List of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven explained

The list of compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven consists of 722 works[1] written over forty-five years, from his earliest work in 1782 (variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler) when he was only eleven years old and still in Bonn, until his last work just before his death in Vienna in 1827. Beethoven composed works in all the main genres of classical music, including symphonies, concertos, string quartets, piano sonatas and opera. His compositions range from solo works to those requiring a large orchestra and chorus.

Beethoven straddled both the Classical and Romantic periods, working in genres associated with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his teacher Joseph Haydn, such as the piano concerto, string quartet and symphony, while on the other hand providing the groundwork for other Romantic composers, such as Hector Berlioz and Franz Liszt, with programmatic works such as his Pastoral Symphony and Piano Sonata "Les Adieux".[2] Beethoven's work is typically divided into three periods: the "Early" period, where he composed in the "Viennese" style; the "Middle" or "Heroic" period, where his work is characterised by struggle and heroism, such as in the Eroica Symphony, the Fifth Symphony, the Appassionata Sonata and in his sole opera Fidelio; and the "Late" period, marked by intense personal expression and an emotional and intellectual profundity. Although his output greatly diminished in his later years, this period saw the composition of masterpieces such as the late string quartets, the final five piano sonatas, the Diabelli Variations, the Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony.[3]

Beethoven's works are classified by both genre and various numbering systems.[4] The best-known numbering system for Beethoven's works is that by opus number, assigned by Beethoven's publishers during his lifetime. Only 172 of Beethoven's works have opus numbers, divided among 138 opus numbers. Many works that were unpublished or published without opus numbers have been assigned one of "WoO" (Werke ohne Opuszahl—works without opus number), Hess or Biamonti numbers. For example, the short piano piece "Für Elise" 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, or the Archduke Piano Trio.

Works are also often identified by their number within their genre. For example, the 14th string quartet, published as Opus 131, may be referenced either as "String Quartet No. 14" or "the Opus 131 String Quartet". The listings below include all of these relevant identifiers. While other catalogues of Beethoven's works exist, the numbers here represent the most commonly used.

List of works by genre

Beethoven's works are published in several editions, the first of these was Ludwig van Beethovens Werke: Vollständige kritisch durchgesehene überall berechtigte Ausgabe published between 1862 and 1865 with a supplemental volume in 1888 by Breitkopf & Härtel, commonly known as the "Beethoven Gesamtausgabe" ['''GA''']. While this was a landmark achievement at the time, the limitations of this edition soon became apparent. Between 1959 and 1971 Willy Hess prepared a supplemental edition, Beethoven: Sämtliche Werke: Supplemente zur Gesamtausgabe, ['''HS'''] containing works that were not in the Gesamtausgabe.

Since 1961 the Beethoven Archive has been publishing a new scholarly–critical Complete Edition of Beethoven's works, Beethoven: Werke: neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke[5] ['''NA''']. However, only 42 of the projected 56 volumes have been published so far.[6] As this edition has not been published in full there are works without an NA designation.

Legend for publications – p: parts s: full score vs: vocal score

Orchestral music

Beethoven wrote nine symphonies, nine concertos, and a variety of other orchestral music, ranging from overtures and incidental music 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 early piano concerto (WoO 4) and an arrangement of the Violin Concerto for piano and orchestra (Opus 61a).

Symphonies

No.[7] Title, keyComposition; first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
Op. 21Symphony No. 1 in C majordata-sort-value="1799"1799–2 April 1800data-sort-value="1801"p: Leipzig 1801Baron Gottfried van Swieteni/1i/1
Op. 36Symphony No. 2 in D majordata-sort-value="1801"1801–5 April 1803data-sort-value="1804"p: Vienna, 1804; for piano, violin, cello: Vienna, 1805Prince Karl von Lichnowskyi/2i/1
Op. 55Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" in E majordata-sort-value="1803"1803–7 April 1805[8] data-sort-value="1806"p: Vienna, 1806Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitzi/3i/2
Op. 60Symphony No. 4 in B majordata-sort-value="1806"1806–March 1807data-sort-value="1808"p: Vienna, 1808i/4 i/2
Op. 67Symphony No. 5 "Fate" in C minordata-sort-value="1807"1807–[9] 22 December 1808data-sort-value="1809"p: Leipzig, 1809Prince Lobkowitz and Count Andreas Razumovskyi/5i/3
Op. 68Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" in F majordata-sort-value="1808"1808–22 December 1808data-sort-value="1809"p: Leipzig, 1809Prince Lobkowitz and Count Razumovskyi/6i/3
Op. 92Symphony No. 7 in A majordata-sort-value="1811"1811–8 December 1813data-sort-value="1816"s, p: Vienna, 1816Count Moritz von Friesi/7
Op. 93Symphony No. 8 in F majordata-sort-value="1812"1812–27 February 1814data-sort-value="1817"s, p: Vienna, 1817shortened version of end of 1st movt, HS ivi/8
Op. 125Symphony No. 9 "Choral" in D minordata-sort-value="1822"1822–7 May 1824data-sort-value="1826"s, p: Mainz, 1826Frederick William III of Prussiai/9i/5

Beethoven is believed to have intended to write a Tenth Symphony in the last year of his life; a performing version of possible sketches was assembled by Barry Cooper.[10]

Concertos

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 4Piano Concerto No. 0 in E majordata-sort-value="1784"1784data-sort-value="1862"s: GAsurvives only in pf score (with orch cues in solo part)xxv/310iii/5
WoO 5Violin Concerto in C major, (fragment)data-sort-value="1790"1790–1792data-sort-value="1879"Vienna, 1879part of 1st movt only; 1st edn ded. Gerhard von BreuningHS iii
Oboe Concerto in F major, (lost)data-sort-value="1792"1792–1793?sent to Bonn from Vienna in late 1793; a few sketches survive
Op. 19Piano Concerto No. 2 in B majordata-sort-value="1794"begun, rev. 1794–1829data-sort-value="1801"p: Leipzig, 1801Carl Nicklas von Nickelsberg; score frag. rejected from early version, HS iiiix/66iii/2
cadenza for first movementdata-sort-value="1809"1809data-sort-value="1862"GAix/70avii/7
Op. 15Piano Concerto No. 1 in C majordata-sort-value="1795"18 December 1795 rev. 1800data-sort-value="1801"p: Vienna, 1801Princess Barbara Odescalchi (née Countess von Keglevics)ix/65iii/2
3 cadenzas for first movementdata-sort-value="1809"1809data-sort-value="1862"GAix/70avii/7
Op. 37Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minordata-sort-value="1800"1800–5 April 1803?data-sort-value="1804"p: Vienna, 1804Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussiaix/67iii/2
cadenza for first movementdata-sort-value="1809"1809data-sort-value="1862"GAix/70avii/7
Op. 56Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C majordata-sort-value="1804"1804–May 1808data-sort-value="1807"p: Vienna, 1807Prince Lobkowitzix/70iii/1
Op. 58Piano Concerto No. 4 in G majordata-sort-value="1804"1804–22 December 1808data-sort-value="1808"p: Vienna, 1808Archduke Rudolph of Austriaix/68iii/3
2 cadenzas for first movement, cadenza for finaledata-sort-value="1809"1809?data-sort-value="1862"GAix/70avii/7
cadenza for first movement, 2 cadenzas for finale (Hess 81, 82, 83)data-sort-value="1809"1809?data-sort-value="1961"NAHSxvii/7
Op. 61Violin Concerto in D majordata-sort-value="1806"23 December 1806data-sort-value="1808"p: Vienna, 1808; London, 1810Stephan von Breuningiv/29; HSxiii/4
Op. 61aBeethoven's arrangement of Opus 61 for Piano in D majordata-sort-value="1807"1807data-sort-value="1808"p: Vienna, 1808; London, 1810Julie von Breuningix/73 (solo part)iii/5
Cadenza for first movement, cadenza for finaledata-sort-value="1809"1809?data-sort-value="1862"GAix/70avii/7
2 cadenzas for finale (Hess 84–85)data-sort-value="1809"1809?data-sort-value="1961"NAHSxvii/7
Op. 73Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" in E majordata-sort-value="1809"1809–28 November 1811data-sort-value="1810"p: London, 1810; Leipzig, 1811Archduke Rudolphix/69iii/3
Piano Concerto No. 6 in D major, (fragment)data-sort-value="1814"1814–1815unfinished (performing version completed by Nicholas Cook)

Other works for soloist and orchestra

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
Romance Cantabiledata-sort-value="1786"1786?data-sort-value="1952"Wiesbaden, 1952intended as slow movement of larger workHS iii
WoO 6Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in B majordata-sort-value="1793"1793data-sort-value="1892"p: Vienna, 1829orig. finale of op.19; solo part completed by Carl Czerny for 1st ed.ix/72; HS iiiiii/5
Op. 50Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F majordata-sort-value="1798" 1798–November 1798?data-sort-value="1805"p: Vienna, 1805iv/31iii/4
Op. 40Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G majordata-sort-value="1801"1801–1802data-sort-value="1803"p: Leipzig, 1803iv/30iii/4
Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 3, (lost)data-sort-value="1816"1816reported by W. Altmann in Preface to the Steiner edition of 1816 of the Violin Concerts
Op. 80Choral Fantasy in C minordata-sort-value="1808"22 December 1808, rev. 1809data-sort-value="1810"p: London, 1810; Leipzig, 1811Maximilian Joseph, King of BavariaHS xix/71x/2

Overtures and incidental music

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 1"Ritterballet" in D majordata-sort-value="1790"1790–Bonn, 6 March 1791data-sort-value="1862"pf: Leipzig and Winterthur, 1872; s: GAxxv/286; HS viiiii/2
Op. 43"The Creatures of Prometheus"data-sort-value="1800"1800–Burgtheater, Vienna, 28 March 1801data-sort-value="1801"for pf: Vienna, 1801; p: Leipzig, 1804 [ov. only]; s: GAPrincess Christiane von Lichnowskyii/11; HX viiiii/2
Op. 62"Coriolan" Overture in C minordata-sort-value="1807"March 1807data-sort-value="1808"p: Vienna, 1808Heinrich Joseph von Colliniii/18ii/1
Op. 138"Leonore" Overture No. 1 in C majordata-sort-value="1807"1807–7 February 1828data-sort-value="1838"s, p: Vienna, 1838iii/19ix/1
Op. 72a"Leonore" Overture No. 2 in C majordata-sort-value="1804"1804–Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 20 November 1805data-sort-value="1957"s: HSHS ii. xi–xiiiix/1
Op. 72b"Leonore" Overture No. 3 in C majordata-sort-value="1805"1805–Theater an der Wien, 29 March 1806data-sort-value="1957"s: HSHS xi–xiiiix/1
Op. 84"Egmont" in F minordata-sort-value="1809"1809–15 June 1810data-sort-value="1810"p: Leipzig, 1810 [ov.], Leipzig, 1812 [remainder]; vs: Leipzig, 1812 [without ov.]; s: Leipzig, 1831ii/12, iii/27; HS v (no.4)ix/7
Op. 113"The Ruins of Athens" (Die Ruinen von Athen) in G majordata-sort-value="1811"1811–10 February 1812data-sort-value="1823"s: Vienna, 1823 [ov. only], Vienna, 1846 [complete],ded. (by publisher) König Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussiaxx/207, iii/28x/8
Op. 117"King Stephen" (König Stephan) in Eb majordata-sort-value="1811"1811–10 February 1812data-sort-value="1826"s: Vienna, 1826 [ov. only], GA [complete]xx/207b, iii/23ix/8
WoO 2aTriumphal March, for Tarpeja in C majordata-sort-value="1813"26 March 1813data-sort-value="1840"p: Vienna, 1840; s: GAii/14ix/7
WoO 2bIntroduction to Act 2 of Leonore, 1805 versiondata-sort-value="1805" 1805, discardeds: Mainz, 1938HS iv
Op. 91Wellington's Victory "Battle Symphony"data-sort-value="1813"8 December 1813data-sort-value="1816"s, p: Vienna, 1816; for pf: London and Vienna, 1816Prince Regent of England (later King George IV)ii/10; HS viii (for pf)ii/1
Op. 115"Zur Namensfeier" (Feastday) in C majordata-sort-value="1814"1814–25 December 1815data-sort-value="1825"s, p: Vienna, 1825Prince Antoni Radziwiłłiii/22ii/1
WoO 96Leonore Prohaskadata-sort-value="1815"1815data-sort-value="1862"s: GAxxv/272ix/7
Op. 114March and Chorus for "The Consecration of the House"data-sort-value="1822"1822
Op. 124"The Consecration of the House" (Die Weihe des Hauses) in Cdata-sort-value="1822"Josefstadt-Theater, 3 October 1822data-sort-value="1825"s: Mainz, 1825Prince Nikolay Golitsïniii/24ii/1
Wo sich die Pulse, chorus for "The Consecration of the House"data-sort-value="1822"1822data-sort-value="1862"s:GAxxv/266ix/8
WoO 3Gratulations-Minuet in Edata-sort-value="1822"3 November 1822data-sort-value="1832"p: Vienna, 1832written for Carl Friedrich Hensler, ded. (by publisher) Karl Holzii/13ii/3

Chamber music

Beethoven wrote 16 string quartets and numerous other forms of chamber music, including piano trios, string trios, and sonatas for violin and cello with piano, as well as works with wind instruments.

