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 88 of 161

Adagio from "Pathetique" Sonata - Score and Parts

Three Songs, Op. 83, No. 2: Sehnsucht

Sonata Movement and Allegretto in F Major

Study in B-flat Major

German Dance in G Major, WoO42, No. 6

German Dance in A Major, WoO13, No. 11

Mailied, No. 4 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52

Six Songs, Op. 75, No. 3: Aus Goethe's Faust

Vom Tode, No. 3 from "Six Songs", Op. 48

Eight Variations on "Ich hab ein kleines Huttchen nur" in B-flat Major

String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 - Score and Parts

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas

Prometheus Overture

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

String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3 - Violin 2

String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5 - Cello

String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127 - Cello

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

String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 - Viola

String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1 - Score and Parts

Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 16 - Set of Parts

Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12, No. 2 - Set of Parts

Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3 - Set of Parts

Violin Sonata No. 4 - Violin - Violin

String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6 - Score and Parts

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 - Full Score

Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 - Score and Parts

Menuetto - Flute 2

Farewell to the Piano - Set of Parts

Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 16 - Full Score

String Quintet C Major Op.29 - Score

String Quintet c minor Op.104 - Cello

String Quintet Eb Major Op. 4 - Viola 2

Fugue D Major Op.137 - Violin 2

Concerto G Major Op.61 - Violin

String Quartet F Major Op.14 No. 1 - Cello

Missa Solemnis, No. 4: Sanctus - Full Score

Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 - Full Score

Fur Elise a minor WoO 59 - Alto Guitar 1

String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 - Score

Piano Trio No. 11 in G Major, "Kakadu Variations," Op. 121a

Symphony No. 9 exc. - Trumpet

Bagatelle in B Minor

Beethoven Library of Piano Works Volume II: Dances and Bagatelles

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 14: "Er sterbe!"

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 8: "Alter, jetzt hat es Eile!"

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 5: "Gut, Söhnchen, gut"

Three Cadenzas to Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58