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 55 of 161
Allemande [Woo 8, No. 8]
Country Dance [Woo 14, No. 7]
Viennese Waltz [Woo, No. 17, No. 10]
Piano Trio No. 11 in G major , op. 121a Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata Theme Op 90
Sonata in F major, op. 17: III. Rondo
Sonata Quasi un Fantasia [Op. 27, No. 2]
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37: Allegro con Brio Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Per Elisa
Klavierstück [Woo 61a]
Viennese Waltz [Woo 17, No. 3]
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15: Allegro con brio Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
PASTORAL THEME, THE FROM SYMPHONY NO 6
Kreutzer Sonata Op 47
Eroica Beethoven)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15: Rondo/Allegro Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sextet in E-flat major, op. 71: Adagio
Pianco Sonata Theme Op 26
Inno Alla Gioia
Romanza in Fa
Country Dance [Woo 14, No. 1]
Ländler
Ländler [Woo 17, No. 6]
Minuet [Woo 10, No. 1]
Minuet [Woo 10, No. 2]
Minuet [Woo 10, No. 4]
Seven Country Dances [Woo 11]
Waltz [Anh. 14, No. 2]
Klavierstück [Woo 60]
Polonaise in C [Op. 89]
Sonatina in C [Woo 51]
Ten Variations on a Theme of Salieri [Woo 73]
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58: Allegro moderato Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73: Adagio un poco moto Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73: Rondo-Allegro Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73: Allegro Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, op. 19: Rondo/Allegro molto Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37: Largo Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58: Rondo/Vivace Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Minuet in G major, WoO10/2
Notturno, op. 42
My Two Friends
Fidelio: 'Hat man nicht auch Gold daneben' Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9: 'Ode to Joy'
Little Rondo Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Military March
BEETHOVEN - Fur Elise
Brotherly Love
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