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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 126 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 — —— Piano, Vocal— 4
Symphony No. 2, Second Movement — —— Piano, Vocal— 4
Symphony No. 6, Fifth Movement — —— Piano, Vocal— 4
Symphony No. 3, Second Movement — —— Piano, Vocal— 2
Symphony No. 8, Second Movement — —— Piano, Vocal— 2
Symphony No. 4 in Bb Major — —B-flat major Horn— 1
Op. 106 , B Flat Major/B-Dur — Op. 106— Piano— 1
Op. 109, E Major/E-Dur — Op. 109— Piano— 1
Op. 110, A Flat Major/As-Dur — Op. 110— Piano— 1
Op. 111, C Minor/C-Moll — Op. 111— Piano— 1
For Elise - Easy Piano Version — —— PianoPop 1
10 Variationen fur Klavier B-Dur WoO 73 -uber das Thema "La stessa, la stessissima" aus der Oper "Falstaff" von Antonio Salieri- — WoO 73— —— 1
12 Variationen fur Klavier C-Dur WoO 68 -uber das "Menuett ˆ la Vigano" aus dem Ballett "Le nozze disturbate" von Jakob Haibel- — WoO 68— —— 1
12 Variationen fur Klavier C-Dur WoO 72 -uber das Thema "Une fievre bržlante" aus der Oper "Richard Coeur de Lion" von A. E. M. Gretry- — WoO 72— —— 1
13 Variationen fur Klavier A-Dur WoO 66 -uber die Ariette "Es war einmal ein alter Mann" aus dem Singspiel "Das rote Kappchen" von Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf- — WoO 66— —— 1
5 Variationen fur Klavier D-Dur WoO 79 -uber "Rule Britannia"- — WoO 79— —— 1
6 leichte Variationen fur Klavier F-Dur WoO 64 -uber ein Schweizer Lied- — WoO 64— —— 1
6 leichte Variationen fur Klavier G-Dur WoO 77 -uber ein eigenes Thema- — WoO 77— —— 1
7 Variationen fur Klavier C-Dur WoO 78 -uber "God Save the King"- — WoO 78— —— 1
7 Variationen fur Klavier F-Dur WoO 75 -uber das Quartett "Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen" aus der Oper "Das unterbrochene Opferfest" von Peter Winter- — WoO 75— —— 1
8 Variationen fur Klavier B-Dur KH Anh. 10 -uber das Lied "Ich hab' ein kleines Huttchen nur"- — —— —— 1
8 Variationen fur Klavier F-Dur WoO 76 -uber das Terzett "Tandeln und Scherzen" aus der Oper "Soliman II." von Franz Xaver Su§mayer- — WoO 76— —— 1
9 Variationen fur Klavier c-Moll WoO 63 -uber einen Marsch von Ernst Christoph Dressler- — WoO 63— —— 1
Polonaise, Op. 89 — Op. 89— —— 1
Für Elise — —— Piano, Keyboard— 2
Beethoven Ode to Joy from Symphony No.9, 4th mvt., for string quartet, CB009 — —— Cello, violin, String Quartet— 1
Fur Elise - Jazz Arrangement - for Clarinet Quartet — —— ClarinetJazz 1
Allegro From Wind Sextet Op.71 — Op.71— ClarinetClassical 1
Piano Concerto No. 5 , First Movement Excerpt — —— Piano— 1
Beethoven Symphony No.7, 2nd mvt. — —— String Quartet— 1
Symphony No.5 In C Minor Op.67 — Op.67C minor PianoClassical 1
Sonata No. 8, C Minor, Op 13 — Op 13— Guitar— 1
Beethoven Symphony No.7, 2nd mvt., for string quartet, CB003 — —— Cello, violin, String Quartet, Viola— 1
Beethoven Prometheus Overture, for string quartet, CB005 — —— Cello, violin, String Quartet, Viola— 1
First Movement From 'Moonlight' Sonata — —— Piano— 1
Erste Abteilung: Schlacht / First Part: Battle — —— Orchestra— 1
Trommeln und Trompeten an der englischen Seite / Drums and trumpets on the English Side — —— Orchestra— 1
Marsch: Rule Britannia / March: Rule Britannia — —— Orchestra— 1
Trommeln und Trompeten an der franzosischen Seite / Drums and trumpets on the French side — —— Orchestra— 1
Marsch: Malborough / March: Marlborough — —— Orchestra— 1
Aufforderung / Challenge — —— Orchestra— 1
Gegenruf / Reply — —— Orchestra— 1
Schlacht, Allegro / Battle, Allegro — —— Orchestra— 1
Sturmmarsch, Allegro assai / Charge, Allegro assai — —— Orchestra— 1
Zweite Abteilung: Sieges-Sinfonie / Second Part: Victory Symphony — —— Orchestra— 1
Intrada, Allegro ma non troppo — —— Orchestra— 1
Andante Grazioso — —— Orchestra— 1
Tempo I. — —— Orchestra— 1

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.