Chamber music for strings

String quartets
No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
Op. 18/3String Quartet No. 3 in D majordata-sort-value="1798"1798–1799data-sort-value="1801"Vienna, 1801Prince Lobkowitzvi/39vi/3
Op. 18/1String Quartet No. 1 in F majordata-sort-value="1799"1799data-sort-value="1801"Vienna, 1801Prince Lobkowitzvi/37vi/3
Op. 18/2String Quartet No. 2 in G majordata-sort-value="1799"1799data-sort-value="1801"Vienna, 1801Prince Lobkowitzvi/38vi/3
Op. 18/5String Quartet No. 5 in A majordata-sort-value="1799"1799data-sort-value="1801"Vienna, 1801Prince Lobkowitzvi/41vi/3
Op. 18/4String Quartet No. 4 in C minordata-sort-value="1799"1799data-sort-value="1801"Vienna, 1801Prince Lobkowitzvi/40vi/3
Op. 18/6String Quartet No. 6 in B majordata-sort-value="1800"1800data-sort-value="1801"Vienna, 1801Prince Lobkowitzvi/42vi/3
Op. 59/1String Quartet No. 7 "Razumovsky" in F majordata-sort-value="1806"1806data-sort-value="1808"Vienna, 1808Count Razumovskyvi/43vi/4
Op. 59/2String Quartet No. 8 "Razumovsky" in E minordata-sort-value="1806"1806data-sort-value="1808"Vienna, 1808Count Razumovskyvi/44vi/4
String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky" C majordata-sort-value="1806"1806data-sort-value="1808"Vienna, 1808Count Razumovskyvi/45vi/4
Op. 74String Quartet No. 10 "Harp" in E majordata-sort-value="1809"1809data-sort-value="1810"London and Leipzig, 1810Prince Lobkowitzvi/46vi/4
Op. 95String Quartet No. 11 "Serioso" (Serious) in F minordata-sort-value="1810"1810–11 May 1814data-sort-value="1816"Vienna, 1816Nikolaus Zmeskall von Domanoveczvi/47vi/4
Op. 127String Quartet No. 12 in E majordata-sort-value="1824"1824–6 March 1825data-sort-value="1826"Mainz, 1826Prince Golitsïnvi/48vi/5
Op. 132String Quartet No. 15 in A minordata-sort-value="1824"6 November 1825data-sort-value="1826"Paris and Berlin, 1826Prince Golitsïnvi/51vi/5
Op. 130String Quartet No. 13 in B majordata-sort-value="1825"1825–22 April 1827 (with new finale)data-sort-value="1827"Vienna, 1827Prince Golitsïn[11] vi/49vi/5
Op. 133Große Fuge in B majordata-sort-value="1825"1825–21 March 1826data-sort-value="1827"Vienna, 1827Archduke Rudolph
original ending of Op. 130
vi/53vi/5
Op. 131String Quartet No. 14 in C minordata-sort-value="1825"1825–1826 data-sort-value="1827" Mainz, 1827Baron Joseph von Stutterheimvi/50vi/5
Op. 135String Quartet No. 16 in F majordata-sort-value="1825"1826–23 March 1828data-sort-value="1827"Berlin and Paris, 1827Johann Wolfmayervi/52vi/5
Other chamber music for strings
No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
Minuet for String Quartet in A majordata-sort-value="1790"1790–1792data-sort-value="1957"HSHS viKB vi/4[12]
Op. 3String Trio No. 1 in E majordata-sort-value="1793"before 1794?data-sort-value="1796"Vienna, 1796vii/54vi/6
Op. 4String Quintet in E majordata-sort-value="1795"1795data-sort-value="1796"Vienna, 1796thoroughly recomposed version of Octet Op. 103v/36vi/2
WoO 32Duo for Viola and Cello, "mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern" ("with two obbligato eyeglasses")data-sort-value="1796"1796–1797data-sort-value="1912"1st movt: Leipzig, 1912; minuet: Frankfurt, London and New York, 1952probably written for Zmeskall von DomanoveczHS vivi/6
Op. 8Serenade for string trio, (String Trio No. 2) in D majordata-sort-value="1796"1796–1797data-sort-value="1797"Vienna, 1797vii/58vi/6
Op. 9/1String Trio No. 3 in G majordata-sort-value="1797"1797–1798data-sort-value="1798"Vienna, 1798Count Johann Georg von Brownevii/55vi/6
Op. 9/2String Trio No. 4 in D majordata-sort-value="1797"1797–1798data-sort-value="1798"Vienna, 1798Count Johann Georg von Brownevii/56vi/6
Op. 9/3String Trio No. 5 in C minordata-sort-value="1797"1797–1798data-sort-value="1798"Vienna, 1798Count Johann Georg von Brownevii/57vi/6
Op. 29String Quintet in C major "Storm"[13] data-sort-value="1801"1801data-sort-value="1802"Leipzig, 1802Count Friesv/34vi/2
Hess 34String Quartet in F majordata-sort-value="1801"1801–1802data-sort-value="1802"Vienna, 1802Baroness Josefine von Braun; arrangement of Piano Sonata No. 9HS vivi/3
Op. 104String Quintet in C minordata-sort-value="1801"1817-10 December 1818data-sort-value="1819"Vienna and London, 1819arr. of Piano Trio Op. 1/3; arr. corrected by Beethoven, but largely the work of Kaufmannv/36avi/2
Hess 40Prelude for string quintet in D minordata-sort-value="1801"1817data-sort-value="1955"SMz, xcv (1955)HS vivi/2
Op. 137Fugue for String Quintet in D majordata-sort-value="1817-11"November 1817data-sort-value="1827"Vienna, 1827v/35vi/2
WoO 34Duet for two violins in A majordata-sort-value="1822-04"April 29 1822data-sort-value="1901"T. von Frimmel

Ludwig van Beethoven (Berlin, 1901)

Alexandre BoucherHS vi
WoO 35Canon for two violins in A majordata-sort-value="1825-08"August 1825data-sort-value="1867"L. Nohl

Neue Briefe Beethovens (Stuttgart, 1867)

Otto de BoerHS vi
Hess 41String Quintet in C major[14] data-sort-value="1826"1826–1827data-sort-value="1838"Vienna, 1838survives only in piano transcription, WoO 62, last published piece.HS viii

Chamber music with piano

Solo instrument and piano
No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
Hess 46Violin Sonata in A major, (fragments)data-sort-value="1790"c. 1790–1792data-sort-value="1957"HSauthenticity no longer in doubtHS ix
Anh. 4Flute Sonata in B majordata-sort-value="1790"c. 1790–1792?data-sort-value="1906"Leipzig, 1906Manuscript copy found among Beethoven's papers after his death, authenticity not certainHS ix
WoO 40Variations for violin and piano on Se vuol ballare from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in F majordata-sort-value="1792"1792–1793data-sort-value="1793"Vienna, 1793Eleonore von Breuningxii/103v/2
WoO 41Rondo for Violin and Piano in G majordata-sort-value="1793"1793–1794data-sort-value="1808"Bonn, 1808xii/102v/2
WoO 43aSonatina for mandolin and piano in C minordata-sort-value="1796"1796data-sort-value="1871"Grove1 ("Mandoline")probably written for Countess Josephine de Claryxxv/295v/4
WoO 43bAdagio for mandolin and piano in E majordata-sort-value="1801"1796data-sort-value="1862"GAprobably for Countess de Claryxxv/296v/4
WoO 44aSonatina for mandolin and piano in C majordata-sort-value="1796"1796data-sort-value="1912"Der Merker, iii (1912)probably for Countess de ClaryHS ixv/4
WoO 44bAndante and Variations for mandolin and piano in D majordata-sort-value="1796"1796data-sort-value="1940"Sudetendeutsches Musikarchiv (1940), no.1probably for Countess de ClaryHS ixv/4
Op. 5/1Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major data-sort-value="1796" 1796data-sort-value="1797"Vienna, 1797Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussiaxiii/105v/3
Op. 5/2Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minordata-sort-value="1796"1796data-sort-value="1797"Vienna, 1797Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussiaxiii/106v/3
WoO 45Variations for cello and piano on "See the counquering hero comes" from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus in G majordata-sort-value="1796"1796data-sort-value="1797"Vienna, 1797Princess Christiane von Lichnowskyxiii/110v/3
Op. 66Variations for cello and piano on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" from Mozart's The Magic Flute in F majordata-sort-value="1796"1796?data-sort-value="1798"Vienna, 1798xiii/111v/3
Op. 12/1Violin Sonata No. 1 in D majordata-sort-value="1798"1798data-sort-value="1799"Vienna, 1799Antonio Salierixii/92v/1
Op. 12/2Violin Sonata No. 2 in A majordata-sort-value="1798"1798data-sort-value="1799"Vienna, 1799Antonio Salierixii/93v/1
Op. 12/3Violin Sonata No. 3 in E majordata-sort-value="1798"1798data-sort-value="1799"Vienna, 1799Antonio Salierixii/94v/1
Op. 17Horn Sonata in F majordata-sort-value="1800"18 April 1800data-sort-value="1801"Vienna, 1801Baroness Josefine von Braunxiv/112v/4
Op. 23Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minordata-sort-value="1800"1800data-sort-value="1801"Vienna, 1801Count Friesxii/95v/1
Op. 24Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, "Spring"data-sort-value="180"1800–1801data-sort-value="1801"Vienna, 1801Count Friesxii/96v/1
WoO 46Variations for cello and piano on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from Mozart's The Magic Flute in E majordata-sort-value="1801"1801data-sort-value="1802"Vienna, 1802Count von Brownexiii/111av/3
Op. 30/1Violin Sonata No. 6 in A majordata-sort-value="1801"1801–1802 data-sort-value="1803" Vienna, 1803Alexander I, Tsar of Russiaxii/97v/2
Op. 30/2Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minordata-sort-value="1801"1801–1802data-sort-value="1801"Vienna, 1803Alexander I, Tsar of Russiaxii/98v/2
Op. 30/3Violin Sonata No. 8 in G majordata-sort-value="1801"1801–1802data-sort-value="1803"Vienna, 1803Alexander I, Tsar of Russiaxii/99v/2
Op. 47Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, "Kreutzer"data-sort-value="1802"1802–24 May 1803data-sort-value="1805"Bonn and London, 1805written for George P. Bridgetower, ded. Rodolphe Kreutzerxii/100v/2
Op. 41Serenade for flute (or violin) and piano in D majordata-sort-value="1803"1803data-sort-value="1803"Leipzig, 1803arr. of Serenade op.25; arr. approved and corrected by Beethoven but largely the work of someone elseHS ix
Op. 42Notturno for Viola and Piano in D majordata-sort-value="1803"1803data-sort-value="1804"Leipzig, 1804arr. of Serenade op.8; arr. approved and corrected by Beethoven but largely the work of someone elseHS ix
Op. 69Cello Sonata No. 3 in A majordata-sort-value="1807"1807data-sort-value="1809"Leipzig, 1809Baron Ignaz von Gleichensteinxiii/107v/3
Op. 96Violin Sonata No. 10 in G majordata-sort-value="1812"29 December 1812 Vienna, probably rev. 1814–1815data-sort-value="1816"Vienna and London, 1816written for Pierre Rode, ded. Archduke Rudolphxii/101v/2
Op. 102/1Cello Sonata No. 4 in C majordata-sort-value="1815"1815data-sort-value="1817"Bonn, 1817Countess Marie Erdödyxiii/108v/3
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D majordata-sort-value="1815"1815data-sort-value="1817"Bonn, 1817Countess Erdödyxiii/109v/3
Op. 105Six National Airs with Variations for flute (or violin) and piano in G majordata-sort-value="1818"1818–1819data-sort-value="1819"London, Edinburgh and Vienna, 1819xiv/113–114v/4
Op. 107Ten National Airs with Variations for Flute (or Violin) and Piano in A minordata-sort-value="1818"1818–1819data-sort-value="1819"London and Edinburgh, 1819 [nos. 2, 6, 7]; Bonn and Cologne, 1820 [complete]xiv/115–119v/4
Piano trios
No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 38Piano Trio in E majordata-sort-value="1791"1791?data-sort-value="1830"Frankfurt, 1830xi/86iv/3
Hess 48Allegretto in E majordata-sort-value="1791"1791?data-sort-value="1830"Frankfurt, 1830xi/86iv/3
Op. 1/1Piano Trio No. 1 in E majordata-sort-value="1793"probably 1794-1795data-sort-value="1795"Vienna, 1795Prince Lichnowskyxi/79
Op. 1/2Piano Trio No. 2 in G majordata-sort-value="1794"1794–1795data-sort-value="1795"Vienna, 1795Prince Lichnowskyxi/80
Op. 1/3Piano Trio No. 3, C minordata-sort-value="1794"1794–95data-sort-value="1795"Vienna, 1795Prince Lichnowskyxi/81
Op. 11Piano Trio No. 4 in B major (Gassenhauer) (additional version for clarinet, violoncello, and piano)1797Vienna, 1798Countess Maria Wilhelmine von Thunxi/89
Op. 44Variations on an original theme in E majordata-sort-value="1792"1792data-sort-value="1804"Leipzig, 1804xi/88iv/3
Variations on Wenzel Müller's "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu", "Kakadu Variations" in G majordata-sort-value="1803"1803? rev. 1816data-sort-value="1824"Vienna and London, 1824xi/87iv/3
Op. 70/1Piano Trio No. 5 in D major "Ghost" data-sort-value="1808"1808data-sort-value="1809"Leipzig, 1809Countess Erdödyxi/82
Op. 70/2Piano Trio No. 6 in E majordata-sort-value="1808"1808data-sort-value="1809"Leipzig, 1809Countess Erdödyxi/83
Op. 97Piano Trio No. 7 in Bb major, "Archduke"data-sort-value="1810"1810–11 April 1814data-sort-value="1816"Vienna and London, 1816Archduke Rudolphxi/84
Op. 38Piano Trio in E major (additional version for clarinet, violoncello, and piano)data-sort-value="1802"1802–1803data-sort-value="1805"Vienna, 1805Professor Johann Adam Schmidt; arr. of Septet Op. 20xi/91iv/3
WoO 39Allegretto for piano trio in B majordata-sort-value="1812-06"June 1812data-sort-value="1830"Frankfurt, 1830Maximiliane Brentanoxi/85iv/3
Other chamber music with piano
No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
Piano Quartet No. 1 in E majordata-sort-value="1785"1785data-sort-value="1828"Vienna, 1828x/75iv/1
WoO 36/2Piano Quartet No. 2 in D majordata-sort-value="1785"1785data-sort-value="1828"Vienna, 1828x/76iv/1
WoO 36/3Piano Quartet No. 3 in C majordata-sort-value="1785"1785data-sort-value="1828"Vienna, 1828x/77iv/1
WoO 37Trio for piano, flute and bassoon in G majordata-sort-value="1786"1786data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/294iv/3
Op. 16Quintet for piano and winds in E majordata-sort-value="1796"1796-6 April 1797data-sort-value="1801"Vienna, 1801Prince Joseph zu Schwarzenbergx/74iv/1
Op. 16bPiano Quartet in E major/minorunknowndata-sort-value="1801"Vienna, 1801arr. of Op. 16; authenticity affirmed in Wegeler and Ries (D1838)x/78iv/1
Op. 11Trio for clarinet (or violin), cello and piano, ("Gassenhauer") (version with Violin instead of Clarinet is considered Piano Trio No. 4) in B majordata-sort-value="1797"1797data-sort-value="1798"Vienna, 1798Countess Maria Wilhelmine von Thunxi/89
Op. 38Trio for clarinet (or violin), cello and piano in E majordata-sort-value="1802"1802–1803data-sort-value="1805"Vienna, 1805Professor Johann Adam Schmidt; arr. of Septet Op. 20xi/91iv/3

Chamber music for winds

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 26Allegro and Minuet for two flutes in G majordata-sort-value="1792-09"August 1792data-sort-value="1901"A.W. Thayer

Ludwig van Beethovens Leben, ed. H. Deiters, ii (Berlin, 1901)

J.M. DegenhartHS viivi/1
Op. 103Octet for oboes, clarinets, horns, and bassoons in E majordata-sort-value="1792-10"before November 1792data-sort-value="1830"Vienna, 1830viii/59vi/1
WoO 25Rondino for oboes, clarinets, horns and bassoons in E majordata-sort-value="1793"1793data-sort-value="1830"Vienna, 1830intended as finale to Op. 103viii/60vi/1
Quintet for oboe, 3 horns and bassoon in E major, (fragment)data-sort-value="1793"1793?data-sort-value="1954"Mainz, 1954In 1862, Leopold Zellner completed a performing version from the fragments. In 1954, Willy Hess edited this and Schott published it.HS viivi/1
Op. 87Trio for two oboes and English horn in C majordata-sort-value="1795"1794data-sort-value="1806"Vienna, 1806viii/63vi/1
WoO 28Variations for two oboes and English horn on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni in C majordata-sort-value="1795"1795data-sort-value="1914"Leipzig, 1914HS viivi/1
Op. 81bSextet for Horns and String Quartet in E majordata-sort-value="1795"1795data-sort-value="1810"Bonn, 1810v/33vi/1
Op. 71Sextet for clarinets, horns and bassoons in E majordata-sort-value="1796"1796data-sort-value="1810"Leipzig, 1810viii/61vi/1
Op. 20Septet in E majordata-sort-value="1799"2 April 1800data-sort-value="1802"Leipzig, 1802Empress Maria Theresav/32vi/1
Op. 25Serenade for flute, violin and viola in D majordata-sort-value="1801"1801data-sort-value="1802"Vienna, 1802viii/62vi/1
WoO 30Three Equali for 4 trombones in D minordata-sort-value="1812-11"November 1812data-sort-value="1862"GAtranscr. for 4 male voices by Ignaz von Seyfried perf. at Beethoven's funeral, pubd Vienna, 1827xxv/293vi/1

Solo piano music

In addition to the 32 celebrated sonatas, Beethoven's work for solo piano includes many one-movement pieces, more than twenty sets of variations, most unpublished in his lifetime or published without opus number, and over thirty bagatelles, including the well-known "Für Elise".

