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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First Movement Theme (symphony No.3 In E Flat 'Eroica')

Slow Movement (Symphony No.5 Op.67)

Sonatina, G major, op. 79 (Piano solo)

Theme from Symphony No. 6

Menuet in G major, WoO 10, No. 2

Sonata in G Major

6 Easy Variations on an Original Theme G major WoO 77

Symphonies 1 - 5

Romanze G-Dur op. 40 -Bearbeitung fur Viola und Klavier-

Allegro con brio - First Movement

32 Variations on an Original Theme C minor WoO 80

Emperor Concerto (Theme)

Pathetique Sonata (Second Mvt Theme)

Romanze F-Dur op. 50 -Bearbeitung fur Viola und Klavier-

6 Easy Variations on a Swiss Song WoO 64

Sinfonie Nr. 9 d-Moll op. 125 -Bearbeitung fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-

Sonate fur Klavier zu 4 Handen D-Dur op. 6

15 Variations with Fugue "Eroica Variations" E flat major Op. 35

Marsch Es-Dur op. 45; 2 -fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-

12 Variations on "Das Waldmadchen" WoO 71

33 Variations on a Waltz by A. Diabelli Op. 120

Sinfonie Nr. 6 F-Dur op. 68 "Pastorale" -Bearbeitung fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-

Sinfonie Nr. 7 A-Dur op. 92 -Bearbeitung fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-

Sinfonie Nr. 8 F-Dur op. 93 -Bearbeitung fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-

Ecossaise In Eb Major

10 Var. La Stessa, (Salieri)

"Lustig und Traurig (Merry and Sad), WoO 54"

24 Variations on "Venni amore" WoO 65

3 Piano sonatas WoO 47 [Kurfursten sonatas], WoO 47 (Piano solo)

5 Var. On Rule Britannia

6 Eash Var. On A Swiss Song

7 Var. Kind,Willst Du Ru/Winter

Beethoven: 3 Sonatas [Kurf!rsten-Sonatas] WoO 47

8 Var. Ich Hab'ein Kleines Huttc

"Allegretto in C minor, WoO 53"

Minuet And Trio In G Major

6 leichte Variationen G-Dur WoO 77 (1800) -uber ein eigenes Thema - fur Klavier-

7 Var. On God Save The King

Variationen fur Klavier zu 4 Handen D-Dur -Lied mit Veranderungen-

Variationen fur Klavier zu 4 Handen C-Dur -uber ein Thema des Grafen von Waldstein-

6 Easy Var. On Original Theme

13 Var.Es War Einmal/Dittersdorf

8 Var. Tandeln Und Sch(Sussmayr)

6 Variationen G-Dur WoO 70 (1795) -uber das Duett "Nel cor pi

Fur Elise - Albumblatt a-Moll WoO 59 (1810) -fur Klavier-

Adagio Sostenuto (Sonata In C Sharp Minor 'Moonlight' Op.27 No.2)

Beethoven: 3 Piano Sonatas WoO 47 [Kurf!rsten-Sonatas]

6 Variations on "Nel cor pi