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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Sonata No. 8 c minor Op.13 Pathetique - Piano

Duet No. 2 in F Major

Sonatina No. 1 G Major and No. 2 F Major Anh. 5

Meneutt - Piano

The 3rd Movement from Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor

Sonata No. 9 A Major Op.47 Kreutzer - Score

Two Military Marches - Trumpet 1 in B-flat

Nocturne Op.42

Op. 18, No. 3, Movement 3 - Allegro - Score

Variations on a Theme by Mozart - Double Bass

Rondo C Major Op.51 No. 1 - Piano

6 Contretänze - Piano

Waltz of Hope Anh. 14 No. 3 - Piano

Menuett - Score

First Movement from Symphony No. 1 - Tuba 3

Variations On Rule Britannia - Tuba 2

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15, Mvmt. 3

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

Movement 1 from "Symphony No. 5" - Trombone

Allegretto - Violin 1

Allegretto - Piano

Allegretto - Euphonium 3

Symphony No.1 - Euphonium 2 BC/TC

Symphony 1, Op. 21 - Tuba 3

String Quartet No. 12, Movement 4 - Score

String Quartet No. 13, Movement 2 - Score

String Quartet No. 6, Movement 2 - Adagio ma non troppo - Score

String Quartet No. 6, Movement 1 - Allegro con brio - Score

Op. 18, No. 3, Movement 1 - Allegro - Score

Op. 18, No. 5, Movement 1 - Allegro - Score

Marcia and Gavotta Op.45 - Piano 2

Gottes Macht und Vorsehung, Op.48 No. 5 and Busslied, Op.48 No. 6 - Score

Minuet G Major - Cello

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

Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9 - Percussion 1

Für Elise - Piano

Bagatelle b minor Op.126 No. 4 - Piano

Für Elise - Trombone

Bagatelle C Major Op.33 No. 2 - Piano

Themes from Symphony No. 3

Minuet Eb Major WoO 10 No. 3 - Piano

Ode to Joy - Trombone 3

Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9 - Score and Parts

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73: Mvmt. 3

Ode to Joy - Horn in F

Ode to Joy - Tuba

Ode to Joy - Bass Clarinet

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