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 84 of 161

Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

German Dance in F Major, WoO42, No. 3

Thirty-two Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80

Three Songs, Op. 83, No. 1: Rapture Of Melancholy

Twenty-Four Variations on Righini's arietta "Vieni amore" in D Major, WoO 65

Little Russian Folksong in G Major

Twelve Schottische Lieder

String Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1

Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia Movement 1

Polonaise from "Serenade in D Major, Op. 8" - Piano Score

6 Variations on song "Ich denke dein" in D Major, WoO 74

Trio in C Major, Op. 87

Preludes: Consecration

Cadenza to 1st Movt. of Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37

Nine Variations on a March by Dressler in C Minor, WoO 63

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

String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 - Violin 2

String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132 - Cello

String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132 - Violin 1

Piano Trio in E-flat Major - Violin - Violin

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

Mass in C Major, No. 1: Kyrie - Full Score

Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Major, WoO 36 - Violin

Three Kurfürsten Sonaten

Auf dunklem Irrweg, No. 2 from "König Stephan", Op. 117 - Full Score

Final Chorus: Heil unserm Enkeln!, No. 9 from "König Stephan", Op. 117 - Full Score

Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 16 - Cello

Twelve Variations on "Menuett à la Viganò" in C Major, WoO 68

Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54

Symphony No. 2, Movement 1 - Full Score

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

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Timpani

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

Symphony No. 8, Movement 4 - Full Score

Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 - Violin

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

String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 - Violin 2

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

Symphony No. 1, Movement 3 - Full Score

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

Piano Sonata No. 1 in E-flat Major, WoO 47

Dem die erste Zähre, No. 4 from "Der glorreiche Augenblick", Op. 136 - Full Score

Missa Solemnis, No. 3: Credo - Full Score

Für Elise - Piano Score

Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60 - Full Score

Violin Sonata No. 9 - Piano Score - Piano Score

Mit reger Freude, No. 6a from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113 - Full Score

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Movement 4