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 141 of 161
Sonata #11 - Op. 22
Sonata #2 - Op. 2, #2
Cello Sonata No.1, Op.5, No.1
Cello Sonata No.2, Op.5, No.2
Cello Sonata No.3, Op.69
Cello Sonata No.4, Op.102, No.1
Cello Sonata No.5, Op.102, No.2
Sinfonie Nr. 1 C-Dur op. 21 -Bearbeitung fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-
Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur op. 36 -Bearbeitung fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-
Sinfonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur op. 55 "Eroica" -Bearbeitung fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-
Sinfonie Nr. 4 B-Dur op. 60 -Bearbeitung fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-
Sinfonie Nr. 5 c-Moll op. 67 -Bearbeitung fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-
Sonata in A Major [K. 331 ]
Sonata in B-Flat Major [K. 570]
Sonata in C Major [Hob. XVI:35]
Sonata in C Major [K. 545]
Sonata in D Major [Hob. XVI:37]
Sonata in F Major [K. 547a]
Sonata in G Major [Hob. XVI:27]
Sonata in G Major [K. 283 ]
Quartet for Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Piano, E flat major, op. 16
Country Dance in D Major [Woo 15, No. 1]
Country Dance in D Major [Woo, 11, No. 7]
Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat major, 'Street Song,' for Piano, Clarinet and Violoncello, op. 11
Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2
Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3
Sonata No. 4 in Eb Major, Op. 7
Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1
Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2
Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3
Sonata No. 8 in C Minor , Op. 13
Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14, No. 1
Sonata No. 11 in Bb Major, Op. 22
Sonata No. 12 in Ab Major, Op. 26
Sonata No. 13 in Eb Major, Quasi fantasia, Op. 27, No. 1
Sonata No. 14 in C# Minor , Op. 27, No. 2
Sonata No. 18 in Eb Major, Op. 31, No. 3
Sonata No. 24 in F# Major, Op. 78
Sonata No. 26 In Eb Major , Op. 81a
Sonata No. 29 in Bb Major , Op. 106
Sonata No. 31 in Ab Major, Op. 110
Six Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 34
Six Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 76
Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120
7 Bagatelles, Op. 33 - No. 1 in Eb Major
7 Bagatelles, Op. 33 - No. 2 in C Major
7 Bagatelles, Op. 33 - No. 3 in F Major
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