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 80 of 161

Six Variations on an Original Theme in G Major, WoO 77

God's Glory in Nature

Ten Variations on "La stessa, la stessissima" in B-flat Major, WoO 73

Sextet in E-Flat major, Op. 81b

The Heavens Declare His Glory

Consecration of the House Overture - Full Score

Freundschaft, WoO 164

Come, Let Us Sing Unto the Lord

Fifteen Variations in E-flat Major , Op. 35

Twenty six Wallisische Lieder

Christ on the Mount of Olives: In My Soul Dread Thoughts Awaken

Symphony No. 4, Movement 1 - Full Score

String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 - Violin 1

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

Op. 133 - Score - Score

String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4 - Violin 1

Op. 59, No. 2, Movement 2 - Score

Op. 59, No. 3, Movement 2 - Score

Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2

Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2 - Piano Score

String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 4 - Full Score

Six Variations on Duet "Nel cor più" in G Major, WoO 70

Symphony No. 3, Movement 1 - Full Score

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

Piano Sonata No. 3 in D Major, WoO 47

Violin Sonata No. 7 - Piano Score - Piano Score

Op. 18, No. 2, Movement 3 - Scherzo - Allegro - Score

Europa steht!, No. 1 from "Der glorreiche Augenblick", Op. 136 - Full Score

Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3

Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2

Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3

Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op. 112

Piano Trio No. 4 - Piano Score - Piano Score

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Clarinet 2

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Tenor Trombone

Piano Trio No. 5, Op. 70, No. 1 - Piano Score - Piano Score

Symphony No. 7, Movement 4 - Full Score

Piano Trio No. 5, Op. 70, No. 1 - Violin - Violin

Piano Trio No. 4 - Cello - Cello

String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 - Violin 1

String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 - Violin 2

Symphony No. 1, Movement 1 - Full Score

Symphony No. 3, Movement 4 - Full Score

Symphony No. 3, Movement 2 - Full Score

Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111

Seven Variations on "God Save The King" in C Major, WoO 78

Violin Sonata No. 10 - Piano Score - Piano Score

Leonore Overture no. 3 , op. 72b - Full Score