The music

Music

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al works of Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...

(1770–1827) are listed below. Two overlapping lists of Beethoven's works are presented here. The first is a listing of his most well-known works classified by genre. The second is a larger list of works, classified by various numbering systems. Years in parentheses denote dates of composition or publication.

The most common methods of numbering Beethoven's works are by Opus number

Opus number

An Opus number , pl. opera and opuses, abbreviated, sing. Op. and pl. Opp. refers to a number generally assigned by composers to an individual composition or set of compositions on publication, to help identify their works...

, assigned by Beethoven's publishers during his lifetime, and by number within genre. For example, the 14th string quartet

String quartet

A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...

, published as Opus 131, may be referenced either as "String Quartet No. 14

String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)

The String Quartet No. 14 in C minor, Op. 131, by Ludwig van Beethoven was completed in 1826. About 40 minutes in length, it consists of seven movements to be played without a break, as follows:#Adagio ma non troppo e molto...

" or "the Opus 131 String Quartet

String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)

The String Quartet No. 14 in C minor, Op. 131, by Ludwig van Beethoven was completed in 1826. About 40 minutes in length, it consists of seven movements to be played without a break, as follows:#Adagio ma non troppo e molto...

".

Many works that were unpublished have been assigned either "WoO

WoO

WoO is an acronym/abbreviation, derived from the German musical catalog phrase . WoO is a catalogue prepared in 1955 by Hans Halm and Georg Kinsky, listing all of the compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven that were not originally published with an opus number, or survived only as fragments.The...

" or "Anh" numbers. For example, the short piano piece "Für Elise

Für Elise

Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for solo piano, commonly known as "Für Elise" , is one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions. It is usually classified as a bagatelle, but it is also sometimes referred to as an Albumblatt.- History :The score was not published until 1867, 40 years after...

", is more fully known as the "Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 ('Für Elise')". Some works are also commonly referred to by their nicknames, such as the 'Kreutzer' Violin Sonata

Violin Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven)

Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, commonly known as the Kreutzer Sonata, is a violin sonata which Ludwig van Beethoven published as his Opus 47...

, or the Eroica Symphony

Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major , also known as the Eroica , is a landmark musical work marking the full arrival of the composer's "middle-period," a series of unprecedented large scale works of emotional depth and structural rigor.The symphony is widely regarded as a mature...

.

The listings that follow include all of these relevant identifiers. While other catalogues of Beethoven's works

Catalogues of Beethoven compositions

The Catalogues of Beethoven compositions are all of the different ways in which the musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven have been organized by researchers into his music.-The problem:...

 exist, the numbers here represent the most commonly used and widely known.

List of works by genre

Orchestral music

Beethoven wrote nine symphonies

Symphony

A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...

, nine concerto

Concerto

A concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...

s, and a variety of other orchestral music, ranging from overture

Overture

Overture in music is the term originally applied to the instrumental introduction to an opera...

s and incidental music

Incidental music

Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, film or some other form not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as the "film score" or "soundtrack"....

 for theatrical productions to other miscellaneous "occasional" works, written for a particular occasion. Of the concertos, seven are widely known (one violin concerto, five piano concertos, and one triple concerto for violin, piano, and cello); the other two are an unpublished early piano concerto (WoO 4

Piano Concerto No. 0 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto in E flat major, WoO 4, is one of his earlier works, written in 1784 when Beethoven was 13. Only the piano part survives today, although there are some indications in the manuscript for orchestral cues. On the occasions when this work has been performed, the...

) and an arrangement of the Violin Concerto for piano and orchestra (Opus 61a).

Symphonies

• Opus 21: Symphony No. 1
  Symphony No. 1 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, was dedicated to Baron Gottfried van Swieten, an early patron of the composer. The piece was published in 1801 by Hoffmeister & Kühnel of Leipzig...
  
   in C major (composed 1799–1800, premièred 1800)
• Opus 36: Symphony No. 2
  Symphony No. 2 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 in D major was written between 1801 and 1802 and is dedicated to Prince Lichnowsky.-Background:...
  
   in D major (composed 1801–02, premièred 1803)
• Opus 55: Symphony No. 3
  Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major , also known as the Eroica , is a landmark musical work marking the full arrival of the composer's "middle-period," a series of unprecedented large scale works of emotional depth and structural rigor.The symphony is widely regarded as a mature...
  
   in E-flat major ("Eroica") (composed 1803/04, premièred 1804)
• Opus 60: Symphony No. 4
  Symphony No. 4 (Beethoven)
  Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Major , is a symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, written in the summer of 1806. It was premiered in March of 1807 at a private concert of the home of Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz...
  
   in B-flat major (composed 1806, premièred 1807)
• Opus 67: Symphony No. 5
  Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)
  The Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1804–08. This symphony is one of the most popular and best-known compositions in all of classical music, and one of the most often played symphonies. It comprises four movements: an opening sonata, an andante, and a fast...
  
   in C minor (composed 1804–08, premièred 1808)
• Opus 68: Symphony No. 6
  Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)
  Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony , is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, and was completed in 1808...
  
   in F major ("Pastoral") (composed 1804–08, premièred 1808)
• Opus 92: Symphony No. 7
  Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, in 1811, was the seventh of his nine symphonies. He worked on it while staying in the Bohemian spa town of Teplice in the hope of improving his health. It was completed in 1812, and was dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries.At its debut,...
  
   in A major (composed 1811–12, premièred 1813)
• Opus 93: Symphony No. 8
  Symphony No. 8 (Beethoven)
  Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 is a symphony in four movements composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1812. Beethoven fondly referred to it as "my little Symphony in F," distinguishing it from his Sixth Symphony, a longer work also in F....
  
   in F major (composed 1812, premièred 1814)
• Opus 125: Symphony No. 9
  Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
  The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is the final complete symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven. Completed in 1824, the symphony is one of the best known works of the Western classical repertoire, and has been adapted for use as the European Anthem...
  
   in D minor ("Choral") (composed 1817–24, premièred 1824)

Once believed by some to be an early symphony by Beethoven, the "Jena" Symphony

Jena Symphony

The so-called "Jena Symphony" is a symphony that was at one time attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven. The symphony was discovered by Fritz Stein in 1909 in the archives of a concert society in Jena, from which it derived its name. Stein believed it to be the work of Beethoven and it was so...

 in C major is now thought to be by Friedrich Witt

Friedrich Witt

Friedrich Jeremias Witt was a German composer and cellist. He is perhaps best known as the likely author of a Symphony in C major known as the Jena Symphony, once attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven.-Biography:...

.

Beethoven is believed to have intended to write a Tenth Symphony

Symphony No. 10 (Beethoven/Cooper)

Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 10 in E flat major is a hypothetical work, assembled by Barry Cooper from Beethoven's fragmentary sketches. This title is controversial since it cannot be proved that all the sketches assembled were meant for the same piece...

 in the last year of his life; a performing version of possible sketches was assembled by Barry Cooper.

Concerti

• WoO 4: Piano Concerto No. 0
  Piano Concerto No. 0 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto in E flat major, WoO 4, is one of his earlier works, written in 1784 when Beethoven was 13. Only the piano part survives today, although there are some indications in the manuscript for orchestral cues. On the occasions when this work has been performed, the...
  
   in E-flat major (1784)
• Opus 19: Piano Concerto No. 2
  Piano Concerto No. 2 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19, by Ludwig van Beethoven was composed primarily between 1787 and 1789, although it did not attain the form it was published as until 1795. Beethoven did write another finale for it in 1798 for performance in Prague, but that is not the finale...
  
   in B-flat major (first two movements composed 1787–1789, finale composed in 1795)
• Opus 15: Piano Concerto No. 1
  Piano Concerto No. 1 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15, was written during 1796 and 1797. The first performance was in Prague in 1798, with Beethoven himself playing the piano, dedicated to his student Babette Countess Keglevics....
  
   in C major (composed 1796–97)
• Opus 37: Piano Concerto No. 3
  Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37, was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1800 and was first performed on 5 April 1803, with the composer as soloist. During that same performance, the Second Symphony and the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives were also debuted. The composition...
  
   in C minor (composed 1800–01)
• Opus 56: Triple Concerto
  Triple Concerto (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56, more commonly known as the Triple Concerto, was composed in 1803 and later published in 1804 under Breitkopf & Hartel. The choice of the three solo instruments effectively makes this a concerto for piano trio and the...
  
   for violin, cello, and piano in C major (1805)
• Opus 58: Piano Concerto No. 4
  Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, was composed in 1805–1806, although no autograph copy survives.-Musical forces and movements:...
  
   in G major (composed 1805–06)
• Opus 61: Violin Concerto
  Violin Concerto (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, was written in 1806.The work was premiered on 23 December 1806 in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. Beethoven wrote the concerto for his colleague Franz Clement, a leading violinist of the day, who had earlier given him helpful advice on...
  
   in D major (1806)
• Opus 61a: Beethoven's arrangement of Opus 61 for piano
• Opus 73: Piano Concerto No. 5
  Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, by Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known as the Emperor Concerto, was his last piano concerto. It was written between 1809 and 1811 in Vienna, and was dedicated to Archduke Rudolf, Beethoven's patron and pupil...
  
   in E-flat major ("Emperor") (composed 1809–10)
• Hess 13: Romance in E minor for 3 soloists and orchestra
• Hess 15: Piano Concerto No. 6 in D major (unfinished – performing version completed by Nicholas Cook
  Nicholas Cook
  Nicholas Cook is a British musicologist and writer born in Athens, Greece. In 2009 he became the 1684 Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge, where he is a Fellow of Darwin College...
  
  ) (1815)

Other works for soloist and orchestra

• WoO 6: Rondo for Piano and Orchestra
  Rondo for piano and orchestra (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Rondo for piano and orchestra in B-flat major, WoO 6 was composed in 1793 and originally intended as the final movement for his second piano concerto. It was eventually published in 1829, with the solo part completed by Carl Czerny....
  
   in B-flat major (1793)
• Opus 40: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major (1802)
• Opus 50: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2
  Violin Romance No. 2 (Beethoven)
  The Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50 is a piece for violin and orchestra by Ludwig van Beethoven, one of two such compositions by Beethoven, the other being Romance No. 1 in G major, Op. 40. It was written in 1798, four years before the first romance, and was published...
  
   in F major (1798)
• Opus 80: "Choral Fantasy
  Choral Fantasy (Beethoven)
  The Fantasy in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 80, was composed in 1808 by Ludwig van Beethoven.-Background, composition, and premiere:...
  
  " (Fantasia in C minor for piano, chorus, and orchestra) (1808)
• Hess 12: Oboe Concerto in F (fragment)

Overtures and incidental music

• Opus 43: The Creatures of Prometheus, overture and ballet music (1801)
• Opus 62: Coriolan Overture (1807)
• Overtures composed for Beethoven's opera Fidelio
  Fidelio
  Fidelio is a German opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto is by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly which had been used for the 1798 opera Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal by Pierre Gaveaux, and for the 1804 opera Leonora...
  
  , Op. 72:
  • Opus 72: Fidelio Overture (1814)
  • Opus 72a: Leonore Overture "No. 2" (1805)
  • Opus 72b: Leonore Overture "No. 3" (1806)
  • Opus 138: Leonore Overture "No. 1" (1807)
• Opus 84: Egmont
  Egmont (Beethoven)
  Egmont, Op. 84, by Ludwig van Beethoven, is a set of incidental music pieces for the 1787 play of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It consists of an overture followed by a sequence of nine additional pieces for soprano, male narrator and full symphony orchestra...
  
  , overture and incidental music (1810)
• Opus 91: Wellington's Victory
  Wellington's Victory
  Wellington's Victory, or, the Battle of Vitoria, Op. 91 is a minor orchestral work composed by Ludwig van Beethoven to commemorate the Duke of Wellington's victory over Joseph Bonaparte's forces at the Battle of Vitoria in Basqueland on June 21, 1813...
  
  ("Battle Symphony") (1813)
• Opus 113: The Ruins of Athens
  The Ruins of Athens
  The Ruins of Athens , Opus 113, is a set of incidental music written in 1811 by Ludwig van Beethoven. The music was written to accompany the play of the same name by August von Kotzebue, for the dedication of a new theatre at Pest....
  
  (Die Ruinen von Athen), overture and incidental music (1811)
• Opus 117: King Stephen (König Stephan), overture and incidental music (1811)
• Opus 115: Zur Namensfeier
  Zur Namensfeier
  Zur Namensfeier, op. 115, is a symphonic overture in C major by Ludwig van Beethoven completed in 1815, and first performed on Christmas Day 1815...
  
  (Feastday) Overture (1815)
• Opus 124: Consecration of the House
  Consecration of the House Overture
  Consecration of the House , op.124, is a work by Ludwig van Beethoven composed in September 1822. It was commissioned by Carl Friedrich Hensler, the Director of Vienna’s new Theater in der Josefstadt, and was first performed at the theatre's opening on October 3, 1822. It was the first work...
  
  (Die Weihe des Hauses), overture (1822)

Chamber music

Beethoven wrote 16 string quartet

String quartet

A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...

s and numerous other forms of chamber music

Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...

, including piano trio

Piano trio

A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music...

s, string trio

String trio

A string trio is a group of three string instruments or a piece written for such a group. The term is generally used with reference to works of chamber music from the Classical period to the present.-History:...

s, and sonata

Sonata

Sonata , in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata , a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms prior to the Classical era...

s for violin

Violin sonata

A violin sonata is a musical composition for violin, which is nearly always accompanied by a piano or other keyboard instrument, or by figured bass in the Baroque period.-A:*Ella Adayevskaya**Sonata Greca for Violin or Clarinet and Piano...

 and cello

Cello sonata

A cello sonata is usually a sonata written for cello and piano, though other instrumentations are used, such as solo cello. The most famous Romantic-era cellos sonatas are those written by Johannes Brahms and Ludwig van Beethoven...

 with piano, as well as works with wind instrument

Wind instrument

A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator , in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by manual modifications of...

s.

Piano trios

The numbering of Beethoven's twelve piano trios is fairly arbitrary, and other than the three trios in Op. 1 as being Nos. 1 through 3, sources including both recordings and authoritative publications use other numberings from those shown here, or more frequently, none at all. It's more usual to identify a piano trio only by its catalog number and key.

• Hess 48: Allegretto in E-flat major for Piano Trio (ca. 1790–1792)
• WoO 38: Piano Trio in E-flat major (1791)
• WoO 39: Allegretto in B-flat major for Piano Trio (1812)
• Opus 1: Three Piano Trios (1795)
  • No. 1: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major
  • No. 2: Piano Trio No. 2 in G major
  • No. 3: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor
• Opus 11: Piano Trio [No. 4](?) in B-flat major ("Gassenhauer") (1797) (version with violin)
• Opus 44: Variations on an original theme in E-flat major
• Opus 70: Two Piano Trios (1808)
  • No. 1: Piano Trio [No. 5](?) in D major, "Ghost"
  • No. 2: Piano Trio [No. 6](?) in E-flat major
• Opus 97: Piano Trio [No. 7](?) in B-flat major ("Archduke") (1811)
• Opus 121a: Kakadu Variations
  Kakadu Variations
  "Kakadu Variations" is the nickname given to Ludwig van Beethoven's variations for piano trio on the theme "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu" by Wenzel Müller. The variations were published in 1824 as Opus 121a, the last of Beethoven's piano trios to be published...
  
  , for Piano Trio (Variations on "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu") (1803)

Piano quartets

• WoO 36: 3 Piano Quartets (1785)
  • No. 1 in E-flat major
  • No. 2 in D major
  • No. 3 in C major
• Opus 16/b: Piano Quartet in E-flat (1797) (arrangement of Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 16)

String trios

• Opus 3: String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major (1794); five-movement piano transcription (anon, supervised composer?, c 1814–15)
• Opus 8: String Trio No. 2
  Serenade for Violin, Viola & Cello, Op. 8 (Beethoven)
  The Serenade in D major for violin, viola and violincello, Op. 8, is a string trio composition by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was written from 1796-7, and published in 1797 by Artaria in Vienna. The six movements are as follows:...
  
