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 61 of 161
IV.Finale, Allegro molto
12 German dances, WoO 8 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
6 Minuets, WoO 10 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
7 Landlerische dances, WoO 11 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
12 German dances, WoO 13 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
6 Landlerische dances, WoO 15 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Allemande, A major, WoO 81 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
6 Ecossaises, WoO 83 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Waltz, E flat major, WoO 84 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Waltz, D major, WoO 85 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Ecossaise, E flat major, WoO 86 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
7 Country dances from WoO 14 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4, G major, op. 58 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, E flat major, op. 73 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
March C major op. 45,1
March E flat major op. 45,2
March D major op. 45,3
8 Variations on a Theme by Waldstein C major WoO 67
6 Variations, Song with Variations D major WoO 74
Appendix: Grand Fugue transcribed by the composer op. 134
Appendix: 6 Variations, Song with Variations, early version D major WoO 74
Symphonies
I. Adagio molto-Allegro con brio
II. Andante cantabile con moto
III. Menuetto-Trio, Allegro molto e vivace
IV. Adagio-Allegro moto e vivace
II. Larghetto
III. Scherzo, Allegro
IV. Allegro molto
I. Allegro con brio
II. Marcia Funebre, Adagio assai
III. Scherzo-Trio, Allegro vivace
I. Adagio-Allegro vivace
II. Adagio
III. Allegro vivace-Trio
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Andante con moto
III. Allegro
IV. Allegro
I. Awakening the cheerful feelings on arrival in the country: Allegro ma non troppo
II. Scene by the Brook: Andante molto moto
III. Merry Gathering of the countryfolk: Allegro
IV. Thunderstorm: Allegro
V. Shepherd's song. Happy and grateful feelings after the storm: Allegretto
I. Poco sostenuto-Vivace
III. Presto
12 Minuets, WoO 7 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
IV. Allegro con brio
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