The Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby Playlist

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

20 tracks
balanced
Aug 13, 2026
5 mixes for this book

This playlist captures the glitz, glamour, and underlying melancholy of The Great Gatsby's Jazz Age setting and characters. The instrumental selections evoke the era's opulence and mystery, while the vocal tracks explore themes of desire, disillusionment, and the elusive American Dream through diverse genres reflecting the novel's emotional depth and complexity.

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Track List

20 songs
1

Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan

Camille Saint-Saëns · Classics for Children

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Iberia, Cahier I: No. 1, Evocation - Arr. for Orchestra By Enrique Fernández Arbós

Isaac Albéniz · Best of Albéniz

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3 Gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux

Erik Satie · Beautiful Instrumental Music

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Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin · Instrumental Works for the Concert Hall

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Pavane

Gabriel Fauré · Sleep Music

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Blue Rondo à la Turk

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Ken Burns Jazz-Dave Brubeck

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Night on Bald Mountain

Modest Mussorgsky · dark academia instrumental

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Arabesque No. 1, L. 66, No. 1 (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

Claude Debussy · Chilling Cello

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Clair de Lune

Isao Tomita · Clair de Lune (Ultimate Edition)

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Ain't Misbehavin'

Fats Waller · Ain't Misbehavin'

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Summertime

Ella Fitzgerald · Porgy And Bess

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Young And Beautiful

Lana Del Rey · Обратно в клас - pop

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Love Is The Drug

Roxy Music · 70's Collection

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Back To Black

Amy Winehouse · Alles eine Frage der Zeit

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15

Moon River

Audrey Hepburn · Jazz sous la lune

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Big Spender

Shirley Bassey · 20 of the Best

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Summertime (Live Broadcast Germany 1969)

Janis Joplin · Live In Germany 1969 - The Rare Frankfurt TV Broadcast

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Crazy In Love (feat. JAY-Z)

Beyoncé · Dangerously In Love

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Blue Velvet

Bobby Vinton · Pure... American Anthems

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Don’t Drive Me Crazy

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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