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The Works of Beethoven

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Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770. As a teenager, he took piano lessons from Mozart. Some years later, Beethoven would share with Mozart the distinction of being one of the greatest composers who had ever lived. Just as Bach defined the Baroque period of music history, the Classical phase is most closely identified with Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Yet, the Thundering Titan is also viewed as the main link between the Classical and Romantic eras.

Most of Beethoven's career was financed by patronage, notably of four wealthy nobles: Lichnowsky, Lobkowitz, Rasumovsky and Esterhazy. He also made some tidy sums now and then when his works were published. Unlike Mozart, he never married. Considering what we know of his prickly personality, maybe that was the best decision all around!

Beethoven was quite prolific in his life of 56 years. He was also quite careless with his manuscripts: it was not uncommon for him to use freshly-scored sheet music as a lid for one of his cooking pots. In the years following his death in 1827, previously unknown (and unpublished) compositions of his have been discovered, many of which have been recorded. It's really impossible to be sure that any list of Beethoven's works is complete but the following list is considered accurate.

Beethoven had no cataloguer. Here, we have to rely on opus numbers. (The word "opus" is Latin for work. It's interesting to note that the word's plural is "opera.") Opus numbers shouldn't be viewed as a key to the chronological history of a composer's career because the first work published is often not the first work composed. Those works, which weren't published, will have no Opus number in the first column.

Opus Work Year
1a Piano Trio in E Flat 1793-95
1b Piano Trio in G 1793-95
1c Piano Trio in C Minor 1793-95
2a Piano Sonata in F, No. 1 1795
2b Piano Sonata in A, No. 2 1795
2c Piano Sonata in C, No. 3 1795
3 String Trio in E Flat 1792
4 String Quintet in E Flat 1796
5a Cello and Piano Soanta in F 1796
5b Cello and Piano Sonata in G Minor 1796
6 Sonata for Two Pianos in D 1796
7 Piano Sonata in E Flat 1796
8 Serenade in D 1797
9a String Trio in G 1797-98
9b String Trio in D 1797-98
9c String Trio in C Minor 1797-98
10a Piano Sonata in C Minor, No. 1 1796-98
10b Piano Sonata in F 1796-98
10c Piano Sonata in D 1796-98
11 Piano Trio in B Flat 1798
12a Violin Sonata in D 1797
12b Violin Sonata in A 1797
12c Violin Sonata in E Flat 1797
13 Piano Sonata in C Minor (Pathetique) 1798
14a Piano Sonata in E, No. 1 1795-99
14b Piano Sonata in G, No. 2 1795-99
15 Piano Concerto #1 in C 1797
16 Piano Quintet in E Flat (Beethoven also published an arrangement for Piano Quartet of this same work as Op. 16) 1796
17 Cello & Piano Soanta in F 1800
18a String Quartet in F 1798-1800
18b String Quartet in G 1798-1800
18c String Quartet in D 1798-1800
18d String Quartet in C Minor 1798-1800
18e String Quartet in A 1798-1800
18f String Quartet in B Flat 1798-1800
19 Piano Concerto #2 in B Flat 1795/98
20 Septet in E Flat 1799-1800
21 Symphony #1 in C 1799-1800
22 Piano Sonata in B Flat 1800
23 Violin Sonata in A Minor 1801
24 Violin Sonata in F 1801
25Serenade in A1797
26 Piano Sonata in A Flat 1801
27a Piano Sonata in E Flat, No. 1 1801
27b Piano Sonata in C Sharp Minor, No. 2 (Moonlight) 1801
28 Piano Sonata in D (Pastoral) 1801
29 String Quintet in C 1801
30a Violin Sonata in A 1802
30b Violin Sonata in C Minor 1802
30c Violin Sonata in G 1802
31a Piano Sonata in G, No. 1 1802
31b Piano Sonata in D Minor, No. 2 1802
31c Piano Sonata in E Flat, No. 3 1802
32 Songs: "Die du So Gern" and "An Die Hoffnung" 1804
33 Seven Bagatelles (Piano) 1799-1802