   ("Serenade") in D major (1797)
• Opus 9: Three String Trios (1798)
  • No. 1: String Trio No. 3 in G major
  • No. 2: String Trio No. 4 in D major
  • No. 3: String Trio No. 5 in C minor
• Hess 28: Movement in A-flat for String Trio

Early

• Opus 18: Six String Quartets
  • No. 1: String Quartet No. 1
    String Quartet No. 1 (Beethoven)
    The String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801. It is actually the second string quartet that Beethoven composed.The quartet consists of four movements:...
    
     in F major (1799)
  • No. 2: String Quartet No. 2
    String Quartet No. 2 (Beethoven)
    The String Quartet No. 2 in G major, op. 18, No. 2, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801.It consists of four movements:#Allegro #Adagio cantabile – Allegro – Tempo I...
    
     in G major (1799)
  • No. 3: String Quartet No. 3
    String Quartet No. 3 (Beethoven)
    The String Quartet No. 3 in D major, op. 18, No. 3, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801. Although it is numbered third, it was the first quartet Beethoven composed...
    
     in D major (1798/99)
  • No. 4: String Quartet No. 4
    String Quartet No. 4 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 4 in C minor was published in 1801 as opus 18, no. 4, and was written between 1798 and 1800. It consists of four movements:# Allegro ma non tanto# Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto# Menuetto: Allegretto...
    
     in C minor (1799)
  • No. 5: String Quartet No. 5
    String Quartet No. 5 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 5 in A major was published in 1801 as opus 18, no. 5, and was written between 1798 and 1800. Beethoven modeled this quartet directly on Mozart's quartet in the same key .-Movements:...
    
     in A major (1799)
  • No. 6: String Quartet No. 6
    String Quartet No. 6 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 6 in B major was published in 1801 as opus 18, no. 6, and was written between 1798 and 1800.-Movements:There are four movements:# Allegro con brio# Adagio ma non troppo# Scherzo: Allegro...
    
     in B-flat major (1800)

Middle

• Opus 59: Three String Quartets ("Rasumovsky") (1806)
  • No. 1: String Quartet No. 7
    String Quartet No. 7 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 7 in F major was published in 1808 as opus 59, No. 1. It consists of four movements:# Allegro in F major# Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando in B major# Adagio molto e mesto - attacca in F minor...
    
     in F major
  • No. 2: String Quartet No. 8
    String Quartet No. 8 (Beethoven)
    The String Quartet No. 8 in E minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, opus 59, no. 2, was the second of three of his "Razumovsky" cycle of string quartets, and is a product of his "middle" style period. He published it in 1808...
    
     in E minor
  • No. 3: String Quartet No. 9
    String Quartet No. 9 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 9 in C major was published in 1808 as opus 59, no. 3. It consists of four movements:# Andante con moto - Allegro vivace # Andante con moto quasi Allegretto # Menuetto...
    
     in C major
• Opus 74: String Quartet No. 10
  String Quartet No. 10 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 10 in E major, nicknamed the "Harp", was published in 1809 as opus 74.- Naming :The nickname "Harp" refers to the characteristic pizzicato sections in the Allegro of the first movement, where pairs of members of the quartet alternate notes in an arpeggio,...
  
   in E-flat major ("Harp") (1809)
• Opus 95: String Quartet No. 11
  String Quartet No. 11 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's opus 95, his String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, is his last before his exalted late string quartets. It is commonly referred to as the "Serioso," stemming from his title "Quartett[o] Serioso" at the beginning and the tempo designation for the third movement.It is one of the...
  
   in F minor ("Serioso") (1810)

Late

• Opus 127: String Quartet No. 12
  String Quartet No. 12 (Beethoven)
  The String Quartet No. 12 in E major, op. 127, by Ludwig van Beethoven, was completed in 1825. It is the first of Beethoven's late quartets. There are four movements:#Maestoso — Allegro#Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile#Scherzando vivace...
  
   in E-flat major (1823/24)
• Opus 130: String Quartet No. 13
  String Quartet No. 13 (Beethoven)
  The String Quartet No. 13 in B major, op. 130, by Ludwig van Beethoven was completed in November 1825. The number traditionally assigned to it is based on the order of its publication; it is actually the fourteenth quartet in order of composition. It was premiered in March 1826 by the Schuppanzigh...
  
   in B-flat major (1825)
• Opus 131: String Quartet No. 14
  String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)
  The String Quartet No. 14 in C minor, Op. 131, by Ludwig van Beethoven was completed in 1826. About 40 minutes in length, it consists of seven movements to be played without a break, as follows:#Adagio ma non troppo e molto...
  
   in C-sharp minor (1826)
• Opus 132: String Quartet No. 15
  String Quartet No. 15 (Beethoven)
  The Quartet in A minor, Op. 132, by Ludwig van Beethoven, was written in 1825, given its public premiere on November 6 of that year by the Schuppanzigh Quartet and was dedicated to Count Nicolai Galitzin, as were Opp. 127 and 130...
  
   in A minor (1825)
• Opus 133: Große Fuge
  Große Fuge
  The Große Fuge , Op. 133, is a single-movement composition for string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven. A massive double fugue, it originally served as the final movement of his Quartet No. 13 in B major but he replaced it with a new finale and published it separately in 1827 as Op...
  
   in B-flat major – originally finale of Opus 130 (1826) (Also arranged by Beethoven for piano duet (four-hands) Opus 134) (1826)
• Opus 135: String Quartet No. 16
  String Quartet No. 16 (Beethoven)
  The String Quartet No. 16 in F major, op. 135, by Ludwig van Beethoven was written in October 1826 and was the last substantial work he finished. Only the last movement of the Quartet op. 130, written as a replacement for the Große Fuge, was written later. It was premiered by the Schuppanzigh...
  
   in F major (1826)

String quintets

• Opus 4: String Quintet in E-flat major (1795)
• Opus 29: String Quintet
  String Quintet, Op. 29 (Beethoven)
  The String Quintet, Op. 29 in C major composed by Ludwig van Beethoven was first published in 1801. This work is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola . As the String Quintet, Op. 4 is an extensively reworked arrangement of the earlier Octet for Winds, Op....
  
   in C major (1801)
• Opus 104: String Quintet
  String Quintet, Op. 104 (Beethoven)
  The String Quintet, Op. 104 in C minor, by Ludwig van Beethoven is an arrangement of the early C minor Piano Trio, Op. 1 No. 3. This work is a "viola quintet" in that is scored for string quartet and an extra viola ....
  
   in C minor (1817)
• Opus 137: Fugue for String Quintet
  Fugue for String Quintet, Op. 137 (Beethoven)
  The Fugue for String Quintet in D major, Op. 137, was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was composed in 1817, and was the only work he composed for string quintet in his late period. The quintet is a relatively short work, a typical performance lasting a little under two minutes. After...
  
   in D major (1817)

Chamber music with winds

• WoO 37: Trio for Piano, Flute, and Bassoon in G major (1786)
• Opus 11: Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello in B-flat major ("Gassenhauer") (Version with Violin instead of Clarinet is considered Piano Trio No. 4) (1797)
• Opus 16: Quintet for piano and winds
  Quintet for Piano and Winds (Beethoven)
  Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds, Op. 16, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1796.The quintet is scored for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. It was inspired by Mozart's Quintet, K. 452 , which has the same scoring and is also in E-flat.It is in three movements:*I. Grave - Allegro...
  
   in E-flat major (1796) (later arranged for piano quartet)
• Opus 20: Septet for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and contrabass
  Septet (Beethoven)
  The Septet in E-flat major, Opus 20, by Ludwig van Beethoven, was sketched out in 1799, completed and first performed in 1800 and published in 1802. The score contains the notation: "Der Kaiserin Maria Theresia gewidmet", or translated, "Dedicated to the Empress Maria Theresa." It is scored for...
  
   in E-flat major (1799)
• Opus 25: Serenade for flute, violin and viola in D major (1800-01)
• Opus 38: Trio for Piano, Clarinet (or Violin), and Cello in E-flat major (1803) (reduction of the Op. 20 Septet)
• Opus 71: Sextet for clarinets, horns, and bassoons in E-flat major (1796)
• Opus 81b: Sextet for Horns and String Quartet
• Opus 87: Trio for two oboes and English horn in C major (1795)
• Opus 103: Octet for oboes, clarinets, horns, and bassoons in E-flat major (1792)
• Opus 105: Six sets of variations for piano and flute (1819)
• Opus 107: Ten sets of variations for piano and flute (1820)

Hess 19: Wind Quintet in E-flat

Violin sonatas

• Opus 12: Three Violin Sonatas (1798)
  • No. 1: Violin Sonata No. 1
    Violin Sonata No. 1 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major is a violin sonata from his Opus 12 set, along with his Violin Sonata No. 2 and Violin Sonata No. 3. It was written in 1798 and dedicated to Antonio Salieri...
    
     in D major
  • No. 2: Violin Sonata No. 2
    Violin Sonata No. 2 (Beethoven)
    The Violin Sonata No. 2 of Ludwig van Beethoven in A major, the second of his Opus 12 set , was written in 1797-8 and dedicated to Antonio Salieri...
    
     in A major
  • No. 3: Violin Sonata No. 3
    Violin Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven)
    The Violin Sonata No. 3 of Ludwig van Beethoven in E-flat major, the third of his Opus 12 set, was written in 1798 and dedicated to Antonio Salieri. It has three movements:#Allegro con spirito#Adagio con molta espressione#Rondo: Allegro molto...
    
     in E-flat major
• Opus 23: Violin Sonata No. 4
  Violin Sonata No. 4 (Beethoven)
  The Violin Sonata No. 4 of Ludwig van Beethoven in A minor, his Opus 23, was composed in 1801, published in October that year, and dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries. It followed by one year the composition of his first symphony, and was originally meant to be published alongside Violin Sonata No....
  
   in A minor (1801)
• Opus 24: Violin Sonata No. 5
  Violin Sonata No. 5 (Beethoven)
  The Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Opus 24, is a violin sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is often known as the "Spring" sonata , and was published in 1801...
  
   in F major ("Spring") (1801)
• Opus 30: Three Violin Sonatas (1803)
  • No. 1: Violin Sonata No. 6
    Violin Sonata No. 6 (Beethoven)
    The Violin Sonata No. 6 of Ludwig van Beethoven in A major, the first of his Opus 30 set, was composed between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia...
    
     in A major
  • No. 2: Violin Sonata No. 7
    Violin Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven)
    The Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, the second of his opus 30 set, was composed between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia...
    
     in C minor
  • No. 3: Violin Sonata No. 8
    Violin Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven)
    The Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major of Ludwig van Beethoven, the third of his Opus 30 set, was written between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia...
    
     in G major
• Opus 47: Violin Sonata No. 9
  Violin Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven)
  Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, commonly known as the Kreutzer Sonata, is a violin sonata which Ludwig van Beethoven published as his Opus 47...
  
   in A major ("Kreutzer") (1803)
• Opus 96: Violin Sonata No. 10
  Violin Sonata No. 10 (Beethoven)
  The Violin Sonata No. 10 of Ludwig van Beethoven in G major, his Opus 96, was written in 1812, published in 1816, and dedicated to Beethoven's pupil Archduke Rudolph Johannes Joseph Rainier of Austria, who gave its first performance, together with the violinist Pierre Rode...
  
   in G major ("The Cockcrow") (1812)

Cello sonatas

• Opus 5: Two Cello Sonatas
  Cello Sonatas No. 1 and No. 2, Opus 5 (Beethoven)
  Cello Sonatas No. 1 and No. 2 were written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1796, while he was in Berlin. While there, Beethoven met the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm II, an ardent music-lover and keen cellist...
  
   (1796)
  • No. 1: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major
  • No. 2: Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor
• Opus 69: Cello Sonata No. 3
  Cello Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 was writtenin 1808. It consists of three movements:# Allegro, ma non tanto# Scherzo# Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivacein contrast to the normal sonata form fast–slow–fast....
  
   in A major (1808)
• Opus 102: Two Cello Sonatas
  Cello Sonatas No. 4 and No. 5, Opus 102 (Beethoven)
  The Sonatas for cello and piano No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1, and No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven were composed simultaneously in 1815 and published in 1817 with a dedication to the Countess Maria von Erdödy, a close friend and confidante of Beethoven's.- History...
  
   (1815)
  • No. 1: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major
  • No. 2: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major

Solo piano music

In addition to the 32 celebrated sonatas

Piano sonata

A piano sonata is a sonata written for a solo piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although some piano sonatas have been written with a single movement , two movements , five or even more movements...

, Beethoven's work for solo piano includes many one-movement

Movement (music)

A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession...

 pieces, notably more than twenty largely unpublished sets of variations and over thirty bagatelles

Bagatelle (music)

A bagatelle is a short piece of music, typically for the piano, and usually of a light, mellow character. The name bagatelle literally means a "trifle", as a reference to the innocent character of the piece.-Earliest known bagatelle:...

, including the well-known Für Elise

Für Elise

Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for solo piano, commonly known as "Für Elise" , is one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions. It is usually classified as a bagatelle, but it is also sometimes referred to as an Albumblatt.- History :The score was not published until 1867, 40 years after...

.

Piano sonatas

• Opus 2: Three Piano Sonatas (1795)
  • No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 1
    Piano Sonata No. 1 (Beethoven)
    Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1, was written in 1795 and dedicated to Joseph Haydn. It is the first piano sonata written by Beethoven...
    
     in F minor
  • No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 2
    Piano Sonata No. 2 (Beethoven)
    Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2, was written in 1796 and dedicated to Joseph Haydn.-Movements:It has four movements:*I. Allegro vivace 2/4*II. Largo appassionato 3/4 D major...
    
     in A major
  • No. 3: Piano Sonata No. 3
    Piano Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2, No. 3, is a sonata written for solo piano, composed in 1796. It is dedicated to Franz Joseph Haydn...
    
     in C major
• Opus 7: Piano Sonata No. 4
  Piano Sonata No. 4 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 4, in E-flat major, Op. 7, sometimes nicknamed the Grand Sonata, dedicated to his student Babette Countess Keglevics, has four movements:#Allegro molto e con brio in E-flat major....
  
   in E-flat major ("Grand Sonata") (1797)
• Opus 10: Three Piano Sonatas (1798)
  • No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 5
    Piano Sonata No. 5 (Beethoven)
    The Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1, was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is dedicated to Anna Margarete von Browne. The first movement of the sonata has a 3/4 meter, the second movement 2/4, and the final movement 2/2. Beethoven's Piano Sonata No...
    
     in C minor
  • No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 6
    Piano Sonata No. 6 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10, No. 2, was dedicated to the Countess Anne Margarete von Browne, and written from 1796 to 1798.The sonata spans approximately 14 minutes.- Form :The sonata is divided into three movements:...
    
     in F major
  • No. 3: Piano Sonata No. 7
    Piano Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10, No. 3, was dedicated to the Countess Anne Margarete von Browne, and written in 1798. This makes it contemporary with his three string trios opus 9, the violin sonatas of opus 12 and the violin romance that became his opus 50 when later...
    
     in D major
• Opus 13: Piano Sonata No. 8
  Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique, was written in 1798 when the composer was 27 years old, and was published in 1799. Beethoven dedicated the work to his friend Prince Karl von Lichnowsky...
  
   in C minor ("Pathétique") (1798)
• Opus 14: Two Piano Sonatas (1799)
  • No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 9
    Piano Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven)
    The Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1, is an early-period work by Ludwig van Beethoven, dedicated to Baroness Josefa von Braun. It was composed in 1798 and transcribed - not arranged - for string quartet by the composer in 1801 , the result containing more quartet-like passagework and...
    
     in E major (Also arranged by the composer for String Quartet in F major (H 34) in 1801)
  • No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 10
    Piano Sonata No. 10 (Beethoven)
    The Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14, No. 2, composed in 1798–1799, is an early-period work by Ludwig van Beethoven, dedicated to Baroness Josefa von Braun. A typical performance lasts 15 minutes...
    
