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 66 of 161
"Pathetique" Sonata, 2nd mvt., Op. 13
Sonatina in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 26 In Eb Major , Op. 81a Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Allegretto Theme Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Mineut in C
Eight Songs, Op. 52 - 2. Feurfarb'
Six Songs, Op. 48 - 5. Gottes Macht und Vorsehung
Eight Songs, Op. 52 - 4. Mailied Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 14 in C# Minor , Op. 27, No. 2 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Six Songs, Op. 75 - 1. Mignon
Six Songs, Op. 48 - 3. Vom Tode
Eight Songs, Op. 52 - 7. Marmotte
Six Variations on the song "Ich Denke Dein," WoO 74
Meneut in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2
Ecossaise in Eb, WoO 86
First Movement Theme Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 21 in C Major , Op. 53 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Six Songs, Op. 48 - 1. Bitten
Variations in C Major, on a theme of Count von Waldstein, WoO 67
In des Lebens Fruehlingstagen
Hat man nicht auch Gold daneben
Six Songs, Op. 48 - 2. Die Liebe des Nachsten
Six Songs, Op. 48 - 4. Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur
Six Songs, Op. 48 - 6. Busslied
Eight Songs, Op. 52 - 1. Urians Reise um die Welt
Eight Songs, Op. 52 - 3. Das Liedchen von der Ruhe
Eight Songs, Op. 52 - 5. Mollys Abschied
Eight Songs, Op. 52 - 6. Lied Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Eight Songs, Op. 52 - 8. Das Blumchen Wunderhold
O war' ich schon mit dir vereint from FIDELIO
Six Songs, Op. 75 - 2. Neue Liebe, neues Leben
Minuet Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Two Preludes through All Major Keys
Mineut in G
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9, Movement IV
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique"
Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113, No. 4
Sonata Quasi una Fantasia , 1st Movement, Op. 27, No. 2
Sonata Pathtique, 2nd Movement, Op. 13
Russian Folksong, Op. 107, No. 3
Sonata No. 8 in C Minor , Op. 13 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 15 in D Major , Op. 28 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 17 in D Minor , Op. 31, No. 2 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 23 in F Minor , Op. 57 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 29 in Bb Major , Op. 106 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonatina in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2 Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Grosse Fuge, Op. 133/134
March in Eb Major, Op. 45, No. 2
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