1869 compositions

national anthem of Vatican City

Johannes Brahms's set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, completed in 1879

overture-fantasy composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Islamey: Oriental Fantasy (), is a composition for piano by Russian composer Mily Balakirev written in 1869. Harold C. Schonberg noted that Islamey was "at one time…considered the most difficult of all piano pieces and is still one of the knucklebusters." Its difficulty has led to the creation of numerous ossias (alternative passages) and made it popular as a virtuosic showpiece.

rhapsody for low voices composed by Johannes Brahms; musical setting of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Harzreise im Winter"

symphony in four movements by Anton Bruckner

polka composed by Johann Strauss II

Viennese Waltz by Johann Strauss II. (Op. 333)

work by Camille Saint-Saëns

song composed by Johann Strauss II

thumb|right|upright=1.3|Piano score Feuerfest! ('Fireproof!'), Op. 269, is a polka-française composed by Josef Strauss in 1869.

motet composed by Anton Bruckner