Some of my favourite hit and nonhit modern music ordered by composition date.
| OLD TENS (1) | |
| 1913 Stravinsky - Le sacre du printemps | Radio Filharmonisch Orkest & Jaap van Zweden ; Rhythm is starting to claim its position | ROARING TWENTIES (1) |
| 1926 Sibelius - Tapiola | London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle; Non-modern |
| 1929 Edgar Varèse- Arcana | Orchestre National de France & Pascal Rophé ; Rhythm is claiming its position | THIRTIES (1) |
| 1934 George Gershwin - Summertime | A classic hit in a Dutch Brainbox performance | FORTIES (1) |
| 1940 John Cage - Second Construction | Zoltán Kocsis & Amadinda Percussion Group ; Rhythm is important | FIFTIES (1) |
| 1953 Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No 10 Mvt 2 | Gianandrea Noseda & London Symphony Orchestra ; Rhythm is important | SIXTIES(1) |
| 1967 Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air | Minimal | SEVENTIES (5) |
| 1973 Louis Andriessen / Dat gebeurt in Vietnam | NL Politics in music |
| 1973 Galina Ustvolskaya - Composition Number 2 | Heavy stuff |
| 1976 Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist - Sisu | Rhythm is important |
| 1976 Arvo Pärt - Sarah Was Ninety Years Old | Where silence is the most important ingredient |
| 1979 Simeon ten Holt - Canto Ostinato | NL Minimal, original 1984 Live Recording | EIGHTIES (4) |
| 1983 Philip Glass - A Gentleman's Honor | Hit potential minimal music |
| 1984 Jelle Dettingmeijer - Chain Pump | NL Between pop and modern classic |
| 1985 Leon van Noorden - Rain pipe marimba algorithmic music | NL Live recording made in Ossiach at the Carinthischer Sommer Festival |
| 1989 Luigi Nono - Hay Que Caminar Soñando Per 2 Violini | Ear torturing | NINETIES (1) |
| 1995 Karl Jenkins - Palladio | Classic composition from an ex Soft Machine member | TENS (2) |
| 2015 Luc Houtkamp - Mildred's Umbrella & Eating #1 | NL, My local ideal "pling plong" |
| 2017 Joep Beving - Hanging D | NL, Einaudi niet maar wel Neo classic | TWENTIES (but not roaring) (2) |
| 2020 Sarah Neutkens - September III | NL Nederlands Saxofoon Octet |
| 2023 Hauschka - Inventions | Neo classic |