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 74 of 161

Sonata No.20 G Major Op.49 No. 2

Sonata No.19 g minor Op.49 No. 1 - Piano

Sonata No.31 Ab Major Op.110

Sonata No. 3 C Major Op. 2 No. 3 - Piano

Sonata No. 5 c minor Op.10 No. 1 - Piano

Sonata Eb Major WoO 47 No. 1

Sonata No. 9 E Major Op.14 No. 1 - Piano

Sonata D Major WoO 47 No. 3

Sonatina No. 1 G Major Anh. 5

Sonata f minor WoO 47 No. 2

Sonatina No. 2 F Major Anh. 5 - Piano

Sonata No.17 d minor Op.31 No. 2 - Piano

Sonata No.15 D Major Op.28 Pastorale - Piano

Sonata No.21 C Major Op.53 Waldstein - Piano

Sonata No.23 f minor Op.57 Appassionata

Sonata No.25 G Major Op.79

Variations on a Theme by Mozart - Score

12 Variations WoO 45 - Cello

7 Variations WoO 46 - Cello

Sonata No. 1 f minor Op. 2 No. 1 - Piano

Sonata No.26 Eb Major Op.81a Les adieux - Piano

Sonata No. 6 F Major Op.10 No. 2 - Piano

Sonata No.13 Eb Major Op.27 No. 1 Fantasie - Piano

String Quintet C Major Op.29 - Violin 2

String Quintet c minor Op.104 - Violin 1

String Quintet Eb Major Op. 4 - Score

Fugue D Major Op.137 - Viola 2

Sonata No. 1 F Major Op. 5 No. 1 - Score

Adagio from Pathetique Sonata - easy version - Piano

String Quartet F Major Op.14 No. 1 - Score

Sonata No. 4 C Major Op.102 No. 1 - Score

Sonata No. 7 D Major Op.10 No. 3 - Piano

Sonata No.11 Bb Major Op.22 - Piano

Sonata No.27 e minor Op.90

Sonata No.29 Bb Major Op.106 Hammerklavier

2 Movements of a Sonata F Major WoO 50

3 Variations on an Irish Folk Tune, E-flat Major, Op.105, No. 4

O Namenlose Freude - Parts

6 Easy Variations on an Original Theme G Major WoO 77 - Piano

Adagio - Score

Leonore Overture No. 3 exc. - Trumpet

Bagatelle Eb Major Op.126 No. 3 - Piano

Minuet G Major WoO 10 No. 2 - Piano

Bagatelle Eb Major Op.33 No. 1 - Piano

Bagatelle Ab Major Op.33 No. 7 - Piano

Fur Elise a minor WoO 59 - Electric Bass

Bagatelle Bb Major WoO 60 - Piano

Egmont Overture Op. 84 - Piano