Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a classical composer who was baptized on December 17, 1770 and died on March 26, 1827.

Many people believe Beethoven was the single greatest composer of all time. He is undoubtedly one of the best known and most loved. His most famous works include his [5th Symphony]?, 9th Symphony, [/Fur Elise]?, and the [Moonlight Sonata]?.

Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany and moved to Vienna when he was 22, where he studied under [Franz Joseph Haydn]?. In Vienna he earned a reputation as a piano virtuoso, and began publishing his own compositions soon after. By the early 1800s he had established his reputation as a great and daring composer.

Beethoven began to lose his hearing at least by 1801. He continued composing nonetheless, and his most famous work, the 9th Symphony, was composed after he had become totally deaf.

Opus 1 no 1 (1795) Piano Trio No. 1 in E flat major

Opus 1 no 2 (1795) Piano Trio No. 2 in G major

Opus 1 no 3 (1795) Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor

Opus 2 no 1 (1796) Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor

Opus 2 no 2 (1796) Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major

Opus 2 no 3 (1796) Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major

Opus 3 (1794) String Trio No. 1 in E flat major

Opus 4 (1795) String Quintet in E flat major

Opus 5 no 1 (1796) Sonata for Piano and Violincello No. 1 in F major

Opus 5 no 2 (1796) Sonata for Piano and Violincello No. 2 in G minor

Opus 6 (1797) Piano Sonata for four hands

Opus 7 (1797) Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major

Opus 8 (1797) Serenade in D major for string trio

Opus 9 no 1 (1798) String Trio No. 2 in G major

Opus 9 no 2 (1798) String Trio No. 3 in D major

Opus 9 no 3 (1798) String Trio No. 4 in C minor

Opus 10 no 1 (1798) Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor

Opus 10 no 2 (1798) Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major

Opus 10 no 3 (1798) Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major

Opus 11 (1798) Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major

Opus 12 no 1 (1798) Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major

Opus 12 no 2 (1798) Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major

Opus 12 no 3 (1798) Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major

Opus 13 (1799) Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor "Pathetique"

Opus 14 no 1 (1799) Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major

Opus 14 no 2 (1799) Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major

Opus 15 (1795) Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major

Opus 16 (1796) Quintet for Piano and Wind

Opus 17 (1800) Horn Sonata in F major

Opus 18 no 1 (1800) String Quartet No. 1 in F major

Opus 18 no 2 (1800) String Quartet No. 2 in G major

Opus 18 no 3 (1800) String Quartet No. 3 in D major

Opus 18 no 4 (1800) String Quartet No. 4 in C minor

Opus 18 no 5 (1800) String Quartet No. 5 in A major

Opus 18 no 6 (1800) String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major

Opus 19 (1795) Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major

Opus 20 (1799) Septet in E flat major

Opus 21 (1800) Symphony No. 1 in C major

Opus 22 (1800) Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major

Opus 23 (1801) Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor

Opus 24 (1801) Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major "Spring"

Opus 25 (1801) Serenade in D major for Flute, Violin and Viola

Opus 26 (1801) Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major

Opus 27 no 1 (1801) Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major

Opus 27 no 2 (1801) Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight"

Opus 28 (1801) Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major

Opus 29 (1801) String Quintet in C major

Opus 30 no 1 (1803) Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major

Opus 30 no 2 (1803) Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor

Opus 30 no 3 (1803) Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major

Opus 31 no 1 (1802) Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major

Opus 31 no 2 (1802) Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor "Tempest"

Opus 31 no 3 (1802) Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major

Opus 32 (1805) Song - An die Hoffnung

Opus 33 (1802) Seven Bagatelles for piano

Opus 34 (1802) Six variations for piano on an original theme, F major

Opus 35 (1802) Fifteen variations and a fugue for piano on an original theme, E flat major "Eroica"

Opus 36 (1803) Symphony No. 2 in D major

Opus 37 (1803) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor

Opus 38 (1803) Piano Trio No. 8 (Arrangement of the Septet Opus 20)

Opus 39 (1789) Two Preludes through all twelve major keys for piano

Opus 40 (1802) Romance for Violin in G major

Opus 41 (1803) Serenade for Paino and Flute or Violin in D major

Opus 42 (1803) Notturno for Viola and Piano in D major

Opus 43 (1801) The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture and Ballet music

