Classical Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven's Opus 75 no 3 (1809) Song — Aus Goethes Faust: "Es war einmal ein König"
- Franz Schubert's Gretchen am Spinnrade (1814)
- Richard Wagner's Faust Overture (1840)
- Felix Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht (1843)
- Hector Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust (1845–46) (sometimes performed in staged opera versions)
- Charles-Valentin Alkan's Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges'(Op.33) 2nd Movement "Quasi-Faust" (1847)
- Robert Schumann's Scenes from Goethe's Faust (completed 1853)
- Franz Liszt's Faust Symphony (1854–57) and Mephisto Waltzes
- Henryk Wieniawski's Fantaise brillante on themes from Gounod's Faust, Op.20. (1868)
- Modest Mussorgsky: "Mephistopheles' song of the flea" (1879) is a version of the song that Mephistopheles sings in the tavern scene of Goethe's Faust, pt. 1.
- Gustav Mahler's Part II of Symphony No. 8 (1906–07)
- Lili Boulanger's Faust et Helene (1913)
- Pablo de Sarasate's "Faust Fantasy"
- Julius Röntgen's Aus Goethes Faust (1931)
- Alexander Lokshin's "Three Scenes from Goethe's Faust" (for Soprano and orchestra) (1980)
- Alfred Schnittke's Faust Cantata (1982–83)
Read more about this topic: Works Based On The Faust Legend
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—André Previn (b. 1929)