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Composer

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer (1770-1827)

1770–1827

6,206 catalog entries

Born
1770
Died
1827
Birthplace
Bonn
Place of death
Vienna
Citizenship / historical state
Electorate of Cologne; Austrian Empire
Period (estimated from birth year)
Classical

Biography

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.

Life and musical career

Occupations
composer
Teachers
Christian Gottlob Neefe; Joseph Haydn; Antonio Salieri; Johann Baptist Schenk; Johann Georg Albrechtsberger; Gilles van der Eeden; Muzio Clementi; Andrea Luchesi
Recorded memberships
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Instruments played
piano; violin
Genres
classical music; art music; opera; symphony; sonata
Movements
Classical period; Romantic music
Notable works
Für Elise; Symphony No. 9; Piano Sonata No. 14; Missa Solemnis; Piano Sonata No. 8; Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 6; Piano Sonata No. 21; Piano Sonata No. 23; Violin Sonata No. 9; Symphony No. 3; Fidelio
Awards
Bröckemännche Award
Official website
https://beethoven.de
Native languages
German
Languages used
German
VIAF ID
32182557
ISNI
0000000121268987
GND ID
118508288
Library of Congress ID
n79107741
MusicBrainz ID
1f9df192-a621-4f54-8850-2c5373b7eac9

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, violin, Cello, Orchestra, Voice
Genres represented
Classical, pop, Jazz, Pop, Christmas
Entries with composition dates
358 of 6,206

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

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Catalogue

Works page 65 of 130

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Sonata No.30 E Major Op.109 - Piano — Op.109— —Classical 0
Rondo A Major WoO 49 - Piano — WoO 49— —Classical 0
Sonata C Major WoO 51 - Piano — WoO 51— —Classical 0
Sonatina No. 2 F Major Anh. 5 - Preface — —— —Classical 0
Allegretto quasi andante g minor WoO 61a - Piano — WoO 61a— —Classical 0
32 Variations on an Original Theme c-minor WoO 80 - Piano — WoO 80— —Classical 0
9 Variations on "Quant' è più bello" from La Molinara WoO 69 - Piano — WoO 69— —Classical 0
Waltz of Grief Anh. 14 No. 2 - Piano — —— —Classical 0
Deutscher Tanz - Score — —— Piano, RecorderClassical 0
Rondo C Major - Piano — —— —Classical 0
Sonata No. 5 F Major Op.24, Spring or Frühling - Score — Op.24— Piano, violinClassical 0
Sonata No. 1 D Major Op.12 No. 1 - Score — Op.12 No. 1— Piano, violinClassical 0
Sonata D Major Op. 6 - Piano 2 — Op. 6— —Classical 0
Mailied - Wie herrlich leutechtet mir die Natur, Op.52 No. 4 - Score — Op.52 No. 4— PianoClassical 0
Bagatelle - Score — —— PianoClassical 0
Two Military Marches - Trombone — —— —Classical 0
Variations On Rule Britannia - Euphonium 1 — —— —Classical 0
Let — —— —Classical 0
Movement 1 from "Symphony No. 5" - Trumpet 1 — —— —Classical 0
Allegretto - Viola — —— OrchestraClassical 0
Allegretto - Tuba 2 — —— —Classical 0
Symphony No.1 - Tuba 31 listed pieces — —See contents See editions— Compare editions
String Quartet No. 13, Movement 5 - Score — —— String QuartetClassical 0
String Quartet No. 16, Movement 1 - Score — —— String QuartetClassical 0
Op. 132, Movement 5 - Score — Op. 132— String QuartetClassical 0
Op. 18, No. 4, Movement 4 - Allegro - Score — Op. 18, No. 4— String QuartetClassical 0
Quartet No. 14, Movement 6 - Score — —— String QuartetClassical 0
Quartet No. 14, Movement 4 - Score — —— String QuartetClassical 0
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a — Op. 81aE-flat major —Classical 0
String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4 - Cello — Op. 18, No. 4C minor String QuartetClassical 0
String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2 - Violin 1 — Op. 18, No. 2G major String QuartetClassical 0
Symphony No. 6, Movement 1 - Full Score — —— OrchestraClassical 0
Op. 59, No. 3, Movement 4 - Score — Op. 59, No. 3— String QuartetClassical 0
Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 16 - Movement 2 — Op. 16E-flat major Piano, Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, ClarinetClassical 0
String Quintet in C Minor, Op. 104 - Full Score — Op. 104C minor —Classical 0
Symphony No. 7, Movement 1 - Full Score — —— OrchestraClassical 0
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 — Op. 109E major —Classical 0
Piano Trio No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 44 - Violin — Op. 44E-flat major —Classical 0
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Flute 1 — —F major OrchestraClassical 0
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Piccolo — —F major OrchestraClassical 0
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Oboe 1 — —F major OrchestraClassical 0
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major, "Archduke" - Piano Score — —B-flat major —Classical 0
Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1 - Piano Score — Op. 1, No. 1E-flat major —Classical 0
Symphony No. 7, Movement 2 - Full Score — —— OrchestraClassical 0
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major, "Archduke" - Violin — —B-flat major —Classical 0
Piano Trio No. 4 - Violin - Violin — —— —Classical 0
String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 - Viola — Op. 59, No. 2E minor String QuartetClassical 0
String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 - Violin 2 — Op. 59, No. 2E minor String QuartetClassical 0

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 32182557. Portrait: Joseph Karl Stieler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.