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 140 of 161
Beethoven: Sonata B flat major op. 22
Beethoven: Sonata D major op. 10,3
Beethoven: Sonata F major op. 10,2
Beethoven: Sonata E flat major op. 7
Beethoven: Sonata C major op. 2,3
Beethoven: Sonata A major op. 2,2
Beethoven: Sonata f minor op. 2,1
Beethoven: Sonata A flat major op. 26
Sonata No. 1Op. 5, No. 1
Sonata No. 2Op. 5, No. 2
Sonata No. 3Op. 69
Sonata No. 4Op. 102, No. 1
Sonata No. 5Op. 102, No. 2
Beethoven: Trio E flat major op. 38 E flat major op. 38
Beethoven: Trio E flat major op. 44
12 Variations on a theme by Mozart - Op. 66
Sonata F minor Op. 2, No. 1
Sonata A major Op. 2, No. 2
Sonata C major Op. 2, No. 3
Sonata E flat major Op. 7
Sonata C minor Op. 10, No. 1
Sonata F major Op. 10, No. 2
Sonata D major Op. 10, No. 3
Sonata C minor Op. 13
Sonata E major Op. 14, No. 1
Sonata G major Op. 14, No. 2
Sonata B flat major Op. 22
Beethoven: Quartet F major op. 59,1 [Rasumowsky] F major op. 59,1
Beethoven: Quartet C major op. 59,3 [Rasumowsky] C major op. 59,3
Beethoven: Quartet E minor op. 59,2 [Rasumowsky] e minor op. 59,2
Beethoven: Quartet f minor op. 95
Beethoven: Quartet E flat majeur op. 74 [Harp Quartet] E flat major op. 74
Sonata #12 - Op. 26
Sonata #5 - Op. 10, #1
Sonata #10 - Op. 14, #2
Sonata #1 - Op. 2, #1
Sonata #7 - Op. 10, #3
Sonata #9 - Op. 14, #1
Sonata #16 - Op. 31, #1
Sonata #15 - Op. 28
Sonata #4 - Op. 7
Sonata #14 - Op. 27, #2
Sonata #18 - Op. 31, #3
Sonata #6 - Op. 10, #2
Sonata #13 - Op. 27, #1
Sonata #3 - Op. 2, #3
Sonata #17 - Op. 31, #2
Sonata #8 - Op. 13
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