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 30 of 161
"Sonata in D, Op. 28 (Pastorale)"
Sonata A major Op. 101
Sonata B flat major Op. 22
Sonata G major Op. 79
Sonata in F Major, Opus 10, No. 2
Sonata F sharp major Op. 78
Sonata E flat major Op. 81a
Scottish dances, WoO 83, 86 (Piano solo)
Rondo G-Dur op. 51; 2 -fur Klavier-
Rondo C-Dur op. 51; 1 -fur Klavier-
Rondo a capriccio G-Dur op. 129 "Die Wut uber den verlorenen Groschen" -fur Klavier-
Sonata D major Op. 10, No. 3
Sonata in F-sharp Major, Opus 78
Sonata in C minor, Opus 10, No. 1
Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Empereor"), First Movement Excerpt
Sonata in E Major, Opus 14, No. 1
Rondo A-Dur WoO 49 (1784) -fur Klavier-
Sonata in G Major, Opus 14, No. 2
Sonata in G Major, Opus 79
Sonata E major Op. 14, No. 1
Sonata F major Op. 10, No. 2
"Sonata in C, Op. 53 (Waldstein)"
Bagatelle A-Dur op. 119; 10 -fur Klavier-
"Sonata in Ab, Op. 26"
"Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight)"
"Sonata in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 (Tempest)"
"Sonata in Eb, Op. 27 No. 1"
Bagatelle h-Moll op. 126; 4 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle g-Moll op. 126; 2 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle g-Moll op. 119; 1 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle G-Dur op. 126; 5 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle G-Dur op. 126; 1 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle G-Dur op. 119; 6 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle F-Dur op. 33; 3 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle Es-Dur op. 33; 1 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle Es-Dur op. 126; 6 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle Es-Dur op. 126; 3 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle D-Dur op. 33; 6 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle D-Dur op. 119; 3 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle c-Moll op. 119; 5 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle C-Dur op. 33; 5 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle C-Dur op. 33; 2 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle C-Dur op. 119; 8 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle C-Dur op. 119; 7 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle B-Dur op. 119; 11 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle As-Dur op. 33; 7 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle a-Moll op. 119; 9 -fur Klavier-
Bagatelle A-Dur op. 33; 4 -fur Klavier-
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