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 139 of 161
Sonata In F Minor, Op. 57
Sonata In F Sharp, Op. 78
Sonata F sharp major Op. 78
Sonata G major Op. 79
Sonata E flat major Op. 81a
Sonata E minor Op. 90
Sonata A major Op. 101
Sonata B flat major Op. 106
Sonata E major Op. 109
Sonata A flat major Op. 110
Sonata C minor Op. 111
String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 1
String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 2
String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 3
String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 4
String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 5
String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 6
String Quartet version of Piano Sonata, Op. 14, No. 1
Leonore No 3
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in F major, op. 5, no. 1
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in A major, op. 5, no. 2
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in A major, op. 69
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in C major, op. 102, no. 1
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in D major, op. 102, no. 2
Bagatelle, Op. 33, No. 6
Egmont Overture, Op. 84, Theme
German Dance, WoO 42, No. 3
German Dance, WoO 42, No. 6
Piano Concerto No. 3 -First Mvmt. Theme
Piano Concerto No. 5 - Second Mvmt. Theme
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 - Second Mvmt.
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 First Mvmt.
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28
Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1 Second Mvmt.
Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2 Second Mvmt.
Rndo a capriccio, Op. 129
Symphony No. 1 Fourth Mvmt Theme
Symphony No. 3 Fourth Mvmt Theme
Symphony No. 5 First Mvmt Theme
Symphony No. 7 Second Mvmt Theme
Symphony No. 9 Fourth Mvmt Theme
Beethoven: Sonata E major op. 14,1
Beethoven: Sonata G major op. 14,2
Beethoven: Sonata [Grande Sonata Pathtique] c minor op. 13
Beethoven: Sonata [Pastorale] D major op. 28
Beethoven: Sonata c sharp minor op. 27,2
Beethoven: Sonata E flat major op. 27,1
Beethoven: Sonata c minor op. 10,1
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