#classical pieces

mission → spell your real name / name you use on tumblr with songs you like >< ready, set, go!

S - String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor by Franz Schubert

U - Unravel Me by Sabrina Claudio

N - Naive by The Kooks

K - King by Olly Alexander

I - I2I by Tevin Campbell, Rosie Gaines

S - Swan Lake, Op. 20 by Pyotr IIyich Tchaikovsky

S - Sittin’ On Top Of The World by Burna Boy, 21 Savage

E - Every Time We Say Goodbye by Betty Carter

D - Do You Hear That? / I Wonder by Mary Costa

F - (F)Inally (U)Nderstanding (N)Othing by Emmure

A - Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber

W - We’ll Be Alright by Chief

N - No Matter What by BoA, Beenzino

here’s songs plucked from each genre I listen to

I am sorely out-of-touch with classical music but I have a need for a piece to be referenced in a story I’m working on.

background:

An immortal spirit (who’s only been immortal for 86 years) falls in love with a woman he met while in his physical form. He breaks an agreement with a much older and much more vengeful spirit, and this leads to the 1847 death of the woman he loves. 

He spends the next decade wallowing in misery, confining himself to a dark place as a self-imposed punishment. Eventually, he gets a telepathic baseball bat to the head when he hears a composition being played that moves him to the core. He feels not-so-alone anymore, and decides to forgive himself for her death.

So, I basically need a composition that was first performed anywhere from 1860 to 1875 that exudes the feeling of “i am so incredibly sad but maybe just maybe it might get better”

It can be a piece for any instrument or played with any combination of instruments. I’m thinking without vocals would be best, although like I said, I don’t know much about classical music lol