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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 114 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. 9 (Fourth Movement): 2nd Bassoon — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 1st B — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 2nd B — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): B — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 1st F Horn — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 2nd F Horn — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 3rd F Horn — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 4th F Horn — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 3rd B — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 1st Trombone — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 2nd Trombone — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 3rd Trombone — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): Tuba — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): Timpani — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 1st Percussion — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 1st Violin — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): 2nd Violin — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): Viola — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 9 (Fourth Movement): Cello — —— —— 0
Adagio Cantabile: 1st Violin — —— —— 0
Adagio Cantabile: 2nd Violin — —— —— 0
Adagio Cantabile: Viola — —— —— 0
Adagio Cantabile: Cello — —— —— 0
Adagio Cantabile: String Bass — —— —— 0
Ode to Joy: 2nd Violin — —— —— 0
Ode to Joy: 3rd Violin (Viola ) — —— —— 0
Ode to Joy: Viola — —— —— 0
Ode to Joy: Cello — —— —— 0
Ode to Joy: String Bass — —— —— 0
Minuet in G: 2nd Violin — —— —— 0
Minuet in G: 3rd Violin (Viola ) — —— —— 0
Minuet in G: Viola — —— —— 0
Minuet in G: String Bass — —— —— 0
Minuet in G: Score — —— —— 0
Symphonic Variants (Based on "Ode to Joy" from Symphony No. 9): Score — —— —— 0
Reflections In Moonlight: Score — —— —— 0
Für Elise: Oboe — —— —— 0
Für Elise: 2nd B — —— —— 0
Für Elise: B — —— —— 0
Für Elise: Bassoon — —— —— 0
Für Elise: E — —— —— 0
Für Elise: 1st F Horn — —— —— 0
Für Elise: 1st Trombone — —— —— 0
Für Elise: Baritone B.C. — —— —— 0
Für Elise: Baritone T.C. — —— —— 0
Für Elise: Mallets — —— —— 0
Für Elise: Timpani — —— —— 0
Für Elise: 1st Percussion — —— —— 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.