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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 87 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
Sweet Sunny South — —— GuitarClassical 0
Adagio from Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight" — Op. 27, No. 2— —— 0
Minueto en Sol — —— —— 0
Sonata Quasi una Fantasia (Moonlight Sonata) — —— —— 0
Coriolan Overt.,Op 62 — Op 62— —— 0
Little Rock Getaway — —— GuitarClassical 0
Lach Lauven Castle — —— GuitarClassical 0
Red Haired Boy — —— GuitarClassical 0
St. Anne's Reel — —— GuitarClassical 0
A Non-Chordal Study in D Minor — —D minor GuitarClassical 0
Gently My Johnny — —— Guitar— 0
Divine Sparks from the 9th Symphony — —— GuitarClassical 1
Tema De La Quinta Sinfonia — —— GuitarClassical 0
Bela's Dog — —— BanjoClassical 0
Black Mountain Rag — —— BanjoClassical 0
Blueberry Ripple — —— BanjoClassical 0
Pay Me My Money Down — —— Autoharp— 0
Railroad Bill — —— Autoharp— 0
Shenandoah — —— Autoharp— 0
Shoo Fly — —— Autoharp— 0
Stagolee — —— Autoharp— 0
Swanee River — —— Autoharp— 0
Tell Me Why — —— Autoharp— 0
The Ash Grove — —— Autoharp— 0
The Carlton Weaver — —— Autoharp— 0
The Cruel War — —— Autoharp— 0
"Da stiegen die Menschen from Cantata on the Death of Emperor Franz Joseph II, WoO 87" — WoO 87— —— 0
Beethoven: oAn die ferne Geliebteo for Voice and Piano op. 98 — op. 98— Piano, VoiceClassical 0
A Jetztlter, hat es Eile! — —— —Classical 0
O welche Lust! — —— VoiceClassical 1
Nur hurtig fort — —— VoiceClassical 1
Bestrafet sei der Bosewicht — —— VoiceClassical 1
Wer ein holdes Weib — —— VoiceClassical 1
Minuet In C — —— —— 0
Minuet In Eb — —— —— 0
Bagatelle, opus 33, #3 — opus 33— —— 0
Fur Elise, Wo0 59 — —— —— 0
Bagatelle in G Minor, opus 119, #1 — opus 119G minor —— 0
Bagatelle in D Major, opus 119, #3 — opus 119D major —— 0
Bagatelle in A Major, opus 119, #4 — opus 119A major —— 0
Bagatelle in C Minor, opus 119, #5 — opus 119C minor —— 0
Bagatelle in Bb Major, opus 119, #11 — opus 119B-flat major —— 0
Ecossaise in Eb Major Wo0 86 — —E-flat major PianoClassical 0
Leonore Overture No. 3 from the opera Fidelio (excerpt), opus 72 — opus 72— —— 0
Minuet in Eb Major — —E-flat major —— 0
Adagio from Moonlight Sonata [Arranged by Maxwell Eckstein] — —— —— 0
Two Rondeos, Op. 51 — Op. 51— PianoClassical 0
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19 — Op. 19B-Flat major —— 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.