Piano sonatas

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksclass-"unsortable"GA!NA
WoO 47/1Three early Kurfürstensonatas, No. 1 in E majordata-sort-value="1783"1782-1783data-sort-value="1783"Speyer, 1783Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich, Elector of Colognexvi/156
WoO 47/2Three early Kurfürstensonatas, No. 2 in F minordata-sort-value="1783"1782-1783data-sort-value="1783"Speyer, 1783Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich, Elector of Colognexvi/157
Three early Kurfürstensonatas, No. 3 in D majordata-sort-value="1783"1782-1783data-sort-value="1783"Speyer, 1783Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich, Elector of Colognexvi/158
WoO 50Piano Sonata in F majordata-sort-value="1790"c. 1790–1792data-sort-value="1950"Munich and Duisburg, 1950Franz Gerhard Wegeler
facs. pubd in L. Schmidt: Beethoven-Briefe (Berlin, 1909)
HS ix
Op. 2/1Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minordata-sort-value="1793"1793–1795data-sort-value="1796"Vienna, 1796Joseph Haydnxvi/124vii/2
Op. 2/2Piano Sonata No. 2 in A majordata-sort-value="1794"1794–1795data-sort-value="1795"Vienna, 1796Joseph Haydnxvi/125vii/2
Op. 2/3Piano Sonata No. 3 in C majordata-sort-value="1794"1794–1795data-sort-value="1796"Vienna, 1796Joseph Haydnxvi/126vii/2
Op. 49/1Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minordata-sort-value="1797"1797data-sort-value="1805"Vienna, 1805xvi/142vii/3
Op. 49/2Piano Sonata No. 20 in G majordata-sort-value="1795"1795–1796data-sort-value="1805"Vienna, 1805xvi/143vii/3
Op. 7Piano Sonata No. 4 "Grand Sonata" in E majordata-sort-value="1797"1797–1798data-sort-value="1798"Vienna, 1798Countess Barbara von Keglevicsxvi/127vii/2
Op. 10/1Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor "Little Pathétique"data-sort-value="1795"1795–1797data-sort-value="1798"Vienna, 1798Countess Anna Margaret von Brownexvi/128vii/2
Op. 10/2Piano Sonata No. 6 in F majordata-sort-value="1796"1796–1797data-sort-value="1798"Vienna, 1798Countess von Brownexvi/129vii/2
Op. 10/3Piano Sonata No. 7 in D majordata-sort-value="1797"1797–1798data-sort-value="1798"Vienna, 1798Countess von Brownexvi/130vii/2
WoO 51Piano Sonata in C major, (fragment)data-sort-value="1797"1797–1798data-sort-value="1830"Frankfurt, 1830Eleonore von Breuning; completed by Ferdinand Riesxvi/159
Op. 13Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathétique" in C minordata-sort-value="1797"1797–1798data-sort-value="1799"Vienna, 1799Prince Lichnowskyxvi/131vii/2
Op. 14/1Piano Sonata No. 9 in E majordata-sort-value="1798"1798data-sort-value="1799"Vienna, 1799Baroness Josefine von Braunxvi/132vii/2
Op. 14/2Piano Sonata No. 10 in G majordata-sort-value="1799"1799data-sort-value="1799"Vienna, 1799Baroness Josefine von Braunxvi/133vii/2
Op. 22Piano Sonata No. 11 in B majordata-sort-value="1800"1800data-sort-value="1802"Leipzig, 1802Count von Braunxvi/134vii/2
Op. 26Piano Sonata No. 12 in A majordata-sort-value="1800"1800–1801data-sort-value="1802"Vienna, 1802Prince Lichnowskyxvi/135vii/2
Op. 27/1Piano Sonata No. 13 "Quasi una fantasia" in E majordata-sort-value="1801"1801data-sort-value="1802"Vienna, 1802Princess Josephine von Liechtensteinxvi/136vii/3
Op. 27/2Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C minordata-sort-value="1801"1801data-sort-value="1802"Vienna, 1802Countess Giulietta Guicciardixvi/137vii/3
Op. 28Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral" in D majordata-sort-value="1801"1801data-sort-value="1802"Vienna, 1802Joseph von Sonnenfelsxvi/138vii/3
Op. 31/1Piano Sonata No. 16 in G majordata-sort-value="1802"1802data-sort-value="1803"Zürich, 1803xvi/139vii/3
Op. 31/2Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, "Tempest"data-sort-value="1802"1802data-sort-value="1803"Zürich, 1803xvi/140vii/3
Op. 31/3Piano Sonata No. 18 ("The Hunt"), Edata-sort-value="1802"1802data-sort-value="1804"Zürich and London, 1804xvi/141vii/3
Op. 53Piano Sonata No. 21 ("Waldstein"), Cdata-sort-value="1803"1803–04data-sort-value="1805"Vienna, 1805Count Ferdinand von Waldsteinxvi/144vii/3
Op. 54Piano Sonata No. 22, Fdata-sort-value="1804"1804data-sort-value="1806"Vienna, 1806xvi/145vii/3
Op. 57Piano Sonata No. 23 ("Appassionata"), F minordata-sort-value="1804"1804–05data-sort-value="1807"Vienna, 1807Count Franz von Brunsvikxvi/146vii/3
Op. 78Piano Sonata No. 24 ("À Thérèse"), Fdata-sort-value="1809"1809data-sort-value="1810"Leipzig and London, 1810Countess Therese von Brunsvikxvi/147
Op. 79Piano Sonata No. 25, Gdata-sort-value="1809"1809data-sort-value="1810"Leipzig and London, 1810xvi/148
Op. 81aPiano Sonata No. 26 ("Les Adieux"), Edata-sort-value="1809"1809–10data-sort-value="1811"Leipzig and London, 1811Archduke Rudolphxvi/149
Op. 90Piano Sonata No. 27, E minordata-sort-value="1814"1814data-sort-value="1815"Vienna, 1815Count Moritz Lichnowskyxvi/150
Op. 101Piano Sonata No. 28, Adata-sort-value="1816"1816data-sort-value="1817"Vienna, 1817Baroness Dorothea Ertmannxvi/151
Op. 106Piano Sonata No. 29 ("Hammerklavier"), Bdata-sort-value="1817"1817–18data-sort-value="1819"Vienna and London, 1819Archduke Rudolphxvi/152
Op. 109Piano Sonata No. 30, Edata-sort-value="1820"1820data-sort-value="1821"Berlin, 1821Maximiliane Brentanoxvi/153
Op. 110Piano Sonata No. 31, Adata-sort-value="1821"1821–22data-sort-value="1822"Paris, Berlin, Vienna, 1822; London 1823xvi/154
Op. 111Piano Sonata No. 32, C minordata-sort-value="1821"1821–22data-sort-value="1823"Paris, Berlin, Vienna and London, 1823Archduke Rudolph
London edn ded. Antonie Brentano
xvi/155

Piano variations

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 63Nine variations on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler in C minordata-sort-value="1782"1782data-sort-value="1782"Mannheim, 1782–83Countess Felice von Wolf-Metternich; First published compositionxvii/166vii/5
WoO 65Twenty-four variations on Vincenzo Righini's aria "Vieni amore", Ddata-sort-value="1790"c. 1790–91data-sort-value="1791"Mainz, 1791; Vienna, 1802Countess Maria Anna Hortensia von Hatzfeldxvii/178vii/5
WoO 66Thirteen variations on the aria "Es war einmal ein alter Mann" from Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf's opera Das rote Käppchen, Adata-sort-value="1792"1792data-sort-value="1793"Bonn, 1793xvii/175vii/5
WoO 64Six variations on a Swiss song for piano or harp, Fdata-sort-value="1790"c. 1790–92data-sort-value="1798"Bonn, ?1798xvii/177vii/5
WoO 68Twelve variations on the "Menuet a la Viganò" from Jakob Haibel's ballet Le nozze disturbate, Cdata-sort-value="1795"1795data-sort-value="1796"Vienna, 1796xvii/169vii/5
WoO 69Nine variations on "Quant'è più bello" from Giovanni Paisiello's opera La Molinara, Adata-sort-value="1795"1795data-sort-value="1795"Vienna, 1795Prince Lichnowskyxvii/167vii/5
WoO 70Six variations on "Nel cor più non mi sento" from Giovanni Paisiello's opera La Molinara, Gdata-sort-value="1795"1795data-sort-value="1796"Vienna, 1796xvii/168vii/5
WoO 72Eight variations on "Une fièvre brûlante" from André Grétry's opera Richard Cœur-de-Lion, Cdata-sort-value="1795"?1795data-sort-value="1798"Vienna, 1798xvii/171vii/5
WoO 71Twelve variations on the Russian dance from Paul Wranitzky's ballet Das Waldmädchen, Adata-sort-value="1796"1796–97data-sort-value="1797"Vienna, 1797Countess von Brownexvii/170vii/5
WoO 73Ten variations on "La stessa, la stessissima" from Antonio Salieri's opera Falstaff, Bdata-sort-value="1799"1799data-sort-value="1799"Vienna, 1799Countess von Keglevicsxvii/172vii/5
WoO 76Eight variations on "Tändeln und scherzen" from Franz Xaver Süssmayr's opera Soliman II, Fdata-sort-value="1799"1799data-sort-value="1799"Vienna, 1799Countess von Brownexvii/174vii/5
WoO 75Seven variations on "Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen" from Peter Winter's opera Das unterbrochene Opferfest, Fdata-sort-value="1799"1799data-sort-value="1799"Vienna, 1799xvii/173vii/5
Six easy variations on an original theme, Gdata-sort-value="1800"1800data-sort-value="1800"Vienna, 1800xvii/176vii/5
Op. 34Six variations on an original theme, Fdata-sort-value="1802"1802data-sort-value="1803"Leipzig, 1803Princess Odescalchixvii/162vii/5
Op. 35Fifteen variations and a fugue on an original theme, ("Eroica Variations") Edata-sort-value="1802"1802data-sort-value="1803"Leipzig, 1803Count Moritz Lichnowskyxvii/163vii/5
WoO 78Seven variations on "God Save the King", Cdata-sort-value="1802"1802–03data-sort-value="1804"Vienna, 1804xvii/179vii/5
WoO 79Five variations on "Rule, Britannia!", Ddata-sort-value="1803"1803data-sort-value="1804"Vienna, 1804xvii/180vii/5
WoO 80Thirty-two variations on an original theme, C minordata-sort-value="1806"1806data-sort-value="1807"Vienna, 1807xvii/181vii/5
Op. 76Six variations on an original theme (the Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens), Ddata-sort-value="1809"1809data-sort-value="1810"Leipzig and London, 1810Franz Olivaxvii/164vii/5
Op. 120Thirty-three variations on a waltz by Diabelli ("Diabelli Variations"), Cdata-sort-value="1819"1819–23data-sort-value="1823"Vienna, 1823Antonie Brentanoxvii/165vii/5

Shorter piano pieces

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 48Rondo, Cdata-sort-value="1783"1783data-sort-value="1783"H.P. Bossler: Blumenlese für Klavierliebhaber, ii (Speyer, 1783)HS ix
WoO 49Rondo, Adata-sort-value="1783"?1783data-sort-value="1784"H.P. Bossler: Neue Blumenlese für Klavierliebhaber, ii (Speyer, 1784)xviii/196
Op. 39Two preludes through all twelve major keys for piano or organdata-sort-value="1789"?1789data-sort-value="1803"Leipzig, 1803xviii/184
WoO 81Allemande, Adata-sort-value="1793"c. 1793, rev. 1822data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/307
Op. 129Rondo a capriccio ("Rage Over a Lost Penny"), Gdata-sort-value="1795"1795data-sort-value="1828"Vienna, 1828autograph completed by unknown ed. (probably Diabelli), 1828xviii/191
Hess 64Fugue, Cdata-sort-value="1795"1795data-sort-value="1955"MT, xcvi (1955)HS ix
WoO 52Presto (Bagatelle),[15] C minordata-sort-value="1795"c. 1795, rev. 1798 and 1822data-sort-value="1862"GAOriginally intended for Sonata Op.10/1xxv/297/1
WoO 53Allegretto (Bagatelle), C minordata-sort-value="1796"1796–97data-sort-value="1862"GAOriginally intended for Sonata Op.10/1xxv/299
Hess 69Allegretto, C minordata-sort-value="1795"c. 1795–96, rev. 1822data-sort-value="1957"HSprobably orig. intended for Sonata op.10/1HS ix
Op. 51/1Rondos, C,data-sort-value="1796"c. 1796–97data-sort-value="1810"London and Leipzig, 1810Prince Lobkowitzvi/46
Op. 51/2Rondos, Gdata-sort-value="1798"c. 1798data-sort-value="1802"Vienna, 1802Countess Henriette Lichnowskyxviii/186
Op. 33Seven Bagatellesdata-sort-value="1801"1801–02data-sort-value="1803"Vienna and London, 1803xviii/183
WoO 54Lustig-Traurig (Bagatelle), Cdata-sort-value="1802"?1802data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/300
WoO 55Prelude, F minordata-sort-value="1803"c. 1803data-sort-value="1805"Vienna, 1805xviii/195
WoO 56Allegretto (Bagatelle), Cdata-sort-value="1803"1803, rev. 1822data-sort-value="1862"GAOriginally intended for sonata Op. 53xxv/297/2
WoO 57Andante ("Andante favori"), Fdata-sort-value="1803"1803data-sort-value="1805"Vienna, 1805Originally intended for sonata Op. 53xviii/192
WoO 82Minuet, Edata-sort-value="1803"c. 1803data-sort-value="1805"Vienna, 1805xviii/193
Op. 77Fantasia, G minordata-sort-value="1809"1809data-sort-value="1810"Leipzig and London, 1810Count Franz von Brunsvikxviii/187
WoO 59Für Elise (Bagatelle), A minordata-sort-value="1808"1808–10data-sort-value="1867"L. Nohl: Neue Briefe Beethovens (Stuttgart, 1867)xxv/298
Op. 89Polonaise, Cdata-sort-value="1814"1814data-sort-value="1815"Vienna, 1815Empress Elisabeth Alexeyerna of Russiaxviii/188
WoO 60Bagatelle, Bdata-sort-value="1818"1818data-sort-value="1824"Berliner allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, i (1824)xxv/301
Hess 65"Concert Finale", Cdata-sort-value="1820"1820–21data-sort-value="1821"in F. Starke, ed.: Wiener Piano-Forte-Schule, iii (Vienna, 1821)arr. of coda to finale of Piano Concerto No. 3HS ix
WoO 61Allegretto, B minordata-sort-value="1821"1821data-sort-value="1893"Robitschek: Deutscher Kunst- und Musikzeitung (15 March 1893)Ferdinand PiringerHS ix
Op. 119Eleven Bagatellesdata-sort-value="1820"1820–2[16] data-sort-value="1821"nos. 7–11 in F. Starke, ed.: Wiener Piano-Forte-Schule, iii (Vienna, 1821); all 11, London, 1823xviii/189
Op. 126Six Bagatellesdata-sort-value="1824"1824data-sort-value="1825"Mainz, 1825xviii/190
WoO 84Waltz, Edata-sort-value="1824"1824data-sort-value="1824"Vienna, 1824Friedrich Demmer (publisher's ded.)xxv/303
Allegretto quasi andante, G minordata-sort-value="1825"1825data-sort-value="1956"NZM, cxvii (1956)Sarah Burney PayneHS ix
WoO 85Waltz, Ddata-sort-value="1825"1825data-sort-value="1825"Vienna, 1825Duchess Sophie of Austria (publisher's ded.)xxv/304
WoO 86Ecossaise, Edata-sort-value="1825"1825data-sort-value="1825"Vienna, 1825Duchess Sophie of Austria (publisher's ded.)xxv/305

