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
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Adelaide - Einsam wandelt dein Freund, Op.46
Adelaide, Op. 46
Piano Sonata No. 14 In C# Minor Op. 27 No. 2 First Movement Theme
Movement 1 from "Symphony No. 5"
Symphony 1, Op. 21
Vom Tode - Meine Lebenszeit verstreicht, Op.48 No. 3
Symphony No. 6 In F Major Third Movement
Waltz of Longing Anh. 14 No. 1
Piano Concerto No 5 'Emperor'
Waltz of Grief Anh. 14 No. 2
Waltz of Hope Anh. 14 No. 3
Sonata D Major Op. 6
First Movement from Symphony No. 1
Marcia and Gavotta Op.45
Freudvoll und liedvoll, Op.84 No. 4
Gottes Macht und Vorsehung, Op.48 No. 5 and Busslied, Op.48 No. 6
Mailied - Wie herrlich leutechtet mir die Natur, Op.52 No. 4
The 1st Movement Themes from Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor
The 1st Movement Theme from Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica"
The 3rd Movement from Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor
Piano Sonata No. 19, 1st Movement
Sonata For Violin No. 9 Kreutzer Theme
String Quartet No. 10 In E-Flat, Op. 74
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat, Op. 97
Ode To Joy from Symphony No. 9, Fourth Movement
Moonlight Sonata, First Movement, Op. 27, No. 2
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73
Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19
Turkish March from "Die Ruinen von Athen" Op.113 No. 4
Sonata No. 9 A Major Op.47 Kreutzer
Sonata No. 1 D Major Op.12 No. 1
Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur, Op.48 No. 4
Duet No. 1 in C Major
Duet No. 2 in F Major
Duet No. 3 in B-flat Major
Adagio Cantabile, Op. 13
Minuet in G, Op. 10, No. 2
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, First Movement Excerpt
Symphony No 7 - Allegretto Theme
Piano Sonata in F minor Op 57 No 23
Theme from Symphony No 3
Theme from Symphony No 6
Symphony No 9 - 'Choral'
Menuett From Septet Op.20
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