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 98 of 161

Bagatelle In E Flat Op.33 No.1

Rondo: Allegretto Vivace [Andre, Anton]

Turkischer Marsch

Wiener Tanzweise

Bagatelle In A Op.119 No.10

Bagatelle In B Flat Op.119 No.11

Bagatelle In B Minor/Major Op.126 No.4

Bagatelle In C Op.119 No.7

Bagatelle In C Op.33 No.5

Bagatelle In E Flat Op.126 No.3

Bagatelle In E Flat Op.126 No.6

Bagatelle In G Op.119 No.6

Bagatelle In G Op.126 No.1

Sonatina In F Anh.5/2

Sonata In F Minor Op.2 No.1 [Beethoven, Ludvig Van]

Sonata In G Minor Op.49 No.1 [Beethoven, Ludvig Van]

Sonata In G Op.14 No.2 [Beethoven, Ludvig Van]

Sonata In C Op.10 No.1

Contradance WoO.14 No.1

Menuet in G WoO.10 No.2

Six Variations On A Swiss Folk Song WoO.64

Sonatina In F Anh.55 No.2

Andante In F Woo.57 'Andante Favori'

Bagatelle In A Minor Woo.59 'Fur Elise'

Minuet In E-flat Woo.82

Minuet In G Woo.10 No.2

Seven Landler Woo.11

Seven Variations On 'God Save The King' Woo.78

Sonata In F Anh.5 No.2

Sonata No.14 In C-sharp Minor Op.27 No.2 'Quasi Una Fantasia'

Sonatina In C Woo.51

Sonatina In G Anh.5 No.1

Thirty-two Variations On An Original Theme Woo.80

Dance No.Iii

Say Goodbye

Silver String Rag

Sunrise-sunset

Sonata In G 'Alla Tedesca' Op.79

Sonata In F Minor Op.57 Appassionata

First Movement Of Piano Concerto No 4

Second Movement From Symphony No 7

Second Movement Of Violin Concerto

Slow Movement Of Piano Concerto No 4

First Movement Of 'Emperor' Concerto

First Movement Of 'Pastoral' Symphony

Second Movement Of 'Emperor' Concerto

Mondschein-sonate

Second Movement Of Piano Concerto No. 4