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 62 of 161
No. 4 In Bb Major, Op. 60
No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36
No. 7 In A Major, Op. 92
Variation I From 6 Variationen Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata Pathetique - Adagio
Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 , 2nd Movement
No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125
No. 6 From 12 Deutsche Tanze Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Variation Xiii From 13 Variationen Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
No. 8 In F Major, Op. 93
Moonlight Sonata - 1st Movement
Sonata Op. 79 - 2nd Movement
Ode to Joy, Pathetique Adagio
Sonatina Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata, Opus 49, No. 2
promenade Additional credits Elena Gnessina
Singing Voices [Op.101, No.11] Additional credits Ferdinand Beyer
"Bagatelle: ""Fur Elise"""
Ode to Joy; Minuet in G
Marcha Populaire Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Romance Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
First Movement Of Symphony No. 5 In C Minor
Lustig From Klavierstucke (Woo 5 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
No. 2 From 12 Deutsche Tanze Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
No. 3 From Menuette Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Theme From 2nd Movement, Sonata In D Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Variation V From 6 Varitationen Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
No. 2 From 6 Menuette Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio From Bagatelle Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
No. 9 From 11 Bagatellen Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
No. 4 From 11 Bagatellen Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Variation Iv From 6 Variationen Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
No. 12 From Menuette Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
No. 11 From 12 Deutsche Tanze (Woo 1 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
No. 2 From Menuette Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Variation Iii From 6 Variationen Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Variation Vi From 13 Variationen Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Minuet in E-Flat Major [Woo 82]
I. Allegro vivace e con brio
Theme from the Choral Symphony
II. Allegretto scherzando
III. Tempo di menuetto
Adagio Cantabile Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle, Opus 119
Sonata, Op. 49, No 2 - Allegro, ma non troppo & Tempo di Minuetto`
No. 1 In C Major, Op. 21
No. 3 In Eb Major, Op. 55
No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67
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