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 81 of 161

Missa Solemnis, No. 4: Sanctus

Menuett in E-flat Major, WoO 82

Missa Solemnis, No. 6: Agnus Dei - Full Score

German Dance No. 3 in C Major

8 Variations on a theme by Count Waldstein in C Major, WoO 67

Six Variations on song 'Ich denke dein'

Russian Folksong in A Minor "Beautiful Minka"

German Dance in A Major, WoO42, No. 4

Ecossaise in E-flat Major, WoO86

Waltz in D Major, WoO85

Open, Lord, My Inward Ear

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol. I, Nos. 1 - 16

Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123 - Full Score

Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1 - Set of Parts

String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 - Violin 2

Piano Trio No. 6 in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2 - Violin

Piano Trio in E-flat Major - Cello - Cello

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

Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 16 - Oboe

Piano Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major, WoO 36 - Violin

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

Geistlische Marsch, Chorus & Melodrama: Heil unserm Könige!, No. 8 from "König Stephan", Op. 117 - Full Score

Du hasst in deines

Mass in C Major, No. 5: Benedictus - Full Score

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

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

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

String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5 - Violin 2

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

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

String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127 - Violin 2

String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 - Violin 1

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

Piano Trio in E-flat Major - Piano Score - Piano Score

Op. 18, No. 1, Movement 4 - Allegro - Score

Violin Sonata No. 8 - Violin - Violin

Cadenza to 1st Movt. of Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19

The Pathetique Sonata, Op. 13, First Movement

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 3: "Mir ist so wunderbar"

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 12: "Wie kalt ist es"

Ode to Joy - Set of Parts

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

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

Symphony No. 9, Movement 1 - Full Score

Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 - Full Score

Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 - Full Score

Heil unserm König, Heil!, No. 8 from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113 - Full Score

Violin Sonata No. 10 - Violin - Violin