Piano four hands

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
Eight Variations on a Theme by Count Waldstein, Cdata-sort-value="1792"?1792data-sort-value="1794"Bonn, 1794xv/122vii/1
Op. 6Sonata for Piano, Four Hands, Ddata-sort-value="1796"1796–97data-sort-value="1797"Vienna, 1797xv/120vii/1
WoO 74Six Variations on Beethoven's "Ich denke dein", Ddata-sort-value="1799"1799, 1803[17] data-sort-value="1805"Vienna, 1805Countess Therese von Brunsvik and Josephine Deym (née Brunsvik)xv/123vii/1
Op. 45Three marchesdata-sort-value="1803"1803data-sort-value="1804"Vienna, 1804Princess Maria Esterházyxv/121vii/1
Fugue for Piano, four hands, Bdata-sort-value="1826"1826data-sort-value="1827"Vienna, 1827Archduke Rudolph
arr. of Große Fuge Op. 133
HS viiivii/1

Vocal music

While he completed only one opera, Beethoven wrote vocal music throughout his life, including two Mass settings, other works for chorus and orchestra (in addition to the Ninth Symphony), arias, duets, art songs (lieder), and true song cycles.

Operas

No.TitleComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 91Two arias for Umlauf's Singspiel Die schöne Schusterindata-sort-value="1795"?1795–96data-sort-value="1862"s:GAxxv/270x/3
Vestas Feuer, fragmentdata-sort-value="1803"1803data-sort-value="1953"s: Wiesbaden, 1953HS xiii
Op. 72Fideliodata-sort-value="1804"1st version (with op.72a: Leonore Overture no. 2), 1804–05; Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 20 November 1805data-sort-value="1905"vs: Leipzig, 1905; s: HS[18] HS ii. xi–xiii
data-sort-value="1805"2nd version (with op.72b: Leonore Overture no.3), 1805–06; Theater an der Wien, 29 March 1806data-sort-value="1810"vs: Leipzig, 1810; s: HSHS xi–xiii
data-sort-value="1814"final version (with op.72c: Fidelio Overture), 1814; Kärntnertor, Vienna, 23 May 1814data-sort-value="1814"vs: Vienna, 1814; s: Paris, 1826, Bonn, 1847xx/206
WoO 94Germania, finale of Die gute Nachricht (Singspiel, G.F. Treitschke)data-sort-value="1814"1814; Kärntnertor, 11 April 1814data-sort-value="1814"vs: Vienna, 1814; s: GAxx/207dix/7
WoO 97Es ist vollbracht, finale of Die Ehrenpforten (Singspiel, Treitschke)data-sort-value="1815"1815; Kärntnertor, 15 July 1815data-sort-value="1815"vs: Vienna, 1815; s: GAxx/207cix/7

Choral works with orchestra

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksclass=Wunsortable"GA!NA
WoO 87Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph IIdata-sort-value="1790"March 1790data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/264x/1
WoO 88Cantata on the accession of Emperor Leopold IIdata-sort-value="1790-09"September–October 1790data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/265x/1
Op. 85Christus am Ölberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives)data-sort-value="1803"1803, rev. 1804; 5 April 1803data-sort-value="1811"Leipzig, 1811xix/205viii/1
Op. 86Mass in C majordata-sort-value="1807"1807; 13 September 1807data-sort-value="1812"Leipzig, 1812Prince Ferdinand Kinskyxix/204viii/2
Op. 80Choral Fantasy, C minordata-sort-value="1808"1808, rev. 1809; 22 December 1808data-sort-value="1810"p: London, 1810; Leipzig, 1811Maximilian Joseph, King of BavariaHS xix/71x/2
WoO 95Chor auf die verbündeten Fürsten "Ihr weisen Gründer"data-sort-value="1814"September 1814data-sort-value="1862"GAfor Congress of Viennaxxv/267x/2
Op. 136Der glorreiche Augenblick (The glorious moment)data-sort-value="1814"1814; 29 November 1814data-sort-value="1837"Vienna, 1837for Congress of Viennaxxi/208x/1
Op. 112Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt ("Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage")data-sort-value="1814"1814–15; 25 December 1815data-sort-value="1822"Vienna, 1822Johann Wolfgang von Goethexxi/209x/2
Op. 123Missa solemnis, Ddata-sort-value="1819"1819–23; 7 April 1824data-sort-value="1827"Mainz, 1827Archduke Rudolph (orig. intended for Rudolph's installation as archbishop, 9 March 1820)xxi/203viii/3
Opferlied "Die Flamme lodert"data-sort-value="1822"1822; 23 December 1822data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/268
Opferlied, 2nd versiondata-sort-value="1824"1824data-sort-value="1824"Mainz, 1824xxii/212x/2
Op. 122Bundeslied "In allen guten Stunden"data-sort-value="1823"1823–24data-sort-value="1825"Mainz, 1825xxii/213x/2

Other choral works

No.TitleComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksclass=Wunsortable"GA!NA
WoO 102Abschiedsgesang "Die Stunde schlägt", for male voicesdata-sort-value="1814"1814data-sort-value="1862"GALeopold Weiss; at the request of Mathias Tuscherxxv/273
WoO 103Cantata campestre "Un lieto brindisi", for four voices and pianodata-sort-value="1814"1814; 24 June 1814data-sort-value="1945"Jb der Literarischen Vereinigung Winterthur 1945Giovanni MalfattiHS vxii/1
WoO 104Gesang der Mönche "Rasch tritt der Tod", from Wilhelm Tell (Schiller), for two tenors and bassdata-sort-value="1817"1817data-sort-value="1839"NZM, vi (1839)in memory of Franz Sales Kandler and Wenzel Krumpholzxxiii/255
WoO 105Hochzeitslied "Auf Freunde, singt dem Gott der Ehen", for tenor (or male solo), chorus and pianodata-sort-value="1819"1819data-sort-value="1858"Der Bär 1927 for tenor; London, 1858 for male soloAnna Giannatasio del RioHS vxii/1
Birthday Cantata for Prince Lobkowitz "Es lebe unser theurer Fürst", for soprano, chorus and pianodata-sort-value="1823"April 1823data-sort-value="1867"L. Nohl: Neue Briefe Beethovens (Stuttgart, 1867)Prince Lobkowitzxxv/274xii/1

Solo voices and orchestra

No.TitleComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 89Prüfung des Küssens, aria for bassdata-sort-value="1790"c. 1790–92data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/269/1x/3
WoO 90Mit Mädeln sich vertragen, aria for bassdata-sort-value="1790"c. 1790–92data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/269/2x/3
WoO 92Primo amore, scena and aria for sopranodata-sort-value="1790"c. 1790–92data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/271x/3
Op. 65Ah! perfido, scena and aria for sopranodata-sort-value="1796"early 1796data-sort-value="1805"p, vs: Leipzig, 1805; s: GA;Countess Josephine de Clary (ded. in MS, not in 1st edition;text of recitative by Pietro Metastasio from Achille in Sciroxxii/210x/3
No, non turbarti, scena and aria for sopranodata-sort-value="1802"early 1802data-sort-value="1949"Wiesbaden, 1949HS iix/3
WoO 93Ne' giorni tuoi felici, duet for soprano and tenordata-sort-value="1802"late 1802data-sort-value="1939"Leipzig, 1939HS ii, xivx/3
Op. 116Tremate, empi, tremate, for soprano, tenor and bassdata-sort-value="1802"1802; 1814data-sort-value="1826"p, vs: Vienna, 1826; s: GAxxii:211x/3
Op. 118Elegiac song ("Sanft wie du lebtest"), for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and string quartetdata-sort-value="1814-06"July 1814data-sort-value="1814"Vienna, 1814Baron Johann von Pasqualatixxii/214x/2

Songs

No.TitleComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 107Schilderung eines Mädchensdata-sort-value="1783"?1783data-sort-value="1784"H.P. Bossler: Blumenlese für Klavierliebhaber, ii (Speyer, 1783)xxiii/228xii/1
WoO 108An einen Säuglingdata-sort-value="1784"?1784data-sort-value="1784"H.P. Bossler: Neue Blumenlese für Klavierliebhaber, ii (Speyer, 1784)xxiii/229xii/1
WoO 110Elegie auf den Tod eines Pudelsdata-sort-value="1790"?c. 1790data-sort-value="1862"?GAxxv/284xii/1
WoO 113Klagedata-sort-value="1790"c. 1790data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/283xii/1
Traute Henriettedata-sort-value="1790"c. 1790–1792data-sort-value="1949"ÖMz, iv (1949)HS vxii/1
Op. 52Eight Songsdata-sort-value="1790"1790–96data-sort-value="1805"Vienna, 1805xxiii/218xii/1
WoO 111Punschlieddata-sort-value="1791"c. 1791data-sort-value="1925"L. Schiedermair

Der junge Beethoven (Leipzig, 1925/R,3/1951)

HS vxii/1
WoO 109Trinklieddata-sort-value="1792"c. 1792data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/282xii/1
WoO 112An Lauradata-sort-value="1792"c. 1792data-sort-value="1916"G. Kinsky: Musik historisches Museum von Wilhelm Heyer in Cöln: Katalog, iv (Cologne, 1916)HS vxii/1
WoO 114Selbstgesprächdata-sort-value="1792"c. 1792data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/275xii/1
WoO 115An Minnadata-sort-value="1792"c. 1792data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/280xii/1
WoO 117Der freie Manndata-sort-value="1792"1792, rev. 1794data-sort-value="1808"Bonn, 1808xxiii/232; HS vxii/1
WoO 116Que le temps durexii/1
Hess 129?early 1794Die Musik, i (1901–02)1st version of WoO 116HS v
Hess 130?1794GA2nd version of WoO 116HS v
WoO 119O care selvedata-sort-value="1794"c. 1794data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/279xii/1
WoO 126Opferlieddata-sort-value="1794"1794–95, rev. 1801–02data-sort-value="1808"Bonn, 1808xxiii/233; HS vxii/1
WoO 118Two Songsdata-sort-value="1794"1794–95data-sort-value="1837"Vienna, 1837xxiii/253xii/1
Op. 46Adelaidedata-sort-value="1794"1794–95data-sort-value="1797"Vienna, 1797Friedrich von Matthissonxxiii/216xii/1
WoO 123Zärtliche Liebedata-sort-value="1795"c. 1795data-sort-value="1803"Vienna, 1803xxiii/249xii/1
WoO 124La partenzadata-sort-value="1795"c. 1795–1796data-sort-value="1803"Vienna, 1803xxiii/251xii/1
WoO 121Abschiedsgesang an Wiens Bürgerdata-sort-value="1796"1796data-sort-value="1796"Vienna, 1796Obrist Wachtmeister von Kövesdyxxiii/230xii/1
WoO 122Kriegslied der Österreicherdata-sort-value="1797"1797data-sort-value="1797"Vienna, 1797xxiii/231xii/1
WoO 125La tirannadata-sort-value="1798"1798–99data-sort-value="1799"London, 1799ded. (by W. Wennington) Mrs TschoffenHS vxii/1
WoO 128Plaisir d'aimerdata-sort-value="1798"1798–99data-sort-value="1901"Die Musik, i (1901–02)HS vxii/1
WoO 127Neue Liebe, neues Lebendata-sort-value="1798"1798–99data-sort-value="1808"Bonn, 1808HS vxii/1
WoO 74Ich denke dein
Op. 48Six Songsdata-sort-value="1801"c. 1801 – early 1802[19] data-sort-value="1803"Vienna, 1803Count von Brownexxiii/217xii/1
WoO 120Man strebt die Flamme zu verhehlendata-sort-value="1802"c. 1802data-sort-value="1862"GAFrau von Weissenthurnxxv/278xii/1
WoO 129Der Wachtelschlagdata-sort-value="1803"1803data-sort-value="1804"Vienna, 1804Count von Brownexxiii/234xii/1
Op. 88Das Glück der Freundschaftdata-sort-value="1803"1803data-sort-value="1803"Vienna, 1803xxiii/222xii/1
Op. 32An die Hoffnungdata-sort-value="1805"1805data-sort-value="1805"Vienna, 1805for Josephine Deymxxiii/215xii/1
WoO 130Gedenke meindata-sort-value="1804"?1804–05, rev. 1819–20data-sort-value="1844"Vienna, 1844xxv/281xii/1
WoO 132Als die Geliebte sich trennen wolltedata-sort-value="1806"1806data-sort-value="1809"AMZ, xii (1809–10)xxiii/235xii/1
WoO 133In questa tomba oscuradata-sort-value="1806"1806–07data-sort-value="1808"Vienna, 1808ded. (by publisher) Prince Lobkowitzxxiii/252xii/1
WoO 134Sehnsucht (4 settings)data-sort-value="1807"1807–08data-sort-value="1810"Vienna, 1810xxiii/250xii/1
WoO 136Andenkendata-sort-value="1805"1805data-sort-value="1810"Leipzig and London 1810for Josephine Deymxxiii/248xii/1
WoO 137Lied aus der Fernedata-sort-value="1809"1809data-sort-value="1810"Leipzig and London, 1810xxiii/236xii/1
WoO 138Der Jüngling in der Fremdedata-sort-value="1809"1809data-sort-value="1810"Vienna, 1810ded. (by Reissig[20]) Archduke Rudolphxxiii/237xii/1
WoO 139Der Liebendedata-sort-value="1809"1809data-sort-value="1810"Vienna and London, 1810ded. (by Reissig) Archduke Rudolphxxiii/238xii/1
Op. 75Six Songsdata-sort-value="1809"1809[21] data-sort-value="1810"Leipzig and London, 1810Princess Caroline Kinskyxxiii/219xii/1
Op. 82Four Ariettas and a Duetdata-sort-value="1809"?1809data-sort-value="1811"Leipzig and London, 1811xxiii/220xii/1
Op. 83Three Songsdata-sort-value="1810"1810data-sort-value="1811"Leipzig, 1811Princess Caroline Kinskyxxiii/221xii/1
WoO 140An die Geliebte (2 versions)data-sort-value="1811"December 1811, rev. 1814data-sort-value="1814"1st version: Augsburg, c. 1826; 2nd version: Friedensblätter (12 July 1814)xxiii/243axii/1
WoO 141Der Gesang der Nachtigalldata-sort-value="1813"May 1813data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/227xii/1
WoO 142Der Bardengeistdata-sort-value="1813"November 1813data-sort-value="1814"Erichson: Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1814 (Vienna, 1813–14)xxiii/241xii/1
Op. 94An die Hoffnungdata-sort-value="1813"1813–15data-sort-value="1816"Vienna, 1816Princess Kinskyxxiii/223xii/1
WoO 143Des Kriegers Abschieddata-sort-value="1814"1814data-sort-value="1815"Vienna, 1815ded. (by Reissig) Caroline von Bernathxxiii/240xii/1
WoO 144Merkensteindata-sort-value="1814"1814data-sort-value="1816"Selam: ein Almanach für Freunde des Mannigfaltigen auf das Schaltjahr 1816 (Vienna, 1815–16)xxv/276xii/1
Op. 100Merkensteindata-sort-value="1814"1814data-sort-value="1816"Vienna, 1816Count Joseph Karl von Dietrichsteinxxiii/226xii/1
WoO 135Die laute Klagedata-sort-value="1815"?c. 1815data-sort-value="1837"Vienna, 1837xxiii/254xii/1
WoO 145Das Geheimnisdata-sort-value="1815"1815data-sort-value="1816"Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, Literatur, Theater und Mode, i (1816)xxiii/245xii/1
WoO 146Sehnsuchtdata-sort-value="1816"early 1816data-sort-value="1816"Vienna, 1816xxiii/239xii/1
Op. 98An die ferne Geliebtedata-sort-value="1816"1816data-sort-value="1816"Vienna, 1816Prince Lobkowitz[22] xxiii/224xii/1
Op. 99Der Mann von Wortdata-sort-value="1816"?May 1816data-sort-value="1816"Vienna, 1816xxiii/225xii/1
WoO 147Ruf von Bergedata-sort-value="1816"December 1816data-sort-value="1817"Gedichte von Friedrich Treitschke (Vienna, 1817)xxiii/242xii/1
WoO 148So oder sodata-sort-value="1817"1817data-sort-value="1817"Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, ii (1817)xxiii/224xii/1
WoO 149Resignationdata-sort-value="1817"1817[23] data-sort-value="1818"Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, iii (1818)xxiii/246xii/1
WoO 150Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel[24] data-sort-value="1820"March 1820data-sort-value="1817"Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, v (1817)xxiii/247xii/1
Op. 128Der Kussdata-sort-value="1822"November–December 1822data-sort-value="1825"Mainz, 1825xxiii/227xii/1
WoO 151Der edle Mensche sei hülfreich und gutdata-sort-value="1823"January 1823data-sort-value="1900"G. Lange: Musikgeschichtliches (Berlin, 1900)Baroness Cäcilie von EskelesHS v

