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.10 G Major Op.14 No. 2

Sonata No.14 c# minor Op.27 No. 2

Sonata No.12 Ab Major Op.26 Marche Funebre

Sonata No.10 G Major Op.14 No. 2 - Piano

Andante favori F Major WoO 57 - Organ/Piano

Sonata No. 2 A Major Op. 2 No. 2

Adagio from "Pathetique" Sonata - Tuba 1

Sonata No. 2 A Major Op. 2 No. 2 - Piano

Concerto G Major Op.61

Sonata No.31 Ab Major Op.110 - Preface

Sonata Eb Major WoO 47 No. 1 - Preface

Sonata D Major WoO 47 No. 3 - Preface

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

Sonata f minor WoO 47 No. 2 - Preface

Beethoven-Liszt: Symphonies Nos. 6-9 Transcribed for Solo Piano

Sonata No. 2 g minor Op. 5 No. 2

Sonata No. 5 D Major Op.102 No. 2

Prelude f minor WoO 55 - Piano

Sonata No.16 G Major Op.31 No. 1

Sonata No. 4 Eb Major Op. 7

Urians Reise um die Welt, No. 1 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52

Sonata No.18 Eb Major Op.31 No. 3

Sonata No.22 F Major Op.54

Feuerfarb', No. 2 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52

Lustig-Traurig WoO 54 - Preface

Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost" - Set of Parts

Das Blümchen Wunderhold, No. 8 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52

Adagio from "Pathetique" Sonata - Trombone

String Quintet C Major Op.29 - Viola 2

String Quintet c minor Op.104 - Viola 1

String Quintet Eb Major Op. 4 - Violin 2

Fugue D Major Op.137 - Score

String Quartet F Major Op.14 No. 1 - Violin 2

Adagio - Clarinet

12 Variations Op.66 - Score

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

Sonata No.25 G Major Op.79 - Preface

Sonata No.27 e minor Op.90 - Preface

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

Rondo C Major WoO 48 - Preface

2 Movements of a Sonata F Major WoO 50 - Preface

Sonatina No. 1 G Major Anh. 5 - Preface

Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 - Viola

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

Nocturne Op.42 - Score

Fur Elise a minor WoO 59 - Harp

Ode to Joy - Cornet 2/Trumpet 2

Bagatelle G Major Op.126 No. 5 - Piano