Symphonic work, minor key, in 4/4 (or similar), very much in the classic tradition of symphonic music, influenced by romantic style of composition

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Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 4

in E Minor, Op. 98 (1885)

4 movements

Orchestral; minor in key

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B Minor ("Pathetique") (1893)

 4 movements 

String quartet; elements of classic, but also modern styles (old and new)

Claude Debussy’s Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 (1893)

;4 movements;

Heavy on the strings and flute; gives one the feeling of floating

Claude Debussy’s Prelude a l’Apres-midi d’un faune (1894)

Orchestral; primal in feel; tick tock rhythm

Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps or The Rite of Spring (1913);

;2 parts divided into 6 movements each

Atonal, vocal; features piano, cello…

Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 (1912)

 3 parts divided into 7 movements each 

Atonal, vocal, orchestral

Alban Berg’s Wozzeck (Act III) (1925)

;5 scenes, called ;inventions;;

Atonal; rhythmically irregular; some vocal movements; flute, xylorimba, vibraphone, percussion, guitar (often very percussively) and viola

Pierre Boulez’s Le Marteau sans maître (1954) 

9 movements 

Jazzy in feel, features instrumental solos, primarily piano

George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (1924)

Orchestral; often very major; features flute, strings primarily…
Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring (1944)
Some atonal moments; characterized by piano, clarinet, strings (viola)
Olivier Messiaen’s Quatour pour la fin du temps (1941)
String quartet; at times atmospheric, at times abrupt and specific

George Crumb’s Black Angels (1970)

3 movements organized around the numbes 7 and 13