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 133 of 161
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 4 in G major, op. 58
Ode an die Freude
Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello no. 13 in B-flat major, op. 130
Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 4 in A minor, op. 23
Rondino
Sonata for Piano no. 12 in A-flat major, op. 26 "Funeral March"
Sehnsucht, WoO 146
Sonata for Piano no. 11 in B-flat major, op. 22
Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major, op. 17
Sonata for Piano no. 32 in C minor, op. 111
Sonata for Piano no. 28 in A major, op. 101
Sonata in G Major, Op. 14, No. 2
Sonata in C-sharp minor 'Moonlight,' Op. 27, No. 2
Sonata in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1
Sonatina in E-flat Major, WoO 47, No. 1
Sonatina in F minor, WoO 47, No. 2
Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, No. 1
Sonatina in F major, Anh. 5, No. 2
Bagatelle in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 1
Bagatelle In C Major, Op. 33, No. 2
Bagatelle in D major, op. 33, no. 6
Bagatelle in A-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 7
Bagatelle in G minor, Op. 33, No. 7
Bagatelle In G Minor, Op. 119, No. 1
Bagatelle in D major, Op. 119, No. 3
Bagatelle In C Minor, Op. 119, No. 5
Bagatelle In A Minor, Op. 119, No. 9
Bagatelle in B-flat Major, Op. 119, No. 1
Adieu to the Piano, Anh. 15
Rondo a Capriccio in Hungarian Style, 'Rage Over a Lost Penny,' Op. 129
Sonata in C minor 'Pathétique,' Op. 13
Six Variations on the Duet 'Nel cor più non mi sento' from °La Molinara°
Bagatelle in A minor 'Für Elise,' WoO 59
Écossaise in G Major, WoO 23
Écossaise in E-flat Major, WoO 86
Sonata in G Major, op. 49, no. 2 - First Movement
Rondo A Capriccio In G Op.129
Minuet in G, Wo0 10, No. 2
Sonata in A Minor
Die Ruinen von Athen, op. 113
Piano Sonata In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, First Movement
Sonata Op.13 "Pathetique": II. Adagio Cantabile
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral", First Movement
Sonata No. 19, Op. 49, No. 1 in G Minor
Sonata in F Minor, op. 2, no. 1
Sonata in C minor, Op. 10, no. 1
Sonata in F major, op. 10, no. 2
Sonata in E Major, Op. 14, No. 1
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