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 19 of 161

Andante

Sonatina in F

German Dance, WoO 42, No. 6

Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2 Second Mvmt.

Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra G major op. 40

Romantic

Third Mvnt

Beethoven: Clarinet Trio E flat major op. 38 for Piano, Clarinet (or Violin) and Violoncello

Menuett aus dem Septett Op. 20

Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra F major op. 50

Beethoven: Serenade for Piano and Flute (Violin) op. 41

Theme/Variations (Son.Op.14,#2)

Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1 Second Mvmt.

Sonata [Appassionata], F minor, op. 57 (Piano solo)

Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Horn (or Violoncello) F major op. 17

Beethoven: Clarinet Trio B flat major op. 11 for Piano, Clarinet (or Violin) and Violoncello

German Dance, WoO 42, No. 3

Beethoven: Sonata A major op. 101

Variations in G Major, WoO 77

Clarinet trio for Piano, Clarinet (or Violin) and Violoncello, E flat major, op. 38 (Chamber music with winds)

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 First Mvmt.

Rndo a capriccio, Op. 129

Sonata, Op. 13 ("Pathetique")

Piano Concerto No. 5 - Second Mvmt. Theme

Ecossaise, WoO 83

Clarinet trio for Piano, Clarinet (or Violin) and Violoncello, B flat major, op. 11 (Chamber music with winds)

Piano Concerto No. 3 -First Mvmt. Theme

Vivace

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 - Second Mvmt.

Bagatelle in D major, Op. 119, No. 3

Bagatelle In C Minor, Op. 119, No. 5

Bagatelle In C Major, Op. 119, No. 8

Bagatelle In A Minor, Op. 119, No. 9

Bagatelle In A Major, Op. 119, No. 10

Bagatelle In B-flat Major, Op. 119, No. 11

Meditation

Six Variatins

Moonlight Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2, Movement 1

Six Easy Var.On A Swiss Song

Bagatelle, Op.119,#9

Bagatelle, Op.119,#11

Minuet (Sonata,Op.49,#2)

Minuet In E Flat

Bagatelle, Op. 33, No. 6

Egmont Overture, Op. 84, Theme

Third Mvmt Theme

Bagatelle In G Minor, Op. 119, No. 1

Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28