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 90 of 161

Piano Sonata in C Major, "Eleonorem Sonate", WoO 51

Six Menuets WoO 10

String Trio No. 4 in C Minor Op. 9, No. 3

Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78

Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor: Movement 1, Cadenza

Seven Variations on "Kind, willst du" in F Major, WoO 75

In Autumn

Quartet No. 14, Movement 6 - Score

Quartet No. 14, Movement 4 - Score

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a

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

String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2 - Violin 1

Symphony No. 6, Movement 1 - Full Score

Op. 59, No. 3, Movement 4 - Score

Op. 133 - Viola - Viola

Allegretto - Tuba 2

Symphony No.1 - Tuba 3

String Quartet No. 13, Movement 5 - Score

String Quartet No. 16, Movement 1 - Score

Op. 132, Movement 5 - Score

Op. 18, No. 4, Movement 4 - Allegro - Score

Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major, "Archduke" - Violin

Piano Trio No. 4 - Violin - Violin

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

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

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

Symphony No. 1, Movement 2 - Full Score

Symphony No. 2, Movement 4 - Full Score

Allegretto - Viola

Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 16 - Movement 2

String Quintet in C Minor, Op. 104 - Full Score

Symphony No. 7, Movement 1 - Full Score

Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109

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

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

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Piccolo

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

Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major, "Archduke" - Piano Score

Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1 - Piano Score

Symphony No. 7, Movement 2 - Full Score

Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43 - Full Score

Egmont Overture, Op. 84 - Full Score

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

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

Ode to Joy - Flute

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

Themes from Symphony No. 3

Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26