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 32 of 161

Waltz in E-flat Major, WoO 84

Sonata in G, Op. 79Presto alla tedesca / Andante / Vivace

9 Variations On March/Dressler

Landler, Op. 107, No. 1

Violin Concerto in E Minor, First Movement Excerpt

Polonaise C-Dur op. 89 (1814) -fur Klavier-

Song of Thanksgiving

Sonata, D major, op. 10,3 (Piano solo)

Variations In A (Mozart)

3 Variation works, WoO 70, 64, 77 (Piano solo)

Trio fur Klavier, Klarinette (Violine) und Violoncello Es-Dur op. 38 -nach dem Septett op. 20-

Beethoven: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 c minor op. 37

Andante F-Dur WoO 57 (1803) -fur Klavier-

6 Ecossaisen Es-Dur WoO 83 -fur Klavier-

Vive l'AMour

6 Var. On Theme By Paisiello

Symphonies 6 - 9

An Elise a-Moll WoO 59 (1810) -fur Klavier-

Presto c-Moll WoO 52 (um 1797) -fur Klavier-

Fuge D-Dur op. 137 (1817) -Bearbeitung fur Klavier- (Original fur Streichquintett)

Walzer Es-Dur WoO 85 (1825) -fur Klavier-

Veritables Preludes Flasques

Lustig und Traurig, WoO 54

Phantasie g-Moll op. 77 (1809) -fur Klavier-

Scherzando

Sonata, C major, op. 2,3 (Piano solo)

Trio fur Klavier, Violine und Violoncello D-Dur -nach der Sinfonie Nr. 2 op. 36-

Walzer D-Dur WoO 84 (1824) -fur Klavier-

8 Var.Une Fievre Brulante/Gretry

Variations On A Minuet By Fischer

"Bagatelle in F, Op. 33 No. 3"

Minuet in E-flat Major, WoO 82

Bagatelle In A Op.119 No.4

Allegretto C-Dur (1804) -fur Klavier-

Allegretto c-Moll WoO 53 (um 1797) -fur Klavier-

Allegretto h-Moll WoO 61 (1821) -fur Klavier-

Allemande A-Dur WoO 81 (um 1800) -fur Klavier-

Klavierstuck B-Dur WoO 60 (1818)

Lustig und traurig C-Dur / c-Moll WoO 54 (um 1798) -fur Klavier-

Menuett Es-Dur WoO 82 (um 1787) -fur Klavier-

Praludium durch alle Dur-Tonarten - Nr. 1 (1789) -fur Klavier oder Orgel-

Praludium durch alle Dur-Tonarten - Nr. 2 (1789) -fur Klavier oder Orgel-

Praludium f-Moll WoO 55 (um 1787) -fur Klavier oder Orgel-

Sonata in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1

Bagatelle In F Op.33 No.3

9 Var.On Quanto Bello(Paisiello)

12 Var. On A La Vigano (Haibl)

Sonate Au Clair De Lune (Moonlight Sonata)