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 59 of 161

Sonatina in G Major, 2nd Movement

Pathetique Sonata - 2nd Movement

Rondo, C major, WoO 48 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Allegretto, C minor, WoO 53 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Bagatelle, Op. 119, No. 2

Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2

Sonatina in C Major Additional credits Theodore Latour, William Duncombe

Sonatina in C Major Additional credits William Duncombe, Theodore Latour

Minuet in D Major [Woo 7, No. 7]

Sonatina In G Major Additional credits Louis Köhler

Sonatina in G Major [Anh. 5, No. 1]

Sonatina in C Major [Op. 157, No. 1] Additional credits Fritz Spindler

Sonatina in C Major [Op. 39, No. 1] Additional credits Frank Lynes

Sonatina in C Major [Op. 55, No. 1] Additional credits Friedrich Kuhlau

Adagio Sostenuto [Op. 27, No. 2]

Symphony No. 9 In D, Op. 125, Second Movement Excerpt

Gertrude's Waltz

Bagatelle in G Major [Op. 126, No. 1]

Country Dance in C Major [Woo 14, No. 1]

Country Dance in E-Flat Major [Woo 14, No. 7]

Divertimento No. 6 in C Major Additional credits Josef Myslivecek

Etude No. 5 in B-Flat Major [Op. 49, No. 5] Additional credits Johann Wilhelm Hässler

Etude No. 6 in B-Flat Minor [Op. 49, No. 6] Additional credits Johann Wilhelm Hässler

Six Variations [Op. 42, No. 1] Additional credits Friedrich Kuhlau

Happiness Additional credits Henri Lemoine

Ländler [Op. 107, No. 1]

Waltz in E-Flat Major [Woo 84]

Sonata in C# Minor [Op.27, No.2]

Piano piece , WoO 54 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano piece [For Eliza], A minor, WoO 59 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Alla Ingharese quasi un Capriccio [Rage over the last penny], G major, op. 129 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Andante, F major, WoO 57 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Bagatelle, WoO 52 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Bagatelle, WoO 56 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

7 Bagatelles, op. 33 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Bagatelle, op. 119 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Fantasy, op. 77 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano piece, B flat major, WoO 60 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano piece, G minor, WoO 61a Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Minuet, E flat major, WoO 82 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Polonaise, C major, op. 89 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Prelude, op. 39 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Prelude, WoO 55 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano piece [For Piringer], B minor, WoO 61 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 5 - Beethoven Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonatina in G Major, 1st Movement

Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia "Moonlight Sonata" Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Allemande