     in G major
• Opus 22: Piano Sonata No. 11
  Piano Sonata No. 11 (Beethoven)
  Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major, Op. 22, composed in 1800.Prominent musicologist Donald Francis Tovey has called this work the crowning achievement and culmination of Beethoven's early "grand" piano sonatas....
  
   in B-flat major (1800)
• Opus 26: Piano Sonata No. 12
  Piano Sonata No. 12 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26 in 1800–1801, around the same time as he completed his First Symphony...
  
   in A-flat major ("Funeral March") (1801)
• Opus 27: Two Piano Sonatas (1801)
  • No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 13
    Piano Sonata No. 13 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No. 1, composed in 1800–1801, has four movements:#Andante - Allegro - Andante in ternary form, ABA...
    
     in E-flat major 'Sonata quasi una fantasia'
  • No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 14
    Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)
    The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata , was completed in 1801...
    
     in C-sharp minor 'Sonata quasi una fantasia' ("Moonlight")
• Opus 28: Piano Sonata No. 15
  Piano Sonata No. 15 (Beethoven)
  Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was named Pastoral or Pastorale by Beethoven's publisher at the time, A. Cranz. While nowhere near as widely recognised as its predecessor, the Piano Sonata No. 14, known often as the Moonlight Sonata, it is...
  
   in D major ("Pastoral") (1801)
• Opus 31: Three Piano Sonatas (1802)
  • No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 16
    Piano Sonata No. 16 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1, was composed between 1801 and 1802. Although it was numbered as the first piece in the trio of piano sonatas which were published as Opus 31 in 1803, Beethoven actually finished it after the Op. 31 No...
    
     in G major
  • No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 17
    Piano Sonata No. 17 (Beethoven)
    The Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, was composed in 1801/02 by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is usually referred to as "The Tempest" , but this title was not given by him, or indeed referred to as such during his lifetime; instead, it comes from a claim by his associate Anton Schindler...
    
     in D minor ("Tempest")
  • No. 3: Piano Sonata No. 18
    Piano Sonata No. 18 (Beethoven)
    The Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3, is a sonata for solo piano by Ludwig van Beethoven, the third and last of his Op. 31 piano sonatas. The work dates from 1802...
    
     in E-flat major ("The Hunt")
• Opus 49: Two Piano Sonatas (1792)
  • No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor
  • No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major
• Opus 53: Piano Sonata No. 21
  Piano Sonata No. 21 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, also known as the Waldstein, is considered to be one of Beethoven's greatest piano sonatas, as well as one of the three particularly notable sonatas of his middle period . The sonata was completed in the summer of 1804...
  
   in C major ("Waldstein") (1803)
  • WoO 57: Andante favori
    Andante Favori
    The Andante favori is a work for piano solo by Ludwig van Beethoven. In catalogues of Beethoven's works, it is designated as WoO 57.-Composition and reception:...
    
     – Original middle movement of the "Waldstein" sonata (1804)
• Opus 54: Piano Sonata No. 22
  Piano Sonata No. 22 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54, was written in 1804. It is contemporary to the first sketches of the equally concise Symphony in C Minor, #5. It is one of Beethoven's lesser known sonatas, overshadowed by its widely known neighbours, the Appassionata and the...
  
   in F major (1804)
• Opus 57: Piano Sonata No. 23
  Piano Sonata No. 23 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 is a piano sonata. It is considered one of the three great piano sonatas of his middle period . It was composed during 1804 and 1805, and perhaps 1806, and was dedicated to Count Franz von Brunswick...
  
   in F minor ("Appassionata") (1805)
• Opus 78: Piano Sonata No. 24
  Piano Sonata No. 24 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78, nicknamed "À Thérèse" was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1809. It consists of two movements:#Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo...
  
   in F-sharp major ("A Thérèse") (1809)
• Opus 79: Piano Sonata No. 25
  Piano Sonata No. 25 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1809. It consists of three movements:#Presto alla tedesca#Andante#Vivace...
  
   in G major (1809)
• Opus 81a: Piano Sonata No. 26
  Piano Sonata No. 26 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a, known as the Les Adieux sonata, was written during the years 1809 and 1810.The title Les Adieux implies a programmatic nature...
  
   in E-flat major ("Les adieux/Das Lebewohl") (1810)
• Opus 90: Piano Sonata No. 27
  Piano Sonata No. 27 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor is Ludwig van Beethoven's Op. 90. The work, written in the summer of 1814 in Beethoven's late Middle period, was dedicated to Count Moritz von Lichnowsky.- Form :...
  
   in E minor (1814)
• Opus 101: Piano Sonata No. 28
  Piano Sonata No. 28 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101, was written in 1816 and was dedicated to the pianist Baroness Dorothea Ertmann. This piano sonata runs for about 20 minutes and consists of four movements:...
  
   in A major (1816)
• Opus 106: Piano Sonata No. 29
  Piano Sonata No. 29 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 is a piano sonata widely considered to be one of the most important works of the composer's third period and among one of the great piano sonatas...
  
   in B-flat major ("Hammerklavier") (1819)
• Opus 109: Piano Sonata No. 30
  Piano Sonata No. 30 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, composed in 1820, is the antepenultimate of his piano sonatas. In it, after the huge Hammerklavier sonata, Op. 106, Beethoven returns to a smaller scale and a more intimate character...
  
   in E major (1820)
• Opus 110: Piano Sonata No. 31
  Piano Sonata No. 31 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110, by Ludwig van Beethoven was composed in 1821. It is the central piano sonata in the group of three opp. 109–111 which he wrote between 1820 and 1822, and the thirty-first of his published piano sonatas....
  
   in A-flat major (1821)
• Opus 111: Piano Sonata No. 32
  Piano Sonata No. 32 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111, is the last of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonatas. Along with Beethoven's 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, op. 120 and his two collections of bagatelles—Opus 119 and Opus 126 —this was one of Beethoven's last compositions for piano. The...
  
   in C minor (1822)

Variations

• Opus 34: Six variations on a theme in F major (1802)
• Opus 35: Fifteen variations and a fugue on an original theme
  Eroica Variations
  The Variations and Fugue for Piano in E major, Op. 35 are a set of fifteen variations for solo piano composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1802. They are commonly referred to as the Eroica Variations because variations on the same theme were used as the finale of his Symphony No. 3 Eroica composed...
  
   in E-flat major ("Eroica Variations") (1802)
• Opus 76: Six variations on an original theme in D major (1809)
• Opus 120: Thirty-three variations on a waltz by Diabelli
  Diabelli Variations
  The 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120, commonly known as the Diabelli Variations, is a set of variations for the piano written between 1819 and 1823 by Ludwig van Beethoven on a waltz composed by Anton Diabelli...
  
   in C major ("Diabelli Variations") (1823)
• WoO 63: Nine variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler
• WoO 64: Six Variations on a Swiss song for piano or harp
• WoO 65: Twenty-four variations for piano on Vincenzio Righini's aria "Venni Amore"
• WoO 66: Thirteen variations for piano on the aria "Es war einmal ein alter Mann" from Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
  Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
  ----August Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf was an Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist.-1739-1764:...
  
  's opera Das rote Käppchen
• WoO 67: Eight variations for piano four hands on a theme by Count Waldstein
• WoO 68: Twelve variations for piano on the "Menuet a la Vigano" from Jakob Haibel
  Jakob Haibel
  Jakob Haibel was an Austrian composer, operatic tenor and choirmaster.-Biography:Around 1789, Haibel joined Emanuel Schikaneder’s company of performers at the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden. While there, he acted in plays and sang in operas and other musical productions...
  
  's ballet La nozza disturbate
• WoO 69: Nine variations for piano on "Quant'e piu bello" from Giovanni Paisiello
  Giovanni Paisiello
  Giovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...
  
  's opera La Molinara
• WoO 70: Six variations for piano on "Nel cor più non mi sento
  Nel cor più non mi sento
  "Nel cor più non mi sento" is a soprano aria from act 2 in Giovanni Paisiello's 1788 opera L'amor contrastato, ossia La molinara, usually known as La molinara....
  
  " from Giovanni Paisiello
  Giovanni Paisiello
  Giovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...
  
  's opera La Molinara
• WoO 71: Twelve variations for piano on the Russian dance from Paul Wranitzky
  Paul Wranitzky
  Pavel Vranický was a Moravian classical composer. His brother, Antonín, was also a composer.-Life:...
  
  's ballet Das Waldmädchen
• WoO 72: Eight variations for piano on "Une Fièvre Brûlante" from André Ernest Modeste Grétry
  André Ernest Modeste Grétry
  André Ernest Modeste Grétry was acomposer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège , who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most famous for his opéras comiques....
  
  's opera Richard Coeur-de-lion
  Richard Coeur-de-lion (opera)
  Richard Coeur-de-lion is an opéra comique, described as a comédie mise en musique, by the Belgian composer André Grétry. was by Michel-Jean Sedaine. The work is generally recognised as Grétry's masterpiece and one of the most important French opéras comiques...
  
  
• WoO 73: Ten variations for piano on "La stessa, la stessissima" from Antonio Salieri
  Antonio Salieri
  Antonio Salieri was a Venetian classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy....
  
  's opera Falstaff
  Falstaff (Salieri)
  Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle is a dramma giocoso in two acts by Antonio Salieri, set to a libretto by Carlo Prospero Defranceschi after William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor....
  
  
• WoO 74: "Ich denke dein" — song with six variations for piano four hands
• WoO 75: Seven variations for piano on "Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen" from Peter Winter
  Peter Winter
  Peter Winter was a German opera composer who followed Mozart and preceded Weber, acting as a bridge between the two in the development of German opera....
  
  's opera Das unterbrochene Opferfest
• WoO 76: Eight variations for piano on "Tandeln und scherzen" from Franz Xaver Süssmayr
  Franz Xaver Süssmayr
  Franz Xaver Süssmayr was an Austrian composer, now famous for his completion of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem.-Early life:...
  
  's opera Soliman II
• WoO 77: Six easy variations on an original theme for piano
• WoO 78: Seven variations for piano on "God Save the King"
• WoO 79: Five variations for piano on "Rule Britannia"
• WoO 80: Thirty-two variations on an original theme in C minor (1806)

Bagatelles

• Opus 33: Seven Bagatelles (1802)
• Opus 119: Eleven new Bagatelles
  Bagatelles, Opus 119 (Beethoven)
  The Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119 were written at various times by Ludwig van Beethoven between the 1790s and the early 1820s. By the end of 1803, he had already sketched nos. 1–5 . In 1820, he composed nos. 7–11 and published them as a set of five...
  
   (1822)
• Opus 126: Six Bagatelles
  Bagatelles, Opus 126 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Bagatelles, Op. 126, dedicated to his brother Johann van Beethoven, were published late in his career, in the year 1825. A bagatelle, in Beethoven's usage, is a kind of brief character piece....
  
   (1823)
• WoO 52: Presto (Bagatelle) for piano in C minor (1795, rev. 1798 and 1822)
• WoO 53: Allegretto (Bagatelle) for piano in C minor (1796–97)
• WoO 54: Lustig-Traurig (Bagatelle) for piano in C major (1802)
• WoO 56: Allegretto (Bagatelle) for piano in C major (1803, rev. 1822)
• WoO 59: Poco moto (Bagatelle) in A minor, "Für Elise
  Für Elise
  Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for solo piano, commonly known as "Für Elise" , is one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions. It is usually classified as a bagatelle, but it is also sometimes referred to as an Albumblatt.- History :The score was not published until 1867, 40 years after...
  
  " (c. 1810)
• WoO 60: Ziemlich lebhaft (Bagatelle) for piano in B-flat major (1818)

Other works

• Opus 39: Two Preludes through all twelve major keys for piano (1789)
• Opus 42: Notturno for Viola and Piano in D major (1803)
• Opus 51: Two Rondos for Piano (1797)
  • No. 1: Rondo in C major
  • No. 2: Rondo in G major
• Opus 77: Piano Fantasia in G minor (1809)
• Opus 89: Polonaise in C major (1814)
• Opus 129: Rondo à Capriccio
  Rage Over a Lost Penny
  The Rondo alla ingharese quasi un capriccio in G major, Op. 129, is a piano rondo by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is better known by the title Rage Over a Lost Penny, Vented in a Caprice . This title appears on the autograph manuscript, but not in Beethoven's hand, and has been attributed to his friend...
  
   for piano in G major ("Rage over a lost penny") (1795)

Vocal music

While he completed only one opera

Opera

Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

, Beethoven wrote vocal music

Vocal music

Vocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered instrumental music Vocal music is a genre of...

 throughout his life, including two Mass

Mass (music)

The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music...

 settings, other works for chorus

Choir

A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...

 and orchestra (in addition to the Ninth Symphony), aria

Aria

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s, duets, art song

Art song

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s (lied

Lied

is a German word literally meaning "song", usually used to describe romantic songs setting German poems of reasonably high literary aspirations, especially during the nineteenth century, beginning with Carl Loewe, Heinrich Marschner, and Franz Schubert and culminating with Hugo Wolf...

er), and true song cycle

Song cycle

A song cycle is a group of songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a single entity. As a rule, all of the songs are by the same composer and often use words from the same poet or lyricist. Unification can be achieved by a narrative or a persona common to the songs, or even, as in Schumann's...

s.

Opera

• Opus 72: Leonore (1805) The first version in three acts
• Opus 72: Leonore (1806) The second version in two acts
• Opus 72: Fidelio
  Fidelio
  Fidelio is a German opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto is by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly which had been used for the 1798 opera Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal by Pierre Gaveaux, and for the 1804 opera Leonora...
  
   (1814) The final version in two acts

Choral

• Opus 80: Choral Fantasy
  Choral Fantasy (Beethoven)
  The Fantasy in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 80, was composed in 1808 by Ludwig van Beethoven.-Background, composition, and premiere:...
  
  for solo piano, chorus, and orchestra (1808)
• Opus 85: Christus am Ölberge
  Christus am Ölberge
  Christus am Ölberge , Op. 85, is an oratorio by Ludwig van Beethoven portraying the emotional turmoil of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane prior to his crucifixion. It was begun in the fall of 1802, soon after his completion of the Heiligenstadt Testament, as indicated by evidence in the...
  
  (Christ on the Mount of Olives) – oratorio
  Oratorio
  An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
  
   (1803)
• Opus 86: Mass in C major
  Mass in C major (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his Mass in C major, Op. 86, to a commission from Prince Nikolaus Esterházy II in 1807. In fulfilling this commission, Beethoven was extending a tradition established by Joseph Haydn, who following his return from England in 1795 had composed one mass per year for the...
  
   (1807)
• Opus 112: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt
  Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (Beethoven)
  Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt , is a cantata for chorus and orchestra composed by Ludwig van Beethoven , based on verses by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and dedicated to him. The work was first performed in Vienna in 1815 and first published in 1822...
  
