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Composer

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer (1770-1827)

1770–1827

6,206 works in the index

Born
1770
Died
1827
Birthplace
Bonn
Place of death
Vienna
Citizenship / historical state
Electorate of Cologne; Austrian Empire
Period (estimated from birth year)
Classical

Biography

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.

Life and musical career

Occupations
composer
Teachers
Christian Gottlob Neefe; Joseph Haydn; Antonio Salieri; Johann Baptist Schenk; Johann Georg Albrechtsberger; Gilles van der Eeden; Muzio Clementi; Andrea Luchesi
Recorded memberships
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Instruments played
piano; violin
Genres
classical music; art music; opera; symphony; sonata
Movements
Classical period; Romantic music
Notable works
Für Elise; Symphony No. 9; Piano Sonata No. 14; Missa Solemnis; Piano Sonata No. 8; Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 6; Piano Sonata No. 21; Piano Sonata No. 23; Violin Sonata No. 9; Symphony No. 3; Fidelio
Awards
Bröckemännche Award
Official website
https://beethoven.de
Native languages
German
Languages used
German
VIAF ID
32182557
ISNI
0000000121268987
GND ID
118508288
Library of Congress ID
n79107741
MusicBrainz ID
1f9df192-a621-4f54-8850-2c5373b7eac9

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, violin, Cello, Orchestra, Voice
Genres represented
Classical, pop, Jazz, Pop, Christmas
Works with composition dates
358 of 6,206

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 82 of 130

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Minuet in D Major, WoO 7, No. 7 — WoO 7, No. 7D major —— 0
7 Bagatelles, op. 33 (Piano solo) — op. 33— —— 0
"Bagatelle in Bb, WoO 60" — WoO 60— —— 0
"Bagatelle in C minor, WoO 52" — WoO 52C minor —— 0
"Bagatelle in C minor, WoO 53" — WoO 53C minor —— 0
"Bagatelle in C, WoO 56" — WoO 56— —— 0
"Bagatelle: F?r Elise, WoO 59" — WoO 59— —— 0
"Bagatelle: Lustig-Traurig, WoO 54" — WoO 54— —— 0
"Bagatelles, Op. 119 (11 New): G minor, C, D, A, C minor, G, C, A minor, A minor, A, Bb" — Op. 119— —— 0
"Bagatelles, Op. 126 (6): Nos. 1 in G, 2 in G mior, 3 in Eb, 4 in B minor, 5 in G, 6 in Eb" — Op. 126B minor —— 0
"Bagatelles, Op. 33 (7): Nos. 1 in Eb, 2 in C, 3 in F, 4 in A, 5 in C, 6 in D, 7 in Ab" — Op. 33— —— 0
"Sonat(in)a in C, WoO 51" — WoO 51— —— 0
"Sonat(in)a in D, WoO 47/3" — WoO 47/3— —— 1
"Sonat(in)a in F minor, WoO 47/2" — WoO 47/2F minor —— 1
Sonata 19 in G minor (Op. 49, No. 1) - "Deux Sonates Faciles" — Op. 49, No. 1G minor PianoClassical 1
Sonata 20 in G Major (Op. 49, No. 2) - "Deux Sonates Faciles" — Op. 49, No. 2G major PianoClassical 1
Minuet, E flat major, WoO 82 (Piano solo) — WoO 82— —— 0
7 Landlerische dances, WoO 11 (Piano solo) — WoO 11— PianoClassical 1
6 Landlerische dances, WoO 15 (Piano solo) — WoO 15— PianoClassical 1
6 Ecossaises, WoO 83 (Piano solo) — WoO 83— —— 0
Beethoven: 6 Minuets WoO 10 — WoO 10— —— 0
Beethoven: 12 Minuets WoO 7 — WoO 7— —— 0
Beethoven: 6 'L-ndlerische' Dances WoO 15 — WoO 15— PianoClassical 0
Lebensgenu — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 0
Das Gl?ck der Freundschaft — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 0
Schilderung eines M?dchens — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 0
Kriegslied der ?sterreicher — —— PianoClassical 1
Six ?cossaises — —— PianoClassical 0
Bagatelle in G Minor — —G minor —— 0
Bagatelle in D Major — —D major —— 0
Bagatelle in A minor — —A minor —— 0
Bagatelle in F Major — —F major —— 0
Sonate fur Klavier Nr. 10 G-Dur op. 14; 2 (1796/98) — op. 14— PianoClassical 0
2. Minuet in F, K. 2 — K. 2— —— 0
3. Minuet in F, K. 4 — K. 4— —— 0
5. Sonatina in B-flat, K. 281/189f: Andantino — K. 281/189— PianoClassical 0
6. Minuet in D, K. 94/73h — K. 94/73— —— 0
7. Sonatina in E-flat, K. 282/189g: Minuet — K. 282/189— —— 0
9. Minuet in G, K. 1/1e — K. 1/1— —— 0
13. Bagatelle in A, Op. 119/10 — Op. 119/10— —— 0
14. Bagatelle in B-flat, Op. 119/11 — Op. 119/11— —— 0
15. Bagatelle in G minor, Op. 119/1 — Op. 119/1G minor —— 0
Allegretto From 'Moonlight Sonata' — —— —— 0
Minuet in D — —— —— 0
Adagio From 'Moonlight Sonata' — —— —— 0
Beethoven: 8 Variations on 'T-ndeln und Scherzen' by S!ssmayr WoO 76 — WoO 76— PianoClassical 0
Beethoven: 7 Variations on 'God save the king' WoO 78 — WoO 78— —— 0
12 Variationen fur Klavier A-Dur WoO 71 (1796) -uber den russischen Tanz aus dem Ballett "Das Waldmadchen" von Paul Wranitzky- — WoO 71— PianoClassical 0

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 32182557. Portrait: Joseph Karl Stieler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.