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 94 of 161

Sonata No 14 in C sharp minor Opus 27 No 2

Sonata No 18 in E flat major Opus 31 No 3

Sonata No 17 in D minor Opus 31 No 2

Sonata No 16 in G major Opus 31 No 1

Sonata Opus 10 No 2 F major

Sonata Opus 10 No 3 D major

Sonata Opus 13 in C minor

Sonata Opus 14 No 1 and 2

Sonata Opus 14 No 2 in G major

Sonata Opus 10 No 1, 2 and 3

Sonata Opus 14 No 1 in E major

Sonata Opus 10 No 1 in C minor

Sonata Opus 2 No 2 in A major

Sonata Opus 2 No 1, 2 and 3

Sonata Opus 2 No 3 in C major

Sonata Opus 27 No 1 and 2

Sonata Opus 26 in A flat major

Sonata Opus 49 No 1 in B flat major

Sonata Opus 22 in B flat major

Sonata Opus 27 No 1 in E flat major

Sonata Opus 53 in C major

Sonata Opus 49 No 2 in G major

Sonata Opus 2 No 1 in F minor

Sonata Opus 54 in F major

Sonata Opus 78 in F sharp major

Sonatina Opus 79 in G major

Sonata Opus 7 in E flat major

Rondo WoO 49 in A major

Grosse Fugue Op. 133

Sonata Opus 81a in E flat Major

First Movement (Emperor Concerto) [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]

March (Egmont) [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]

Theme (Variations Op.26) [Beethoven, Ludvig Van]

La Marmotte Op.52 No.7

Sonata No.19 In G Minor Op.49 No.1

Sonata Op.27 No.2 First Movement

Themes From Violin Concerto Op.61 First Movement

String Quartet In A Op.18 No.5

String Quartet In B Flat Op.18 No.6

String Quartet In C Minor Op.18 No.4

String Quartet In D Op.18 No.3

String Quartet In F Op.18 No.1

String Quartet In G Op.18 No.2

Cello Sonata No.4 In C Major Op.102 No.1

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

Seven Variations On 'Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen'

Vivace And Largo Poco Andante (Sonata In E Minor Op.3 No.3) [Blavet, Michel]

Op. 12, No. 1 In D Major