  (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage), for chorus and orchestra (1815)
• Opus 123: Missa Solemnis
  Missa Solemnis (Beethoven)
  The Missa solemnis in D Major, Op. 123 was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1819-1823. It was first performed on April 7, 1824 in St. Petersburg, under the auspices of Beethoven's patron Prince Nikolai Galitzin; an incomplete performance was given in Vienna on 7 May 1824, when the Kyrie,...
  
   in D major (1823)
• Opus 136: The moment of Glory, Cantata for four solo voices, chorus and orchestra
  • 1. Chorus: "Europa steht!"
  • 2. Recitative: "O seht sie nah und näher treten!", Chorus: "Vienna Vienna Vienna"
  • 3. Recitative: "O Himmel welch Enzücken!" Aria (Vienna) with chorus: "Alle die Herrscher darf ich grüssen"
  • 4. Recitative: "Das Auge schaut" with chorus: "Dem die erste Zähre"
  • 5. Recitative: "Der den Bund im Sturme festgehalten"
  • 6. Chorus: "Es treten vor die Scharem der Frauen"
• Emperor Cantatas
  • WoO 87: Funeral cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II, for solo voices, chorus and orchestra
    • 1. Chorus and soloists: "Tot! Tot, stöhnt es durch die öde Nacht"
    • 2. Recitative: "Ein Ungeheuer, sein Name Fanatismus" (bass)
    • Aria: "Da kam Joseph" (bass)
    • 3. Aria (soprano) with chorus: "Da stiegen die Menschen an's Licht"
    • 4. Recitative: "Er schläft, von den Sorgen seiner Welten entladen" (soprano)
    • Aria: "Hier schlummert seinen stillen Frieden der grosse Dulder" (soprano)
    • 5. Chorus and soloists: "Tot! Tot, stöhnt es durch die öde Nacht"
  • WoO 88: Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II, for solo voices, chorus and orchestra
    • 1. Recitative: "Er schlummert" – "Lasst sanft den grossen Fürsten Ruhen!" (soprano, chorus)
    • Aria: "Fliesse, Wonnezähre, fliesse!" (soprano)
    • 2. Recitative: "Ihr staunt, Völker der Erde!" (bass)
    • 3. Recitative: "Wie bebt mein Herz vor Wonne!" (tenor)
    • Trio: "Ihr, die Joseph ihren Vater nannten" (tenor, bass, soprano)
    • 4. Chorus: "Heil! Stürzet nieder, Millionen" (chorus, soloists)

Song

• Opus 46: "Adelaide
  Adelaide (Beethoven)
  "Adelaïde" is a song for solo voice and piano by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was written in 1795/1796, when the composer was about 25 years old, and published as his Opus 46....
  
  " – song (1794–1795)
• Opus 48: "Gellert Songs" – song set (1802)
• Opus 52: 8 Lieder
  • no.1 Urians Reise um die Welt (before 1790?)
  • no.2 Feuerfarb (1794)
  • no.3 Das Liedchen von der Ruhe (1794)
  • no.4 Maigesang (1796)
  • no.5 Mollys Abschied (?)
  • no.6 Die Liebe (1790)
  • no.7 Marmotte (1790?)
  • no.8 Das Blümchen Wunderhold (?)
• Opus 75: 6 Gesänge
  • no.1 Kennst du das Land
  • no.2 (2nd Version) Neue Liebe neues Leben
  • no.3 Aus Goethes Faust (Mephistos Flohlied)
  • no.4 Gretels Warnung; no.5 An den fernen Geliebten
  • no.6 Der Zufriedene
• Opus 82: 4 Arietten und ein Duett (1809–10)
  • no.1 Dimmi ben mio che mami
  • no.2 Tintendo si mio cor
  • no.3 Lamante impaziente (Arietta buffa)
  • no.4 Lamante impaziente (Arietta assai seriosa)
  • no.5 Odi laura che dolce sospira (Duet)
• Opus 88: "Vita felice" (1803)
• Opus 94: "An die Hoffnung" (2nd Version, 1815)
• Opus 98: An die ferne Geliebte
  An die ferne Geliebte
  , opus 98, is a composition by Ludwig van Beethoven in April 1816. It is considered to be the first example of a song cycle by a major composer.-Beethoven's :...
  
  – song cycle
  Song cycle
  A song cycle is a group of songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a single entity. As a rule, all of the songs are by the same composer and often use words from the same poet or lyricist. Unification can be achieved by a narrative or a persona common to the songs, or even, as in Schumann's...
  
   (April 1816) (“The first true song cycle in the history of music”)
  • no.1 Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend
  • no.2 Wo die Berge so blau
  • no.3 Leichte Segler in den Höhen
  • no.4 Diese Wolken in den Höhen
  • no.5. Es kehret der Maien, es blühet die Au
  • no.6 Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder
• Opus 99: Der Mann von Wort (Summer 1816)
• Opus 100: Merkenstein (2nd setting, 1815)
• Opus 108: Twenty-five Scottish Songs
  Twenty-Five Scottish Songs, Opus 108 (Beethoven)
  Twenty-Five Scottish Songs was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. The work was published in London and Edinburgh in 1818, and in Berlin in 1822....
  
  
  • No. 1 Music, love and wine
  • No. 2 Sunset
  • No. 3 O sweet were the hours
  • No. 4 The Maid of Isla
  • No. 5 The sweetest lad was Jamie
  • No. 6 Dim, dim is my eye
  • No. 7 Bonny Laddie, Highland Laddie
  • No. 8 The lovely lass of Inverness
  • No. 9 Behold, my Love, how Green The Groves
  • No. 10 Sympathy
  • No. 11 Oh! thou art the lad of my heart, Willy
  • No. 12 Oh, had my fate been join′d with thine
  • No. 13 Come fill, fill, my good fellow!
  • No. 14 O, how can I be blithe and glad
  • No. 15 O cruel was my father
  • No. 16 Could this ill world have been contriv′d
  • No. 17 O Mary, at thy window be
  • No. 18 Enchantress, farewell
  • No. 19 O swiftly glides the bonny boat
  • No. 20 Faithfu′ Johnie
  • No. 21 Jeanie′s Distress
  • No. 22 The Highland Watch
  • No. 23 The Shepherd's Song
  • No. 24 Again, my lyre, yet once again
  • No. 25 Sally in our Alley
• Opus 128: Ariette (Der Kuss) (1798, 1822)
• WoO 107: Achilderung eines Machens (1782)
• WoO 118: Seufzer eines Ungeliebten – Gegenlieb (1795)
• WoO 123: Ich liebe dich so wie du mich (Zartliche Liebe) (1795)
• WoO 124: La partenze (1795)
• WoO 126: Opferlied (1798)
• WoO 129: Der Wachtelschlag (1803)
• WoO 132: Als die Geliebte sich trennen wolte (1806)
• WoO 133: In questa tomba oscura (1807)
• WoO 135: Die laute Klage (1814–15)
• WoO 136: Andenken (1808)
• WoO 137: Gesang aus der Ferne (1809)
• WoO 138: Der Jüngling in der Fremde (1809)
• WoO 139: Der Liebende (1809)
• WoO 142: Der Bardengeist (1813)
• WoO 145: Das Geheimnis (Liebe und Wahrheit) (1815)
• WoO 146: Sehnsucht (late 1815)
• WoO 147: Ruf vom Berge (December 1816)
• WoO 149: Resignation (Winter 1817)
• WoO 150: Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel (1820)
• WoO 108: An einen Säugling (1783)
• WoO 109: Erhebt das Glas mit froher Hand (Trinklied beim Abschied zu singen) (1791 or 1792)
• WoO 110: Elegie auf den Tod eines Pudels (?)
• WoO 111: Punschlied (1791 or 1792)
• WoO 112: An Laura (1792)
• WoO 113: Klage (1790)
• WoO 114: Ein Selbstgespräch (1793)
• WoO 115: An Minna (1792)
• WoO 116: Que le temps me dure (1st version hess129; 2nd version hess130)
• WoO 117: Der freie Mann (1794 or 1795)
• WoO 119: Oh care selve oh cara (1794 or 1795)
• WoO 120: Man strebt die Flamme zu verhehlen (1800 or 1801)
• WoO 121: Abschiedsgesang an Wiens Bürger (Nov. 1796)
• WoO 122: Kriegslied der Österreicher (April 1797)
• WoO 125: La tiranna (1798–99)
• WoO 127: Neue Liebe neues Leben (1798–99)
• WoO 128: Romance (1799)
• WoO 130: Gedenke mein! (1820)
• WoO 134: Sehnsucht (1st–5th setting, 1807–08)
• WoO 140: An die Geliebte (2nd–3rd version, 1811)
• WoO 141: Der Gesang der Nachtigall (1813)
• WoO 143: Des Kriegers Abschied (1814)
• WoO 144: Merkenstein (1st setting 1814)
• WoO 148: So oder so (1816–17)
• WoO 150: Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel (Spring 1820) (“The final contribution to the medium before writing the song of the songs, that symbiosis of vocal and instrumental music that forms the final movement of the Ninth Symphony”)
• WoO 151: Der edle Mensch (1823?)
• Hess 133: Das liebe Kätzchen (March 1820)
• Hess 134: Der Knabe auf dem Berge (March 1820)

Folksong Arrangements

• Opus 108: 25 Scottish Songs
  • No. 1 Music, love and wine
  • No. 2 Sunset
  • No. 3 O sweet were the hours
  • No. 4 The Maid of Isla
  • No. 5 The sweetest lad was Jamie
  • No. 6 Dim, dim is my eye
  • No. 7 Bonny Laddie, Highland Laddie
  • No. 8 The lovely lass of Inverness
  • No. 9 Behold, my Love, how Green The Groves
  • No. 10 Sympathy
  • No. 11 Oh! thou art the lad of my heart, Willy
  • No. 12 Oh, had my fate been join’d with thine
  • No. 13 Come fill, fill, my good fellow!
  • No. 14 O, how can I be blithe and glad
  • No. 15 O cruel was my father
  • No. 16 Could this ill world have been contriv’d
  • No. 17 O Mary, at thy window be
  • No. 18 Enchantress, farewell
  • No. 19 O swiftly glides the bonny boat
  • No. 20 Faithfu’ Johnie
  • No. 21 Jeanie’s Distress
  • No. 22 The Highland Watch
  • No. 23 The Shepherd’s Song
  • No. 24 Again, my lyre, yet once again
  • No. 25 Sally in our Alley
• WoO 152: 25 Irish Songs
  • No. 1 The Return to Ulster
  • No. 2 Sweet Power of Song!
  • No. 3 Once more I hail thee
  • No. 4 The morning air plays on my face
  • No. 5 On the Massacre of Glencoe
  • No. 6 What shall I do to shew how much I love her?
  • No. 7 His boat comes on the sunny tide
  • No. 8 Come draw we round a cheerful ring
  • No. 9 Our bugles sung truce; or The Soldier’s Dream
  • No. 10 The Deserter
  • No. 11 Thou emblem of Faith (Upon returning a ring)
  • No. 12 English Bulls; or, The Irishman in London
  • No. 13 Musing on the roaring ocean
  • No. 14 Dermot and shelah
  • No. 15 Let brain-spinning swains
  • No. 16 Hide not thy anguish
  • No. 17 In vain to this desert my fate I deplore
  • No. 18 They bid me slight my Dermot Dear
  • No. 19 Wife, Children and Friends
  • No. 20 Farewell bliss and farewell Nancy
  • No. 21 Morning a cruel turmoiler is
  • No. 22 From Garyone, my happy home
  • No. 23 A wand’ring gypsey, Sirs, am I
  • No. 24 The Traugh Welcome
  • No. 25 O harp of Erin
• WoO 153: 20 Irish Songs
  • No. 1 When Eve’s last rays in twilight die
  • No. 2 No riches from his scanty store
  • No. 3 The British Light Dragoons; or The Plain of Badajos
  • No. 4 Since greybeards inform us that youth will decay
  • No. 5 I dreamd I lay where flow’rs were springing
  • No. 6 Sad and luckless was the season
  • No. 7 O soothe me, my lyre
  • No. 8 Farewell mirth and hilarity: Norah of Balamagairy
  • No. 9 The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left
  • No. 10 Oh! Thou hapless soldier
  • No. 11 When far from the home
  • No. 12 I’ll praise the saints with early song
  • No. 13 ’Tis sunshine at last
  • No. 14 Paddy O’Rafferty
  • No. 15 ’Tis but in vain, for nothing thrives
  • No. 16 O might I but my Patrick love!
  • No. 17 Come, Darby dear! easy be easy
  • No. 19 Judy, lovely matchless creature
  • No. 18 No more, my Mary, I sigh for splendour
  • No. 20 Thy ship must sail, my Henry dear
• WoO 154: 12 Irish Songs
  • No. 1 The Elfin Fairies
  • No. 2 O Harp of Erin
  • No. 3 The Farewell Song
  • No. 4 The pulse of an Irishman
  • No. 5 O who, my dear Dermot
  • No. 6 Put round the bright wine
  • No. 7 From Garyon, my happy home
  • No. 8 Save me from the grave and wise
  • No. 9 O would I were but that sweet linnet!
  • No. 10 The hero may perish
  • No. 11 The soldier in A Foreign Land
  • No. 12 He promised me at parting
• WoO 157: 12 Songs Of Various Nationalities
  • No. 1 God save the King
  • No. 2 The Soldier
  • No. 3 Charlie is my darling
  • No. 4 O sanctissima
  • No. 5 The Miller of Dee
  • No. 6 A health to the brave
  • No. 7 Robin Adair
  • No. 8 By the side of the Shannon
  • No. 9 Highlander’s Lament
  • No. 10 Sir Johnnie Cope
  • No. 11 The wandering minstrel
  • No. 12 La gondoletta
• WoO 155: 26 Welsh Songs
  • No. 1 Sion, The Son of Evan
  • No. 2 The Monks of Bangor’s March
  • No. 3 The Cottage Maid
  • No. 4 Love without hope
  • No. 5 The Golden Robe
  • No. 6 The Fair Maid of Mona
  • No. 7 O let the night my blushes hide
  • No. 8 Farewell, thou noisy town
  • No. 9 To the Aeolian Harp
  • No. 10 Ned Pugh’s Farewell
  • No. 11 Merch Megan; or, Peggy’s Daughter
  • No. 12 Waken, lords and ladies gay
  • No. 13 Helpless Woman
  • No. 14 The Dream
  • No. 15 When mortals all to rest retire
  • No. 16 The Damsels of Cardigan
  • No. 17 The Dairy House
  • No. 18 Sweet Richard
  • No. 19 The Vale of Clwyd
  • No. 20 To the Blackbird
  • No. 21 Cupid’s kindness
  • No. 22 Constancy
  • No. 23 The Old Strain
  • No. 24 Three Hundred Pounds
  • No. 25 The Parting Kiss
  • No. 26 Good Night
• WoO 156: 12 Scottish Songs
  • No. 1 The Banner of Buccleuch
  • No. 2 Duncan Grey
  • No. 3 Up! quit thy bower
  • No. 4 Ye shepherds of this pleasant vale
  • No. 5 Cease your funning
  • No. 6 Highland Harry
  • No. 7 Polly Stewart
  • No. 8 Womankind
  • No. 9 Lochnagar
  • No. 10 Glencoe
  • No. 11 Auld Lang Syne
  • No. 12 The Quaker’s Wife
• WoO 158b: 7 British Songs
  • No. 1 Adieu, my Lov’d harp
  • No. 2 Castle O’Neill
  • No. 3 O was not I a weary wight! (Oh ono chri!)
  • No. 4 Red gleams the sun on yon hill tap
  • No. 5 Erin! O Erin!
  • No. 6 O Mary, yes be clad in silk
  • No. 7 Lament for Owen Roe O’Neill
• WoO 158c: 6 Songs Of Various Nationalities
  • No. 1 When my hero in court appears
  • No. 2 Non, non, Colette n’est point trompeuse
  • No. 3 Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion
  • No. 4 Bonnie wee thing
  • No. 5 From thee, Eliza, I must go
  • No. 6 Untitled
• WoO 158a: 23 Songs Of Various Nationalities
  • No. 1 Ridder Stigs Runer
  • No. 2 Horch auf, mein Liebchen
  • No. 3 Wegen meiner bleib d’Fraula
  • No. 4 Wann i in der Früh aufsteh
  • No. 5 Teppichkramer-Lied
  • No. 6 A Madel, ja a madel
  • No. 7 Wer solche Buema afipackt
  • No. 8 Ih mag di nit nehma
  • No. 9 Oj, oj upilem sie w karczmie
  • No. 10 Poszla baba po popiol
  • No. 11 Yo no quiero embarcarme
  • No. 12 Seus lindos olhos
  • No. 13 Vo lesocke komarockov mnogo urodilos’
  • No. 14 Akh, Rrecen’ki recen’ki
  • No. 15 Kak posli nasi podruzki
  • No. 16 Schone Minka, ich muss scheiden
  • No. 17 Lilla Car (Vaggvisa)
  • No. 18 An ä Bergli bin i gesasse
  • No. 19 Una paloma blanca
  • No. 20 Como la mariposa soy
  • No. 21 Tiranilla Espanola
  • No. 22 Edes kinos emlekezet (Magyar Szuretölö Enek)
  • No. 23 Da brava, Catina

