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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Beethoven: Variations on Folk Songs for Piano and Violin (Flute) op. 107 Nr. 1-10

"Sonatina in G, Anh. 5/1"

Beethoven: Trio c minor op. 1,3

Sonata 16 in G Major (Op. 31, No. 1)

Overture

"Sonatina in F, WoO 50 (two movements)"

Beethoven: Trio B flat major op. 11 (Piano, Clarinet [Violin], Violoncello) B flat major op. 11

Beethoven: Trio B flat major op. 97

Beethoven: Trio G major op. 1,2

Sonata in E, Op. 14 No. 1, Movement I

Wellington's Victory, or the Battle of Vittoria (Wellingtons Sieg), Op. 91

Theme And Variations On A Patriotic Anthem

Sonata [Waldstein], C major, op. 53 (Piano solo)

My Herat At Thy Sweet Voice (Samson And Delilah) (Saint-Saens)

"Sonatina in F, Anh. 5/2"

Beethoven: Trio E flat major op. 1,1

My Bonnie (Traditional)

Beethoven: Trio E flat major op. 70,2

Beethoven: Variations on Folk Songs for Piano and Flute (Violin) op. 105 Nr. 1-6

Sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1, Movement III

Prayer

Beethoven: Sonata [Hunting] E flat major op. 31,3

"Sonat(in)a in Eb, WoO 47/1"

Beethoven: Trio [Ghost-Trio] D major op. 70,1

Moscow Nights (Traditional)

Beethoven: Trio [Variations on the Song 'Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu'] G major op. 121a

God, Thy Great Goodness Never Ends

The Glory Of God In Nature

Beethoven: Variations on folk songs for Piano und flute (Violin) ad lib. op. 107

"Bagatelle: F?r Elise, WoO 59"

"Bagatelle: Lustig-Traurig, WoO 54"

"Bagatelles, Op. 119 (11 New): G minor, C, D, A, C minor, G, C, A minor, A minor, A, Bb"

"Bagatelles, Op. 126 (6): Nos. 1 in G, 2 in G mior, 3 in Eb, 4 in B minor, 5 in G, 6 in Eb"

"Bagatelles, Op. 33 (7): Nos. 1 in Eb, 2 in C, 3 in F, 4 in A, 5 in C, 6 in D, 7 in Ab"

"Bagatelle in C minor, WoO 53"

"Bagatelle in C minor, WoO 52"

"Bagatelle in Bb, WoO 60"

7 Bagatelles, op. 33 (Piano solo)

"Sonat(in)a in C, WoO 51"

"Sonat(in)a in D, WoO 47/3"

Minuet in D Major, WoO 7, No. 7

"Sonat(in)a in F minor, WoO 47/2"

Bagatelle, Op. 119, No. 9

Moonlight Sonata, op. 27, no. 2, First Movement

Album-Blatt (Fur Elise)

The Ruins of Athens (die Ruinen von Athen), Op. 113

"Bagatelle in C, WoO 56"

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