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 29 of 161

Sonata in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1

Sonata in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2

Rondo A Capriccio (In Hungarian Style) 'Rage Over A Lost Penny', Opus 129 - Posthumous

Symphony No. 6 in F Major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68, Fifth Movement Excerpt

Symphony No. 6 in F Major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68, First Movement Excerpt

opening)

Ecossaise in G major

Canto Pastoral from Symphony No. 6

Two Preludes (Through All Major Keys), Opus 39

Rondo from Sonatine

Symphony No. 5, 2nd Movement

Piano Piece, Wo0 61a

Sonata C minor Op. 10, No. 1

Sonata C major Op. 2, No. 3

Sonata A major Op. 2, No. 2

Song

Sonata E flat major Op. 7

Sonata F minor Op. 2, No. 1

Sonata No. 14, 2nd Movement (opening)

Prelude, Wo0 55

Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major ("Eroica"), First movement excerpt

Polonaise, Opus 89

Rondo, Opus 53, #1

Rondo from Sonata No. 19

Allegretto, Wo0 53

Rondo, Wo0 49

Adagio from Piano Sonata No. 5

Trio from Sonata No. 1

Fantasie, Opus 77

Rondo, Opus 53, #2

Rondo, Wo0 48

Andante 'Andante Favori', Wo0 57

Romanza from Sonatina in G

Bagatelle in G

Adagio Cantabile from Sonata No. 8

Piano Concerto No. 4, 2nd Movement

Eleven Bagatelles, Opus 119

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, Fourth Movement Excerpt, "Ode to Joy"

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, First Movement Excerpt

Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92, First Movement Excerpt

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, Third Movement Excerpt

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, Second Movement Excerpt

More Than You Know

Bagatelle, Wo0 60

Bagatelle, Wo0 52

Seven Bagatelles, Opus 33

Six Bagatelles, Opus 126

Bagatelle in D