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 73 of 161

Six Songs, Op. 75, No. 5: An den fernen Geliebten

Missa Solemnis, No. 2: Gloria

German Dance No. 1 in C Major

String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6 - Violin 1

String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 - Score and Parts

String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127 - Score and Parts

Beethoven: Symphonies 8 & 9 in Full Score - Full Score

Two Cadenzas to Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K466

March in B-flat Major

"Ecossaise for Military Music" in G Major, WoO23

German Dance in F Major, WoO8, No. 9

Gottes Macht und Vorsehung, No. 5 from "Six Songs", Op. 48

Lied, No. 6 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52

String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4 - Score and Parts

Six Songs, Op. 75, No. 1: Mignon

Romance, Op. 40 - Violin - Violin

Menuetto - Alto Flute

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

Eine neue strahlende Sonne, No. 6 from "König Stephan", Op. 117 - Full Score

Es treten hervor die Scharen der Frauen, No. 6 from "Der glorreiche Augenblick", Op. 136 - Full Score

Mass in C Major, No. 4: Sanctus - Full Score

String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1 - Violin 2

String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3 - Cello

String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 - Score

Grosse Fuge in B-flat Major, Op. 133 - Score and Parts

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

Violin Sonata No. 1 - Violin - Violin

Violin Sonata No. 6 - Violin - Violin

Adagio from "Pathetique" Sonata - Euphonium 1 BC/TC

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

König Stephan, Complete Incidental Music, Op. 117 - Full Score

Piano Quartet No. 2 in D Major, WoO 36 - Full Score

Adagio from "Pathetique" Sonata - Trumpet 2 in B-flat

String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 - Violin 1

Ode to Joy - Score and Parts

Schmückt die Altäre, No. 6 from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113 - Full Score

Beethoven Library of Piano Works Volume IV: Bagatelles and Rondos

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 16: "Heil! Heil! Heil sei dem Tag"

String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 - Violin 1

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 10: "O welche Lust!"

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 7: "Ha! Ha! Ha! welch ein Augenblick"

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 1: "Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein"

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique"

Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23 - Set of Parts

Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 - Set of Parts

Minuet G Major - Harp

Ode to Joy - Score

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 - Full Score