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 68 of 161
Menuet from Septet in Eb Major, Op. 20
Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1
Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1
Symphony No. 4 in Bb Major, Op. 60 - First Movement
Romance in G Major
Symphony No. 4 in Bb Major, Op. 60 - Third Movement
Der Mann von Wort, Op. 99
Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47
Danse Villageoise
Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, "Eroica", Op. 55 - Second Movement
Seven Variations, WoO 46 on "Bei Mannern" from Die Zauberflote
Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96
Romance in F Major, Op. 50
Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1
Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2
Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1
Sonata in A Major, Op. 47, Kreutzer, arranged for cello and piano
Romance in D major, Op. 40
Andante from Piano Sonata in Ab Major, Op. 26
Allegretto from Piano Trio in Eb Major, Op. 70, No. 2
Moderato from Piano Sonata in E Minor, Op. 90
Allegretto from Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 - First Movement
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 - Second Movement
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 - First Movement
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 - Second Movement
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 - Fourth Movement
An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 - Auf dem Hugel sitz' ich
Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, "Eroica", Op. 55 - Third Movement
Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, "Eroica", Op. 55 - Fourth Movement
Symphony No. 4 in Bb Major, Op. 60 - Second Movement
Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, "Eroica", Op. 55 - First Movement
An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 - Wo die Berge so blau
An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 - Leichte Segler in den Hohen
An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 - Diese Wolken in den Hohen
An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 - Es kehret der Maien
An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 - Nimm sie hin denn diese Lieder
Allegro and Minuet
Largo in Eb Major
6 Themes with Variations, Op. 105
Sonata No. 3 in Eb Major, Op. 12, No. 3
Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23
Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24
Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 2
Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3
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