Well-known Classical Compositions in This Key
- Symphony No. 4 – Johannes Brahms
- Nocturne in E minor – Frédéric Chopin
- Piano Concerto No. 1 – Frédéric Chopin
- Prelude in E minor – Frédéric Chopin
- Waltz in E minor - Frédéric Chopin
- Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" – Antonín Dvořák
- Slavonic Dance No. 2, Op. 72 – Antonín Dvořák
- Cello Concerto – Edward Elgar
- Symphony No. 44 "Trauer" – Joseph Haydn
- Violin Concerto in E minor – Felix Mendelssohn
- Caprice No. 3 – Niccolò Paganini
- Caprice No. 15 – Niccolò Paganini
- Montagues and Capulets - Sergei Prokofiev
- Symphony No. 2 – Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 – Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Symphony No. 10 – Dmitri Shostakovich
- Symphony No. 1 – Jean Sibelius
- Symphony No. 5 – Tchaikovsky
- Symphony No. 6 – Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Concerto for Bassoon, Strings, and continuo, RV 484 – Antonio Vivaldi
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