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 78 of 161

Sonatina No. 1 G Major Anh. 5 - Piano

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

Bitten, No. 1 from "Six Songs", Op. 48

Six Songs, Op. 75, No. 6: Der Zufriedene

Sonata F Major WoO 50 - Piano

Marmotte, No. 7 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52

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

Busslied, No. 6 from "Six Songs", Op. 48

Beethoven-Liszt: Symphonies Nos. 1-5 Transcribed for Solo Piano

Sonata No.25 G Major Op.79 - Piano

Sonata f minor WoO 47 No. 2 - Piano

Sonata No.31 Ab Major Op.110 - Piano

Sonata Eb Major WoO 47 No. 1 - Piano

Sonata D Major WoO 47 No. 3 - Piano

Sonata No.23 f minor Op.57 Appassionata - Piano

Romance, Op. 40 - Set of Parts

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

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

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

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

Sonata No.11 Bb Major Op.22 - Preface

Menuetto - Score

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

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

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

Sonata No.27 e minor Op.90 - Piano

Sonata No.29 Bb Major Op.106 Hammerklavier - Piano

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

Menuetto - Score and Parts

Klavierstück in B Minor

Two Romances, Op. 40 & 50 - Set of Parts

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

Adagio from "Pathetique" Sonata - Horn in F

String Quintet C Major Op.29 - Viola 1

String Quintet c minor Op.104 - Violin 2

String Quintet Eb Major Op. 4 - Violin 1

Fugue D Major Op.137 - Cello

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

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

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

Polonaise C Major Op.89 - Piano

Adagio - Oboe

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

2 Movements of a Sonata F Major WoO 50 - Piano

Lustig-Traurig WoO 54 - Piano

Rondo C Major WoO 48 - Piano

Ode to Joy - Cornet 1/Trumpet 1

Die Ruinen von Athen , Op. 113 - Full Score