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 72 of 161

Trio in E-flat Major, Op. posth. - Violin

Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2 - Cello

Op. 74, Movement 1 - Score

Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1 - Cello

Piano Trio No. 6 in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2 - Piano Score

Piano Trio No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 44 - Piano

Rondo in C major, Op. 51, No. 2

Lord! Who dost see our heavy grief

Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens, Adore Him

Six Variations on an Original Theme in D Major, Op. 76

Twenty Irsiche Lieder

Piano Trio in G Major WoO 37 - Piano

Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor: Movement 3, Cadenza

Twelve Variations in F Major - Piano Score

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Viola

Piano Trio No. 9 in B-flat Major, WoO 39 - Piano Score

Symphony No. 8, Movement 2 - Full Score

Piano Trio No. 4 - Clarinet - Clarinet

String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 - Cello

Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 16 - Piano Score

Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 16 - Clarinet

Op. 133 - Cello - Cello

Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Major, WoO 36 - Viola

Violin Sonata No. 6 - Piano Score - Piano Score

Violin Sonata No. 3 - Piano Score - Piano Score

Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2 - Piano Score

Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69 - Piano Score

String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 - Viola

Op. 18, No. 5, Movement 4 - Allegro - Score

Symphony No. 6, Movement 3 - Full Score

String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132 - Viola

Piano Trio No. 11 in G Major, "Kakadu Variations" - Piano Score

Symphony No. 4, Movement 2 - Full Score

Op. 59, No. 2, Movement 1 - Score

Eight Variations on Trio "Tändeln und scherzen" in F Major, WoO 76

Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 - Piano Score

Piano Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major, WoO 36 - Piano Score

Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79

Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1

A Song of Penitence , Op. 48, No. 6

Symphony No. 5, Movement 1 - Full Score

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Bassoon 2

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Horn 2

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Trumpet 1

Trio in D Major, Op. 36 - Cello

Piano Trio in E-flat Major - B-flat Clarinet - Clarinet in B-flat

Op. 18, No. 1, Movement 1 - Allegro con brio - Score

Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major, Op. 22