Secular Vocal Works

• Opus 65: Ah! Perfido
• Opus 116: Tremate empi tremate
• Opus 118: Elegiac Song
• Opus 121b: Sacrificial Song
• Opus 122: Song of Fellowship
• WoO 89: Prüfung des Küssens
• WoO 92: Mit Mädeln sich vertragen
• WoO 92: Primo amore
• WoO 92a: No non turbarti
• WoO 93: Ne giorni tuoi felici
• WoO 95: Chor for the Allied Princes
• WoO 99
  • No. 1 Bei labbri che amore (Hess 211)
  • No. 2 Chi mai di questo core Hess 214)
  • No. 3a Fra tutte le pene
  • No. 3b Fra tutte le pene (Hess 225)
  • No. 3c Fra tutte le pene (1st version)
  • No. 4a Gia la notte savvicina (Hess 222)
  • No. 4b Gia la notte savvicina (Hess 223)
  • No. 5a Giura il nocchier (Hess 221) (2nd version)
  • No. 5b Giura il nocchier (Hess 227)
  • No. 6 Ma tu tremi (Hess 212)
  • No. 7a Nei campi e nelle selve (Hess 217) (1st version)
  • No. 7a Nei campi e nelle selve (Hess 217) (2nd version)
  • No. 9 Per te d'amico aprile (Hess 216)
  • No. 10a Quella cetra ah pur tu sei (Hess 213) (1st version)
  • No. 10b Quella cetra ah pur tu sei (Hess 218)
  • No. 10c Quella cetra ah pur tu sei (Hess 219) (2nd version)
  • No. 11 Scrivo in te (Hess 215)
• WoO 102: Song of Farewell
• WoO 103: Rural Cantata
• WoO 104: The Monks Song
• WoO 105: Wedding Song
• WoO 106: Lobkowitz-Kantate
• WoO 100: Lob auf den Dicken
• WoO 101: Graf, liebster Graf
• WoO 159: Im Arm der Liebe ruht sich's wohl
• WoO 161: Ewig Dein
• WoO 163: Kurz ist der Schmerz
• WoO 164: Freundschaft ist die Quelle wahrer Glückseligkeit
• WoO 165: Gluck zum neuen Jahr!
• WoO 166: Kurz ist der Schmerz
• WoO 167: Brauchle Linke
• WoO 168/2: Das Schweigen
• WoO 168/2: Das Reden
• WoO 169: Ich küsse sie
• WoO 170: Ars longa, vita brevis
• WoO 172: Ich bitt' dich, schreib mir die es-skala auf
• WoO 173: Hol euch der Teufel! B'hüt euch Gott!
• WoO 174: Glaube und Hoffe!
• WoO 175: Sankt Petrus war ein Fels!
• WoO 176: Glück zum neuen Jahr!
• WoO 177: Bester Magistrat, Ihr friert!
• WoO 178: Signor Abate!
• WoO 179: Alles Gute
• WoO 180: Hoffman, sei ja kein Hofmann
• WoO 182: O Tobias!
• WoO 183: Bester Herr Graf, Sie sind ein Schaf!
• WoO 184: Falstafferel, lass dich sehen!
• WoO 185: Edel sei der Mensch
• WoO 186: Te solo adoro
• WoO 187: Schwenke dich ohne Schwanke!
• WoO 188: Gott ist eine feste Burg
• WoO 189: Doktor, sperrt das Tor dem Tod
• WoO 190: Ich war hier Doktor, Ich war hier
• WoO 191: Kühl, nicht Lau
• WoO 192: Ars longa, vita brevis
• WoO 193: Ars longa, vita brevis
• WoO 194: Si non per portas, per muros
• WoO 195: Freu dich des Lebens!
• WoO 196: Es muss sein!
• WoO 197: Da ist das Werk
• WoO 198: Wir irren allesamt
• WoO 202: Das Schöne zum Guten!
• WoO 203: Das Schöne zu dem Guten!
• Hess 231: Sei mio ben
• Hess 228: Salvo tu vuoi lo sposo?
• Hess 210: Fra tutte le pene (2nd version)
• Hess 230: Giura il nocchier (1st version)
• Hess 276: Herr Graf, ich komme zu fragen
• Hess 277: Esel aller Esel

Music for Wind Band

• WoO 18: March No. 1 in F major for Military Band (1808)
  Yorckscher Marsch
  The March for Military Band No. 1 in F major, WoO 18, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1808 or 1809 as a march Für die Böhmische Landwehr...
  
  
• WoO 19: March No. 2 in F major for Military Band (1808)

List of works by number

The following is a list of Beethoven's works, sorted by Opus number

Opus number

An Opus number , pl. opera and opuses, abbreviated, sing. Op. and pl. Opp. refers to a number generally assigned by composers to an individual composition or set of compositions on publication, to help identify their works...

, followed by works listed as WoO

WoO

WoO is an acronym/abbreviation, derived from the German musical catalog phrase . WoO is a catalogue prepared in 1955 by Hans Halm and Georg Kinsky, listing all of the compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven that were not originally published with an opus number, or survived only as fragments.The...

 in the Kinsky-Halm catalog, and then works listed in the appendix of that catalog, which are given "Anh" numbers, whose composition by Beethoven has since been verified. These are followed by additional works listed in the catalog of Willy Hess

Willy Hess (composer)

Willy Hess was a Swiss musicologist, composer, and famous Beethoven scholar. He achieved fame after compiling and publishing a catalogue of works of Beethoven that were not listed in the "complete" edition. He orchertrated the Piano Concerto No...

 that are not otherwise listed in the Kinsky-Halm catalog. The chronologically comprehensive Biamonti Catalogue

Biamonti Catalogue

The Biamonti Catalogue is a catalogue of Ludwig van Beethoven's compositions published in 1968 by the ILTE of Turin. The original name of the work is Catalogo cronologico e tematico di tutte le opere di Beethoven, comprese quelle inedite e gli abbozzi non utilizzati...

 is not listed here.

Works with opus numbers

• Opus 1: Three Piano Trios (1795)
  • No. 1: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major
  • No. 2: Piano Trio No. 2 in G major
  • No. 3: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor
• Opus 2: Three Piano Sonatas (1796)
  • No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 1
    Piano Sonata No. 1 (Beethoven)
    Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1, was written in 1795 and dedicated to Joseph Haydn. It is the first piano sonata written by Beethoven...
    
     in F minor
  • No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 2
    Piano Sonata No. 2 (Beethoven)
    Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2, was written in 1796 and dedicated to Joseph Haydn.-Movements:It has four movements:*I. Allegro vivace 2/4*II. Largo appassionato 3/4 D major...
    
     in A major
  • No. 3: Piano Sonata No. 3
    Piano Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2, No. 3, is a sonata written for solo piano, composed in 1796. It is dedicated to Franz Joseph Haydn...
    
     in C major.
• Opus 3: String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major (1794)
• Opus 4: String Quintet (Reworking of Wind Octet (Op. 103), 1795)
• Opus 5: Two Cello Sonatas (1796)
  • No. 1: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major
  • No. 2: Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor.
• Opus 6: Sonata for Piano, Four Hands in D major (1797)
• Opus 7: Piano Sonata No. 4
  Piano Sonata No. 4 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 4, in E-flat major, Op. 7, sometimes nicknamed the Grand Sonata, dedicated to his student Babette Countess Keglevics, has four movements:#Allegro molto e con brio in E-flat major....
  
   in E-flat major (1797)
• Opus 8: String Trio No. 2 (Serenade)
  Serenade for Violin, Viola & Cello, Op. 8 (Beethoven)
  The Serenade in D major for violin, viola and violincello, Op. 8, is a string trio composition by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was written from 1796-7, and published in 1797 by Artaria in Vienna. The six movements are as follows:...
  
   in D major (1797)
• Opus 9: Three String Trios (1798)
  • No. 1: String Trio No. 3 in G major
  • No. 2: String Trio No. 4 in D major
  • No. 3: String Trio No. 5 in C minor.
• Opus 10: Three Piano Sonatas (1798)
  • No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 5
    Piano Sonata No. 5 (Beethoven)
    The Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1, was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is dedicated to Anna Margarete von Browne. The first movement of the sonata has a 3/4 meter, the second movement 2/4, and the final movement 2/2. Beethoven's Piano Sonata No...
    
     in C minor
  • No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 6
    Piano Sonata No. 6 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10, No. 2, was dedicated to the Countess Anne Margarete von Browne, and written from 1796 to 1798.The sonata spans approximately 14 minutes.- Form :The sonata is divided into three movements:...
    
     in F major
  • No. 3: Piano Sonata No. 7
    Piano Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10, No. 3, was dedicated to the Countess Anne Margarete von Browne, and written in 1798. This makes it contemporary with his three string trios opus 9, the violin sonatas of opus 12 and the violin romance that became his opus 50 when later...
    
     in D major
• Opus 11: Piano Trio No. 4
  Piano Trio No. 4 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11, was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1797 and published in Vienna the next year. It is one of a series of early chamber works, many involving woodwind instruments because of their popularity and novelty at the time. The trio is scored for piano, clarinet ,...
  
   in B-flat major ("Gassenhauer") (1797) (*for clarinet (or violin), cello (sometimes bassoon), and piano)
• Opus 12: Three Violin Sonatas (1798)
  • No. 1: Violin Sonata No. 1
    Violin Sonata No. 1 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major is a violin sonata from his Opus 12 set, along with his Violin Sonata No. 2 and Violin Sonata No. 3. It was written in 1798 and dedicated to Antonio Salieri...
    
     in D major
  • No. 2: Violin Sonata No. 2
    Violin Sonata No. 2 (Beethoven)
    The Violin Sonata No. 2 of Ludwig van Beethoven in A major, the second of his Opus 12 set , was written in 1797-8 and dedicated to Antonio Salieri...
    
     in A major
  • No. 3: Violin Sonata No. 3
    Violin Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven)
    The Violin Sonata No. 3 of Ludwig van Beethoven in E-flat major, the third of his Opus 12 set, was written in 1798 and dedicated to Antonio Salieri. It has three movements:#Allegro con spirito#Adagio con molta espressione#Rondo: Allegro molto...
    
     in E-flat major
• Opus 13: Piano Sonata No. 8
  Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique, was written in 1798 when the composer was 27 years old, and was published in 1799. Beethoven dedicated the work to his friend Prince Karl von Lichnowsky...
  
   in C minor ("Pathetique") (1799)
• Opus 14: Two Piano Sonatas (1799)
  • No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 9
    Piano Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven)
    The Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1, is an early-period work by Ludwig van Beethoven, dedicated to Baroness Josefa von Braun. It was composed in 1798 and transcribed - not arranged - for string quartet by the composer in 1801 , the result containing more quartet-like passagework and...
    
     in E major (Arranged for String Quartet by the composer in F major (H 34) in 1801).
  • No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 10
    Piano Sonata No. 10 (Beethoven)
    The Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14, No. 2, composed in 1798–1799, is an early-period work by Ludwig van Beethoven, dedicated to Baroness Josefa von Braun. A typical performance lasts 15 minutes...
    
     in G major.
• Opus 15: Piano Concerto No. 1
  Piano Concerto No. 1 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15, was written during 1796 and 1797. The first performance was in Prague in 1798, with Beethoven himself playing the piano, dedicated to his student Babette Countess Keglevics....
  
   in C major.
• Opus 16: Quintet for Piano and Winds
  Quintet for Piano and Winds (Beethoven)
  Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds, Op. 16, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1796.The quintet is scored for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. It was inspired by Mozart's Quintet, K. 452 , which has the same scoring and is also in E-flat.It is in three movements:*I. Grave - Allegro...
  
   (1796) (later arranged for piano quartet)
• Opus 17: Horn Sonata
  Horn Sonata (Beethoven)
  Beethoven composed his Horn Sonata in F major, Op. 17 in 1800 for the virtuoso horn player Giovanni Punto. Beethoven was not yet well-known at the time of this composition, and after the premiere of the piece, played by Punto, a critic wrote, "Who is this Beethover? His name is not known to us...
  
   in F major (1800)
• Opus 18: Six String Quartets (1800)
  • No. 1: String Quartet No. 1
    String Quartet No. 1 (Beethoven)
    The String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801. It is actually the second string quartet that Beethoven composed.The quartet consists of four movements:...
    
     in F major
  • No. 2: String Quartet No. 2
    String Quartet No. 2 (Beethoven)
    The String Quartet No. 2 in G major, op. 18, No. 2, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801.It consists of four movements:#Allegro #Adagio cantabile – Allegro – Tempo I...
    
     in G major
  • No. 3: String Quartet No. 3
    String Quartet No. 3 (Beethoven)
    The String Quartet No. 3 in D major, op. 18, No. 3, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801. Although it is numbered third, it was the first quartet Beethoven composed...
    
     in D major
  • No. 4: String Quartet No. 4
    String Quartet No. 4 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 4 in C minor was published in 1801 as opus 18, no. 4, and was written between 1798 and 1800. It consists of four movements:# Allegro ma non tanto# Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto# Menuetto: Allegretto...
    
     in C minor
  • No. 5: String Quartet No. 5
    String Quartet No. 5 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 5 in A major was published in 1801 as opus 18, no. 5, and was written between 1798 and 1800. Beethoven modeled this quartet directly on Mozart's quartet in the same key .-Movements:...
    
     in A major
  • No. 6: String Quartet No. 6
    String Quartet No. 6 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 6 in B major was published in 1801 as opus 18, no. 6, and was written between 1798 and 1800.-Movements:There are four movements:# Allegro con brio# Adagio ma non troppo# Scherzo: Allegro...
    
     in B-flat major
• Opus 19: Piano Concerto No. 2
  Piano Concerto No. 2 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19, by Ludwig van Beethoven was composed primarily between 1787 and 1789, although it did not attain the form it was published as until 1795. Beethoven did write another finale for it in 1798 for performance in Prague, but that is not the finale...
  
   in B-flat major (1795)
• Opus 20: Septet
  Septet (Beethoven)
  The Septet in E-flat major, Opus 20, by Ludwig van Beethoven, was sketched out in 1799, completed and first performed in 1800 and published in 1802. The score contains the notation: "Der Kaiserin Maria Theresia gewidmet", or translated, "Dedicated to the Empress Maria Theresa." It is scored for...
  
   in E-flat major (1799)
• Opus 21: Symphony No. 1
  Symphony No. 1 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, was dedicated to Baron Gottfried van Swieten, an early patron of the composer. The piece was published in 1801 by Hoffmeister & Kühnel of Leipzig...
  
   in C major (1800)
• Opus 22: Piano Sonata No. 11
  Piano Sonata No. 11 (Beethoven)
  Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major, Op. 22, composed in 1800.Prominent musicologist Donald Francis Tovey has called this work the crowning achievement and culmination of Beethoven's early "grand" piano sonatas....
  
   in B-flat major (1800)
• Opus 23: Violin Sonata No. 4
  Violin Sonata No. 4 (Beethoven)
  The Violin Sonata No. 4 of Ludwig van Beethoven in A minor, his Opus 23, was composed in 1801, published in October that year, and dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries. It followed by one year the composition of his first symphony, and was originally meant to be published alongside Violin Sonata No....
  
   in A minor (1801)
• Opus 24: Violin Sonata No. 5
  Violin Sonata No. 5 (Beethoven)
  The Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Opus 24, is a violin sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is often known as the "Spring" sonata , and was published in 1801...
  
   in F major, "Spring" (1801)
• Opus 25: Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola in D major (1801)
• Opus 26: Piano Sonata No. 12
  Piano Sonata No. 12 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26 in 1800–1801, around the same time as he completed his First Symphony...
  
   in A-flat major (1801)
• Opus 27: Two Piano Sonatas
  Piano Sonatas Nos. 13 - 14, Opus 27 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's opus number 27 is a set of two piano sonatas both entitled Quasi una Fantasia for their combination of freedom of form with sonata structure. They were written in 1801. For the individual sonatas see:...
  