Folksongs

No.TitleComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 152Twenty-five Irish Songsdata-sort-value="1810"1810–12data-sort-value="1814"London and Edinburgh, 1814xxiv/261
WoO 153Twenty Irish songsdata-sort-value="1810"1810–15data-sort-value="1814"London and Edinburgh, 1814 [nos. 1–4],
1816 [nos. 5–10]; GA
xxiv/262
WoO 154Twelve Irish songsdata-sort-value="1812"1812–13data-sort-value="1816"(London and Edinburgh, 1816
[without nos. 2 and 7]); GA
xxiv/258
WoO 155Twenty-six Welsh songsdata-sort-value="1809"1809data-sort-value="1817"London and Edinburgh, 1817xxiii/219xi/1
Op. 108Twenty-five Scottish Songsdata-sort-value="1815"1815–18data-sort-value="1818"London and Edinburgh, 1818xxiv/257xi/1
WoO 156Twelve Scottish songsdata-sort-value="1815"1815–19data-sort-value="1822"London and Edinburgh, 1822 [no.1],
1824–25 [nos. 2–4, 8, 9, 12],
1839 [nos. 5–6],
1841 [nos. 7, 10, 11); GA | |xxiv/260 |xi/1<ref name=compedit /> |-style="vertical-align: top" |WoO 157 |Twelve songs of various nationalities {{ordered list | God Save the King | The Soldier | O Charlie is my darling | O sanctissima | The Miller of the Dee | A health to the brave | Since all thy vows, false maid | By the side of the Shannon | Highlander's Lament | Sir Johnie Cope | The wandering minstrel | La gondoletta }} |data-sort-value="1815"|1815–20 |data-sort-value="1816"|London and Edinburgh, 1816 [nos. 2, 6, 8, 11],
1822 [no. 3],
1824–25 [no. 5],
1839 [no. 1]); GA||xxiv/259|xi/1, xi/3

|-style="vertical-align: top"|nowrap|WoO 158a|Twenty-three songs of various nationality|data-sort-value="1816"|1816–17|data-sort-value="1902"|Die Musik, ii (1902–03) [no. 19], J. Schmidt-Görg:
Unbekannte Manuskripte zu Beethovens weltlicher
und geistlicher Gesangsmusik
(Bonn, 1928) [no. 17],
complete (Leipzig, 1943)||HS xiv|xi/3

|-style="vertical-align: top"|WoO 158b|Seven British songs|data-sort-value="1813"|1813–17|||HS xiv|xi/1, xi/3

|-style="vertical-align: top"|WoO 158c|Six songs of various nationality|data-sort-value="1817"|1817–20|||HS xiv|xi/1, xi/3

|-style="vertical-align: top"|Hess 168|Air français|data-sort-value="1817"|1817|||HS xiv|xi/3

|-style="vertical-align: top"||Two Austrian folksongs|data-sort-value="1820"|1820|Niederrheinische Musikzeitung, xiii (1865)|||xi/3|}

Wind Band

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 29March for clarinets, horns and bassoons, Bdata-sort-value="1797"1797–98data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/292vi/1
WoO 18March No. 1 for Military Band Yorckscher Marsch, Fdata-sort-value="1809"1809, rev. 1810data-sort-value="1809"pf red.: Prague, ?1809; s: Berlin, 1818–19Archduke Anton of Austria (on autograph)xxv/287/1; HS iv; HS Viii (pf)ii/4
Trio to WoO 18, Bdata-sort-value="1822"c. 1822data-sort-value="1957"HSHS ivii/4
WoO 19March No 2. for Military Band, Fdata-sort-value="1810"1810 data-sort-value="1810"pf red.: Vienna, 1810Archduke Anton of Austria (on autograph)xxv/287/2; HS ivii/4
Trio to WoO 19, fdata-sort-value="1822"c. 1822data-sort-value="1957"HSHS ivii/4
March for Military Band, Cdata-sort-value="1810"c. 1810data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/288; HS ivii/4
Trio to WoO 20, Fdata-sort-value="1822"c. 1822xxv/288ii/4
WoO 21Polonaise for Military Band, Ddata-sort-value="1810"1810data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/289ii/4
WoO 22Ecossaise for Military Band, Ddata-sort-value="1810"1810data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/290ii/4
WoO 23Ecossaise for Military Band, Gdata-sort-value="1810"c. 1810data-sort-value="1834"pf red. in Czerny's Musikalisches Pfennig-Magazin, i (Vienna, 1834)only a piano arrangement by Carl Czerny is extantxxv/306 (pf)ii/4
WoO 24March for Military Band, Ddata-sort-value="1816"1816data-sort-value="1827"pf red.: Vienna, 1827ii/15ii/4

Collections of dances

No.TitleComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 7Twelve Minuets for orchestradata-sort-value="1795"1795data-sort-value="1795"Vienna, 1795ii/16ii/3
WoO 8Twelve German Dances for orchestradata-sort-value="1795"1795data-sort-value="1795"Vienna, 1795ii/17ii/3
WoO 9Six minuets for two violins and double bassdata-sort-value="1794"?before 1795data-sort-value="1933"Mainz, 1933authenticity not fully confirmedHS viii/3
WoO 10Six Minuets for pianodata-sort-value="1795"1795data-sort-value="1796"Vienna, 1796orchestral version probably existedxviii/194
Six German Dances for violin and pianodata-sort-value="1796"1796data-sort-value="1814"Vienna, 1814xxv/308v/2
WoO 11Seven Ländler for pianodata-sort-value="1799"1799data-sort-value="1799"Vienna, 1799version for two violins and cello probably existedxviii/198
WoO 13Twelve German Dances for pianodata-sort-value="1792"c. 1792–97data-sort-value="1929"Vienna, Prague and Leipzig, 1929orchestral version probably existedHS viii
WoO 14Twelve Contredanses for orchestradata-sort-value="1791"c. 1791–1801[25] data-sort-value="1802"p: Vienna, 1802; s: GAii/17aii/3
WoO 15Six Ländler for two violins and double bassdata-sort-value="1802"1802data-sort-value="1802"Vienna, 1802; s: GAxxv/291ii/3
WoO 83Six Ecossaises for pianodata-sort-value="1806"c. 1806data-sort-value="1807"Vienna, 1807; GAxxv/302
WoO 17Eleven "Mödlinger Tänze" for flutes, clarinets, horns, violins and double bassdata-sort-value="1819"1819data-sort-value="1907"Leipzig, 1907probably spurious[26] HS vii

