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Composer

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer (1770-1827)

1770–1827

6,206 works in the index

Born
1770
Died
1827
Birthplace
Bonn
Place of death
Vienna
Citizenship / historical state
Electorate of Cologne; Austrian Empire
Period (estimated from birth year)
Classical

Biography

Beethoven sits on the hinge between the Classical style he inherited and the Romantic one he made possible, and the catalogue spans both: thirty-two piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, nine symphonies, five piano concerti and a large body of songs and chamber music.

The piano sonatas are the most-bought and the most misjudged. The famous ones — the Moonlight, the Pathétique, the Waldstein — are advanced works, and the first movement of the Moonlight being playable early does not make the rest of it so. The genuine starting points are the two sonatas of Op. 49 and the bagatelles, including the one everyone knows as Für Elise.

He revised heavily and his manuscripts are difficult, so editions disagree about specific notes and markings more than you might expect from a composer this recent. If you are working with a teacher, use theirs.

Life and musical career

Occupations
composer
Teachers
Christian Gottlob Neefe; Joseph Haydn; Antonio Salieri; Johann Baptist Schenk; Johann Georg Albrechtsberger; Gilles van der Eeden; Muzio Clementi; Andrea Luchesi
Recorded memberships
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Instruments played
piano; violin
Genres
classical music; art music; opera; symphony; sonata
Movements
Classical period; Romantic music
Notable works
Für Elise; Symphony No. 9; Piano Sonata No. 14; Missa Solemnis; Piano Sonata No. 8; Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 6; Piano Sonata No. 21; Piano Sonata No. 23; Violin Sonata No. 9; Symphony No. 3; Fidelio
Awards
Bröckemännche Award
Official website
https://beethoven.de
Native languages
German
Languages used
German
VIAF ID
32182557
ISNI
0000000121268987
GND ID
118508288
Library of Congress ID
n79107741
MusicBrainz ID
1f9df192-a621-4f54-8850-2c5373b7eac9

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, violin, Cello, Orchestra, Voice
Genres represented
Classical, pop, Jazz, Pop, Christmas
Works with composition dates
358 of 6,206

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 103 of 130

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Symphony No. 5 sheet music to download for orchestra — —— —Classical 0
Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica"sheet music to download for orchestra — —— —Classical 0
Scherzo , Full Score — —— OrchestraClassical 0
Scherzo sheet music to download for orchestra — —— —Classical 0
Adagio Cantabile From Sonate Pathetique Op. 13, Theme From The Second Movement — Op. 13— —— 1
Rondo, Full Score — —— OrchestraClassical 0
Rondosheet music to download for orchestra — —— —Classical 0
Country Dance , Full Score — —— OrchestraClassical 0
Allegretto , Full Score — —— OrchestraClassical 0
Country Dance sheet music to download for orchestra — —— —Classical 0
Allegretto sheet music to download for orchestra — —— —Classical 0
Scherzo from Symphony No. 4sheet music to download for orchestra — —— —Classical 0
Allegretto sheet music to download for band — —— —Classical 0
Speaking Unto Nations — —— —Classical 0
Epilogue — —— —Classical 0
Minuet in G, Op. 10, No. 2 — Op. 10, No. 2— —— 0
Ode to Joy - Piano Score — —— —— 0
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 — Op. 101A major —— 0
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 - Score — Op. 130B-flat major —— 0
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major, Op. 22 — Op. 22B-flat major —— 0
Op. 18, No. 1, Movement 1 - Allegro con brio - Score — Op. 18, No. 1— String QuartetClassical 0
Schmückt die Altäre, No. 6 from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113 - Full Score — Op. 113— —— 0
Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 1: "Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein" — Op. 72, No. 1— —— 0
Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 7: "Ha! Ha! Ha! welch ein Augenblick" — Op. 72, No. 7— —— 0
Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 10: "O welche Lust!" — Op. 72, No. 10— —— 0
Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 16: "Heil! Heil! Heil sei dem Tag" — Op. 72, No. 16— —— 0
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 - Violin 1 — Op. 130B-flat major —— 0
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 - Violin 1 — Op. 131C-sharp minor —— 0
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique" — Op. 13C minor —— 0
Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23 - Set of Parts — Op. 23A minor —— 0
Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 - Set of Parts — Op. 96G major —— 0
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 - Full Score — Op. 67C minor —— 0
Beethoven Library of Piano Works Volume IV: Bagatelles and Rondos — —— —— 0
Ode to Joy - Score — —— —— 0
Ode to Joy - Score and Parts — —— —— 0
Minuet G Major - Harp — —— —— 0
Fur Elise a minor WoO 59 - Electric Bass — WoO 59— —— 0
Leonore Overture No. 3 exc. - Trumpet — —— —— 0
Bagatelle Bb Major WoO 60 - Piano — WoO 60— —— 0
Bagatelle Eb Major Op.126 No. 3 - Piano — Op.126 No. 3— —— 0
Minuet G Major WoO 10 No. 2 - Piano — WoO 10 No. 2— —— 0
Bagatelle Eb Major Op.33 No. 1 - Piano — Op.33 No. 1— —— 0
Bagatelle Ab Major Op.33 No. 7 - Piano — Op.33 No. 7— —— 0
Egmont Overture Op. 84 - Piano — Op. 84— —— 0
Turkish March from "Die Ruinen von Athen" Op.113 No. 4 - Piano — Op.113 No. 4— —— 0
Minuet G Major - Violin — —— —— 0
Für Elise - Horn — —— —— 0
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73: Mvmt. 2 — Op. 73E-flat major —— 0

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 32182557. Portrait: Joseph Karl Stieler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.