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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 105 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
Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 12: "Wie kalt ist es" — Op. 72, No. 12— —— 0
Ode to Joy - Set of Parts — —— —— 0
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 - Viola — Op. 130B-flat major —— 0
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 - Viola — Op. 131C-sharp minor —— 0
Violin Sonata No. 10 - Violin - Violin — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 - Full Score — Op. 21C major —— 0
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 - Full Score — Op. 92A major —— 0
Ode to Joy - Cornet 2/Trumpet 2 — —— —— 0
Fur Elise a minor WoO 59 - Harp — WoO 59— —— 0
Bagatelle G Major Op.126 No. 5 - Piano — Op.126 No. 5— —— 0
Minuet Bb Major WoO 10 No. 4 - Piano — WoO 10 No. 4— —— 0
Bagatelle F Major Op.33 No. 3 - Piano — Op.33 No. 3— —— 0
Für Elise - Trumpet 1 — —— —— 0
Ode To Joy from Symphony No. 9, Fourth Movement — —— —— 0
Moonlight Sonata, First Movement, Op. 27, No. 2 — Op. 27, No. 2— —— 0
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19, Mvmt. 1 — Op. 19B-flat major —— 0
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: Mvmt. 1 — Op. 58G major —— 0
Ode to Joy - Trombone 4 — —— —— 0
Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9 - Eb Alto Sax — —— —— 0
Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9 - Baritone/Euphonium — —— —— 0
Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9 - Percussion 2 — —— —— 0
Rondino in E-flat major — —E-flat major —— 0
Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 - Full Score — Op. 62— —— 0
Für Elise - Piano Score — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Movement 4 — —D minor —— 0
Violin Sonata No. 9 - Piano Score - Piano Score — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60 - Full Score — Op. 60B-flat major —— 0
Mit reger Freude, No. 6a from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113 - Full Score — Op. 113— —— 0
Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 4: "Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben" — Op. 72, No. 4— —— 0
Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 13: "Euch werde Lohn" — Op. 72, No. 13— —— 0
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 - Cello — Op. 130B-flat major —— 0
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 - Cello — Op. 131C-sharp minor —— 0
Violin Sonata No. 9 - Violin - Violin — —— —— 0
Complete Bagatelles — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 - Full Score — Op. 36D major —— 0
Bagatelle in E-flat Major — —E-flat major —— 0
Fur Elise a minor WoO 59 - Full Score — WoO 59— —— 0
Adagio from Moonlight Sonata - easy version - Piano — —— —— 0
Bagatelle Eb Major Op.126 No. 6 - Piano — Op.126 No. 6— —— 0
Minuet D Major WoO 10 No. 5 - Piano — WoO 10 No. 5— —— 0
Bagatelle A Major Op.33 No. 4 - Piano — Op.33 No. 4— —— 0
In questa tomba oscura - Score — —— —— 0
Für Elise - Score and Parts — —— —— 0
Für Elise - Trumpet 2 — —— —— 0
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19, Mvmt. 2 — Op. 19B-flat major —— 0
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: Mvmt. 2 — Op. 58G major —— 0
Ode to Joy - Trumpet 1 — —— —— 0
Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9 - Flute — —— —— 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.