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 124 of 161

Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123

Violin Sonata No. 01 in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1 - Set of Parts

Sonata No. 01 in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1

Diabelli Variations, Op. 120

String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2

String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3

String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95

String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127

String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135

Grosse Fuge in B-flat Major, Op. 133

Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69

Sonata No. 02 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2

Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2

String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3

String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5

Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2

Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 11

Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 38

Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 16

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 16: Heil! Heil! Heil sei dem Tag

String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2

String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4

German Dance in E-flat Major, WoO13, No. 9

String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1

String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130

String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131

German Dance in F Major, WoO8, No. 9

Contredance in E-flat Major, WoO14, No. 7

Country Dance in D Major, WoO11, No. 1

German Dance in A Major, WoO13, No. 11

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 00 Ouverture

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 01: Jetzt, Schatzchen, jetzt sind wir allein

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 02: O war ich schon mit dir vereint

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 03: Mir ist so wunderbar

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 04: Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 05: Gut, Sohnchen, gut

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 06: Marsch

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 07: Ha! Ha! Ha! welch ein Augenblick

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 08: Alter, jetzt hat es Eile!

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 09: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 10: O welche Lust!

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 11: Gott! welch Dunkel hier!

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 12: Wie kalt ist es

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 13: Euch werde Lohn

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 14: Er sterbe!

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 15: O namen, namenlose Freude!