   (1801)
  • No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 13
    Piano Sonata No. 13 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No. 1, composed in 1800–1801, has four movements:#Andante - Allegro - Andante in ternary form, ABA...
    
     in E-flat major
  • No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 14
    Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)
    The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata , was completed in 1801...
    
     in C-sharp minor ("Moonlight")
• Opus 28: Piano Sonata No. 15
  Piano Sonata No. 15 (Beethoven)
  Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was named Pastoral or Pastorale by Beethoven's publisher at the time, A. Cranz. While nowhere near as widely recognised as its predecessor, the Piano Sonata No. 14, known often as the Moonlight Sonata, it is...
  
   in D major (1801)
• Opus 29: String Quintet
  String Quintet, Op. 29 (Beethoven)
  The String Quintet, Op. 29 in C major composed by Ludwig van Beethoven was first published in 1801. This work is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola . As the String Quintet, Op. 4 is an extensively reworked arrangement of the earlier Octet for Winds, Op....
  
   in C major (1801)
• Opus 30: Three Violin Sonatas (1803)
  • No. 1: Violin Sonata No. 6
    Violin Sonata No. 6 (Beethoven)
    The Violin Sonata No. 6 of Ludwig van Beethoven in A major, the first of his Opus 30 set, was composed between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia...
    
     in A major
  • No. 2: Violin Sonata No. 7
    Violin Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven)
    The Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, the second of his opus 30 set, was composed between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia...
    
     in C minor
  • No. 3: Violin Sonata No. 8
    Violin Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven)
    The Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major of Ludwig van Beethoven, the third of his Opus 30 set, was written between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia...
    
     in G major
• Opus 31: Three Piano Sonatas (1802)
  • No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 16
    Piano Sonata No. 16 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1, was composed between 1801 and 1802. Although it was numbered as the first piece in the trio of piano sonatas which were published as Opus 31 in 1803, Beethoven actually finished it after the Op. 31 No...
    
     in G major
  • No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 17
    Piano Sonata No. 17 (Beethoven)
    The Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, was composed in 1801/02 by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is usually referred to as "The Tempest" , but this title was not given by him, or indeed referred to as such during his lifetime; instead, it comes from a claim by his associate Anton Schindler...
    
     in D minor ("Tempest")
  • No. 3: Piano Sonata No. 18
    Piano Sonata No. 18 (Beethoven)
    The Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3, is a sonata for solo piano by Ludwig van Beethoven, the third and last of his Op. 31 piano sonatas. The work dates from 1802...
    
     in E-flat major ("Hunt")
• Opus 32: Song – An die Hoffnung (1805)
• Opus 33: Seven Bagatelles for piano (1802)
• Opus 34: Six variations on an original theme for piano in F major (1802)
• Opus 35: Fifteen variations and a fugue for piano on an original theme
  Eroica Variations
  The Variations and Fugue for Piano in E major, Op. 35 are a set of fifteen variations for solo piano composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1802. They are commonly referred to as the Eroica Variations because variations on the same theme were used as the finale of his Symphony No. 3 Eroica composed...
  
   in E-flat major ("Eroica Variations") (1802)
• Opus 36: Symphony No. 2
  Symphony No. 2 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 in D major was written between 1801 and 1802 and is dedicated to Prince Lichnowsky.-Background:...
  
   in D major (1803)
• Opus 37: Piano Concerto No. 3
  Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37, was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1800 and was first performed on 5 April 1803, with the composer as soloist. During that same performance, the Second Symphony and the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives were also debuted. The composition...
  
   in C minor (1803)
• Opus 38: Piano Trio in E-flat major (Arrangement of the Septet, Opus 20) (1803)
• Opus 39: Two Preludes through all twelve major keys for piano (1789)
• Opus 40: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major (1802)
• Opus 41: Serenade for Piano and Flute or Violin in D major (1803)
• Opus 42: Notturno for Viola and Piano in D major (1803)
• Opus 43: The Creatures of Prometheus, overture and ballet music (1801)
• Opus 44: Variations on an original theme in E-flat major for piano trio (1792)
• Opus 45: Three Marches for Piano, 4 hands (1803)
• Opus 46: Song – Adelaïde
  Adelaide (Beethoven)
  "Adelaïde" is a song for solo voice and piano by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was written in 1795/1796, when the composer was about 25 years old, and published as his Opus 46....
  
   (1795)
• Opus 47: Violin Sonata No. 9
  Violin Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven)
  Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, commonly known as the Kreutzer Sonata, is a violin sonata which Ludwig van Beethoven published as his Opus 47...
  
   in A major ("Kreutzer") (1802)
• Opus 48: Six Songs (1802)
  • No. 1: "Bitten"
  • No. 2: "Die Liebe des Nächsten"
  • No. 3: "Vom Tode"
  • No. 4: "Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur"
  • No. 5: "Gottes Macht und Vorsehung"
  • No. 6: "Bußlied"
• Opus 49: Two Piano Sonatas (1792)
  • No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor
  • No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major.
• Opus 50: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2
  Violin Romance No. 2 (Beethoven)
  The Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50 is a piece for violin and orchestra by Ludwig van Beethoven, one of two such compositions by Beethoven, the other being Romance No. 1 in G major, Op. 40. It was written in 1798, four years before the first romance, and was published...
  
   in F major (1798)
• Opus 51: Two Rondos for Piano (1797)
  • No. 1: Rondo in C major
  • No. 2: Rondo in G major
• Opus 52: Eight Songs (1804–1805)
  • No. 1: "Urians Reise um die Welt"
  • No. 2: "Feuerfab"
  • No. 3: "Das Liedchen von der Ruhe"
  • No. 4: "Maigesang"
  • No. 5: "Mollys Abschied"
  • No. 6: "Die Liebe"
  • No. 7: "Marmotte"
  • No. 8: "Das Blümchen Wunderhold"
• Opus 53: Piano Sonata No. 21
  Piano Sonata No. 21 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, also known as the Waldstein, is considered to be one of Beethoven's greatest piano sonatas, as well as one of the three particularly notable sonatas of his middle period . The sonata was completed in the summer of 1804...
  
   in C major ("Waldstein") (1803)
• Opus 54: Piano Sonata No. 22
  Piano Sonata No. 22 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54, was written in 1804. It is contemporary to the first sketches of the equally concise Symphony in C Minor, #5. It is one of Beethoven's lesser known sonatas, overshadowed by its widely known neighbours, the Appassionata and the...
  
   in F major (1804)
• Opus 55: Symphony No. 3
  Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major , also known as the Eroica , is a landmark musical work marking the full arrival of the composer's "middle-period," a series of unprecedented large scale works of emotional depth and structural rigor.The symphony is widely regarded as a mature...
  
   in E-flat major ("Eroica") (1805)
• Opus 56: Triple Concerto
  Triple Concerto (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56, more commonly known as the Triple Concerto, was composed in 1803 and later published in 1804 under Breitkopf & Hartel. The choice of the three solo instruments effectively makes this a concerto for piano trio and the...
  
   for violin, cello, and piano in C major (1804–1805)
• Opus 57: Piano Sonata No. 23
  Piano Sonata No. 23 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 is a piano sonata. It is considered one of the three great piano sonatas of his middle period . It was composed during 1804 and 1805, and perhaps 1806, and was dedicated to Count Franz von Brunswick...
  
   in F minor ("Appassionata") (1805–1806)
• Opus 58: Piano Concerto No. 4
  Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, was composed in 1805–1806, although no autograph copy survives.-Musical forces and movements:...
  
   in G major (1805–1806)
• Opus 59: Three String Quartets ("Rasumovsky") (1806)
  • No. 1: String Quartet No. 7
    String Quartet No. 7 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 7 in F major was published in 1808 as opus 59, No. 1. It consists of four movements:# Allegro in F major# Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando in B major# Adagio molto e mesto - attacca in F minor...
    
     in F major
  • No. 2: String Quartet No. 8
    String Quartet No. 8 (Beethoven)
    The String Quartet No. 8 in E minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, opus 59, no. 2, was the second of three of his "Razumovsky" cycle of string quartets, and is a product of his "middle" style period. He published it in 1808...
    
     in E minor
  • No. 3: String Quartet No. 9
    String Quartet No. 9 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 9 in C major was published in 1808 as opus 59, no. 3. It consists of four movements:# Andante con moto - Allegro vivace # Andante con moto quasi Allegretto # Menuetto...
    
     in C major,
• Opus 60: Symphony No. 4
  Symphony No. 4 (Beethoven)
  Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Major , is a symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, written in the summer of 1806. It was premiered in March of 1807 at a private concert of the home of Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz...
  
   in B-flat major (1806)
• Opus 61: Violin Concerto
  Violin Concerto (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, was written in 1806.The work was premiered on 23 December 1806 in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. Beethoven wrote the concerto for his colleague Franz Clement, a leading violinist of the day, who had earlier given him helpful advice on...
  
   in D major (1806)
• Opus 61a: Piano Transcription of Violin Concerto Opus 61
• Opus 62: Coriolan Overture (1807)
• Opus 63: Arrangement of String Quintet (Opus 4) for Piano Trio (1806)
• Opus 64: Arrangement of String Trio (Opus 3) for Piano and Cello (1807)
• Opus 65: Aria: "Ah perfido!" (1796)
• Opus 66: 12 Variations for cello & piano in F major on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" (1796)
• Opus 67: Symphony No. 5
  Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)
  The Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1804–08. This symphony is one of the most popular and best-known compositions in all of classical music, and one of the most often played symphonies. It comprises four movements: an opening sonata, an andante, and a fast...
  
   in C minor (1807–1808)
• Opus 68: Symphony No. 6
  Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)
  Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony , is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, and was completed in 1808...
  
   in F major ("Pastoral") (1807–1808)
• Opus 69: Cello Sonata No. 3
  Cello Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 was writtenin 1808. It consists of three movements:# Allegro, ma non tanto# Scherzo# Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivacein contrast to the normal sonata form fast–slow–fast....
  
   in A major (1808)
• Opus 70: Two Piano Trios (1808)
  • No. 1: Piano Trio No. 5 in D major ("Ghost")
  • No. 2: Piano Trio No. 6 in E-flat major
• Opus 71: Wind sextet in E-flat (1796)
• Opus 72: Fidelio
  Fidelio
  Fidelio is a German opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto is by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly which had been used for the 1798 opera Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal by Pierre Gaveaux, and for the 1804 opera Leonora...
  
  , opera (c. 1803–05; Fidelio Overture composed 1814)
• Opus 72a: Leonore (earlier version of Fidelio, with Leonore Overture No. 2) (1805)
• Opus 72b: Leonore (earlier version of Fidelio, with Leonore Overture No. 3) (1806)
• Opus 73: Piano Concerto No. 5
  Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, by Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known as the Emperor Concerto, was his last piano concerto. It was written between 1809 and 1811 in Vienna, and was dedicated to Archduke Rudolf, Beethoven's patron and pupil...
  
   in E-flat major ("Emperor") (1809)
• Opus 74: String Quartet No. 10
  String Quartet No. 10 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 10 in E major, nicknamed the "Harp", was published in 1809 as opus 74.- Naming :The nickname "Harp" refers to the characteristic pizzicato sections in the Allegro of the first movement, where pairs of members of the quartet alternate notes in an arpeggio,...
  
   in E-flat major ("Harp") (1809)
• Opus 75: Six Songs (1809)
  • No. 1: "Mignon"
  • No. 2: "Neue Liebe neues Leben"
  • No. 3: "Es war einmal ein König" from Goethe's Faust
    Goethe's Faust
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts: and . Although written as a closet drama, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages...
    
    
  • No. 4: "Gretels Warnung"
  • No. 5: "An die fernen Geliebten"
  • No. 6: "Der Zufriedene"
• Opus 76: Six variations on an original theme for piano in D major (1809)
• Opus 77: Piano Fantasia in G minor (1809)
• Opus 78: Piano Sonata No. 24
  Piano Sonata No. 24 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78, nicknamed "À Thérèse" was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1809. It consists of two movements:#Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo...
  
   in F-sharp major (1809)
• Opus 79: Piano Sonata No. 25
  Piano Sonata No. 25 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1809. It consists of three movements:#Presto alla tedesca#Andante#Vivace...
  
   in G major (1809)
• Opus 80: "Choral Fantasy
  Choral Fantasy (Beethoven)
  The Fantasy in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 80, was composed in 1808 by Ludwig van Beethoven.-Background, composition, and premiere:...
  
  " (Fantasia in C minor for piano, chorus, and orchestra) (1808)
• Opus 81a: Piano Sonata No. 26
  Piano Sonata No. 26 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a, known as the Les Adieux sonata, was written during the years 1809 and 1810.The title Les Adieux implies a programmatic nature...
  
   in E-flat major ("Les Adieux") (1809)
• Opus 81b: Sextet in E-flat major (1795)
• Opus 82: Four Ariettas and a Duet (1809)
  • No. 1: "Dimmi, ben mio, che m'ami"
  • No. 2: "T'intendo si, mio cor"
  • No. 3: "L'amante impaziente" (first version)
  • No. 4: "L'amante impatiente" (second version)
  • No. 5: Duet: "Odi 'laura che dolce sospira"
• Opus 83: Three Songs (1810)
  • No. 1: "Wonne der Wehmut"
  • No. 2: "Sehnsucht"
  • No. 3: "Mit einem gemalten Band"
• Opus 84: Egmont
  Egmont (Beethoven)
  Egmont, Op. 84, by Ludwig van Beethoven, is a set of incidental music pieces for the 1787 play of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It consists of an overture followed by a sequence of nine additional pieces for soprano, male narrator and full symphony orchestra...
  
  , overture and incidental music (1810)
• Opus 85: Oratorio: Christus am Ölberge
  Christus am Ölberge
  Christus am Ölberge , Op. 85, is an oratorio by Ludwig van Beethoven portraying the emotional turmoil of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane prior to his crucifixion. It was begun in the fall of 1802, soon after his completion of the Heiligenstadt Testament, as indicated by evidence in the...
  
  (Christ on the Mount of Olives) (1803)
• Opus 86: Mass in C major
  Mass in C major (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his Mass in C major, Op. 86, to a commission from Prince Nikolaus Esterházy II in 1807. In fulfilling this commission, Beethoven was extending a tradition established by Joseph Haydn, who following his return from England in 1795 had composed one mass per year for the...
  
   (1807)
• Opus 87: Trio for two Oboes and English Horn in C major (1795)
• Opus 88: Song: "Das Gluck der Freundschaft" (1803)
• Opus 89: Polonaise in C major (1814)
• Opus 90: Piano Sonata No. 27
  Piano Sonata No. 27 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor is Ludwig van Beethoven's Op. 90. The work, written in the summer of 1814 in Beethoven's late Middle period, was dedicated to Count Moritz von Lichnowsky.- Form :...
  
   in E minor (1814)
• Opus 91: Wellington's Victory
  Wellington's Victory
  Wellington's Victory, or, the Battle of Vitoria, Op. 91 is a minor orchestral work composed by Ludwig van Beethoven to commemorate the Duke of Wellington's victory over Joseph Bonaparte's forces at the Battle of Vitoria in Basqueland on June 21, 1813...
  
