1840 compositions

thumb|The monument to Vörösmarty in Budapest features the opening lines of the Szózat The Szózat (; in English: "The Appeal") is a Hungarian patriotic song. De facto, it is regarded as "the second national anthem" of Hungary, beside the Himnusz, which is a constitutionally defined state symbol.

Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), Op. 52 (MWV A 18), is an 11-movement "Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra" by Felix Mendelssohn. After the composer's death it was published as his Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, a naming and a numbering that are not his. The required soloists are two sopranos and a tenor. The work lasts almost twice as long as any of Mendelssohn's purely instrumental symphonies. It is the second ever symphony by a major composer to include a chorus following Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

cycle of poems by Adalbert von Chamisso, set to song by composers including Robert Schumann

Dichterliebe, ''A Poet's Love (composed 1840), is the best-known song cycle by Robert Schumann (Op. 48). The texts for its 16 songs come from the Lyrisches Intermezzo'' by Heinrich Heine, written in 1822–23 and published as part of Heine's Das Buch der Lieder. Along with the song cycles of Franz Schubert (Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise), Schumann's form the core of the genre in musical literature.

nocturnes for solo piano

song cycle composed by Robert Schumann

symphony by Hector Berlioz

composition for piano by Frédéric Chopin