Canons and musical jokes

No.Title, key[27] Composition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 159Im Arm der Liebe, Fdata-sort-value="1795"c. 1795data-sort-value="1832"I. von Seyfried: Ludwig van Beethovens Studien im Generalbass (Vienna, 1832)Contrapuntal study for Albrechtsbergerxxiii/256/1xiii/1
O Care selvedata-sort-value="1795"c. 1795data-sort-value="1832"Seyfried (1832)Contrapuntal study for AlbrechtsbergerHS vxiii/1
WoO 160/2Canon, Cdata-sort-value="1795"c. 1795data-sort-value="1832"Seyfried (1832)Contrapuntal study for AlbrechtsbergerHS vxiii/1
Canondata-sort-value="1796"1796–97data-sort-value="1970"J. Kerman, ed.: Ludwig van Beethoven: Autograph Miscellany from circa 1786 to 1799 (London, 1970)
Hess 276Herr Graf, ich komme zu fragendata-sort-value="1797"?1797data-sort-value="1957"HSHS v
WoO 100Schuppanzigh ist ein Lumpdata-sort-value="1801"1801data-sort-value="1878"Grove1for Ignaz SchuppanzighHS v
WoO 101Graf, Graf, Graf, Grafdata-sort-value="1802"1802data-sort-value="1865"A.W. Thayer: Chronologisches Vezeichniss der Werke Ludwig van Beethoven (Berlin, 1865)for Nikolaus ZmeskallHS v
Hess 274Canon, Gdata-sort-value="1803"1803data-sort-value="1962"N. Fishman: Kniga ėskizov Bėtkhoven za 1802–1806 godï (Moscow, 1962)HS ix
Hess 229Languisco e morodata-sort-value="1803"1803data-sort-value="1962"Fishman (1962)HS xiv
Hess 275Canon, Adata-sort-value="1803"1803data-sort-value="1957"HSHS
WoO 162Ta ta ta...lieber Mälzelspurious: apparently written by Anton Schindler[28] HS vii
WoO 161Ewig dein, Cdata-sort-value="1811"?c. 1811data-sort-value="1863"AMZ, new series, i (1863)xxiii/256/14
WoO 163Kurz ist der Schmerz, F minordata-sort-value="1813"November 1813data-sort-value="1841"NZM, xi (1841),for Friedrich Nauexxiii/256/3a
WoO 199Ich bin der Herr von zu, Ddata-sort-value="1814"1814for Archduke Rudolph
WoO 164Freundschaft ist die Quelle, Cdata-sort-value="1814"Sept 1814data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/285/2
WoO 165Glück zum neuen Jahr, Edata-sort-value="1815"January 1815data-sort-value="1816"Vienna, 1816for Baron von Pasqualatixxiii/256/16
WoO 166Kurz ist der Schmerz, Fdata-sort-value="1815"March 1815data-sort-value="1862"GAfor Louis Spohrxxiii/256/3b
WoO 167Brauchle, Linke, Cdata-sort-value="1815"c. 1815data-sort-value="1865"Thayer, 1865for Johann Xaver Brauchle and Joseph LinkeHS v
WoO 168/1Lerne schweigen, F minordata-sort-value="1816"January 1816data-sort-value="1816"Wiener allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, i (1816)for Charles Neatexxiii/256/5
WoO 168/2Rede, rede, Fdata-sort-value="1816"January 1816data-sort-value="1862"GAfor Charles Neatexxiii/256/4
WoO 169Ich küsse Sie, Cdata-sort-value="1816"January 1816data-sort-value="1853"Die Jahrenszeien, xii/3 (1853)for Anna Milder-HauptmannHS v
WoO 170Ars longa, vita brevis, C data-sort-value="1816"April 1816data-sort-value="1867"L. Nohl: Neue Briefe Beethovens (Stuttgart, 1867)for Johann Nepomuk HummelHS v
WoO 171Glück fehl' dir vor allem, Gdata-sort-value="1817"1817data-sort-value="1888"T. von Frimmel: Neue Beethoveniana (Vienna, 1888)for Anna Giannatasio del RioHS v
WoO 172Ich bitt' dich schrreib' mir die Es-Scala auf, Edata-sort-value="1818"?c. 1818data-sort-value="1862"GAfor Vincenz Hauschkaxxiii/256/15
WoO 201Ich bin bereit! Amen, Cdata-sort-value="1818"1818for Vincenz Hauschka
WoO 173Hol'euch der Teufel!, Bdata-sort-value="1819-06"sum. 1819data-sort-value="1865"Thayer (1865)for Sigmund Anton SteinerHS v
WoO 174Glaube und hoffedata-sort-value="1819-09"Sept 1819data-sort-value="1865"L. Nohl: Briefe Beethovens (Stuttgart 1865)for Maurice Schlesingerxxv/285/3
WoO 176Glück zum neuen Jahr!, Fdata-sort-value="1819-12"December 1819data-sort-value="1862"GAfor Countess Erdödyxxiii/256/6
WoO 179Alles Gute! alles Schöne, Cdata-sort-value="1819-12"December 1819data-sort-value="1865"Nohl (1865)for Archduke Rudolphxxiii/256/7
Hess 300Liebe mich, werter Weissenbachdata-sort-value="1820-01"? January 1820data-sort-value="1952"J. Schmidt-Görg, ed.: Drei Skizzenbücher zur Missa Solemnis, i (Bonn, 1952)for Aloys Weissenbach
Hess 301Wähner ... es sei kein Wahndata-sort-value="1820-01"? January 1820data-sort-value="1952"J. Schmidt-Görg, ed.: Drei Skizzenbücher zur Missa Solemnis, i (Bonn, 1952)Friedrich Wähner
WoO 175Sankt Petrus war ein Fels; Bernardus war ein Sanktdata-sort-value="1820-01"? January 1820data-sort-value="1865"Thayer (1865)for Carl Peters and Carl BernardHS v
WoO 180Hoffman, sei ja kein Hofmann, Cdata-sort-value="1820=03"March 1820data-sort-value="1825"Caecilia, i (1825)xxiii/256/8
WoO 177Bester Magistrat, Ihr friert, Edata-sort-value="1820"c. 1820data-sort-value="1957"D. MacArdle and L. Misch: New Beethoven Letters (Norman, OK, 1957)HS v
WoO 178Signor Abate, Bdata-sort-value="1820"?c. 1820data-sort-value="1862"GAfor the Abbé Maximilian Stadlerxxiii/256/13
WoO 181/1Gedenket heute an Baden, Cdata-sort-value="1820"c. 1820data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/285/4
WoO 181/2Gehabt euch wohl, Cdata-sort-value="1820"c. 1820data-sort-value="1937"Festschrift Arnold Scherings (Berlin, 1937)HS v
WoO 181/3Tugent ist kein leerer Namedata-sort-value="1820"c. 1820HS v
WoO 182O Tobias, ddata-sort-value="1821-09"Sept 1821data-sort-value="1863"AMZ, new series, i (1863)for Tobias Haslingerxxiii/256/9
WoO 183Berster Herr Graf, Sie sind ein Schaf!, Fdata-sort-value="1823"February 1823data-sort-value="1954"Mf, vii (1954)for Count Moritz LichnowskyHS v
WoO 184Falstafferel, lass' dich sehen!, Gdata-sort-value="1823-04"April 1823data-sort-value="1902"Die Musik, ii (1902–03)for SchuppanzighHS v
WoO 185Edel sei der Mensch, Edata-sort-value="1823"? May 1823data-sort-value="1823"Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, viii (1823)for Louis Schlösserxxiii/256/10
Hess 263Te solo adorodata-sort-value="1824"?1824data-sort-value="1957"HSfor Carlos Evasio SolivaHS v
Hess 264Te solo adoro[29] data-sort-value="1824"?1824data-sort-value="1957"HSfor Carlos Evasio SolivaHS v
WoO 186Te solo adorodata-sort-value="1824-06"June 1824data-sort-value="1862"GAfor Carlos Evasio Solivaxxv/285/1
WoO 187Schwenke dich ohne Schwänke!, Fdata-sort-value="1824-11"November 1824data-sort-value="1825"Caecilia, i/7 (1825)for Carl Schwänkexxiii/256/11
WoO 188Gott ist eine fest Burg, Bdata-sort-value="1825"January 1825data-sort-value="1909"F. Prelinger: Beethovens sämtliche Briefe, iv (Vienna, 1909)for Oberst von DüsterloheHS v
WoO 203Das Schöne zu dem Gutendata-sort-value="1825"1825data-sort-value="1854"L. Rellstab: Garten und Wald, iv (Leipzig, 1854)for Ludwig RellstabHS v
WoO 189Doktor, sperrt das Tor dem Tod, Cdata-sort-value="1825"May 1825data-sort-value="1865"Nohl (1865)for Anton BraunhoferHS v
WoO 190Ich war hier, Doktor, Cdata-sort-value="1825=06"June 1825data-sort-value="1957"?HSfor Anton BraunhoferHS v
WoO 191Kühl, nicht lau, Bdata-sort-value="1825-09"Sept 1825data-sort-value="1832"Seyfried (1832)for Friedrich Kuhlauxxiii/256/12
WoO 192Ars longa, vita brevis, Fdata-sort-value="1825-09"Sept 1825data-sort-value="1865"Thayer (1865)for Sir George SmartHS v
WoO 194Si non per portas, per muros, Fdata-sort-value="1825-09"Sept 1825data-sort-value="1859"Marx (1859), iifor Maurice Schlesingerxxiii/256/17
WoO 195Freu' dich des Lebens, Cdata-sort-value="1825-09"December 1825data-sort-value="1862"GAfor Theodor Moltxxv/285/5
WoO 193Ars longa, vita brevis, Cdata-sort-value="1825"?c. 1825data-sort-value="1927"facsimile in auction catalogue no. 120 of Henrici (Berlin, 1927)HS v
Bester Magistratdata-sort-value="1826"?April 1826unpublished, appears in the sketchbook 'Autograph 24'
WoO 196Es muss sein, Fdata-sort-value="1826"?July 1826data-sort-value="1908"A.W. Thayer: Ludwig van Beethovens Leben, ed. H. Riemann, v (Leipzig, 1908)for "Hofkriegsagent" DembscherHS v
Hess 277Esel aller Eseldata-sort-value="1826"?Sept 1826data-sort-value="1957"HSHS v
WoO 197Da ist das Werk, Cdata-sort-value="1826-09"Sept 1826data-sort-value="1949"Zürich, 1949for HolzHS v
WoO 198Wir irren allesamtdata-sort-value="1826-12"December 1826data-sort-value="1865"Nohl (1865)for HolzHS v

Miscellaneous

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 31Fugue for organ, Ddata-sort-value="1783"1783data-sort-value="1862"GAxxv/309
Various dances, kbd exercises, entered among sketches for larger works but probably not intended for publicationdata-sort-value="1790"mostly 1790–98data-sort-value="1970"transcr. selectively in writings of G. Nottebohm: many pubd in Kerman, ed. (I(ii)1970)HS ix
Contrapuntal exercises prepared for Haydn and Albrechtsbergerdata-sort-value="1793"1793–95data-sort-value="1873"Nottebohm: Beethovens Studien (Leipzig, 1873), selective transcr.HS vi, xivxiii/1
WoO 33/1Adagio for mechanical clock, Fdata-sort-value="1799"1799data-sort-value="1902"Die Musik, i (1902)HS viivi/1
WoO 33/2Scherzo for mechanical clock, Gdata-sort-value="1799"1799–1800data-sort-value="1921"G. Becking Studien zu Betthovens Personalstil: das Scherzothema (Leipzig, 1921)HS viivi/1
WoO 33/3Allegro for mechanical clock, Gdata-sort-value="1799"?c. 1799data-sort-value="1957"Ricordiana, iii (1957)HS viivi/1
Allegro for mechanical clock, Cdata-sort-value="1794"?1794data-sort-value="1940"Mainz, 1940HS viivi/1
WoO 33/5Allegretto for mechanical clock, Cdata-sort-value="1794"?1794data-sort-value="1940"Mainz, 1940HS viivi/1
Hess 107Grenadiermarsch for mechanical clock,[30] Fdata-sort-value="1798"?c. 1798data-sort-value="1927"Beethoven-Almanach der Deutschen Musikbücherei auf das Jahr 1927 (Regensburg, 1927)Prince Joseph Johann zu SchwarzenbergHS viivi/1
WoO 99Exercises in Italian declamation prepared for Salieridata-sort-value="1801"1801–02data-sort-value="1873"Nottebohm (1873) [selective]; HS i [complete]HS ixiii/1
WoO 58Cadenzas to first movement and finale of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 (K. 466), ddata-sort-value="1809"?1809data-sort-value="1836"1st movt: Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst... (23 January 1836); finale: GA;written for Ferdinand Riesix/70a/11–12vii/7
WoO 200 Theme for variations by the Archduke Rudolph, with text "O Hoffnung" data-sort-value="1818"1818 data-sort-value="1819"Vienna, 1819
Various musical greetings, in letters and diaries

List of works by Beethoven

The following is a list of Beethoven's works, sorted by Opus number, followed by works listed as WoO in the Kinsky–Halm Catalogue, and then works listed in the appendix of that catalogue, which are given "Anhang" numbers. These are followed by additional works with Hess numbers listed in the catalogue of Willy Hess that are not otherwise listed in the Kinsky–Halm Catalogue. Lastly there are works with Biamonti numbers (Bia.), from the Biamonti Catalogue, an attempt to catalogue everything that Beethoven wrote in chronological order, though there are works that were not known at the time it was compiled. Thus there is no definitive catalogue of Beethoven's works to match the Deutsch catalogue for Schubert or the Köchel catalogue for Mozart.

Works with opus numbers

The opus numbers were assigned by publishers to Beethoven's works as they were published. The opus numbers do not include all works that were published in Beethoven's lifetime nor are they in chronological order. For instance, the Octet Op. 103 was written before November 1792, while Op. 102 and Op. 104 were written in 1815 and 1817 respectively.

Works with WoO numbers

The numbers and categories used below are from the Kinsky–Halm Catalogue of 1955. WoO is an abbreviation of "Werke ohne Opuszahl", German for "Works without Opus number". While some of these works were published during Beethoven's lifetime but not given opus numbers, for instance the piano variations WoO 80, others like Für Elise WoO 59 were not published until later. Unlike with opus numbers which were assigned depending on when the works were published, WoO numbers were assigned by genre.

Instrumental works: WoO 1–86

Orchestral works

Orchestra alone

  • WoO 1: Musik zu einem Ritterballett (Music for a ballet on horseback) (1790–01)
  • WoO 2a: Triumphal March for orchestra for 's tragedy Tarpeja (1813)
  • WoO 2b: Introduction to Act II of Leonore (1805)
  • WoO 3: "Gratulations-Menuett", minuet for orchestra (1822)

Concertante

Dances

  • WoO 7: Twelve minuets for orchestra (later arranged for piano, Hess 101) (1795)
  • WoO 8: Twelve German Dances for orchestra (later arranged for piano, Hess 100) (1795)
  • WoO 9: Six minuets for two violins and double bass (authenticity not fully confirmed) (?before 1795)
  • WoO 10: Six minuets for orchestra (original version lost, only an arrangement for piano is extant) (1795)
  • WoO 11: Seven Ländler for two violins and cello (original version lost, only an arrangement for piano is extant) (1799)
  • WoO 12: Twelve minuets for orchestra (spurious, actually by Beethoven's brother Carl[32]) (1799)
  • WoO 13: Twelve German Dances for orchestra (original version lost, only an arrangement for piano is extant) (1792–97)
  • WoO 14: Twelve contredanses for orchestra (nos. 1–2, 4–5, 7–10, 12, later arranged for piano, Hess 102) (1791–1801)
  • WoO 15: Six Ländler for two violins and double bass (later arranged for piano) (1802)
  • WoO 16: Twelve Écossaises for orchestra (fraudulent[33]) (1806)
  • WoO 17: Eleven "Mödlinger Tänze" for seven instruments (probably spurious) (1819)

Marches and dances for winds

  • WoO 18: March for Military Band "Für die Böhmische Landwehr" ["For the Bohemian Ward"] (later arranged for piano, Hess 99) (1809)
  • WoO 19: March for Military Band "Pferdemusik" ["Horse-music"] (1810)
  • WoO 20: March for Military Band "Zapfenstreich" ["The Tattoo"] (1810)
  • WoO 21: Polonaise for Military Band (1810)
  • WoO 22: Écossaise for Military Band (1810)
  • WoO 23: Écossaise for Military Band (only a piano arrangement by Carl Czerny is extant) (1810)
  • WoO 24: March for Military Band (1816)
Chamber works

Without piano

  • WoO 25: Rondo for wind octet (believed to be the original finale of the Octet, opus 103) (1792)
  • WoO 26: Duo for two flutes (1792)
  • WoO 27: Three duets for clarinet and bassoon (probably spurious)
  • WoO 28: Variations for two oboes and English horn on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni (1795)
  • WoO 29: March for Wind Sextet in B (1797–98)
  • WoO 30: Three Equale for four trombones (vocal arrangements of these were performed at Beethoven's funeral) (1812)
  • WoO 31: Fugue for organ (1783)
  • WoO 32: Duo for viola and cello, "mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern" ("with two obbligato eyeglasses") (1796–97)
  • WoO 33: Five pieces for mechanical clock (1794–1800)
  • WoO 34: Duet for two violins (1822)
  • WoO 35: Canon for two violins (1825)

With piano

Piano works for 2 or 4 hands

Sonatas and single-movement works

  • WoO 47: Three piano sonatas (E major, F minor, D major) ("Kurfürsten Sonatas") (1783)
  • WoO 48: Rondo for piano in C major (1783)
  • WoO 49: Rondo for piano in A major (1783)
  • WoO 50: Piano Sonatina (?) in F major (1790–92, two movements)
  • WoO 51: Piano Sonata in C major (1797–98, fragment) completed Ferdinand Ries, 1830
  • WoO 52: Presto (Bagatelle) for piano in C minor (1795)
  • 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)
  • WoO 57: Andante favori – original middle movement from Piano Sonata No. 21 (Waldstein) (1805)
  • WoO 58: Cadenzas for 1st and 3rd movements of Mozart's D minor Piano Concerto (K. 466) (1809)
  • WoO 59: Poco moto (Bagatelle) for piano in A minor ("Für Elise") (c. 1810)
  • WoO 60: Ziemlich lebhaft (Bagatelle) for piano in B major (1818))
  • WoO 61: Allegretto for piano in B minor (1821)
  • WoO 61a: Allegretto quasi andante for piano in G minor (1825)
  • WoO 62: (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 Vincenzo 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's opera Das rote Käppchen (1792)
  • WoO 67: Eight variations for piano four hands on a theme by Count Waldstein (1792)
  • WoO 68: Twelve variations for piano on the "Menuet a la Vigano" from Jakob Haibel's ballet Le nozze disturbate (1795)
  • WoO 69: Nine variations for piano on "Quant'e piu bello" from Giovanni Paisiello's opera La Molinara (1795)
  • WoO 70: Six variations for piano on "Nel cor più non mi sento" from Giovanni Paisiello's opera La Molinara (1795)
  • WoO 71: Twelve variations for piano on the Russian dance from Paul Wranitzky's ballet Das Waldmädchen (1796–1797)
  • WoO 72: Eight variations for piano on "Une Fièvre Brûlante" from André Ernest Modeste Grétry's opera Richard Coeur-de-lion (1795)
  • WoO 73: Ten variations for piano on "La stessa, la stessissima" from Antonio Salieri's opera Falstaff (1799)
  • WoO 74: "Ich denke dein" – song with six variations for piano four hands (1799)
  • WoO 75: Seven variations for piano on "Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen" from Peter Winter's opera Das unterbrochene Opferfest (1799)
  • WoO 76: Eight variations for piano on "Tändeln und scherzen" from Franz Xaver Süssmayr's opera Soliman II (1799)
  • WoO 77: Six easy variations on an original theme for piano (1800)
  • WoO 78: Seven variations for piano on "God Save the King" (1802–1803)
  • WoO 79: Five variations for piano on "Rule Britannia!" (1803)
  • WoO 80: Thirty-two variations on an original theme in C minor for piano (1806)