  ("Battle Symphony") (1813)
• Opus 92: Symphony No. 7
  Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, in 1811, was the seventh of his nine symphonies. He worked on it while staying in the Bohemian spa town of Teplice in the hope of improving his health. It was completed in 1812, and was dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries.At its debut,...
  
   in A major (1812)
• Opus 93: Symphony No. 8
  Symphony No. 8 (Beethoven)
  Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 is a symphony in four movements composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1812. Beethoven fondly referred to it as "my little Symphony in F," distinguishing it from his Sixth Symphony, a longer work also in F....
  
   in F major (1812)
• Opus 94: Song: "An die Hoffnung" (1814)
• Opus 95: String Quartet No. 11
  String Quartet No. 11 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's opus 95, his String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, is his last before his exalted late string quartets. It is commonly referred to as the "Serioso," stemming from his title "Quartett[o] Serioso" at the beginning and the tempo designation for the third movement.It is one of the...
  
   in F minor ("Serioso") (1810)
• Opus 96: Violin Sonata No. 10
  Violin Sonata No. 10 (Beethoven)
  The Violin Sonata No. 10 of Ludwig van Beethoven in G major, his Opus 96, was written in 1812, published in 1816, and dedicated to Beethoven's pupil Archduke Rudolph Johannes Joseph Rainier of Austria, who gave its first performance, together with the violinist Pierre Rode...
  
   in G major (1812)
• Opus 97: Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat major ("Archduke") (1811)
• Opus 98: An die ferne Geliebte
  An die ferne Geliebte
  , opus 98, is a composition by Ludwig van Beethoven in April 1816. It is considered to be the first example of a song cycle by a major composer.-Beethoven's :...
  
  , song cycle
  Song cycle
  A song cycle is a group of songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a single entity. As a rule, all of the songs are by the same composer and often use words from the same poet or lyricist. Unification can be achieved by a narrative or a persona common to the songs, or even, as in Schumann's...
  
   (1816)
• Opus 99: Song: "Der Mann von Wort" (1816)
• Opus 100: Song: "Merkenstein" (1814)
• Opus 101: Piano Sonata No. 28
  Piano Sonata No. 28 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101, was written in 1816 and was dedicated to the pianist Baroness Dorothea Ertmann. This piano sonata runs for about 20 minutes and consists of four movements:...
  
   in A major (1816)
• Opus 102: Two Cello Sonatas (1815)
  • No. 1: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major
  • No. 2: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major.
• Opus 103: Octet in E-flat (1792)
• Opus 104: String Quintet (arrangement of Piano Trio No. 3, 1817)
• Opus 105: Six sets of variations for Piano and Flute (1819)
• Opus 106: Piano Sonata No. 29
  Piano Sonata No. 29 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 is a piano sonata widely considered to be one of the most important works of the composer's third period and among one of the great piano sonatas...
  
   in B-flat major ("Hammerklavier") (1818)
• Opus 107: Ten National Airs with Variations for Flute and Piano (1820)
• Opus 108: Twenty-Five Scottish Songs (1818)
• Opus 109: Piano Sonata No. 30
  Piano Sonata No. 30 (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, composed in 1820, is the antepenultimate of his piano sonatas. In it, after the huge Hammerklavier sonata, Op. 106, Beethoven returns to a smaller scale and a more intimate character...
  
   in E major (1820)
• Opus 110: Piano Sonata No. 31
  Piano Sonata No. 31 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110, by Ludwig van Beethoven was composed in 1821. It is the central piano sonata in the group of three opp. 109–111 which he wrote between 1820 and 1822, and the thirty-first of his published piano sonatas....
  
   in A-flat major (1821).
• Opus 111: Piano Sonata No. 32
  Piano Sonata No. 32 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111, is the last of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonatas. Along with Beethoven's 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, op. 120 and his two collections of bagatelles—Opus 119 and Opus 126 —this was one of Beethoven's last compositions for piano. The...
  
   in C minor (1822)
• Opus 112: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt
  Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (Beethoven)
  Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt , is a cantata for chorus and orchestra composed by Ludwig van Beethoven , based on verses by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and dedicated to him. The work was first performed in Vienna in 1815 and first published in 1822...
  
  (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage), for chorus and orchestra (1815)
• Opus 113: Die Ruinen von Athen (The ruins of Athens), overture and incidental music (1811)
• Opus 114: Die Ruinen von Athen (The ruins of Athens), March and Chorus (1822).
• Opus 115: Zur Namensfeier
  Zur Namensfeier
  Zur Namensfeier, op. 115, is a symphonic overture in C major by Ludwig van Beethoven completed in 1815, and first performed on Christmas Day 1815...
  
  (Feastday), overture (1815)
• Opus 116: "Tremate, empi tremate", vocal trio with orchestra (1802)
• Opus 117: König Stephan
  König Stephan
  King Stephen, Op. 117 is a commemorative work composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1811. It includes an overture in E flat major and nine vocal numbers. Only the overture is usually played today...
  
  (King Stephen), overture and incidental music (1811)
• Opus 118: "Elegischer Gesang
  Elegischer Gesang
  Elegischer Gesang , Op. 118, is a work by Ludwig van Beethoven, which is scored for string quartet and four voices. The work furthers Beethoven's late infatuation with the genre of the string quartet. It is one of Beethoven's least known works and is not performed or recorded very often.-External...
  
  " for four voices and string quartet (1814)
• Opus 119: Eleven new Bagatelles for piano
  Bagatelles, Opus 119 (Beethoven)
  The Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119 were written at various times by Ludwig van Beethoven between the 1790s and the early 1820s. By the end of 1803, he had already sketched nos. 1–5 . In 1820, he composed nos. 7–11 and published them as a set of five...
  
   (1822)
• Opus 120: Thirty-three variations on a waltz by Diabelli
  Diabelli Variations
  The 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120, commonly known as the Diabelli Variations, is a set of variations for the piano written between 1819 and 1823 by Ludwig van Beethoven on a waltz composed by Anton Diabelli...
  
   for piano in C major ("Diabelli Variations") (1823)
• Opus 121a: Kakadu Variations
  Kakadu Variations
  "Kakadu Variations" is the nickname given to Ludwig van Beethoven's variations for piano trio on the theme "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu" by Wenzel Müller. The variations were published in 1824 as Opus 121a, the last of Beethoven's piano trios to be published...
  
  , for Piano Trio (Variations on "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu") (1803)
• Opus 121b: "Opferlied" for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1822)
• Opus 122: "Bundeslied" for voices, chorus and wind instruments (1824)
• Opus 123: Missa Solemnis
  Missa Solemnis (Beethoven)
  The Missa solemnis in D Major, Op. 123 was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1819-1823. It was first performed on April 7, 1824 in St. Petersburg, under the auspices of Beethoven's patron Prince Nikolai Galitzin; an incomplete performance was given in Vienna on 7 May 1824, when the Kyrie,...
  
   in D major (1823)
• Opus 124: Die Weihe des Hauses (Consecration of the House), overture (1822)
• Opus 125: Symphony No. 9
  Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
  The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is the final complete symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven. Completed in 1824, the symphony is one of the best known works of the Western classical repertoire, and has been adapted for use as the European Anthem...
  
   in D minor ("Choral") (1824)
• Opus 126: Six Bagatelles for piano (1824)
• Opus 127: String Quartet No. 12
  String Quartet No. 12 (Beethoven)
  The String Quartet No. 12 in E major, op. 127, by Ludwig van Beethoven, was completed in 1825. It is the first of Beethoven's late quartets. There are four movements:#Maestoso — Allegro#Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile#Scherzando vivace...
  
   in E-flat major (1825)
• Opus 128: Song: "Der Kuss" (1822)
• Opus 129: Rondo à Capriccio
  Rage Over a Lost Penny
  The Rondo alla ingharese quasi un capriccio in G major, Op. 129, is a piano rondo by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is better known by the title Rage Over a Lost Penny, Vented in a Caprice . This title appears on the autograph manuscript, but not in Beethoven's hand, and has been attributed to his friend...
  
   for piano in G major ("Rage over a lost penny") (1795)
• Opus 130: String Quartet No. 13
  String Quartet No. 13 (Beethoven)
  The String Quartet No. 13 in B major, op. 130, by Ludwig van Beethoven was completed in November 1825. The number traditionally assigned to it is based on the order of its publication; it is actually the fourteenth quartet in order of composition. It was premiered in March 1826 by the Schuppanzigh...
  
   in B-flat major (1825)
• Opus 131: String Quartet No. 14
  String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)
  The String Quartet No. 14 in C minor, Op. 131, by Ludwig van Beethoven was completed in 1826. About 40 minutes in length, it consists of seven movements to be played without a break, as follows:#Adagio ma non troppo e molto...
  
   in C-sharp minor (1826)
• Opus 132: String Quartet No. 15
  String Quartet No. 15 (Beethoven)
  The Quartet in A minor, Op. 132, by Ludwig van Beethoven, was written in 1825, given its public premiere on November 6 of that year by the Schuppanzigh Quartet and was dedicated to Count Nicolai Galitzin, as were Opp. 127 and 130...
  
   in A minor (1825)
• Opus 133: Große Fuge
  Große Fuge
  The Große Fuge , Op. 133, is a single-movement composition for string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven. A massive double fugue, it originally served as the final movement of his Quartet No. 13 in B major but he replaced it with a new finale and published it separately in 1827 as Op...
  
   in B-flat major for string quartet (originally finale of Opus 130) (1826)
• Opus 134: Piano arrangement (4 hands) of the Große Fuge, Opus 133 (1826)
• Opus 135: String Quartet No. 16
  String Quartet No. 16 (Beethoven)
  The String Quartet No. 16 in F major, op. 135, by Ludwig van Beethoven was written in October 1826 and was the last substantial work he finished. Only the last movement of the Quartet op. 130, written as a replacement for the Große Fuge, was written later. It was premiered by the Schuppanzigh...
  
   in F major (1826)
• Opus 136: Cantata: Der glorreiche Augenblick (1814)
• Opus 137: Fugue for String Quintet
  Fugue for String Quintet, Op. 137 (Beethoven)
  The Fugue for String Quintet in D major, Op. 137, was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was composed in 1817, and was the only work he composed for string quintet in his late period. The quintet is a relatively short work, a typical performance lasting a little under two minutes. After...
  
   in D major (1817)
• Opus 138: Leonore, opera (earlier version of Fidelio, with Leonore Overture No. 1) (1807)

Works with WoO numbers

The numbers and categories used below are from the Kinsky catalog of 1955. WoO

WoO

WoO is an acronym/abbreviation, derived from the German musical catalog phrase . WoO is a catalogue prepared in 1955 by Hans Halm and Georg Kinsky, listing all of the compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven that were not originally published with an opus number, or survived only as fragments.The...

is an abbreviation of "Werke ohne Opuszahl", German for "Works without Opus number".

Instrumental works: WoO 1–86

Orchestral works

Orchestra alone

• WoO 1: Musik zu einem Ritterballett (Music for a ballet on horseback) – eight movements
• WoO 2a: Triumphal March for orchestra for Christoph Kuffner's tragedy Tarpeja (1813)
• WoO 2b: Prelude to Act II of Tarpeja (1813)
• WoO 3: "Gratulations-Menuett", minuet
  Minuet
  A minuet, also spelled menuet, is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3/4 time. The word was adapted from Italian minuetto and French menuet, and may have been from French menu meaning slender, small, referring to the very small steps, or from the early 17th-century popular...
  
   for orchestra

Concertante

• WoO 4: Piano Concerto in E-flat major (solo part only with indications of orchestration), occasionally referred to as Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 0
• WoO 5: Violin Concerto movement in C major, fragment
• WoO 6: Rondo in B-flat major for piano and orchestra
  Rondo for piano and orchestra (Beethoven)
  Ludwig van Beethoven's Rondo for piano and orchestra in B-flat major, WoO 6 was composed in 1793 and originally intended as the final movement for his second piano concerto. It was eventually published in 1829, with the solo part completed by Carl Czerny....
  
  , fragment, possibly part of initial version of the Piano Concerto No. 2

Dances

• WoO 7: Twelve minuets for orchestra
• WoO 8: Twelve German Dances for orchestra (later arranged for piano)
• WoO 9: Six minuets for two violins and cello
• WoO 10: Six minuets for orchestra (original version lost, only an arrangement for piano is extant)
• WoO 11: Seven Ländler
  Ländler
  The ländler is a folk dance in 3/4 time which was popular in Austria, south Germany and German Switzerland at the end of the 18th century.It is a dance for couples which strongly features hopping and stamping...
  
   for two violins and cello (original version lost, only an arrangement for piano is extant)
• WoO 12: Twelve minuets for orchestra (probably spurious, actually by Beethoven's brother Carl)
• WoO 13: Twelve German Dances for orchestra (only a version for piano is extant)
• WoO 14: Twelve contredanses for orchestra
• WoO 15: Six Ländler for two violins and cello (also arranged for piano)
• WoO 16: Twelve Écossaise
  Ecossaise
  Écossaise is a type of contra dance in a Scottish style that was popular in France and Great Britain at the end of the 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th...
  
  s for orchestra (probably spurious)
• WoO 17: Eleven "Mödlinger Tänze" for seven instruments (probably spurious)

Marches and dances for winds

• WoO 18: March for Military Band "For the Bohemian Ward"
  Yorckscher Marsch
  The March for Military Band No. 1 in F major, WoO 18, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1808 or 1809 as a march Für die Böhmische Landwehr...
  
   (trio added later)
• WoO 19: March for Military Band (trio added later)
• WoO 20: March for Military Band "Zapfenstreich" (trio added later)
• WoO 21: Polonaise
  Polonaise
  The polonaise is a slow dance of Polish origin, in 3/4 time. Its name is French for "Polish."The polonaise had a rhythm quite close to that of the Swedish semiquaver or sixteenth-note polska, and the two dances have a common origin....
  
   for Military Band
• WoO 22: Écossaise for Military Band
• WoO 23: Écossaise for Military Band (only a piano arrangement by Carl Czerny
  Carl Czerny
  Carl Czerny was an Austrian pianist, composer and teacher. He is best remembered today for his books of études for the piano. Czerny's music was profoundly influenced by his teachers, Muzio Clementi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Antonio Salieri and Ludwig van Beethoven.-Early life:Carl Czerny was born...
  
   is extant)
• WoO 24: March for Military Band

Chamber works
Without piano

• WoO 25: Rondo for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons (original finale of the Octet, opus 103) (1792)
• WoO 26: Duo for two flutes
• WoO 27: Three duets for clarinet and bassoon (possibly spurious)
• WoO 28: Variations for two oboes and cor anglais on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
  
  's opera Don Giovanni
  Don Giovanni
  Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
  
  
• WoO 29: March for Wind Sextet in E-flat (2 clarinets, 2 horns & 2 bassoons)
• WoO 30: Three Equale for four trombones – Vocal arrangements of these were performed at Beethoven's funeral.
• WoO 31: Fugue
  Fugue
  In music, a fugue is a compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject that is introduced at the beginning in imitation and recurs frequently in the course of the composition....
  
   for organ
• WoO 32: Duo for viola and cello, "mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern" ("with two obbligato eyeglasses")
• WoO 33: Five pieces for mechanical clock or flute
• WoO 34: Duet for two violins
• WoO 35: Canon for two violins

With piano

• WoO 36: Three piano quartet
  Piano quartet
  In European classical music, piano quartet denotes a chamber music composition for piano and three other instruments, or a musical ensemble comprising such instruments...
  
  s
• WoO 37: Trio for flute, bassoon, and piano in G major (1786)
• WoO 38: Piano Trio No. 8 in E-flat major
• WoO 39: Allegretto for piano trio in B-flat major (Piano Trio No. 9)
• WoO 40: Twelve variations for piano and violin on "Se vuol ballare" from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
  The Marriage of Figaro
  Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata , K. 492, is an opera buffa composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro .Although the play by...
  
  (1792–93)
• WoO 41: Rondo for piano and violin in G major (1793–94)
• WoO 42: Six German Dances for violin and piano (1796)
• WoO 43a: Sonatina for mandolin and harpsichord
• WoO 43b: Adagio for mandolin and harpsichord
• WoO 44a: Sonatina for mandolin and piano
• WoO 44b: Andante and variations for mandolin and harpsichord
• WoO 45: Twelve Variations for cello & piano in G major on Handel's "See, the Conqu'ring Hero comes,"
• WoO 46: Seven Variations for cello & piano in E-flat major on Mozart's "Bei Männern,"

Piano works for 2 or 4 hands
Sonatas and single-movement works

• WoO 47: Three piano sonatas (E-flat major, F minor, D major) ("Kurfürsten Sonatas")
  Three Piano Sonatas, WoO 47 (Beethoven)
  The Three Early Piano Sonatas, WoO 47, "Kurfürstensonaten" were composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1783 when he was just thirteen years old. Though lacking a distinct musical identity, the sonatas show a certain level of precocity and serve as a precursor to the masterworks he later produced...
  
