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 60 of 161
Rondo, A major, WoO 49 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo, C major, op. 51,1 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo, G major, op. 51,2 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo, B flat major, Anh. 6 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
3 Sonatas [Kurfursten sonatas], WoO 47 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Easy sonata, C major, WoO 51 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
2 Sonatinas , Anh. 5 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
2 Sonatinas movements, WoO 50 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Andante, C major Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Minuet, F major Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata, E major, op. 14,1 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata, G major, op. 14,2 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata, G minor, op. 49,1 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Allegro, C major, WoO 51
Bagatelle, F major, op. 33,3
Bagatelle, G minor, op. 119,1
Piano piece Lustig und Traurig, WoO 54
9 Variations on Quant'e piu bello from La Molinara by Paisiello, A major, WoO 69 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
9 Variations on a march by Dressler , WoO 63 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
6 Variations on a Swiss Song, WoO 64 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
24 Variations on Venni Amore by Righini, WoO 65 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
13 Variations on Es war einmal ein alter Mann v. Ditters von Dittersdorf, WoO 66 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
12 Variations, WoO 68 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
6 Variations on Nel cor piu non mi sento by Paisiello, WoO 70 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
12 Variations on a Russian dance by Wranitzky, WoO 71 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
8 Variations on Une fievre brulante by Grety, WoO 72 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
10 Variations on La stessa, la stessissima by Salieri, WoO 73 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
7 Variations on Kind willst du ruhig schlafen by Winter, WoO 75 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
15 Variations , E flat major, op. 35
9 Variations on a march by Dressler , WoO 63
Beethoven: 8 Variations on 'T
Beethoven: Appendix: 8 Variations on 'Ich hab' ein kleines H
Bagatelle, D major, op. 33,6 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle, A major, op. 119,4 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle, C major, WoO 56 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet for Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Piano, E flat major, op. 16 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet for Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Piano, E flat major, WoO 36,1 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet for Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Piano, D major, WoO 36,2 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet for Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Piano, C major, WoO 36,3 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven: Fugue for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Violoncello D major op. 137
Beethoven: Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Violoncello c minor op. 104
Beethoven: Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Violoncello C major op. 29
Beethoven: Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Violoncello E flat major op. 4
Beethoven: Quintet Movement d minor Hess 40
Clarinet trio for Piano, Clarinet and Violoncello, E flat major, op. 38 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Clarinet trio for Piano, Clarinet and Violoncello, B flat major, op. 11 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1, C major, op. 15 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, B flat major, op. 19 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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