34 Six Variation on an Original Theme 1802
35 15 Variations with Fugue on a "Prometheus" Theme 1802
36 Symphony #2 in D 1802
37 Piano Concerto #3 in C Minor 1800
38 Piano Trio in E Flat (arranged from Septet, Op. 20) 1802
39 Two Preludes (covering all major keys) 1789
40 Romance for Violin & Orchestra in G 1803
41 Serenade in D 1803
42 Notturno for Piano and Viola in D 1804
43 Overture to "Creatures of Prometheus" 1800-01
44 14 Variations on Original Theme in E Flat 1792
45 Three Marches 1802
46 Songs: "Einsam Wandelt" and "Adelaide" 1795
47 Violin Sonata in A (Kreutzer) 1803
48 Six Songs 1803
49a Piano Sonatina in G Minor 1796
49b Piano Sonatina in G 1796
50 Romance for Violin & Orchestra in F 1802
51a Rondo in C (Piano) 1796
51b Rondo in G (Piano) 1801
52 Eight Songs 1785-1792
53 Piano Sonata in C (Waldstein) 1804
54 Piano Sonata in F 1804
55 Symphony #3 in E Flat (Eroica) 1803
56 "Triple" Concerto in C 1804-05
57 Piano Sonata in F Minor (Appassionata) 1804
58 Piano Concerto #4 in G 1805-06
59a "Rasumovsky" String Quartet in F 1806
59b "Rasumovsky" String Quartet in E Minor 1806
59c "Rasumovsky" String Quartet in C 1806
60 Symphony #4 in B Flat 1806
61 Violin Concerto in D 1806
62 Overture to "Coriolan" 1807
63 Trio in E Flat (Arrangement of String Quintet, Op. 4) Unknown
64 Piano and Cello arrangement of String Trio (Op. 3) 1792
65 Scene: "Ah Perfido" 1796
66 12 Variations on "A Maiden or a Pretty Little Wife" (from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute") 1797
67 Symphony #5 in C Minor 1805-07
68 Symphony #6 in F (Pastoral) 1807-08
69 Cello and Piano Sonata in A 1808
70a Piano Trio in D 1808
70b Piano Trio in E Flat 1808
71 Wind Sextet in E Flat 1796
72 Opera: Fidelio 1803-05
72a "Leonora" Overture #2 1805
72b "Leonora" Overture #3 1806
72c "Fidelio" Overture 1814
73 Piano Concerto #5 in E Flat (Emperor) 1809
74 String Quartet in E Flat (Harp) 1809
75 Six Songs 1809
76 Six Variations on a theme from "Ruins of Athens" 1809
77 Fantasia in G Minor 1809
78 Piano Sonata in F Sharp Major 1809
79 Piano Sonatina in G Minor 1809
80 Fantasy: "Schmeichelnd Hold" 1808
81a Piano Sonata in E Flat (Les Adieux) 1809
81b Sextet in E Flat 1795
82 Four Ariettas and a Duet 1809
83 Three Songs 1810
84 Overture & Incidental Music to "Egmont" 1810
85 Oratorio: "Christus Am Olberge" 1802
86 Mass in C 1807
87 Trio in C for oboes and horn (also arranged for violins/viola) 1795
88 Songs: "Das Gluck der Fruendschaft" and "Der Lebt" 1803
89 Polonaise in C 1814
90 Piano Sonata in E Minor 1814
91 Wellington's Victory 1813
92 Symphony #7 in A 1812
93 Symphony #8 in F 1812
94 Songs: "Ob Ein Gott Sei?" and "An Die Hoffnung" 1815
95 String Quartet in F Minor 1810
96 Violin Sonata in G 1812
97 Piano Trio in B Flat (Archduke) 1811
98 Six Songs (To The Distant Beloved) 1816
99 Songs: "Du Sagest Freund" and "Der Mann von Wort" 1816
100 Duet: "Merkenstein" 1815
101 Piano Sonata in A 1818
102a Cello and Piano Sonata in C 1815
102b Cello and Piano Sonata in D 1815
103 Wind Octet in E Flat 1792
104 String Quintet in C Minor (arranged from Trio, Op. 1, No.3) 1817
105 Six Easy Themes with variations 1818-19
106 Piano Sonata in B Flat (Hammerklavier) 1818
107 Ten National Themes and Variations 1818-19
108 25 Scottish Songs 1815
109 Piano Sonata in E 1820
110 Piano Sonata in A Flat 1821
111 Piano Sonata in C Minor 1822
112 Cantata: "Meeresstille und Gluckliche Fahrt" 1815
113 Overture & Incidental Music to "Ruins of Athens" 1811
114 March & Chorus "Schmuckt die Altare" 1822
115 Grand Overture in C ("Namensfeier") 1814
116 "Tremate, Empi Tremate" 1802/14
117 Overture & Incidental Music to "King Stephen" 1811
118 Song: "Sanft Wie Du Lebtest" 1814
119 11 Bagatelles (piano) 1820/22
120 ‘Diabelli' Variations 1823
121a ‘Kakadu' Variations 1816
121b Alternate Setting of "Die Flamme Iodert" & "Opferlied" 1824