Opus 44 (1792) Piano Trio No. 10 (Variations on an original theme in E flat major)

Opus 45 (1803) 3 Marches for Piano, 4 hands

Opus 46 (1795) Song - Adelaide

Opus 47 (1802) Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major "Kreutzer"

Opus 48 no 1 (1802) Song - Bitten

Opus 48 no 2 (1802) Song - Die Liebe des Naechsten

Opus 48 no 3 (1802) Song - Vom Tode

Opus 48 no 4 (1802) Song - Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur

Opus 48 no 5 (1802) Song - Gottes Macht und Vorsehung

Opus 48 no 6 (1802) Song - Busslied

Opus 49 no 1 (1792) Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor

Opus 49 no 2 (1792) Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major

Opus 50 (1798) Romance for Violin in F major

Opus 51 no 1 (1797) Rondo in C major for piano

Opus 51 no 2 (1798) Rondo in G major for piano

Opus 52 no 1 (1805) Song - Urians Reise um die Welt

Opus 52 no 2 (1805) Song - Feuerfab

Opus 52 no 3 (1805) Song - Das Liedchen von der Ruhe

Opus 52 no 4 (1805) Song - Maigesang

Opus 52 no 5 (1805) Song - Mollys Abschied

Opus 52 no 6 (1805) Song - Die Liebe

Opus 52 no 7 (1805) Song - Marmotte

Opus 52 no 8 (1805) Song - Das Bluemchen Wunderhold

Opus 53 (1803) Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major "Waldstein"

Opus 54 (1804) Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major

Opus 55 (1805) Symphony No. 3 in E flat major "Eroica"

Opus 56 (1805) Triple Concerto in C major

Opus 57 (1805) Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata"

Opus 58 (1807) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major

Opus 59 no 1 (1806) String Quartet No. 7 in F major "Rasumovsky 1"

Opus 59 no 2 (1806) String Quartet No. 8 in E minor "Rasumovsky 2"

Opus 59 no 3 (1806) String Quartet No. 9 in C major "Rasumovsky 3"

Opus 60 (1807) Symphony No. 4 in B flat major

Opus 61 (1808) Concerto for Violin and Orcestra in D major

Opus 62 (1807) Overture - Coriolan

Opus 63 (1806) Arrangement of String Quintet ( Opus 4) for Piano Trio

Opus 64 (1807) Arrangement of Piano Trio ( Opus 3) for Piano and Cello

Opus 65 (1796) Aria - Ah perfido!

Opus 66 (1796) Variations for Cello on Mozart's `Ein Maedchen oder Weibchen'

Opus 67 (1808) Symphony No. 5 in C minor

Opus 68 (1808) Symphony No. 6 in F major "Pastoral"

Opus 69 (1808) Sonata for Piano and Violincello No. 3 in A major

Opus 70 no 1 (1808) Piano Trio No. 5 in D major "Ghost"

Opus 70 no 2 (1808) Piano Trio No. 6 in E flat major

Opus 71 (1796) Wind sextet in E flat

Opus 72a (1805) Opera - Leonore? (with Overture Leonore No. 2)

Opus 72b (1806) Opera - Leonore (with Overture Leonore No. 3)

Opus 72c (1814) Opera - Fidelio?

Opus 73 (1809) Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major "Emperor"

Opus 74 (1809) String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major "Harp"

Opus 75 no 1 (1809) Song - Mignon

Opus 75 no 2 (1809) Song - Neue Liebe, neues Leben

Opus 75 no 3 (1809) Song - Aus Goethes Faust?: Es war einmal ein Koenig

Opus 75 no 4 (1809) Song - Gretels Warnung

Opus 75 no 5 (1809) Song - An die fernen Geliebten

Opus 75 no 6 (1809) Song - Der Zufriedene

Opus 76 (1809) Six variations for piano on an original theme, D major

Opus 77 (1809) Piano Fantasia

Opus 78 (1809) Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major

Opus 79 (1809) Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major

Opus 80 (1808) Choral Fantasia

Opus 81a (1809) Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major "Les Adieux"

