70+ Best Classical Music Inspired Cat Names For Your Kitten

While classical music isn’t for everyone, there’s no questioning that classical composers helped to define our modern-day musical landscape.

Like humans, cats are sometimes hard to understand and appreciate classical music. However, classical musicians tend to be very compassionate people who care about animals.

Perhaps if you play classical music for your feline companion they will start to appreciate classical music in time!

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1 Male Classical Music Cat Names

2 Female Classical Music Cat Names

3 Unique Classical Music Cat Names

4 Famous Classical Music Cat Names

Male Classical Music Cat Names

Rhythm
Ballad
Mozart
Sue
Verse
Alto
Earl
Adagio
Cello
Bach
Canon
Rhapsody
March
Tempo
Cadence
Etude
Bennie

Female Classical Music Cat Names

Fantasia
Mandoline
Cantata
Lucy
Aria
Dulce
Sonata
Serenade
Timpani
Minuet
Melody
Jude
Allegro
Opera
Cecilia
Caprice
Octave
Harmony
Layla
Roxanne
Viola
Jessie
Caroline
Symphony
Carol

Unique Classical Music Cat Names

Names	Meanings
Lyre or Lyra	A small stringed instrument played by the ancient Greeks, similar to a harp
Caprice	A lively piece of music, typically virtuosic in nature
Cadence or Cadenza	A progression of notes that concludes a musical phrase
Carol	A popular hymn, usually sung at Christmas time
Harmony	A succession of supporting notes, played or sung under the melody
Melisma	A passage of several notes sung on one syllable
Lydian	A musical mode similar to a major scale, but with one note sharpened to give a slightly unsettling sound
Viola	An orchestral stringed instrument, slightly larger than a violin
Walton	The surname of the late, prolific English composer William Walton
Aida	An opera set in Ancient Egypt, by prolific Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. A timeless story of love and betrayal
Diva	A prima donna, or female singer of exceptional talent
Celeste or Celesta	A small, heavenly-sounding instrument which looks like a piano, but sounds like a glockenspiel
Sonatina	A simple, short sonata or instrumental work
Melody	The main tune in a piece of music or song
Octave or Octavia	A series of eight notes, separating one musical pitch and another with double its frequency
Dorian	A musical mode, very similar to the modern natural minor scale
Fife	A flute. Fife comes from the German Pfeife, or pipe.
Piper	Someone who plays a pipe e.g. bagpipes
Rhapsody	A single-movement work that has distinct groups of musical ideas, is free-flowing in structure and features a range of highly contrasting moods.
Jazz	A genre of music, of black American origin, which emerged at the beginning of the 20th century
Allegra	An Italian music term, meaning joyful or lively
Demi	An Italian music term, meaning ‘half’, as in ‘demigod’
Aria	A long, operatic piece for solo voice. From the Italian ‘air’

Famous Classical Music Cat Names

Names	Notes
Strauss	Johann Strauss II , Austrian Composer
Beethoven	Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer
Rachmaninov	Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian Composer
Ravel	Maurice Ravel , French Composer
Stravinsky	Igor Stravinsky, Russian Composer
Dvorak	Antonin Dvořák , Czech Composer
Berlioz	Hector Berlioz , French Composer
Bizet	Georges Bizet , French Composer
Verdi	Giuseppe Verdi , Italian Composer
Wagner	Richard Wagner, German Composer
Brahms	Johannes Brahms , German Composer