Dances

  • WoO 81: Allemande for piano in A major (1793)
  • WoO 82: Minuet for piano in E major (1803)
  • WoO 83: Six Écossaises for piano in E major (1806)
  • WoO 84: Waltz for piano in E major (1824)
  • WoO 85: Waltz for piano in D major (1825)
  • WoO 86: Écossaise for piano in E major (1825)

Vocal works: WoO 87–205

Cantatas, choruses and arias with orchestra
  • WoO 87: Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II (1790)
  • WoO 88: Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II (1790)
  • WoO 89: Aria "Prüfung des Küssens" (1790–92)
  • WoO 90: Aria "Mit Mädeln sich vertragen" (1790–92)
  • WoO 91: Two arias for Die Schöne Schusterin (1795–96)
  • WoO 92: Aria "Primo Amore" (1790–92)
  • WoO 92a: Aria "No, non turbati" (1802)
  • WoO 93: Duet "Nei giorni tuoi felici" (1802)
  • WoO 94: "Germania", aria with chorus in B major (1814)
  • WoO 95: Chorus for the Congress of Vienna (1815)
  • 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 (1822)
Works for multiple voices with piano accompaniment, or unaccompanied
  • WoO 99 – Polyphonic songs (Italian Part-songs)[34]
    • No. 1 Bei labbri che amore (Hess 211) (old no. 1)
    • No. 2 Ma tu tremi (Hess 212) (old no. 6)
    • No. 3 E pur fra le tempeste (Hess 232)
    • No. 4 Sei mio ben (Hess 231)
    • No. 5a Giura il nocchier (Hess 227) (old no. 5b)
    • No. 5b Giura il nocchier (Hess 230)
    • No. 5c Giura il nocchier (Hess 221) (old no. 5a)
    • No. 6 Ah rammenta
    • No. 7 Chi mai di questo core (Hess 214) (old no. 2)
    • No. 8 Scrivo in te (Hess 215) (old no. 11)
    • No. 9 Per te d'amico aprile (Hess 216) (old no. 9)
    • No. 10a Nei campi e nelle selve (Hess 217) (old no. 7a)
    • No. 10b Nei campi e nelle selve (Hess 220) (old no. 7b)
    • No. 11a Fra tutte le pene (Hess 208) (old no. 3a)
    • No. 11b Fra tutte le pene (Hess 225/209) (old no. 3b)
    • No. 11c Fra tutte le pene (Hess 224/210) (old no. 3c)
    • No. 12a Salvo tu vuoi lo sposo
    • No. 12b Salvo tu vuoi lo sposo (Hess 228)
    • No. 13a Quella cetra ah pur tu sei (Hess 218) (old no. 10b)
    • No. 13b Quella cetra ah pur tu sei (Hess 219) (old no. 10c)
    • No. 13c Quella cetra ah pur tu sei (Hess 213) (old no. 10a)
    • No. 14a Gia la notte savvicina (Hess 223) (old no. 4b)
    • No. 14b Gia la notte savvicina (Hess 222) (old no. 4a)
    • No. 15 Silvio amante disperato (lost) (Hess 226) (old no. 12)
  • 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 107–151: Forty-five 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 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" (Spurious, actually composed by Karl Holz)
  • WoO 205: Ten musical quips (Kinsky's word is "Notenscherze") from Beethoven's letters

Added works: WoO 206–228

The 2014 revision to the Kinsky catalogue, edited by Dorfmüller, Gertsch and Ronge, assigned WoO numbers to a number of works that appear in other listings.[35]

  • WoO 206: Oboe Concerto in F major (lost; only incipits and draft of 2nd movement extant) https://web.archive.org/web/20090205122845/http://idrs.org/publications/DR/DR5.2/beethoven.html (Hess 12)
  • WoO 207: Romance cantabile for soloists and orchestra (Hess 13)
  • WoO 208: Wind Quintet in E (fragment) (Hess 19)
  • WoO 209: Minuet in A for string quartet (Hess 33, piano version Hess 88)
  • WoO 210: Allegretto for string quartet in B minor (Pencarrow Quartet, Gardi 16)
  • WoO 211: Andante in C major (Biamonti 52)
  • WoO 212: Anglaise for piano in D major (Hess 61)
  • WoO 213a: Andante (bagatelle) in D major (Biamonti 283)
  • WoO 213b: Finale (bagatelle) in G major (Biamonti 282)
  • WoO 213c: Allegro (bagatelle) in A major (second part of the Allegro in A and A, Biamonti 284)
  • WoO 213d: Rondo (bagatelle) in A major (Biamonti 275)
  • WoO 214: Allegretto (bagatelle) in C minor (Hess 69)
  • WoO 215: Fugue in C major (Hess 64)
  • WoO 216a: Bagatelle in C major for piano (Hess 73)
  • WoO 216b: Bagatelle in E major (Hess 74)
  • WoO 217: Minuet in F major (Biamonti 66)
  • WoO 218: Minuet in C major (Biamonti 74)
  • WoO 219: Waltz or Ländler in C minor (Hess 68)
  • WoO 220: Kriegslied für die verbündeten Heere (lost) (Hess 123)
  • WoO 221: Canon, Herr Graf (Hess 276)
  • WoO 222: Canon in A major (Hess 275, Hess 328)
  • WoO 223: Thut auf (Biamonti 752)
  • WoO 224: Cacatum non est Pictum (Gardi 9)
  • WoO 225: Grossen Dank für solche Gnade (Hess 303)
  • WoO 226: Fettlümerl und Bankert haben triumphirt (Hess 260)
  • WoO 227: Musical joke "Esel aller Esel" (Hess 277)
  • WoO 228a: Musical joke "Ah, Tobias" (Gardi 14)
  • WoO 228b: Musical joke "Tobias" (Hess 285)

Works with Anhang (Anh.) and Unvollendete (Unv.) 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. The 2014 revision to the Kinsky catalogue, edited by Dorfmüller, Gertsch and Ronge also introduced the category of Unvollendete (unfinished works), for several works that had previously appeared in other listings.

  • Anh. 1: Symphony in C major ("Jena Symphony") (spurious, actually composed by Friedrich Witt[36])
  • Anh. 2: Six string quartets (doubtful)
  • Anh. 3: Piano trio in D major (spurious, actually composed by Beethoven's brother Karl)
  • Anh. 4: Sonata for piano and flute in B major (not certain)
  • Anh. 5: Two piano sonatinas (probably spurious)
    1. Sonatina in G major
    2. Sonatina in F major
  • Anh. 6: Rondo for piano in B major (spurious, actually composed by Beethoven's brother Karl)
  • Anh. 7: Piano concerto (Allegro) in D major (first movement) (probably by Johann Joseph Rösler)
  • Anh. 8: Three pieces for piano four-hands (spurious, actually composed by Leopold Anton Koželuch[37])
  • Anh. 9: Nine German dances for piano four-hands (probably doubtful)
  • Anh. 10: Eight variations on the song "Ich hab'ein kleines Hüttchen nur" for piano in B major (doubtful)
  • Anh. 11: "Alexandermarsch" for Louis Duport ballet "Der blode Ritter" march for piano in F major (probably doubtful)
  • Anh. 12: "Pariser Einzugsmarsch" march for piano in C major (spurious, actually composed by Johann Heinrich Walch)
  • Anh. 13: Funeral march for piano in F minor (spurious, actually composed by Johann Heinrich Walch,[38] but still popularly called "Beethoven's Funeral March" in the UK; where it is famously played during the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph[39])
  • Anh. 14: Six piano waltzes (probably spurious)
  • Anh. 15: "Glaube, Liebe, und Hoffnung" waltz for piano in F major, most known as "Adieu to the piano" (probably doubtful[40])
  • Anh. 16: Four piano waltzes
    1. "Jubelwalzer" waltz for piano in C major (probably doubtful)
    2. "Gertruds Traumwalzer" waltz for piano in B major, most known as "Gertrude's Dream Waltz" (spurious, author unknown[41])
    3. "Sonnenscheinwalzer" waltz for piano in E major (probably doubtful)
    4. "Mondscheinwalzer" waltz for piano in A major (probably doubtful)
  • Anh. 17: "Introduction and Waltz (Klavierstück)" waltz for piano in F major (probably doubtful)
  • Anh. 18: "An Sie" or "Nachruf" song in A major (Voice and Piano or Guitar) (probably doubtful)
  • Unv. 1 Symphony in C minor = Hess 298
  • Unv. 2 Sketches for a symphony in C (parts of which were reused for Symphony #1) = Biamonti 73
  • Unv. 3 Symphony No. 10 = Biamonti 838
  • Unv. 4 Sketches for a BACH Overture = Biamonti 832
  • Unv. 5 Concertante in D = Gardi 3
  • Unv. 6 Piano Concerto #6 in D = Hess 15
  • Unv. 7 String Quintet movement in D minor = Hess 40
  • Unv. 8 Duo for Violin and Cello in E-flat = Gardi 2
  • Unv. 9 Allegretto in E-flat for Piano Trio = Hess 48
  • Unv. 10 Piano Trio in F minor = Biamonti 637
  • Unv. 11 Violin Sonata in A = Hess 46
  • Unv. 12 Fantasia/Piano Sonata in D = Biamonti 213
  • Unv. 13 Piano Sonata in E-flat (found at Fischhof 42v, previously uncatalogued)
  • Unv. 14 Variations for Piano in A (found at Fischhof 25v through 26v, previously uncatalogued)
  • Unv. 15 Opera, Vestas Feuer = Hess 115
  • Unv. 16 Opera, Macbeth = Biamonti 454 (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 and 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).[42]
  • Unv. 17 Cantata, Europens Befreiungsstunde = Hess 317
  • Unv. 18 Östreich über alles, Song for Chorus and Orchestra, Biamonti 477
  • Unv. 19 Cantata for voice and piano in B-flat, (found in Fischhof f.1v, Kafka f.100r and a.66 f.1r. previously uncatalogued)
  • Unv. 20 Lamentations of Jeremiah = Gardi 4
  • Unv. 21 Song, "Traute Henriette" = Hess 151
  • Unv. 22 Song, "Rastlose Liebe" = Hess 149
  • Unv. 23 Song, "Heidenröslein" = Hess 150

Works with Hess numbers

Works with Hess number

These works have numbers that were assigned by Willy Hess in his catalogue of Beethoven's works.[43] Many of the works in the Hess catalog also have WoO or Unv. numbers; those entries are not listed here.

  • Hess 1: Original ending to first movement of Symphony No. 8 (1812)
  • Hess 3: Twelve Ecossaise for piano or orchestra
  • Hess 11: Romance No. 3 for violin & orchestra (1816)
  • Hess 14: Fragment of original version of Piano Concerto No. 2 (1794–95)
  • Hess 16: Original introduction to the Choral Fantasy (1808)
  • Hess 25: String Trio Opus 3 (first version) (1793)
  • Hess 28: Movement in A major for string trio Opus 9 No. 1 (second trio to the Scherzo) (1797)
  • Hess 29–31: Preludes and Fugues for Albrechtsberger (1794–95)
  • Hess 32: String Quartet in F major (first version of Opus 18 No. 1) (1799)
  • Hess 34: String Quartet in F major (arrangement of Opus 14 No. 1) (1801–02)
  • Hess 35: Bach fugue arranged for string quartet (fragment) (1817)
  • Hess 36: Handel fugue arranged for string quartet (1798)
  • Hess 37: Mozart fugue arranged for piano four hands
  • Hess 38: Bach fugue arranged for string quintet (1801–02)
  • Hess 39: String Quintet in F major (lost)
  • Hess 40: Prelude for String Quintet (incomplete) (1817)
  • Hess 44: Adagio ma non troppo for mandolin & harpsichord in E major
  • Hess 46: Violin Sonata in A major (fragment) (c.1790)
  • Hess 47: Allegro con brio in E major for piano trio (arrangement of String Trio Opus 3)
  • Hess 49: Piano Trio in E major (1786)
  • Hess 50: Piano Trio in B major (1786)
  • Hess 52: Piano Sonata in C major
  • Hess 54: Piano variations on Freudvoll und Liedvoll
  • Hess 57: Bagatelle in C major (1824)
  • Hess 58: Piano Exercise in B major (1800)
  • Hess 59: Piano Exercise in C (1792–1800)
  • Hess 60: Draft in A for Piano (1793)
  • Hess 63: Arrangement of Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart's "Kaplied" for piano (1789)
  • Hess 65: Concerto excerpt (arrangement of Opus 37) (1820–01)
  • Hess 66: Allegretto in C minor (1796–97)
  • Hess 67: Two German dances for piano (1811)
  • Hess 69: Allegretto for piano in C minor (1794)
  • Hess 70: Adagio for piano in G major (1803–04)
  • Hess 71: Molto adagio for piano in G major (1803–04)
  • Hess 72: Variations for piano in A major (1803)
  • Hess 76–83: Cadenzas for Piano
  • Hess 84: Rondo for piano
  • Hess 85: Piano cadenza for Op. 61a
  • Hess 87: Grenadiermarsch for piano (arrangement of WoO 29) (1797–98)
  • Hess 88: Minuet for piano (arrangement of WoO 209) (1790–92)
  • Hess 89: Ritterballet for piano (arrangement of WoO 1) (1791)
  • Hess 90: The Creatures of Prometheus for piano (arrangement of Op. 43) (1801)
  • Hess 91–5: Five Songs
  • Hess 96: Fragment of Symphony No. 7 for piano (1813)
  • Hess 97: Wellington's Victory for piano and two cannons (arrangement of Op. 91) (1816)
  • Hess 98: Scherzo for piano (1794–99)
  • Hess 99: Yorckscher Marsch (piano arrangement of WoO 18) (1809–10)
  • Hess 100: Twelve German dances (piano arrangement of WoO 8) (1795)
  • Hess 101: Twelve Minuets (piano arrangement of WoO 7) (1795)
  • Hess 102: Nine contredanses (piano arrangement of nos. 1–2, 4–5, 7–10, 12 from Twelve contredanses for orchestra WoO 14) (1791–1801)
  • Hess 107: Grenadiermarsch (musical clock arrangement of WoO 29) (1798)
  • Hess 108: Wellington's Victory (panharmonicon arrangement of the second part of Opus 91) (1813)
  • Hess 110–114: Parts from 'Leonore
  • Hess 116: Fragment for Solo Voice(s): "Ritterblatt"
  • Hess 118: Music for The Consecration of the House (from Opus 113) (1822)
  • Hess 121–122: Arias from Leonore
  • Hess 123–1247: Songs
  • Hess 152–207: Folksong settings
  • Hess 208–232: Italian partsongs
  • Hess 233–246: Counterpoint exercises
  • Hess 254: Canon in G major: "Hol dich der Teufel" (1801)
  • Hess 263–264: Two canons
  • Hess 274: Canons in G major (1803)
  • Hess 296: Little Cadenza for Instrument(s) (1822)
  • Hess 297: Adagio for three horns (1815)
  • Hess 299–305: Sketches for canons
  • Hess 306–309: Four canons
  • Hess 310: Prelude in C for Organ
  • Hess 311–312: Two canons
  • Hess 313: Song: "Te solo adoro" (1824)
  • Hess 314: Funeral Cantata (1781)
  • Hess 315: Fugue
  • Hess 316: Quintet (1793)
  • Hess 318–319: String Quintets
  • Hess 320: Andante for String Quartet in G major (1815)
  • Hess 321–324: Melodies
  • Hess 325: Piece for piano in D major (1802)
  • Hess 326: Fugue for piano in C major (1800–01)
  • Hess 327: Two little melodies (1803)
  • Hess 329–330: Sketches
  • Hess 331: Minuet for piano in B major
  • Hess 332: Pastorella for String Quartet in D major (1799)
  • Hess 333: Minuet-Scherzo for String Quartet in A major (1799)
  • Hess 334: Draft for String Quartet in A major (1799)
  • Hess 335: Two exercises on the song "Gedenke Mein"

