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 77 of 161

Eight Variations on "Une fievre brulante" in C Major, WoO 72

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

Hail to the Lord's Anointed

Missa Solemnis, No. 3: Credo

Study in C Major

German Dance in F Major, WoO42, No. 1

Contredance in E-flat Major, WoO14, No. 7

Eight Variations on a theme by Count Waldstein

Postludes: The Heavens Declare His Glory

Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies in Full Score - Full Score

Rondo in G Major - Piano Score - Piano Score

Three Cadenzas to 1st Movt. of Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15

String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3 - Score and Parts

German Dance No. 2 in G Major

Drei Marsche, Op. 45

Sonatina in C Major, WoO 51

Adagio from "Pathetique" Sonata - Euphonium 2 BC/TC

Symphony No. 4, Movement 3 - Full Score

Symphony No. 7, Movement 3 - Full Score

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

String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 - Score

Ruhend von seinen Taten, No. 1 from "König Stephan", Op. 117 - Full Score

Wo die Unschuld Blumen streute, No. 4 from "König Stephan", Op. 117 - Full Score

Melodrama 2: Ihr edlen Ungarn, No. 7 from "König Stephan", Op. 117 - Full Score

Alle die Herrscher darf ich grüssen, No. 3 from "Der glorreiche Augenblick", Op. 136 - Full Score

Missa Solemnis, No. 2: Gloria - Full Score

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

Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2

Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 38 - Set of Parts

Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 - Set of Parts

Violin Sonata No. 2 - Violin - Violin

Violin Sonata No. 7 - Violin - Violin

Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 - Violin

String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2 - Viola

String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5 - Score

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

String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5 - Violin 1

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

String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 - Score and Parts

String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127 - Violin 1

Flourish on Ode to Joy

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 2: "O wär ich schon mit dir vereint"

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 11: "Gott! welch Dunkel hier!"

Ohne Verschulden, No. 2 from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113 - Full Score

String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 - Violin 2

String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 - Violin 2

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 - Full Score

Symphony No. 9, Movement 3 - Full Score