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

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Themes from Symphony No. 3

Sonata No. 9 A Major Op.47 Kreutzer

Adelaide - Einsam wandelt dein Freund, Op.46 - Score

Allegretto - Score

Ich liebe dich - Score

Variations on See the conqu'ring hero comes

Duet No. 1 in C Major

Polonaise in D major

Variations On Rule Britannia - Tuba 1

Marcia and Gavotta Op.45 - Piano 1

Sonatina in C Minor, WoO 43/1 - Piano

Symphony 1, Op. 21 - Tuba 2

Symphony No.1 - Score and Parts

Symphony No. 6, Movement 5 - Full Score

Freudvoll und liedvoll, Op.84 No. 4 - Score

First Movement from Symphony No. 1 - Tuba 2

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15, Mvmt. 2

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37, Mvmt. 2

Movement 1 from "Symphony No. 5" - Horn

Allegretto - Euphonium 2

Allegretto - Tuba 4

Symphony No.1 - Euphonium 1 BC/TC

String Quartet No. 12, Movement 1 - Score

String Quartet No. 13, Movement 4 - Score

String Quartet No. 13, Movement 6 - Score

String Quartet No. 16, Movement 3 - Score

String Quartet No. 16, Movement 2 - Score

Op. 18, No. 2, Movement 4 - Allegro molto quasi Presto - Score

Op. 18, No. 4, Movement 3 - Menuetto - Score

Quartet No. 14, Movement 7 - Score

Quartet No. 14, Movement 1 - Score

Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14, No. 2

Op. 59, No. 3, Movement 1 - Score

Allegretto - Bass

Ode to Joy - Clarinet 3 in B-flat

Für Elise - Horn

Minuet G Major - Violin

Op. 18, No. 2, Movement 2 - Adagio cantabile - Score

Ode to Joy - Trombone

Ode to Joy - Trombone 2

Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9 - Bb Clarinet

Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9 - F Horn

Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9 - Timpani

Ode to Joy - Trumpet 2

Turkish March from "Die Ruinen von Athen" Op.113 No. 4 - Piano

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73: Mvmt. 2

Ode to Joy - Harp Score

King Stephen Overture, Op. 117 - Full Score