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 42 of 161

Romanze Op 50 (Vn/Pno) Beethoven

Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in A major, op. 69

Allegro con brio

Violin Concerto Theme

Variations on a Theme by Paisiello WoO 70

Sonata F major Op. 5,1

Romanze Op 40 (Vn/Pno) Beethoven

Sonata D major Op. 102, No. 2

Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in C major, op. 102, no. 1

Sonata in A major, op. 69

Quartet No 132

Sonata G minor Op. 5,2

Quartet No 74

Quartet No 95

Quartet No 130

Quartet No 131

Quartet No 133

Quartet No 135

String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, op. 18, no. 4

String Quartet No. 1 in F major, op. 18, no. 1

String Quartet in A minor, op. 132

Duet for Two Violoncelli in B-flat major

Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in A major, op. 5, no. 2

Sonata D major Op. 102,2

Brian Boru's March

Sonata C major Op. 102, No. 1

Birthday Song

Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in D major, op. 102, no. 2

Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in F major, op. 5, no. 1

Sonata C major Op. 102,1

Quartet No 127

Christ Child's Lullaby

I Wonder as I Wander

Kum Ba Yah

Cavatine -aus: Streichquartett Nr. 13 B-Dur op. 130-

Morning has Broken

Septett Es-Dur op. 20: Menuett

Sonata for piano and Horn or Violoncello F major Op. 17

Streichquartett B-Dur: Kavatine

Sonata Pathetique [Arranged by Roy Phillippe]

This Old Man

There's No Place Like Home

"Minuet in G. No. 2 from A Fourth Book of Classical and Romantic Pieces, arr. Forbes"

Menuett -aus: Septett fur Streicher und Blaser Es-Dur op. 20-

Sleep Baby Sleep

Ode to Joy, Finale

"Ecossaise, WoO 23"

Two Famous Minuets [Arranged by Roy Phillippe]