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 24 of 161

Ecossaise in E Flat Major

Sonata 21 in C Major (Op. 53)

Sonata 18 in E-flat Major (Op. 31, No. 3)

Largo

German Dance in G Major

Country Dance (Finale from Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica')

Sonatina in G Major, First Movement

Sonata 17 in D Minor (Op. 31, No. 2)

Das Liedchen von der Ruhe

Waltz, D major, WoO 85 (Piano solo)

Gretels Warnung

"Rondo in A, WoO 49"

Sonata 23 in F Minor (Op. 57)

Sonata 24 in F-sharp Minor (Op. 78)

Allemande, A major, WoO 81 (Piano solo)

Waltz, E flat major, WoO 84 (Piano solo)

Ecossaise, E flat major, WoO 86 (Piano solo)

Beethoven: 7 'L-ndlerische' Dances WoO 11

Beethoven: 6 Ecossaises WoO 83

Beethoven: Waltz D major WoO 85

Country Dance in D Minor

"Sonata in A, Op. 2 No. 2"

Feuerfarb

Mollys Abschied

Lied

Urians Reise um die Welt

Symphonies 1,2,3,4,5

Aus Goethes Faust

Beethoven: Waltz E flat major WoO 84

7 Country dances from WoO 14 (Piano solo)

Beethoven: Allemande A major WoO 81

Ecossaise in F major, WoO 86

Beethoven: 12 German Dances WoO 13

Beethoven: Ecossaise E flat major WoO 86

Sonata 22 in F Major (Op. 54)

Beethoven: Appendix: 7 Contra Dances from WoO 14

Beethoven: 12 German Dances WoO 8

An den fernen Geliebten

Beethoven: 6 'L-ndlerische' Dances WoO 15

6 Ecossaises, WoO 83 (Piano solo)

6 Landlerische dances, WoO 15 (Piano solo)

Minuet, E flat major, WoO 82 (Piano solo)

Beethoven: 6 Minuets WoO 10

Beethoven: 12 Minuets WoO 7

Sonata 20 in G Major (Op. 49, No. 2) - "Deux Sonates Faciles"

Sonata 19 in G minor (Op. 49, No. 1) - "Deux Sonates Faciles"

7 Landlerische dances, WoO 11 (Piano solo)

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