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 125 of 161
An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55
Violin Sonata No. 04 in A Minor, Op. 23 - Set of Parts
Violin Sonata No. 05 in F Major, Op. 24 - Set of Parts
Violin Sonata No. 06 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1 - Set of Parts
Violin Sonata No. 07 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 2 - Set of Parts
Violin Sonata No. 02 in A Major, Op. 12, No. 2 - Set of Parts
String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
Violin Sonata No. 08 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3 - Set of Parts
Violin Sonata No. 03 in E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3 - Set of Parts
Serenade in D Major, Op. 8
Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
Fantasia, in G Minor, Op. 77
Beethoven Library of Piano Works Volume 3: Bagatelles, Sonatinas, Piano Pieces and Variations
Beethoven Library of Piano Works Volume 4: Bagatelles and Rondos
Beethoven Library of Piano Works Volume 1: Dances, Songs, and Studies
Beethoven Library of Piano Works Volume 2: Dances and Bagatelles
An die Hoffnung Op. 94
Mann von Wort, Der, Op. 99
Merkenstein, Op. 100
Kuss, Der, Op. 128
Mollys Abschied, No. 5 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52
Lied, No. 6 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52
Marmotte, No. 7 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52
Vom Tode, No. 3 from "Six Songs", Op. 48
Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur, No. 4 from "Six Songs", Op. 48
Gottes Macht und Vorsehung, No. 5 from "Six Songs", Op. 48
Busslied, No. 6 from "Six Songs", Op. 48
Three Songs, Op. 83, No. 2: Sehnsucht
Three Songs, Op. 83, No. 3: Mit einem gemalten Band
Six Songs, Op. 75, No. 1: Mignon
Bitten, No. 1 from "Six Songs", Op. 48
Urians Reise um die Welt, No. 1 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52
Six Songs, Op. 75, No. 2: Neue Liebe, neues Leben
Six Songs, Op. 75, No. 3: Aus Goethe's Faust
Six Songs, Op. 75, No. 4: Gretels Warnung
Six Songs, Op. 75, No. 5: An den fernen Geliebten
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 - Set of Parts
Mass in C Major, Op. 86
Six Songs, Op. 75, No. 6: Der Zufriedene
Feuerfarb', No. 2 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52
Piano Sonata No. 10, Movement 1 - Allegro
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 - Set of Parts
Das Liedchen von der Ruhe, No. 3 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52
Mailied, No. 4 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52
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