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 87 of 161

Praeludium in F minor

Twelve Variations on Russian Dance in A Major, WoO 71

String Trio No. 3 in D Major Op. 9, No. 2

Freudvoll and leidvoll

Kennst du das Land?

Song of Friendship

When Israel, of the Lord Beloved

Six Variations on an Original Theme in F Major, Op. 34

Symphony No. 8, Movement 3 - Full Score

Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110

Piano Trio No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 44 - Cello

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Cello/Bass

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Horn 1

Piano Trio No. 8 in E-flat Major, WoO 38 - Piano Score

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

Mass in C Major, No. 6: Agnus Dei - Full Score

Op. 59, No. 1, Movement 2 - Score

String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4 - Viola

Op. 59, No. 2, Movement 4 - Score

Leonore Overture no. 1 , op. 138 - Full Score

Symphony No. 4, Movement 4 - Full Score

Symphony No. 5, Movement 3 - Full Score

Op. 59, No. 3, Movement 3 - Score

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

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

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

Mass in C Major, No. 2: Gloria - Full Score

Op. 18, No. 1, Movement 2 - Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato - Score

String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 - Violin 1

String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 - Cello

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Alto Trombone

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

Symphony No. 2, Movement 3 - Full Score

Symphony No. 3, Movement 3 - Full Score

Op. 133 - Violin 2 - Violin 2

Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Minor, WoO 47

Op. 18, No. 1, Movement 3 - Scherzo - Allegro molto - Score

String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 - Violin 1

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

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

Symphony No. 5, Movement 4 - Full Score

Trio in D Major, Op. 36 - Violin

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

Ruins of Athens Overture, Op. 113 - Full Score

Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90

Turkish March, No. 4 from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113 - Full Score

Horn Sonata in F Major, Op. 17 - Piano Score

Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53