Opus 81b (1795) Sextet in E flat

Opus 82 no 1 (1809) Song - Hoffnung

Opus 82 no 2 (1809) Song - Liebes-Klage

Opus 82 no 3 (1809) Duet - L'amante impatiente

Opus 82 no 4 (1809) Song - L'amante impatiente

Opus 82 no 5 (1809) Song - Lebens-Genuss

Opus 83 no 1 (1810) Song - Wonne der Wehmut

Opus 83 no 2 (1810) Song - Sehnsucht

Opus 83 no 3 (1810) Song - Mit einem gemalten Band

Opus 84 (1810) Egmont (Overture and Incidental Music)

Opus 85 (1804) Christus am Olberge

Opus 86 (1807) Mass in C major

Opus 87 (1795) Trio for two Oboes and English Horn in C major

Opus 88 (1803) Song - Das Gluck der Freundschaft

Opus 89 (1814) Polonaise in C major

Opus 90 (1814) Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor

Opus 91 (1813) Wellington's Victory ("Battle" Symphony)

Opus 92 (1813) Symphony No. 7 in A major

Opus 93 (1814) Symphony No. 8 in F major

Opus 94 (1815) Song - An die Hoffnung

Opus 95 (1810) String Quartet No. 11 in F minor "Serioso"

Opus 96 (1812) Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major

Opus 97 (1811) Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major "Archduke"

Opus 98 (1816) Song Cycle - An die ferne Geliebte

Opus 99 (1816) Song - Der Mann von Wort

Opus 100 (1814) Song - Merkenstein

Opus 101 (1816) Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major

Opus 102no 1 (1815) Sonata for Piano and Violincello No. 4 in C major

Opus 102no 2 (1815) Sonata for Piano and Violincello No. 5 in D minor

Opus 103 (1792) Wind octet in E flat

Opus 104 (1817) String Quintet (arrangement of Piano Trio No. 3)

Opus 105 (1819) Six sets of variations for Piano and Flute

Opus 106 (1818) Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major "Hammerklavier"

Opus 107 (1820) Ten sets of variations for Piano and Flute

Opus 108 (1818) Twenty-Five Scottish Songs

Opus 109 (1822) Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major

Opus 110 (1822) Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major

Opus 111 (1822) Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor

Opus 112 (1815) Meeresstille und glueckliche Fahrt (for chorus and orchestra)

Opus 113 (1811) Singspiel - Die Ruinen von Athens (The ruins of Athens)

Opus 114 (1822) March and Chorus - Die Weihe des Hauses

Opus 115 (1815) Overture - Zur Namensfeier

Opus 116 (1802) Vocal Trio with Orchestra - Tramte, empi tremate

Opus 117 (1811) Singspiel - King Stephen

Opus 118 (1814) Eligischer Gesang (for chorus and orchestra)

Opus 119 (1822) Eleven new Bagatelles for piano

Opus 120 (1823) Thirty-three variations for piano on a waltz by Diabelli, C major

Opus 121a (1803) Piano Trio No. 11 (Variations on `Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu')

Opus 121b (1822) Opferlied (for chorus and orchestra)

Opus 122 (1824) Bundeslied (for chorus and orchestra)

Opus 123 (1822) Mass in D major (Missa Solemnis)

Opus 124 (1822) Overture - Die Weihe des Hauses

Opus 125 (1824) Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral"

Opus 126 (1824) Six Bagatelles for piano

Opus 127 (1825) String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major

Opus 128 (1822) Song - Der Kuss

Opus 129 (1795) Rondo Capriccio for piano in G major (Rage over a lost penny)

Opus 130 (1825) String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major

Opus 131 (1826) String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor

Opus 132 (1825) String Quartet No. 15 in A minor

Opus 133 (1826) Grosse Fuge in B flat major

Opus 134 (1826) Piano arrangement (4 hands) of Grosse Fuge

Opus 135 (1826) String Quartet No. 16 in F major

Opus 136 (1814) Cantata - Der glorreiche Augenblick

Opus 137 (1817) String Quintet (fugue) in D major

Opus 138 (1807) Overture - Leonore 1

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