Composer

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770–1827

7,703 works in the index

Era: Classical
Nationality: Electorate of Cologne
Born in: Bonn

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.

Catalogue

Works page 105 of 161

Best of Beethoven: String Bass

Horn Sonata, Op. 17: Cello

Symphony No. 7 (2nd Movement): 2nd Flute

Symphony No. 7 (2nd Movement): 2nd Violin

Symphony No. 7 (2nd Movement): Viola

Symphony No. 7 (2nd Movement): Cello

Symphony No. 7 (2nd Movement): String Bass

Best of Beethoven: Oboe

Best of Beethoven: 1st F Horn

Best of Beethoven: Baritone T.C.

Best of Beethoven: Tuba

Best of Beethoven: 1st Violin

Best of Beethoven: 2nd Violin

Best of Beethoven: 3rd Violin (Viola )

Best of Beethoven: Viola

Best of Beethoven: Cello

Horn Sonata, Op. 17: Violin

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 2nd Flute

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): Oboe

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 2nd Oboe

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): Bassoon

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 2nd Bassoon

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 1st B

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 2nd B

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): B

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 1st F Horn

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 2nd F Horn

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 3rd F Horn

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 4th F Horn

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 3rd B

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 1st Trombone

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 2nd Trombone

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: Flute

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: Oboe

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: Bassoon

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: 1st B

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: 2nd B

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: B

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: E

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: 1st F Horn

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: 1st Trombone

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: 1st Percussion

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: Timpani

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: 3rd Violin (Viola )

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: Viola

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: Cello

Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: String Bass

Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): Flute