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

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Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36

Sonata in G

Scherzo

Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21

Allegro in G for Mechanical Clock

String Quartet No. 10 In E-Flat, Op. 74

Allegro

Sonata For Violin No. 9 Kreutzer Theme

Quintet For Piano And Winds: Andante

Piano Sonata No. 19, 1st Movement

Fidelio Overture, Op. 72

King Stephan (Konig Stephan), Op. 117

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"

Symphony No. 4 in Bb Major, Op. 60

Piano Concerto No. 5, 2nd Movement

Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb Major, Op. 73 "Emperor"

Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto"

Mass in C Major, Op. 86

Sonata In C Minor 'Pathetique' Op.13

Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb Major, Op. 19

Piano Sonata No. 31, 1st Movement

Romance For Violin And Orchestra No. 2

Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat, Op. 97

Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15

Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F Major, Op. 50

Grosse Fuge in Bb Major, Op. 133

Scale of B-flat Major

Adagio molto espressivo

Consecration of the House (Die Weihe des Hauses), Op. 124

Creatures of Prometheus (Geschopfe des Prometheus), Op. 43

Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"

Stodola Pumpa

Sonata, F minor, op. 2,1 (Piano solo)

Piano Sonata No. 30, 3rd Movement

Romance for Violin and Orchestra in G Major, Op. 40

Minuet In G

Beethoven: Sonata [Les Adieux] E flat major op. 81a

Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138

Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72

Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72

Coriolan, op. 62

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58