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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 112 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
Scherzo Op.27 No.14 — Op.27 No.14— —Classical 0
String Quartet In E Flat — —— String QuartetClassical 0
Contredance In C WoO 14 No.1 — WoO 14 No.1— —Classical 0
German Dance In B Flat Woo 13 No.2 — Woo 13 No.2— —Classical 0
German Dance In C WoO 8 No.1 — WoO 8 No.1— —Classical 0
German Dance In C Woo 8 No.7 — Woo 8 No.7— —Classical 0
German Dance In G Woo 8 No.11 — Woo 8 No.11— —Classical 0
German Dance In G Woo 8 No.6 — Woo 8 No.6— —Classical 0
Landler In D WoO 11 No.2 — WoO 11 No.2— —Classical 0
Landler In D Woo 11 No.4 — Woo 11 No.4— —Classical 0
Landler In D Woo 11 No.7 — Woo 11 No.7— —Classical 0
Landler In D WoO 15 No.2 — WoO 15 No.2— —Classical 0
Menuet In B Flat WoO 7 No.8 — WoO 7 No.8— —Classical 0
Variations On Folk Songs Op.105 — Op.105— FluteClassical 0
Piano Piece In A Minor WoO 59 'Fur Elise' — WoO 59A minor —— 0
15 Variations With Fugue In E Flat Op.35 — Op.35— —Classical 0
32 Variations In C Minor WoO 80 — WoO 80C minor —Classical 0
33 Veranderungen Uber Einen Walter Von Diabelli Op.120 — Op.120— —Classical 0
6 Leichte Variationen In G WoO 77 — WoO 77— —Classical 0
6 Variationen In F Op.34 — Op.34— —Classical 0
6 Variations In D WoO 76 — WoO 76— —Classical 0
7 Variations On 'God Save The Queen' WoO 78 — WoO 78— —Classical 0
8 Variationen Uber 'Ich Hab' Ein Kleines Huttchen Nur' — —— —Classical 0
9 Variationen Uber Einen Marsch Von Dressler WoO 63 — WoO 63— —Classical 0
Variationen Uber Das Thema 'Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen' Aus Mozarts Oper 'Die Zauberflote' WoO 46 — WoO 46— CelloClassical 0
Variationen Uber Das Thema 'Ein Madchen OderWeibchen' Aus Mozarts Oper 'Die Zauberflote' Op.66 — Op.66— CelloClassical 0
Variationen Uber Ein Thema Aus Handels Oratorium 'Judas Maccabaus' WoO 45 — WoO 45— CelloClassical 0
Variations On Mozart's 'Bei Mannern' (Magic Flute) — —— ViolaClassical 0
Symphony No.1 [Beethoven, Ludwig Van] — —— —Classical 0
Symphony No.2 [Beethoven, Ludwig Van] — —— —Classical 0
Symphony No.3 [Beethoven, Ludwig Van] — —— —Classical 0
Symphony No.4 [Beethoven, Ludwig Van] — —— —Classical 0
Symphony No.5 [Beethoven, Ludwig Van] — —— —Classical 0
The Minuet — —— —— 0
Minuet in G: Piano Accompaniment — —— —— 0
Symphonic Variants (Based on "Ode to Joy" from Symphony No. 9): Oboe — —— —— 0
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: Tuba — —— —— 0
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: 1st Violin — —— —— 0
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: 2nd Violin — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): String Bass — —— —— 0
Ode to Joy: 1st Violin — —— —— 0
Minuet in G: 1st Violin — —— —— 0
Minuet in G: Cello — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): Score — —— —— 0
Adagio Cantabile: Score — —— —— 0
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9: Score — —— —— 0
Für Elise: 1st B — —— —— 0
Reflections In Moonlight: Piano Accompaniment — —— —— 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.