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.24 F# Major Op.78

Sonata No.32 c minor Op.111

Op. 132, Movement 4 - Score

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

Sonata No. 1 D Major Op.12 No. 1

Sonata C Major WoO 51

Allegretto quasi andante g minor WoO 61a

Allegretto - Score and Parts

First Movement from Symphony No. 1 - Score and Parts

Sonata No.12 Ab Major Op.26 Marche Funebre - Piano

Sonata No.28 A Major Op.101

Symphony 1, Op. 21 - Score and Parts

Sonata No.30 E Major Op.109

Romance from "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" - Score

Op. 18, No. 4, Movement 1 - Allegro ma non tanto - Score

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

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

Sonata No.22 F Major Op.54 - Piano

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

Nocturne Op.42 - Viola

Rondo a Capriccio Op.129 - Piano

6 Variations on a Russian Folk Tune a minor Op.107 No. 7 - Piano

Sonata No. 5 F Major Op.24, Spring or Frühling

Sonata No. 9 A Major Op.47 Kreutzer - Preface

Sonata D Major Op. 6 - Piano 1

Bitten - Gott, deine Güte reich so weit, Op.48 No. 1 - Score

Two Military Marches - Horn in F

Allegretto - Violin 3

Allegretto - Tuba 1

Symphony No.1 - Tuba 2

Symphony No.1 - Tuba 6

Farewell to the Piano - Piano Score - Piano Score

String Quartet No. 12, Movement 3 - Score

Farewell to the Piano - Flute - Flute

Bagatelle A Major Op.33 No. 4 - Piano

Themes from Symphony No. 3

Themes from Symphony No. 3

Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9 - Flute

Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9 - Bb Tenor Sax

Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9 - Baritone TC

Für Elise - Score and Parts

Für Elise - Trumpet 2

Bagatelle Eb Major Op.126 No. 6 - Piano

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19, Mvmt. 2

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: Mvmt. 2

Ode to Joy - Trumpet 1

Minuet D Major WoO 10 No. 5 - Piano

In questa tomba oscura - Score