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 92 of 161

Beethoven Overtures

Three Duets for Clarinet and Bassoon, WoO 27

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

Romance, Op. 40 - Piano Score - Piano Score

Six Songs, Op. 75, No. 4: Gretels Warnung

Mollys Abschied, No. 5 from "Eight Songs", Op. 52

Three Songs, Op. 83, No. 3: Mit einem gemalten Band

Piano Sonata No. 10, Movement 1 - Allegro

Leonore Overture No. 2 exc. - Trumpet

Theme from Romance F Major Op.50 - easy version - Piano

12 Variations WoO 45 - Score

7 Variations WoO 46 - Score

Variations On Rule Britannia - Euphonium 2

Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136 - Full Score

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

Adagio from "Pathetique" Sonata - Trumpet 1 in B-flat

String Quintet C Major Op.29 - Violin 1

String Quintet c minor Op.104 - Score

String Quintet Eb Major Op. 4 - Cello

Fugue D Major Op.137 - Viola 1

Die Liebes des Nächsten, Op.48 No. 2 - Score

Vom Tode - Meine Lebenszeit verstreicht, Op.48 No. 3 - Score

Bagatelle - Clarinet in B-flat

First Movement from Symphony No. 1 - Tuba 1

Two Military Marches - Tuba

Sonata No.26 Eb Major Op.81a Les adieux - Preface

Sonata No.28 A Major Op.101 - Preface

Sonata No.30 E Major Op.109 - Preface

Sonata No.32 c minor Op.111 - Preface

Rondo A Major WoO 49 - Preface

Sonata C Major WoO 51 - Preface

Allegretto quasi andante g minor WoO 61a - Preface

O Namenlose Freude - Score

6 Variations on an Original Theme F Major Op.34 - Piano

Bagatelle g minor Op.126 No. 2 - Piano

6 Variations on "Nel cor più non mi sento" from La Molinara WoO 70 - Piano

Bagatelle D Major Op.33 No. 6 - Piano

6 Variations on an Austrian Folk Tune C Major Op.105 No. 3 - Piano

Andante Favori F Major WoO 57 - Piano

Waltz of Longing Anh. 14 No. 1 - Piano

Deutscher Tanz - Recorder

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

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

Fur Elise a minor WoO 59 - Alto Guitar 2

Ode to Joy - Euphonium

Minuet G Major - Score

Minuet C Major WoO 10 No. 1 - Piano

Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur, No. 4 from "Six Songs", Op. 48