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 142 of 161
7 Bagatelles, Op. 33 - No. 4 in A Major
7 Bagatelles, Op. 33 - No. 5 in C Major
7 Bagatelles, Op. 33 - No. 6 in D Major
7 Bagatelles, Op. 33 - No. 7 in Ab Major
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119 - No. 1 in G Minor
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119 - No. 2 in C Major
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119 - No. 3 in D Major
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119 - No. 4 in A Major
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119 - No. 5 in C Minor
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119 - No. 6 in G Major
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119 - No. 7 in C Major
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119 - No. 8 in C Major
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119 - No. 9 in A Minor
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119 - No. 10 in A Major
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119 - No. 11 in Bb Major
6 Bagatelles, Op. 126 - No. 1 in G Major
6 Bagatelles, Op. 126 - No. 2 in G Minor
6 Bagatelles, Op. 126 - No. 3 in Eb Major
6 Bagatelles, Op. 126 - No. 4 in B Minor
6 Bagatelles, Op. 126 - No. 5 in G Major
6 Bagatelles, Op. 126 - No. 6 in Eb Major
Fantasia in G Minor/Bb Major, Op. 77
Happy-Sad (Bagatelle) in C Major , WoO 54
2 Preludes through all 12 Major Keys, Op. 39
Rage over a Lost Penny , Op. 129
Rondo in G Major, Op. 51, No. 2
Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
Concerto No. 2 in Bb Major, Op. 19
Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
Concerto No. 4 In G Major, Op. 58
Concerto No. 5 Eb Major , Op. 73
Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello , Op. 56
Fantasia in C Minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra , Op. 80
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, B flat major, op. 19
Sextet in E-flat major, op. 71: Adagio
Quintet, Op.71
Minuet, Andante And Variations, Op.25
Variations, Op.18 No.5
First Movement Of Symphony No. 5 In C Minor
Second Movement From Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13, L
Ramance No. 2 In F For Violin And Orchestra
Fifth Movement From Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
First Movement From Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Sonate fur Klavier G-Dur op. 49 Nr. 2
Sonate fur Klavier g-Moll op. 49 Nr. 1
Rondo fur Klavier C-Dur op. 51 Nr. 1
Andante aus: Sinfonie Nr. 1 op. 21
Adagio Sostenuto [Op. 27, No. 2]
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