122 "In Allen Guten Stunden" and "Bundeslied" 1822-23
123 Missa Solemnis (in D) 1818-23
124 Overture and chorus for "Die Wiehe des Hauses" 1822
125 Symphony #9 in D Minor (Choral) 1817-23
126 Six Bagatelles 1823
127 String Quartet in E Flat 1824
128 Ariettas: "Ich War Bei" and "Der Kuss" 1822
129 Caprice "Rage Over a Lost Penny" 1823
130 String Quartet in B Flat 1825
131 String Quartet in C Sharp Minor 1826
132 String Quartet in A Minor 1825
133 ‘Grosse Fugue' in B Flat 1825
134 Grand Fugue (Beethoven's arrangement of the finale to String Quartet, Op. 133) for piano duet 1826
135 String Quartet in F 1826
136 Cantata: "Der Glorreiche Augenblick" 1814
137 String Quintet and Fugue in D 1817
138 "Leonora" Overture #1 1807
139 12 Minuets 1795
140 12 German Dances 1795
141 12 Contradances 1801
142 Gratulations Minuet in E Flat 1822
143 Triumphal March for "Tarpeja" 1813
144 Military March in D 1816
145 Two Military Marches in F 1809
146 Rondino in E Flat 1792
147a Clarinet & Bassoon Duet in C 1792
147b Clarinet & Bassoon Duet in F 1792
147c Clarinet & Bassoon Duet in B Flat 1792
148 1st movement fragment — Violin Concerto in C 1800
149 Music for the Ritterballet 1790
150 Sonatina and Adagio in C Minor 1795
151 Rondo for Piano/Orchestra in B Flat 1797
152a Piano Quartet in E Flat 1785
152b Piano Quartet in D 1785
152c Piano Quartet in C 1785
153 Piano Trio in E Flat 1791
154 Trio in One Movement in B Flat 1812
155 Rondo for Violin & Piano in G 1792
156 12 Variations on "Se Vuol Ballare" by Mozart 1792
157 12 Variations on "See, the Conquering Hero Comes" (from Handel's oratorio "Solomon") 1796
158 Seven Variations on "Bei Mannern Welche Liebe Fuhlen" (from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute") 1801
159 Variations on a theme by Count Waldstein (piano duet) 1792
160 Six Variations on a Goethe melody (piano duet) 1800
161a Piano Sonata in E Flat 1783
161b Piano Sonata in F 1783
161c Piano Sonata in D 1783
162 Piano Sonata in C (Easy) 1792
163a Piano Sonatina in G 1792
163b Piano Sonatina in F 1792
164 Rondo in A (Piano) 1784
165 Minuet in E Flat 1783
166 Prelude in F Minor (Piano) 1786
167 Six Minuets 1795
168 Seven Landler 1797
169 Six Landler 1801
170 Andante Favori in F (Piano) 1804
171 Six Allemandes 1795
172 Poco Vivaci (Piano) in E Flat 1818
173 Bagatelle (Fur Elise) 1810
174 Andante Maestoso in C (piano) 1826
175a Ten Cadenzas for Piano Concerti Unknown
175b Two Cadenzas for Mozart's 20th Piano Concerto Unknown
176 Nine Variations on a March by Dressler 1783
177 24 Variations on "Venni Amore" by Righini 1790
178 13 Variations on "Es War Einman" by Dittersdorf 1791
179 Nine Variations on "Quant e Piu Bello" by Paisiello 1795
180 Six Variations on "Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento" by Paisiello 1795
181 12 Variations on "Menuet a la Vigano" by Haibel 1795
182 12 Variations on a Russian Dance by Wranitzky 1796/97
183 Six Variations on a Swiss Air 1798
184 Eight Variations on "Une Fievre Brulante" by Gretry 1797-98
185 Ten Variations on "La Stress, La Stressissima" by Salieri 1798
186 Seven Variations on "Kind, Willst Du" by Winter 1798
187 Eight Variations on "Tandeln und Scherzen" in F 1799
188 Six "Easy" Variations on an Original Theme in G 1800
189 Seven Variations on "God Save the King" 1804
190 Five Variations on Arne's "Rule, Britannia" 1804
191 32 Variations on an Original Theme 1806
192 Eight Variations on "Ich Hab ein Kleinen Huttchen Nur" 1794
193 Finale to "Gute Nachricht" 1814
194 Finale to "Die Ehrenpforten" 1815
195 Three Equali 1813-14
196 Cantata: "Todt! Todt!" (on death of Emperor Josef II) 1790
196a Cantata: "Er Schlummert" (on coronation of Emperor Leopold II) 1790
197 "Rasch Tritt der Tod" and "Gesang der Monche" 1817
198 Four Bars of "O Hoffnung" 1818
199 Lobkowitz Cantata 1816
200 ? ?
