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 57 of 161
Hunting Song [Woo 1]
Symphony #7
Sonatina in F Major [Woo 50]
German Dance in F Major [Woo 42, No. 1]
Country Dance [Woo 11, No. 2]
Menuet in C [Woo 10, No. 1]
Menuet In C
Sonata in D Major [Op.l 10, No. 3]
Menuet in G [Woo 10, No. 2]
Sonatina in E-Flat [Woo 47/1]
Sonatine In D Minor
Sonatina in C Additional credits Georg Christoph Wagenseil
Lustig, Traurig [Woo 54]
Contredanse
Piano Piece for Ferdinand Piringer [Woo 61]
Polonaise Additional credits Christoph Nichelmann
Fuga
Sonata in B-Flat Major [Op. 22]
Sonata in C-Sharp Minor [Op. 27,
Sonata in E-Flat Major [Op. 31, No. 3]
Six Ecossaises
Romanza [Woo 1]
The Olympianos [Arranged by Joseph Compello] Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Recitative and Chorale from 'Symphony No. 9'
Symphony #2
Symphony No. 3 - 1st Movement Theme Performed by ;
Ecossaise in E flat
Adagio Sostenuto Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Allegretto From Sonata Op.14 No.1
Fur Elise Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Allegretto Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Allegro Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Theme Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
The Lord Shall Come, Alleluia Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sarabande for a sandwich
The Heav'ns Are Praising the Lord of Creation
Battle Song [Woo 1]
German Dance [Woo 1]
Romance from Ritterballet
Variations on a March by Dressler [Woo 63]
Menuet in D [Woo 10, No. 5]
Two Country Dances [Woo 15, No. 1]
Minuet in E-Flat Major [Woo 10, No. 3]
Minuet in G Major Additional credits Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Sonatina in D [Woo 47/3]
Sonatina in F Minor [Woo 47/2]
Two Movements of a Sonatina in F [Woo 50]
Presto [Op. 10, No. 2]
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