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 89 of 161

Sonata No.24 F# Major Op.78 - Piano

The 1st Movement Themes from Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor

6 Easy Variations on a Swiss Lied WoO 64 - Piano/Harp

Two Military Marches - Score and Parts

Yorckscher Marsch - Piano

Sonata No.32 c minor Op.111 - Piano

Rondo Bb Major Anh. 6 - Piano

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

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

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

Sonata No.22 F Major Op.54 - Preface

Sonata No.28 A Major Op.101 - Piano

Sonata No.30 E Major Op.109 - Piano

Rondo A Major WoO 49 - Piano

Sonata C Major WoO 51 - Piano

Sonatina No. 2 F Major Anh. 5 - Preface

Allegretto quasi andante g minor WoO 61a - Piano

32 Variations on an Original Theme c-minor WoO 80 - Piano

9 Variations on "Quant' è più bello" from La Molinara WoO 69 - Piano

Waltz of Grief Anh. 14 No. 2 - Piano

Movement 1 from "Symphony No. 5" - Trumpet 1

Sonata No. 2 A Major Op. 2 No. 2 - Preface

Sonata No. 4 Eb Major Op. 7 - Preface

Sonata No. 6 F Major Op.10 No. 2 - Preface

Sonata No. 8 c minor Op.13 Pathetique - Preface

Sonata No.10 G Major Op.14 No. 2 - Preface

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

Rondo C Major - Piano

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

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

Sonata D Major Op. 6 - Piano 2

Mailied - Wie herrlich leutechtet mir die Natur, Op.52 No. 4 - Score

Bagatelle - Score

Two Military Marches - Trombone

Variations On Rule Britannia - Euphonium 1

Let

Sonata No. 5 D Major Op.102 No. 2 - Cello

Deutscher Tanz - Score

Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur - Die Himmel rühmen, Op.48 No. 4 - Score

Bagatelle C Major Op.33 No. 5 - Piano

Für Elise - Introductory Notes

Für Elise - Tuba

Minuet C Major WoO 10 No. 6 - Piano

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19, Mvmt. 3

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: Mvmt. 3

Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur, Op.48 No. 4 - Score

Bagatelle G Major Op.126 No. 1 - Piano

Ode to Joy - Clarinet 1 in B-flat