The work took years to complete and was never performed during Schumann's lifetime.

It is not known for certain whether the music that Mozart composed was performed with the play during his lifetime.

His dramatic works were widely performed throughout Europe during his lifetime.

The pieces were performed on several other occasions during Nielsen's lifetime.

This cantata was never performed during his lifetime and received its world premiere over one hundred years later on May 3, 1992.

Most of them, though frequently performed during the author's lifetime, were left in manuscript.

In his final years, he wrote works that were never performed during his lifetime.

Though a critical success the work ran for only 6 performances and was not performed again during Antheil's lifetime.

After that, the opera was never performed again during Schoenberg's lifetime.

The mass was never performed in full during Bach's lifetime.