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 93 of 161

Sonata Opus 27 No 2 in C sharp minor

Sonata No 15 in D major Opus 28

3 Sonatas WoO 47 no 3 in D major

Complete 6 Bagatelles Op. 126

Allegretto - Euphonium 1

Allegretto - Tuba 3

Sonata No 13 in E flat major Opus 27 No 1

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37, Mvmt. 1

Movement 1 from "Symphony No. 5" - Trumpet 2

Allegretto - Cello

Bagatelle Op. 119 no. 10 in A major

Bagatelle Op. 119 no. 1 in G minor

Piano Sonata No. 28 Opus 101 in A major

Bagatelle No 25 in A minor WoO 59 Bia 515 (Albumblatt)

Rondo WoO 48 in C major

Rondo Kinsky-Halm Anh 6 in B flat major

3 Sonatas WoO 47 no 2 in A flat major

Complete 3 Sonatas WoO 47

Sonata Opus 57 in A flat major

Rondo Opus 51 No 1 in C major

3 Sonatas WoO 47 no. 1 in E flat major

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15, Mvmt. 1

Symphony No.1 - Tuba 4

Symphony 1, Op. 21 - Tuba 1

Complete 11 Bagatelles Op. 119 no. 1-11

Bagatelles Op. 119 no. 7-11

Bagatelles Op. 119 no. 1-6

Bagatelle Op. 119 no. 9 in A minor

Bagatelle Op. 119 no. 8 in C major

Bagatelle Op. 119 no. 7 in C major

Bagatelle Op. 119 no. 6 in G major

Bagatelle Op. 119 no. 5 in C minor

Bagatelle Op. 119 no. 4 in A major

Bagatelle Op. 119 no. 3 in D major

Bagatelle Op. 119 no. 2 in C major

Bagatelle Op. 119 no. 11 in Bb major

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

Fanfare On Ode to Joy - from Symphony No. 9 - Bb Trumpet

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

Themes from Symphony No. 3

Skuld gammel venskab rejn forgo

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73: Mvmt. 1

6 Bagatelles Op. 126 no 6 in E flat major

6 Bagatelles Op. 126 no 3 in E flat major

Jesús en pesebre

Ode to Joy - Clarinet 2 in B-flat

Moonlight Sonata in D minor

Ode to Joy - Trombone 1