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 56 of 161
Theme from Rondo a Capriccio [Op. 129]
Sonatina in F Major [Anh. 5, No. 2]
Russian Folk Song II
German Dance I
Sonatina in F [Anh. 5, No. 2]
Russian Folk Song [Op. 107, No. 7]
Country Dance in D Major [Woo, 11, No. 7]
Andante in C Major
Menuet in G
Romanza
Joyful-Sorrowful [Woo 54]
Menuet in F Major [Anhang]
Ninth Symphony Theme
Das Ballet Additional credits Daniel Gottlob Türk
Tallis' Canon Additional credits Thomas Tallis
For Getrude , WoO 16 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Piece in G Minor
Seven Variations on the Song God Save the King [Woo 78]
Piano Piece in B Minor [Woo 61]
Four Rustic Dances [Woo 11, No. 1]
German Song [Woo 1]
Sonatina in G [Anh. 5, No. 1]
Three German Dances [Woo 42, No. 1]
Contradance [Woo 14, No. 1]
Six Variations on the Duet "Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento" [Woo 70]
Sonata Quasi una Fantasia [Op. 27, No. 2]
Bagatelle in G Minor [Op. 126, No. 2]
Turkish March from [Op. 113, No. 4]
Bagatelle in G Major [Op. 119, No. 6]
Valsette [Op. 40, No. 1] Additional credits Jean Sibelius
Bagatelle in G Major [Op. 126, No. 5]
Moonlight Sonata Op. 27, No. 2 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Country Dance in D Major [Woo 15, No. 1]
Bagatelle in F Major [Op. 33, No. 3]
Bagatelle, Op. 119, No. 8
Fanfare Additional credits William Duncombe
Sonatina in G Additional credits Jiri Antonin Benda, Matthew Camidge
German Dance II
Russian Folk Song I
Die Waldhörner und das Echo Additional credits Daniel Gottlob Türk
Bagatelle [Op. 119, No. 9]
Gavotte Additional credits Daniel Gottlob Türk
Contradance in C Major
Two English Dances Additional credits Karl Ditters Von Dittersdorf
Summer is icumen in Additional credits Anonymous
Menuetto, op. 10, No. 3, from Sonata in D Major
Sonata in F Minor Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Theme from Variations on "God Save the King"
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