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 123 of 161
Missa Solemnis, No. 6: Agnus Dei
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60
Mass in C Major, No. 3: Credo
Mass in C Major, No. 4: Sanctus
Mass in C Major, No. 5: Benedictus
Mass in C Major, No. 6: Agnus Dei
Pathetique Sonata, The, Op. 13, First Movement
String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74
Vienna, Vienna, No. 2 from "Der glorreiche Augenblick", Op. 136
In meinen Mauern bauen, No. 5 from "Der glorreiche Augenblick", Op. 136
Es treten hervor die Scharen der Frauen, No. 6 from "Der glorreiche Augenblick", Op. 136
German Dance in G Major, WoO8, No. 6
Mass in C Major, No. 2: Gloria
German Dance No. 2 in G Major
German Dance No. 3 in C Major
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Sonata in D Major, Op. 6
Drei Marsche, Op. 45
Bagatelle, Op. 119, No. 2
Largo/Ode to Joy
Cadenza to 1st Movt. of Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19
Cadenza to 1st Movt. of Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
Three Cadenzas to Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
Two Cadenzas to Piano Transcription of Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61a
Two Cadenzas to Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K466
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
Symphony No. 9, Movement 4
German Dance in F Major, WoO42, No. 1
German Dance in A Major, WoO42, No. 4
German Dance in F Major, WoO42, No. 3
German Dance in G Major, WoO42, No. 6
German Dance in C Major, WoO8, No. 7
Romance, from the "Ritterballet", WoO1, No. 4
Theme from Symphony No. 5
Three Cadenzas to 1st Movt. of Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
Symphony No. 9, Movement 1
Ohne Verschulden, No. 2 from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113
Turkish March, No. 4 from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113
Harmonie auf dem Theater, No. 5 from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113
Mit reger Freude, No. 6a from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113
Missa Solemnis, No. 2: Gloria
Missa Solemnis, No. 3: Credo
Missa Solemnis, No. 4: Sanctus
Missa Solemnis, No. 5: Benedictus
German Dance No. 1 in C Major
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