   (1783)
• WoO 48: Rondo for piano in C major (1783)
• WoO 49: Rondo for piano in A major (1783)
• WoO 50: Piano Sonata in F major (1790–92)
• WoO 51: Piano Sonata in C major (1797–98, fragment) completed Ferdinand Ries
  Ferdinand Ries
  Ferdinand Ries was a German composer.- Life :Born into a musical family of Bonn, Ries was a friend and pupil of Beethoven who published in 1838 a collection of reminiscences of his teacher, co-written with Franz Wegeler...
  
  , 1830
• WoO 52: Presto (Bagatelle) for piano in C minor (1795, rev. 1798 and 1822)
• WoO 53: Allegretto (Bagatelle) for piano in C minor (1796–97)
• WoO 54: Lustig-Traurig (Bagatelle) for piano in C major (1802)
• WoO 55: Prelude for piano in F minor (1803)
• WoO 56: Allegretto (Bagatelle) for piano in C major (1803, rev. 1822))
• WoO 57: Andante favori
  Andante Favori
  The Andante favori is a work for piano solo by Ludwig van Beethoven. In catalogues of Beethoven's works, it is designated as WoO 57.-Composition and reception:...
  
   – original middle movement from Piano Sonata No. 21 (Waldstein)
  Piano Sonata No. 21 (Beethoven)
  The Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, also known as the Waldstein, is considered to be one of Beethoven's greatest piano sonatas, as well as one of the three particularly notable sonatas of his middle period . The sonata was completed in the summer of 1804...
  
   (1805)
• WoO 58: Cadenza
  Cadenza
  In music, a cadenza is, generically, an improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist or soloists, usually in a "free" rhythmic style, and often allowing for virtuosic display....
  
  s for 1st and 3rd movements of Mozart's D minor Piano Concerto (K. 466)
  Piano Concerto No. 20 (Mozart)
  The Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1785. The first performance took place at the Mehlgrube Casino in Vienna on February 11, 1785, with the composer as the soloist.-Background:...
  
  
• WoO 59: Poco moto (Bagatelle) for piano in A minor, "Für Elise
  Für Elise
  Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for solo piano, commonly known as "Für Elise" , is one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions. It is usually classified as a bagatelle, but it is also sometimes referred to as an Albumblatt.- History :The score was not published until 1867, 40 years after...
  
  " (c. 1810))
• WoO 60: Ziemlich lebhaft (Bagatelle) for piano in B-flat major (1818))
• WoO 61: Allegretto for piano in B minor (1821)
• WoO 61a: Allegretto quasi andante for piano in G minor (1825)
• WoO 62: String Quintet in C major (Fragment, Piano Transcription)

Variations

• WoO 63: Nine variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler (1782)
• WoO 64: Six Variations on a Swiss song for piano or harp (1790–1792)
• WoO 65: Twenty-four variations for piano on Vincenzio Righini's aria "Venni Amore" (1790–1791)
• WoO 66: Thirteen variations for piano on the aria "Es war einmal ein alter Mann" from Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
  Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
  ----August Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf was an Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist.-1739-1764:...
  
  's opera Das rote Käppchen
• WoO 67: Eight variations for piano four hands on a theme by Count Waldstein
• WoO 68: Twelve variations for piano on the "Menuet a la Vigano" from Jakob Haibel
  Jakob Haibel
  Jakob Haibel was an Austrian composer, operatic tenor and choirmaster.-Biography:Around 1789, Haibel joined Emanuel Schikaneder’s company of performers at the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden. While there, he acted in plays and sang in operas and other musical productions...
  
  's ballet La nozza disturbate (1795)
• WoO 69: Nine variations for piano on "Quant'e piu bello" from Giovanni Paisiello
  Giovanni Paisiello
  Giovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...
  
  's opera La Molinara
• WoO 70: Six variations for piano on "Nel cor più non mi sento
  Nel cor più non mi sento
  "Nel cor più non mi sento" is a soprano aria from act 2 in Giovanni Paisiello's 1788 opera L'amor contrastato, ossia La molinara, usually known as La molinara....
  
  " from Giovanni Paisiello
  Giovanni Paisiello
  Giovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...
  
  's opera La Molinara (1795)
• WoO 71: Twelve variations for piano on the Russian dance from Paul Wranitzky
  Paul Wranitzky
  Pavel Vranický was a Moravian classical composer. His brother, Antonín, was also a composer.-Life:...
  
  's ballet Das Waldmädchen
• WoO 72: Eight variations for piano on "Une Fièvre Brûlante" from André Ernest Modeste Grétry
  André Ernest Modeste Grétry
  André Ernest Modeste Grétry was acomposer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège , who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most famous for his opéras comiques....
  
  's opera Richard Coeur-de-lion
  Richard Coeur-de-lion (opera)
  Richard Coeur-de-lion is an opéra comique, described as a comédie mise en musique, by the Belgian composer André Grétry. was by Michel-Jean Sedaine. The work is generally recognised as Grétry's masterpiece and one of the most important French opéras comiques...
  
  
• WoO 73: Ten variations for piano on "La stessa, la stessissima" from Antonio Salieri
  Antonio Salieri
  Antonio Salieri was a Venetian classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy....
  
  's opera Falstaff
  Falstaff (Salieri)
  Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle is a dramma giocoso in two acts by Antonio Salieri, set to a libretto by Carlo Prospero Defranceschi after William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor....
  
  
• WoO 74: "Ich denke dein" – song with six variations for piano four hands
• WoO 75: Seven variations for piano on "Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen" from Peter Winter
  Peter Winter
  Peter Winter was a German opera composer who followed Mozart and preceded Weber, acting as a bridge between the two in the development of German opera....
  
  's opera Das unterbrochene Opferfest
• WoO 76: Eight variations for piano on "Tandeln und scherzen" from Franz Xaver Süssmayr
  Franz Xaver Süssmayr
  Franz Xaver Süssmayr was an Austrian composer, now famous for his completion of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem.-Early life:...
  
  's opera Soliman II
• WoO 77: Six easy variations on an original theme for piano
• WoO 78: Seven variations for piano on "God Save the King"
• WoO 79: Five variations for piano on "Rule Britannia"
• WoO 80: Thirty-two variations on an original theme in C minor for piano

Dances

• WoO 81: Allemande for piano in A major
• WoO 82: Minuet for piano in E-flat major
• WoO 83: Six Écossaises for piano and orchestra in E-flat major
• WoO 84: Waltz for piano in E-flat major
• WoO 85: Waltz for piano in D major
• WoO 86: Écossaise for piano in E-flat major

Vocal works: WoO 87–205

Cantatas, choruses and arias with orchestra

• WoO 87: Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II
• WoO 88: Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II
• WoO 89: Aria "Prüfung des Küssens"
• WoO 90: Aria "Mit Mädeln sich vertragen"
• WoO 91: Two arias for Die Schöne Schusterin (1795)
• WoO 92: Aria "Primo Amore"
• WoO 92a: Aria "No, non turbati"
• WoO 93: Duet "Nei giorni tuoi felice"
• WoO 94: "Germania," aria with chorus in B-flat major (1814)
• WoO 95: Chorus for the Congress of Vienna
• WoO 96: Incidental Music to Leonore Prohaska (1815)
• WoO 97: "Es ist vollbracht" for Die Ehrenpforten (1815)
• WoO 98: "Wo sich die Pulse," chorus for The Consecration of the House

Works for multiple voices with piano accompaniment, or unaccompanied

• WoO 99: Italian Partsongs
• WoO 100: Musical joke for three voices "Lob auf den Dicken"
• WoO 101: Musical joke for three voices and chorus "Graf, Graf, liebster Graf"
• WoO 102: Chorus for male voices "Abschiedsgesang"
• WoO 103: Cantata Un lieto Brindisi
• WoO 104: "Gesang der Mönche" from Schiller's Wilhelm Tell for three male voices
• WoO 105: Song for solo voice, chorus and piano "Hochzeitslied"
• WoO 106: Birthday Cantata for Prince Lobkowitz

Lieder and songs for solo voice and piano

• WoO 107–130: Twenty-four songs
• WoO 131: Unfinshed song "Erlkönig"
• WoO 132: Song "Als die Geliebte sich trennen wollte"
• WoO 133: Song "In questa tomba oscura"
• WoO 134: Song "Sehnsucht" in four settings
• WoO 135–151: Seventeen Songs

Folksong arrangements for one or more voices, with piano trio accompaniment

• WoO 152: Twenty-five Irish folksongs
• WoO 153: Twenty Irish folksongs
• WoO 154: Twelve Irish folksongs
• WoO 155: Twenty-six Welsh folksongs
• WoO 156: Twelve Scottish folksongs
• WoO 157: Twelve folksongs of various nationalities
• WoO 158a: Twenty-three continental folksongs
• WoO 158b: Seven British folksongs
• WoO 158c: Six assorted folksongs
• WoO 158d: "Air Français"

Vocal canons

• WoO 159–198: Forty-three Canons

Musical jokes, quips, and dedications

• WoO 199: Musical joke "Ich bin der Herr von zu"
• WoO 200: Piano Exercise "O Hoffnung!"
• WoO 201: Musical joke "Ich bin bereit!"
• WoO 202: Riddle canon "Das Schöne zu dem Guten" (first version)
• WoO 203: Riddle canon "Das Schöne zu dem Guten" (second version)
• WoO 204: Musical joke "Holz, Holz, Geigt die Quartette So"
• WoO 205: Ten musical quips (Kinsky's word is "Notenscherze") from Beethoven's letters

Works with Anhang (Anh) numbers

These are works from the Appendix (Anhang in German) of Kinsky's catalog that were attributed to Beethoven at the time the catalog was compiled, but might not have been written by him.

• Anh 1: Symphony in C major ("Jena
  Jena Symphony
  The so-called "Jena Symphony" is a symphony that was at one time attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven. The symphony was discovered by Fritz Stein in 1909 in the archives of a concert society in Jena, from which it derived its name. Stein believed it to be the work of Beethoven and it was so...
  
  ") – now attributed to Friedrich Witt
  Friedrich Witt
  Friedrich Jeremias Witt was a German composer and cellist. He is perhaps best known as the likely author of a Symphony in C major known as the Jena Symphony, once attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven.-Biography:...
  
  
• Anh 2: Six string quartets
• Anh 3: Piano Trio in D major
• Anh 4: Flute Sonata in B-flat major
• Anh 5: Two Piano Sonatinas: Sonatina in G major
  Sonatina in G major
  Sonatina in G major is a piece of music attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven.Since the work was published in Hamburg, Germany after Beethoven's death, its authenticity is doubted, as it uses styles never seen by Beethoven before. It is split into 2 sections. The first is titled Moderato and is in...
  
   and Sonatina in F major
  Sonatina in F (Beethoven)
  Beethoven sonatina in F is a sonatina in F major and has two movements and was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven . The first movement is marked "Allegro Assai." The second movement is marked "Rondo, Allegro." Both movements are in 2/4 time....
  
  
• Anh 6: Rondo for piano in B-flat major

Anh 7 through 18 are works known by Kinsky to not have been written by Beethoven, but that were previously falsely attributed to him.

• Anh 16, No. 2 Gertrude's Dream Waltz
  Gertrude's Dream Waltz
  "Gertrude's Dream Waltz" is a piece of music in B-flat major for solo piano attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven. It is cataloged as Kinsky-Halm Anhang 16, nr. 2. There is debate as to whether or not Beethoven actually wrote the piece, as it is a waltz and doesn't fit with Beethoven's other...
  
   for solo piano

Selected works with Hess (H) numbers

These works have numbers that were assigned by Willy Hess

Willy Hess (composer)

Willy Hess was a Swiss musicologist, composer, and famous Beethoven scholar. He achieved fame after compiling and publishing a catalogue of works of Beethoven that were not listed in the "complete" edition. He orchertrated the Piano Concerto No...

. Many of the works in the Hess catalog also have WoO numbers; those entries are not listed here.

• H 12: Oboe Concerto in F (lost; only incipits and draft of 2nd movement extant) http://idrs.org/Publications/DR/DR5.2/beethoven.html
• H 13: Romance in E minor for 3 soloists and orchestra
• H 15: Piano Concerto No. 6 in D major (unfinished)
• H 19: Wind quintet in E-flat major
• H 28: Movement in A-flat major for string trio
• H 29: Prelude and Fugue for String Quartet
• H 30: Prelude and Fugue for String Quartet (1794–95)
• H 31: Prelude and Fugue for String Quartet (1794–95)
• H 32: String Quartet in F major (1799)
• H 33: Minuet for string quartet (1790–92)
• H 34: String Quartet arrangement of Opus 14 No. 1 (1801–02)
• H 36: Handel Fugue arranged for String Quartet (1798)
• H 38: Bach Fugue arranged for String Quartet
• H 39: String Quintet in F major (lost)
• H 40: Movement in D minor for String Quintet
• H 46: Violin Sonata in A major
• H 48: Allegretto in E-flat major for piano trio

• H 61: Anglaise in D major for Piano
• H 64: Fugue for keyboard
• H 65: Concerto excerpt (arrangement of Opus 37)
• H 68: Ländler in C minor
• H 69: Bagatelle in C minor for piano
• H 87: March for piano (arrangement of WoO 29)
• H 88: Minuet for piano (arrangement of Hess 33)
• H 89: Musik zu einem Ritterballett (Music for a ballet of knights) (piano arrangement of WoO 1)
• H 90: The Creatures of Prometheus (piano arrangement of Opus 43)
• H 91: Opferlied (piano arrangement of Opus 121b)
• H 92: Bundeslied (piano arrangement of Opus 122)
• H 93: "Freudvoll" (piano accompaniment for Opus 84)
• H 97: Wellington's Victory ("Battle Symphony") (piano arrangement of Opus 91)
• H 99: March for piano (arrangement of WoO 18)
• H 107: Grenadier's March
• H 108: Wellington's Victory ("Battle Symphony") (panharmonicon
  Panharmonicon
  The Panharmonicon was a musical instrument invented in 1805 by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, a contemporary and friend of Beethoven. Beethoven apparently composed his piece "Wellington's Victory" to be played on this behemoth mechanical orchestral organ to commemorate Arthur Wellesley's victory over the...
  
   arrangement of Opus 91)
• H 115: Vestas Feuer (unfinished Opera) (1803)
• H 118: Music for The Consecration of the House (from Opus 113)
• H 133: Folksong
• H 134: Folksong
• H 137: Song "Ich wiege dich" (lost)
• H 139: Song "Minnesold" (lost)
• H 143: Song "An die Freude" (lost)
• H 152–207: Folksong settings
• H 208–232: Italian partsongs
• H 233–246: Counterpoint exercises
• H 274–277: Four Canons
• H 297: Adagio for three horns
• H 300–301: Two Canons

Works with Biamonti Numbers

• B838: Overture to Macbeth
• Beethoven is believed to have intended to write the opera Macbeth; a performing version of possible sketches was assembled by Albert Willem Holsbergen between 1999–2001. The premiere performance of the Beethoven Macbeth Overture was by the National Symphony Orchestra on September 20–22, 2001, under the direction of Leonard Slatkin
  Leonard Slatkin
  Leonard Edward Slatkin is an American conductor and composer.-Early life and education:Slatkin was born in Los Angeles to a musical family that came from areas of the Russian Empire now in Ukraine. His father Felix Slatkin was the violinist, conductor and founder of the Hollywood String Quartet,...
  
  .

External links

• Opus numbers, Kinsky, Hess and Biamonti catalogue from lvbeethoven.com — includes dedicatees, librettists, and other information, as well as sound files.
• Works Index