Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the classical era and is one of the most widely-known composers in classical music.
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List of compositions[]
Compositions with opus numbers[]
Opus | Title | Date |
1 | Three Piano Trios | 1795 |
2 | Three Piano Sonatas | 1796 |
3 | String Trio No. 1 | 1794 |
4 | String Quintet | 1795 |
5 | Two Cello Sonatas | 1796 |
6 | Sonata for Piano, Four Hands | 1797 |
7 | Piano Sonata No. 4 | 1797 |
8 | String Trio No. 2 | 1797 |
9 | Three String Trios | 1797 |
10 | Three Piano Sonatas | 1797 |
11 | Piano Trio No. 4 | 1797 |
12 | Three Violin Sonatas | 1798 |
13 | Piano Sonata No. 8 | 1799 |
14 | Two Piano Sonatas | 1799 |
15 | Piano Concerto No. 1 | 1798 |
16 | Quintet for Piano and Winds | 1796 |
17 | Horn Sonata | 1800 |
18 | Six String Quartets | 1800 |
19 | Piano Concerto No. 2 | 1795 |
20 | Septet | 1799 |
21 | Symphony No. 1 | 1800 |
22 | Piano Sonata No. 11 | 1800 |
23 | Violin Sonata No. 4 | 1801 |
24 | Violin Sonata No. 5 | 1801 |
25 | Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola | 1801 |
26 | Piano Sonata No. 12 | 1801 |
27 | Two Piano Sonatas | 1801 |
28 | Piano Sonata No. 15 | 1801 |
29 | String Quintet | 1801 |
30 | Three Violin Sonatas | 1803 |
31 | Three Piano Sonatas | 1802 |
32 | An die Hoffnung | 1805 |
33 | Seven Bagatelles for piano | 1802 |
34 | Six variations on an original theme for piano | 1802 |
35 | Fifteen variations and a fugue for piano on an original theme | 1802 |
36 | Symphony No. 2 | 1803 |
37 | Piano Concerto No. 3 | 1803 |
38 | Piano Trio | 1803 |
39 | Two Preludes through all twelve major keys for piano | 1789 |
40 | Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 | 1802 |
41 | Serenade for Piano and Flute or Violin | 1803 |
42 | Notturno for Viola and Piano | 1803 |
43 | The Creatures of Prometheus | 1801 |
44 | Variations on an original theme in E-flat major for piano trio | 1792 |
45 | Three Marches for Piano, 4 hands | 1803 |
46 | Adelaide | 1795 |
47 | Violin Sonata No. 9 | 1802 |
48 | Six Songs | 1802 |
49 | Two Piano Sonatas | Between 1795 and 1798 |
50 | Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 | 1798 |
51 | Two Rondos for Piano | 1797 |
52 | Eight Songs | 1804 – 1805 |
53 | Piano Sonata No. 21 | 1803 |
54 | Piano Sonata No. 22 | 1804 |
55 | Symphony No. 3 | 1805 |
56 | Triple Concerto for violin, cello, and piano | 1804 – 1805 |
57 | Piano Sonata No. 23 | 1805 – 1806 |
58 | Piano Concerto No. 4 | 1805 – 1806 |
59 | Three String Quartets | 1806 |
60 | Symphony No. 4 | 1806 |
61 | Violin Concerto | 1806 |
61a | Piano Transcription of Violin Concerto | 1806 |
62 | Coriolan Overture | 1806 |
63 | Arrangement of String Quintet for Piano Trio | 1806 |
64 | Arrangement of String Trio for Piano and Cello | 1807 |
65 | Aria: "Ah perfido!" | 1796 |
66 | Twelve variations for cello and piano on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" | 1796 |
67 | Symphony No. 5 | 1807 – 1808 |
68 | Symphony No. 6 | 1807 – 1808 |
69 | Cello Sonata No. 3 | 1808 |
70 | Two Piano Trios | 1808 |
71 | Wind Sextet | 1796 |
72 | Fidelio | Circa 1803 – 1805 |
72a | Leonore (with Leonore Overture No. 2) | 1805 |
72b | Leonore (with Leonore Overture No. 2) | 1806 |
73 | Piano Concerto No. 5 | 1809 |
74 | String Quartet No. 10 | 1809 |
75 | Six Songs | 1809 |
76 | Six variations on an original theme for piano | 1809 |
77 | Piano Fantasia | 1809 |
78 | Piano Sonata No. 24 | 1809 |
79 | Piano Sonata No. 25 | 1809 |
80 | Choral Fantasia | 1808 |
81a | Piano Sonata No. 26 | 1809 |
81b | Sextet | 1795 |
82 | Four Ariettas and a Duet | 1809 |
83 | Three Songs | 1810 |
84 | Egmont, overture and incidental music | 1810 |
85 | Christus am Ölberge | 1803 |
86 | Mass | 1807 |
87 | Trio for two Oboes and English Horn | 1795 |
88 | "Das Glück der Freundschaft" | 1803 |
89 | Polonaise | 1814 |
90 | Piano Sonata No. 27 | 1814 |
91 | Wellington's Victory | 1813 |
92 | Symphony No. 7 | 1812 |
93 | Symphony No. 8 | 1812 |
94 | "An die Hoffnung" | 1814 |
95 | String Quartet No. 11 | 1810 |
96 | Violin Sonata No. 10 | 1812 |
97 | Piano Trio No. 7 | 1811 |
98 | An die ferne Geliebte | 1816 |
99 | "Der Mann von Wort" | 1816 |
100 | "Merkenstein" | 1814 |
101 | Piano Sonata No. 28 | 1816 |
102 | Two Cello Sonatas | 1815 |
103 | Octet | 1792 |
104 | String Quintet (arrangement of Piano Trio No. 3) | 1817 |
105 | Six sets of variations for Piano and Flute | 1819 |
106 | Piano Sonata No. 29 | 1818 |
107 | Ten National Airs with Variations for Flute and Piano | 1820 |
108 | Twenty-Five Scottish Songs | 1818 |
109 | Piano Sonata No. 30 | 1820 |
110 | Piano Sonata No. 31 | 1821 |
111 | Piano Sonata No. 32 | 1822 |
112 | Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt | 1815 |
113 | Die Ruinen von Athen, overture and incidental music | 1811 |
114 | Die Ruinen von Athen, march and chorus | 1822 |
115 | Zur Namensfeier | 1815 |
116 | "Tremate, empi tremate" | 1802 |
117 | König Stephan | 1811 |
118 | "Elegischer Gesang" | 1814 |
119 | Eleven new Bagatelles for piano | |
120 | Thirty-three variations on a waltz by Diabelli for piano in C major | 1823 |
121a | Kakadu Variations for Piano Trio | 1803 |
121b | "Opferlied" | 1822 |
122 | "Bundeslied" | 1824 |
123 | Missa Solemnis | 1823 |
124 | Die Weihe des Hauses | 1822 |
125 | Symphony No. 9 | 1824 |
126 | Six Bagatelles for piano | 1824 |
127 | String Quartet No. 12 | 1825 |
128 | "Der Kuss" | 1822 |
129 | Rondo à Capriccio for piano | 1795 |
130 | String Quartet No. 13 | 1825 |
131 | String Quartet No. 14 | 1826 |
132 | String Quartet No. 15 | 1825 |
133 | Große Fuge for string quartet | 1826 |
134 | Piano arrangement (four hands) of the Große Fuge | 1826 |
135 | String Quartet No. 16 | 1826 |
136 | Der glorreiche Augenblick | 1814 |
137 | Fugue for String Quintet | 1817 |
138 | Leonore (with Leonore Overture No. 1) | 1807 |