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 91 of 161

Romance, from the "Ritterballet", WoO1, No. 4

"St. Patrick's Day" in F Major, Op. 107, No. 4

German Dance in E-flat Major, WoO13, No. 9

Waltz in E-flat Major, WoO84

Beethoven: Symphonies 1, 2, 3 & 4 in Full Score - Full Score

Postludes: Prayer

Jolly-Sad, WoO 5

Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 11 - Piano Score

Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3 - Set of Parts

Violin Sonata No. 5 - Violin - Violin

Siegesmarsch, No. 3 from "König Stephan", Op. 117 - Full Score

Menuetto - Flute 3

Violin Sonata No. 1 - Piano Score - Piano Score

Melodrama 1: Du hast dein Vaterland, dein Fürstenhaus verlassen, No. 5 from "König Stephan", Op. 117 - Full Score

String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 - Cello

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

String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132 - Violin 2

Vienna, Vienna, No. 2 from "Der glorreiche Augenblick", Op. 136 - Full Score

In meinen Mauern bauen, No. 5 from "Der glorreiche Augenblick", Op. 136 - Full Score

Mass in C Major, No. 3: Credo - Full Score

Missa Solemnis, No. 5: Benedictus - Full Score

Op. 18, No. 5, Movement 3 - Andante cantabile - Score

Symphony No. 6, Movement 2 - Full Score

Overture from "König Stephan", Op. 117 - Full Score

Op. 133 - Violin 1 - Violin 1

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

Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1, "Quasi una fantasia"

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

Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1 - Piano Score

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

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

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

Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69 - Cello

Für Elise - Set of Parts

Symphony No. 9, Movement 2 - Full Score

Symphony No. 9, Movement 4 - Full Score

Tochter des mächtigen Zeus!, No. 1 from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113 - Full Score

Harmonie auf dem Theater, No. 5 from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113 - Full Score

Wir tragen empfängliche Herzen, No. 7 from "Die Ruinen von Athen", Op. 113 - Full Score

Two Cadenzas to Piano Transcription of Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61a

The Ruins of Athens Overture

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 6: Marsch

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 9: "Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?"

Fidelio, Op. 72, No. 15: "O namen, namenlose Freude!"

String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 - Score and Parts

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

Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 - Set of Parts

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 - Full Score