of chess |
| 115,00 | Chess | 2018 | Rap | Dot diamond key | Metaphor between life and a game of chess |
| 116,00 | Chess Queen (Siren's Song) | 2018 | Rock | The Captain-The Pilot-The Driver | Song that tells the movements of the queen of chess as a metaphor for a loving relationship |
| 117,00 | Chess Match | 2018 | Pop | Clara Olondriz | Metaphor of a love relationship as a chess match |
| 118,00 | Computer chess | 2018 | Electronic music | C. Samms | Programmatic music. |
| 119,00 | Bonding with chess | 2018 | Soundtrack | Adam Adams | The man in the woods's soundtrack |
| 120,00 | Chess | 2017 | Rap | Bentley Loc Smooth | Metaphor of a love relationship as a chess match |
| 121,00 | Chess game | 2018 | Pop | Don Julin | Programmatic music |
| 122,00 | Game of chess | 2018 | Rap | Big Nes | Song with chess references. |
| 123,00 | Chess with the abyss | 2010 | Heavy Metal | Dimmu Borgir | Metaphor of hell as a game of chess |
| 124,00 | Chess moves | 2018 | Rap | Abyss | Song with chess references. |
| 125,00 | Chess | 2018 | Indie | Aniqo | Metaphor between a constant struggle like a game of chess |
| 126,00 | Chess not checkers | 2018 | Rap | Patches | Song with chess references. |
| 127,00 | Let's play chess | 2018 | Soul | Mojo Morganfield | Song that encourages playing a game of chess to escape from the problems for a moment. |
| 128,00 | A game of chess | 2018 | Chill out | Adam Wiltshire | Relax and programmatic music. |
| 129,00 | Chess | 2015 | Rap | Anitek | Song with chess references. |
| 130,00 | Chess | 2018 | Rap | EG Lyrical | Metaphor between the hard life in the streets and a game of chess |
| 131,00 | Chess | 2018 | Electronic music | S-Type | Programmatic music. |
| 132,00 | Chess | 2018 | Rap | Gmane & Demon James | Song with chess references. |
| 133,00 | Chess not checkers | 2018 | Rap | Lord Zep Tepi | Song with chess references. |
| 134,00 | Chess game | 2018 | Rap | Billionaire big slater | Metaphor between the hard life in the streets and a game of chess |
| 135,00 | Chess | 2018 | Rap | Milo Throwed | Song with chess references. |
| 136,00 | Glass chess set | 2018 | Rock | Eddy De Vega & Crow Monroe | Metaphor between a game of chess with pieces of glass and the life of a girl with problems |
| 137,00 | Chess and chekers | 2011 | Soundtrack | Thelma Ritter & RCA Victor Broadway Chorus | New girl in town's soundtrack |
| 138,00 | Fairy chess Pt. 1 | 2016 | Rock | Rebecca Peake | Programmatic music. |
| 139,00 | Fairy chess Pt. 2 | 2016 | Rock | Rebecca Peake | Programmatic music. |
| 140,00 | The chess players | 2018 | Jazz | Jay Thomas Quartet | Programmatic music. |
| 141,00 | Chess pawn | 2011 | Indie | Golliwog | Metaphor between the figure of the chess pawn and the injustices suffered by poor children |
| 142,00 | Chess not checkers | 2018 | Rap | DC Lirycs | Song with chess references. |
| 143,00 | Sex chess | 2003 | Electronic music | Zoot woman | Programmatic music. |
| 144,00 | Chess | 2018 | Electronic music | Fernando Garrido | Programmatic music. |
| 145,00 | Chess game | 2018 | Rap | HYP on Tha Beat | Metaphor between life and a game of chess |
| 146,00 | As in Life As in Chess, As in Chess, As in Sex | 2018 | Indie | Yossarians | Metaphor between life, sex and a game of chess |
| 147,00 | Chess music | 1957 | Soundtrack | Charlie Chaplin | A King in New York's soundtrack |
| 148,00 | Shadow Chess | 2018 | Electronic music | Akira & Mendya | Programmatic music. |
| 149,00 | Chess | 2018 | Soul | Ashley Harris | Metaphor between life and a game of chess |
| 150,00 | Chess game | 2012 | Rap | G.I. The general | Metaphor between life and a game of chess |
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