201 ? ?
202 Act II Introduction & Incidental Music for "Leonora Prohaska 1814
203 ? ?
204 Canon: Im Arm der Liebe" 1795
205 Canon: "Ta, Ta, Ta, Ta" 1812
206 Canon: Kurz Ist Der Schmerz" 1813
207 Canon: Kurz Ist Der Schmerz" 1815
208 Canon: "Lerne Schweigen, o Freund" 1816
209 Canon: "Rede Wenn's Um Einen Freund" 1816
210 Canon: "Gluck Zum Neuen Jahr" 1819
211 Canon: "Alles Gute! Alles Schone" 1819
212 Canon: "Hoffmann, Hoffmann" 1825
213 Canon: "O Tobias' 1821
214 Canon: "Edel Sei Der Mensch" 1823
215 Canon: "Schwenke Dich" 1824
216 Canon: "Kuhl, Nicht Lau" 1825
217 Canon: "Signor Abate" 1826
218 Canon: "Ewig Dein" Unknown
219 Canon: "Ich Bitt Dich" 1819
220 Canon: "Gluck Zum Neuen Jahr" 1815
221 Canon: "Si Non Per Portas" 1825
222 ? ?
223 25 Irish Songs 1813
224 20 Irish Songs 1813
225 ? ?
226 26 Welsh Songs 1817
227 12 Scottish Songs 1815
228 12 Songs of Various Nationality 1815
229 Songs: "Schildern Wilst Du" and "Schilderung Madchens" 1783
230 Songs: "Noch Weisst Du Nicht" and "An Einen Saugling" 1784
231 ? ?
232 "Kriegslied der Oesterreicher" 1797
233 Five Songs 1790/95
234 "Opferlied" and "Die Flamme Lodert" 1795
235 Songs: "Ich Liebe Dich" and "Zartliche Liebe" 1803
236 Songs: "Ecco Quel Fiero" and "La Partenza" 1803
237 Songs: "Horch, wie Schallt's" and "Der Wachtelschlag" 1804
238 Songs: "Als die Beliebte" and "Der Hoffnung" 1806
239 Arietta: "In Questa Tomba Oscura" 1807
240 Songs: "Ich Denke Dein" and "Andenken" 1809
241 Four Settings of "Sehnsucht" 1808
242 Songs: "Als Mir Noch" and "Lied aus der Ferne" 1809
243 Songs: "Welch Ein Wunderbares" and "Die Liebende" 1809
244 Songs: "Der Fruhling" and "Der Jungling" 1809
245 Songs: "Ich Zieh Ins Feld" and "Des Kreigers Abschied" 1813
246 Songs: "Die Stille Nacht" and "Die Sehnsucht" 1815/16
247 Songs: "O Das Ich" and "An Die Geliebte" 1811
248 Songs: "Dort Auf Dem" and "Der Bardengeist" 1813
249 Songs: "Wenn Ich Ein" and "Ruf vom Berge" 1816
250 Songs: "Wo Bluht das Blumchen" and "Das Geheimnis" 1815
251 Songs: "Nord Oder Sud" and "So Oder So" 1817
252 Songs: "Lisch Aus Mein Licht" and "Resignation" 1817
253 Songs: "Wenn Die Sonne" and "Abendlied" 1820
254 Three Songs 1795
255a Songs: "Turteltaube" and "Die Laute Klage" 1809
255b 12 Irish Songs 1813
256 Song: "Gedenke Mein!" 1820

Without Opus Numbers (WoO)
WorkDate
Two-Part Fugue in D 1783
Rondo in C (Piano) 1783
Movement in Three Parts 1784
Piano Trio in D 1785-95
Quintet in F 1785
Three Songs 1785
String Quartet in E Flat 1786-90
String Quartet in F Minor 1786-90
String Quartet in C 1786-90
String Quartet in G 1786-90
String Quartet in D 1786-90
String Quartet in B Flat 1786-90
Trio in G 1787
Arias: "Prufung des Kussens" & "Mit Madeln Sich Vertragen 1790
Songs: "Dein Silber" and "Klage" 1790
Song: "To Laura" 1790-92
Six Songs 1791
Duet in G (for flutes) 1792
Duo in C 1792
Flute & Piano Sonata in B Flat 1792
Three Songs 1792
"Nei Giorni Tuoi Felici" 1793-1803