Works with Hess Anhang (Anh.) numbers

These are works included in the appendix of Hess's catalogue that might not be genuine works by Beethoven.[44]

  • Anh. 3: Marches zur großen Wachtparade (not certain)
  • Anh. 4: Marsch in geschwinden tempo (not certain)
  • Anh. 5: Twelve waltzes for 2 Violins and Bass, with 2 Flutes and 2 Horns ad libitum (not certain) (1807)
  • Anh. 8: Quintet for Flute, Violin, 2 Violas, and Cello (not certain)
  • Anh. 9: Sonata for 2 Violins and Cello (not certain)
  • Anh. 10: Andante favori for string quartet (arrangement of WoO 57) (not certain)
  • Anh. 17: Adagio and Andante for violin and piano (not certain)
  • Anh. 21: Bagatelle "An Laura" for piano (arrangement of WoO 112) (doubtful)
  • Anh. 22: Funeral March in C Minor (not certain)
  • Anh. 38–56: Songs (not certain)
  • Anh. 57: Fugue "Dona nobis pacem" (now thought genuine) (1795)
  • Anh. 58: Bundeslied (not certain)
  • Anh. 59: Folksong "As I was wandering" (not certain)
  • Anh. 60: Canon in C major (probably spurious)
  • Anh. 61–62: Canons (spurious)
  • Anh. 63–64: Canons (not certain)
  • Anh. 65: Cantata Karfreitagskantate (not certain)
  • Anh. 66: Two fragments for chorus (not certain)

Works with Biamonti numbers

The Italian musicologist Giovanni Biamonti compiled a chronological catalogue Beethoven's entire output known at the time, including sketches and fragments. While most of these works were already included in other catalogues, there were some that had been missed by earlier compilers.[45] This list does not include works with opus, WoO or Hess numbers, nor does it include sketches.

  • Bia 15: Song "Der Arme Componist" (1788–91)
  • Bia 16: Cello part to the Lost Cadenza for Leopold Cantata WoO 88
  • Bia 43: Song "Meine Mutter fragt mich immer: trinkst du?"
  • Bia 48: Anglaise for piano for G minor (1792)
  • Bia 238: Presto in F major (1800)
  • Bia 249: Minuet for orchestra in D major (1800)
  • Bia 252: Minuet for orchestra in D major (1800)
  • Bia 269: Andante molto for piano in E major
  • Bia 272: Andante for piano in B major (1793)
  • Bia 274: Andante for String Quartet in C major (1793)
  • Bia 277: Presto for piano in G major (1793)
  • Bia 279: Allegro for piano in C major (1793)
  • Bia 291: Andante, for a symphony (1801)
  • Bia 292: March with variations (1801)
  • Bia 319: Finale for piano (1802)
  • Bia 322: Piece for piano in C minor (1802)
  • Bia 323: Piece for piano (1802)
  • Bia 346: Fuga Antique for piano in C major (1803)
  • Bia 347: Passage for piano through all the keys (1803)
  • Bia 359: Rondo for "all the instruments" (1803)
  • Bia 380: Song "Zur Erde sank die Ruh' vom Himmel nieder" (1803)
  • Bia 383: Exercise for piano
  • Bia 389: Piece for viola, cello, horn and double bass (1803)
  • Bia 392: Rondo for piano (1803)
  • Bia 447: Passage for piano (1808)
  • Bia 547: Symphony No. 8 with the original ending of Hess 1 (1812)
  • Bia 606: Andante for pizzicati basses with clarinets in B minor (1815)
  • Bia 621: Allemande for piano (1815)
  • Bia 622: Pastorella for piano in C major (1815)
  • Bia 624: Etude, study of prosody on a text of Homer (1815)
  • Bia 632: Song "Die Zufrieddenheit" (1815)
  • Bia 634: German dance for piano trio in F minor (1815)
  • Bia 638: Exercise for piano (1815)
  • Bia 797: Adagio for String Quartet in E major (1824)
  • Bia 811: Canon in C minor (1825)
  • Bia 849: Draft for piano (last notes written by Beethoven) (1827)

There were also several projected works by Beethoven, including the operas Alessandro, Memnons Dreiklang, and Bradamante; an oratorio on a text by Meissner, an oratorio "Die Befrieung Jerusalems", and an oratorio "Die Sündflut" with text by Hammer-Purgstall.[46]

See also

References

Sources

Catalogues and bibliographies

  • Biamonti, Giovanni. Catologo cronologo e tematico delle opere di Beethoven. Torino: ILTE, 1968.
    —Encompasses works with and without opus numbers, as well as sketches and fragments, in 849 chronologically arranged entries.
  • Bruers, Antonio. Beethoven: Catalogo Storico-Critico di Tutte le Opere. Rome: G. Bardi, 1951.
  • Dorfmüller, Kurt (ed). Beiträge zur Beethoven-Bibliographie: Studien und Materialen zum Werkverzeichnis von Kinsky-Halm. München: G. Henle, 1978
  • Dorfmüller, Kurt, Gertsch, Norbert and Ronge, Julia. Ludwig van Beethoven Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. München: G. Henle, 2014. .
    —Revised and expanded edition of the catalogue of works by Kinsky and Halm.
  • Green, James (ed. and trans). The New Hess Catalog of Beethoven's Works. West Newbury, Vermont: Vance Brook, 2003. .
    —An English translation of Willy Hess' important 1957 catalogue and study, updated to reflect more recent scholarship.
  • Haas, Wilhelm. Systematische Ordnung Beethovenscher Melodien. Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer, 1932.
  • Hess, Willy. Verzeichnis der nicht in der Gesamtausgabe veröffentlichen Werke Ludwig van Beethovens. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1957.
    —Hess' original study and catalogue; still more widely available in libraries than Green's edition.
  • Johnson, Douglas, Tyson, Alan and Winter, Robert. The Beethoven Sketchbooks: History, Reconstruction, Inventory. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1985.
  • Johnson, Douglas and Burnham, Scott G. "Beethoven, Ludwig Van (Works)", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Subscription access). Accessed 19 April 2007.
    —Includes categorized works list with bibliographical and other information.
  • Kastner, Emerich and Frimmel, Theodor von. Bibliotheca Beethoveniana. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1925.
  • Kinsky, Georg and Halm, Hanss. Das Werk Beethovens: thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner sämtlichen vollendeten Kompositionen. München: G. Henle, 1955.
    —The standard thematic and bibliographical catalogue of Beethoven's works.
  • Nottebohm, Gustav. Thematisches Verzeichnis der im Druck erschienenen Werke von Ludwig van Beethoven. Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1925 . Reprinted Wiesbaden: M. Sändig, 1969 .
    —Historically important thematic catalogue, by a pioneering 19th Century Beethoven scholar.
  • Schürmann, Kurt E. Ludwig van Beethoven: alle vertonten und musikalisch bearbeiteten Texte. Münster : Aschendorff, 1980.
  • Solomon, Maynard. Beethoven (1st edition). New York: Schirmer, 1977. . pp. 372, 386–391.
    —Popular biographical study; includes bibliographical notes and (incomplete) works lists.
  • Thayer, Alexander Wheelock. Chronologisches Verzeichniss der Werke Ludwig van Beethovens. Berlin: Ferdinand Schneider, 1865.
  • Tyson, Alan. The Authentic English Editions of Beethoven. London: Faber & Faber, 1963.

Works collections (scores)

  • Ludwig van Beethovens Werke: Vollständige kritisch durchgesehene überall berechtigte Ausgabe. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel,
    vols i–xxiv, 1862–65; vol xxv (supplement), 1888.
    —Original critical "complete works" edition, commonly known as the Beethoven Gesamtausgabe.
  • Beethoven: Sämtliche Werke: Supplemente zur Gesamtausgabe, ed. W. Hess. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1959.
    —Hess's supplement to the 19th century Breitkopf edition.
  • Beethovens Werke: neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, edited by Joseph Schmidt-Görg, Martin Staehelin, et al. München: G. Henle, 1961 – (current).
    – New critical edition, "herausgaben vom Beethoven-Archiv, Bonn"; 56 volumes in 13 categories, 36 volumes released as of January 2009.

Books

  • Cooper, Barry (ed). Beethoven Compendium: a Guide to Beethoven's Life and Music. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991.
  • Cooper, Barry. The Creation of Beethoven's 35 Piano Sonatas. Oxford: Routledge, 2017.
  • Lühning. Helga. 1997. Beethoven as a Lieder composer. Beethoven Complete Recording. Deutsche Grammophon.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Works . Beethoven-Haus Bonn . 27 May 2019 . 23 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200623004204/https://da.beethoven.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=1510&template=einstieg_digitales_archiv_en&_mid=Works . dead .
  2. Web site: Program Music . Britannica.com . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 December 2019.
  3. Web site: On Beethoven's Birthday, The Three Periods . Classical MPR . 16 December 2019.
  4. Web site: How music is catalogued . Interlude . 16 December 2019.
  5. Web site: Complete edition of Beethoven's works . Beethoven-Haus . 19 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Complete Editions: Ludwig van Beethoven . G. Henle Verlag . 29 May 2019.
  7. Unless stated otherwise all information comes from the New Grove Music Dictionary article on Beethoven Web site: Johnson . Douglas . Burnham . Scott G. . Drabkin . William . Kerman . Joseph . Tyson . Alan. Alan Tyson. Ludwig van Beethoven-Works . Grove Music Dictionary . oxfordmusiconline . 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.40026 . 978-1-56159-263-0 . 17 May 2019.
  8. 1st private performance at Lobkowitz palace, summer 1804,
  9. preliminary sketches, 1804
  10. Web site: Beethoven: The Immortal . 20 November 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090203234337/http://lucare.com/immortal/cooper.html . 3 February 2009 .
  11. with op.133 as finale; new finale composed 1826
  12. "According to footnote 3 of Series VI, Volume 5, of the New Compete Edition, Hess 33 (=WoO 211) appears in the Anhang (Appendix) to the Kritischer Bericht (Critical Report) for Volume 4"
  13. http://www.earsense.org/chamberbase/works/detail/?pkey=97 String Quintet (viola) in C major, Op. 29, Der Sturm
  14. https://www.beethoven.de/en/media/view/5262514635931648/scan/0 "Ludwig van Beethoven, Skizzenblatt zu einem unvollendeten Streichquintett C-Dur, Finale, Partiturskizze, Autograph"
  15. [Howard Ferguson (composer)|Howard Ferguson's]
  16. nos.2 and 4 sketched 1794–95; others also sketched before 1820
  17. Variations nos. 1, 2, 5, 6 written in 1799, nos. 3–4 in 1803
  18. private edition of full score, Leipzig, 1908–10
  19. no. 3 sketched 1798
  20. The author of the text
  21. No. 3 sketched c. 1792–93
  22. "The first true song cycle in the history of music."
  23. earlier sketches from 1814
  24. "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."
  25. nos. 3, 4, 6 written in 1795; nos. 2, 9, 10 in late 1801; others before 1802
  26. reported by Schindler; pts found by H. Riemann in 1905 were assumed to be same work
  27. Keys come from Allmusic page on Beethoven compositions Web site: Beethoven-Compositions . Allmusic . 23 May 2019.
  28. Web site: Beethoven's music without Opus number – WoO . lvbeethoven . 22 May 2019.
  29. Beethoven produced 3 different versions of Te solo adore
  30. consists of march by Haydn, transition section by Beethoven and transcription of WOO29
  31. Confusingly, this trio (and its various string trio arrangements) has also at times been numbered Op. 29, 55 and 55 bis: q.v. MacArdle . Donald W. . A Check-List of Beethoven's Chamber Music. II . Music & Letters . 27 . 2 . 83–101 . 1946 . "This work originally had the opus number 29". 727436 . 10.1093/ml/XXVII.2.83 . ; Cover of Beethoven "Op. 55" string trio; Web site: Buck . Percy Carter . Mee . John Henry . Woods . F. Cunningham (Francis Cunningham) . Ten years of university music in Oxford, being a brief record of the proceedings of the Oxford university musical union during the year 1884–1894 . Archive.org . Oxford : W.R. Bowden . 1 October 2019 . 49, 109, 180, 198 . 1894 . "Trio for two Violins and Viola in C major, Op. 55 (bis) Beethoven". ; and Web site: Trio in C major, Op.87 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) . imslp.org . 1 October 2019 . "Grand Trio (d'après Op. 87) pour deux Violons et Viola par L. van Beethoven. Op. 55 bis".
  32. Web site: Minuet for Orchestra, WoO 12 nr.1 in C (mp3) . Unheard Beethoven . 25 May 2019.
  33. Web site: Twelve Ecossaises, WoO 16 (mp3) . Unheard Beethoven . 25 May 2019.
  34. https://unheardbeethoven.org/recordings-of-the-woo-99-part-songs-analyzed/ . The 2014 revision to the Kinsky catalogue rearranged the numbering of the Italian Part-Songs of WoO 99 and added a number of songs. This listing reflects the new numbering, with the old numbers shown where applicable.
  35. Web site: The New Kinsky-Halm Catalogue . The Unheard Beethoven . 19 May 2019.
  36. Web site: Beethoven's music without Opus number – WoO Anghang . lvbeethoven . 25 May 2019.
  37. Web site: Gavotte in F for Piano Four Hands, Anhang 8 nr. 1 (6.91 MB) . The Unheard Beethoven.
  38. Web site: Tunes played during gun carriage procession . The Straits Times.
  39. Web site: Derrick . David . Funeral march . davidderick.wordpress.
  40. Web site: Adieu to the Piano, Anh. 15 (mp3) . Unheard Beethoven.
  41. Web site: Gertrude's Dream, waltz for piano, Anhang 16, nr. 2 (mp3) . Unheard Beethoven.
  42. Web site: Beethoven's 'Macbeth' Bubbles to the Surface . New York Times . 19 May 2019.
  43. Web site: Beethoven's music – The Hess catalogue . lvbeethoven . 26 May 2019.
  44. Web site: Beethoven's music – The Hess catalogue: Anhang . lvbeethoven . 26 May 2019.
  45. Web site: Orlandi . Armando . Beethoven Works – The Biamonti catalogue . lvbeethoven . 26 May 2019.
  46. Web site: Beethoven's music – The Biamonti catalogue: Appendices . lvbeethoven . 26 May 2019.