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 138 of 161
Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1
Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
Sonata in A Major, Op. 47, Kreutzer, arranged for cello and piano
Romance in D major, Op. 40
Andante from Piano Sonata in Ab Major, Op. 26
Menuet from Septet in Eb Major, Op. 20
Allegretto from Piano Trio in Eb Major, Op. 70, No. 2
Moderato from Piano Sonata in E Minor, Op. 90
Allegretto from Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
Symphony No.6 In F Op.68 'Pastoral'
Leonore Overture No. 3, Excerpt 1
Leonore Overture No. 3, Excerpt 2
Symphony No. 3 In E-Flat Major, "Eroica" : Movement IV
Symphony No. 4 In B-Flat Major : Movement II
Bagatelle from Bagatelles, Op. 119 #4
Sonata #20 - Op. 49, #2
Sonata #21 - Op. 53
Sonata #22 - Op. 54
Sonata #23 - Op. 57
Sonata #24 - Op. 78
Sonata #25 - Op. 79
Sonata #26 - Op. 81a
Sonata #27 - Op. 90
Sonata #28 - Op. 101
Sonata #29 - Op. 106
Sonata #30 - Op. 109
Sonata #31 - Op. 110
Sonata #32 - Op. 111
Sonata #19 - Op. 49, #1
Menuett aus dem Septett Op. 20
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1, C major, op. 15
Symphony No. 6 - 3rd Movement Theme
Adagio From Sonata No. 8 - 2nd Movement Theme
Symphony No. 9 - Theme
Menuet in G major, WoO 10, No. 2
Bagatelle in F Major [Op. 33, No. 3]
Bagatelle in G Major [Op. 126, No. 1]
Country Dance in C Major [Woo 14, No. 1]
Country Dance in E-Flat Major [Woo 14, No. 7]
Pianoforte Sonatas Nos. 23-32
Sonata In A, Op. 101
Sonata In Ab, Op. 110
Sonata In Bb, Op. 106
Sonata In C Minor, Op. 111
Sonata In E Minor, Op. 90
Sonata In E, Op. 109
Sonata In Eb, Op. 81A
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