Songs: Traute Henriette" and "Que le Temps Me Dure" 1793
Minuet in A Flat (Piano) 1794
Sonata in C for Violin & Piano 1795
Allegretto in C Minor (Piano) 1796
Arias: "Soll Ein Schuh Mich Drucken" & "O Welch Ein Lieden" 1796
Duet for Violin and Cello in E Flat 1796
Quintet Fragment in E Flat 1796
Sonatina in C 1796
Songs: "Keine Klage" and Abschiedgesang" 1796
Bagatelle in C Minor 1797
12 Minuets 1799
Song: "Plaisir d'Aimer" 1799
Allemande in A 1800
12 Contradances 1801
Song: "No, Non Turbati" 1801-02
String Quartet in F (arranged from Piano Sonata, Op 14, No 1 1802
Bagatelle in C 1803
"Vestas Feuer" 1803
Beethoven's Arrangement of his Violin Concerto for piano and orchestra 1807
March in C 1809
March in B Flat 1810
Piano Quintet (arranged from Piano Sonata Op. 30, No. 3) 1810
Polonaise in D 1810
"Abschiedsgesang" and "Die Stunde Schlagt" 1814
Canon: Freundschaft Ist Die Quelle" 1814
"Chor Auf Die Verbundeten Fursten" 1814
Song: "Merkenstein" 1814
"Un Lieto Brindisi" 1814
Canon: "Brauchle-Linke" 1815
Canon: "Ars Longa, Vita Brevis" 1816
Canon: "Gluck Fehl Dir Vor Allem" 1817
String Quintet in D Minor 1817
Canon: "Hol Euch Der Teufel" 1819
Canon: Glaube und Hoffe" 1819
Four Waltzes, Five Minuets and Two Landler 1819
Song: "Auf, Freunde, Singt Dem Gott" 1819
Concert Finale (arranged from Piano Concerto #3) 1820
Two Austrian Folksongs and Two Other Songs 1820
Allegretto for Piringer (Piano) 1821
Canon: Gedenket Heute an Baden" 1822
Canon: "Gehabt Euch Wohl" 1822
Canon: "Tugend Ist Kein Leere Name" 1822
Canon: "Te Solo Adoro" 1823
Canon: "Bester Herr Graf" 1823
Canon: "Falstaff, Lass Dich Sehen" 1823
Six Ecossaises 1823
Song: "Der Edle Mensch" 1823
"Die Flamme Iodert" and "Opferlied" 1823
Waltz in E Flat (Piano) 1824
Canon: "Gott Ist Eine Feste Burg" 1825
Canon: "Das Schone Zu Dem Guten" 1825
Canon: "Doktor Sperrt Das Thor Dem Tod" 1825
Canon: "Ars Longa, Vita Brevis" 1825
Canon: "Freu Dich Des Lebens" 1825
Canon: "Ich War Hier, Doktor" 1825
Ecossaise in E Flat 1825
Sketches for a Tenth Symphony 1825
Waltz in D 1825
Andante Maestoso in C 1826
Canon: "Es Muss Seyn" 1826
Canon: "Da Ist Das Werk" 1826
12 Waltzes Unknown
12 Ecossaises Unknown
Beethoven's Arrangement of 1st movement of String Trio in E flat (Op. 3) for piano, cello and violin Unknown
Ecossaise in D Unknown
Ecossaise in G Unknown
Lustig Traurig: Zwei Kleine Klavierstucke Unknown
Rondo in B Flat (Piano) Unknown
Sonata Movement (Piano) in F Unknown
Song: "Primo Amore Piacer del Ciel" Unknown
Song: "Veggio Languir Chi Adoro" Unknown
Trio Arranged from Sextet in E Flat (Op. 81b) Unknown
Arrangements of more than 50 folksongs Unknown
12 Vocal Quartets In Italian Unknown
Seven Vocal Trios in Italian Unknown
Five Vocal Duets in Italian Unknown
Scherzo in G Unknown
Grenadier March in F Unknown
Allegro in G Unknown
Adagio in F Unknown

 
 

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