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 40 of 161

Quartet #4, Opus 18 #4

Beethoven: String Quartet c sharp minor op. 131

Quartet #5, Opus 18 #5

Beethoven: Serenade D major op. 8

Beethoven: Trio (Violin, Viola, Violoncello) G major op. 9,1

Quartet No.6, Op.18, No.6

Quartet No.1, Op.18, No.1

Quartet No.13, Op.130

Quartet No.3, Op.18, No.3

Quartet No.5, Op.18, No.5

Quartet No.8, Op.59, No.2

Quartet No.9, Op.59, No.3

Quartet No.12, Op.127

Quartet No.14, Op.131

Beethoven: Trio (Violin, Viola, Violoncello) D major op. 9,2

Beethoven: Quartet F major op. 59,1 [Rasumowsky] F major op. 59,1

Beethoven: Quartet C major op. 59,3 [Rasumowsky] C major op. 59,3

Beethoven: Quartet f minor op. 95

Beethoven: Quartet E flat majeur op. 74 [Harp Quartet] E flat major op. 74

Quartet No.2, Op.18, No.2

Quartet No.10, Op.74

Quartet #6, Opus 18 #6

Quartet No.7, Op.59, No.1

Quartet No.11, Op.95

Quartet No.4, Op.18, No.4

Quartet #2, Opus 18 #2

Quartet #1, Opus 18 #1

Quartet No.16, Op.135

Beethoven: Quartet E minor op. 59,2 [Rasumowsky] e minor op. 59,2

Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, 'Spring,' op. 24

Quartet #3, Opus 18 #3

4. Song from the show

7. Gaudete! (duet)

8. Jacob's Dance

Quartet No.15, Op.132

Level 10

Beethoven: Duo 'Duett mit zwei obligaten Augengl-sern' for Viola and Violoncello E flat major WoO 32

10. Bolero (duet)

Romance No. 1 in G major for Violin & Orchestra, op. 40

Romance No. 2 in F major for Violin & Orchestra, op. 50

Symphony No. 1 in C Major, op. 21 - Fourth Movement

Symphony No. 7 in A Major, op. 92 - First Movement

Symphony No. 7 in A Major, op. 92 - Second Movement

Symphony No. 1 in C Major, op. 21 - Third Movement

5. Starry night

6. Paris caf?

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 36 - Third Movement

9. Spring finish