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 95 of 161

Sonata No. 31 In A-flat Major, Op. 110

Sonata No. 18 In E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3

Sonata No. 24 In F-sharp Major, Op. 78

Op. 24 In F Major

Op. 30, No. 1 In A Major

Op. 30, No. 2 In C Minor

Op. 30, No. 3 In G Major

Op. 47 In A Major

Op. 96 In G Major

Sonatas:

Overture To Coriolanus Op.62

Symphony No.3 In E Flat Op.55 'Eroica'

Concerto No.5 In E Flat 'Emperor' Op.73

Three Original Cadenazas For Piano Concerto No.4

Fantasia G Minor/B Flat Major Op.77

Sonata In A Major Op.2, No.2

Sonata In B Minor Op.14, No.2

Sonata In C Major Op.2, No.3

Sonata In E-flat Major Op.27, No.1

Sonata No. 23 In A-flat Major, Op. 57

Sonata No. 26 In E-flat Major, Op. 81

Sonata No. 29 In B-flat Major, Op. 106

Arietta [Hand, Colin]

Eight Variations On The Romance 'Une Fievre Brulante'

Eight Variations On The Song Ich Hab Ein Kleines Huttchen Nur

Eight Variations On The Trio 'Tandeln And Scherzen'

Fifteen Variations And A Fugue On A Original Theme Eroica Variations

Nine Variations On The Aria 'Quant'e Piu Bello'

Seven Variations On The Quartet 'Kind Willst Du Ruhig Schlafen'

Six Variations On An Original Theme F Major

Ten Variations On The Duet 'La Stessa, La Stessissima' From The Comic Opera Falstaff

Thirteen Variations On The Arietta 'Es War Einmal Ein Alter Mann'

Thiry Two Variations On An Original Theme

Twelve Variations On The Menuet A La Vigano From The Ballet Le Nozze Disturbate

Twelve Variations On The Russian Dance From The Ballet Das Waldmadchen

Sonata No.10 In B Op.14 No.2

Sonata No.13 In E Flat Op.27 No.1 'Quasi Fantasia'

Sonata No.14 In C Sharp Minor Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight'

Sonata No.15 In D Op.28 'Pastorale'

Sonata No.2 In A Op.2 No.2

Sonata No.3 In C Op.2 No.3

Sonata No.5 In C Minor Op.10 No.1

Sonata No.6 In F Op.10 No.2

Sonata No.7 In D Op.10 No.3

Op. 12, No. 2 In A Major

Sonata No.9 In E Op.14 No.1

Op. 12, No. 3 In E Flat Major

Op. 23 In A Minor