List of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Title page of Beethoven's symphonies from the Gesamtausgabe IMSLP61850-PMLP01607-Symphony No.9, Op.125 (Beethoven, Ludwig van), I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso.pdf
Title page of Beethoven's symphonies from the Gesamtausgabe

The composition of Ludwig van Beethoven consist 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.

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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 Many works that were unpublished or published without opus numbers have been assigned one of "WoO" (Werke ohne Opuszahl—works without opus number), Hess or Biamonti numbers.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

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Beethoven, caricatured by Johann Peter Lyser  [ de ]

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. 21 Symphony No. 1 in C major1799–2 April 1800p: Leipzig 1801Baron Gottfried van Swieten i/1i/1 [6]
Op. 36 Symphony No. 2 in D major1801–5 April 1803p: Vienna, 1804; for piano, violin, cello: Vienna, 1805 Prince Karl von Lichnowsky i/2i/1 [6]
Op. 55 Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" in E major1803–7 April 1805 [8] p: Vienna, 1806 Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz i/3i/2 [6]
Op. 60 Symphony No. 4 in B major1806–March 1807p: Vienna, 1808Count Franz von Oppersdorff i/4i/2 [6]
Op. 67 Symphony No. 5 "Fate" in C minor1807– [9] 22 December 1808 p: Leipzig, 1809Prince Lobkowitz and Count Andreas Razumovsky i/5i/3 [6]
Op. 68 Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" in F major1808–22 December 1808p: Leipzig, 1809Prince Lobkowitz and Count Razumovskyi/6i/3 [6]
Op. 92 Symphony No. 7 in A major1811–8 December 1813s, p: Vienna, 1816 Count Moritz von Fries i/7
Op. 93 Symphony No. 8 in F major1812–27 February 1814s, p: Vienna, 1817shortened version of end of 1st movt, HS ivi/8
Op. 125 Symphony No. 9 "Choral" in D minor1822–7 May 1824s, p: Mainz, 1826 Frederick William III of Prussia i/9i/5 [6]

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 4 Piano Concerto No. 0 in E major1784s: GAsurvives only in pf score (with orch cues in solo part)xxv/310iii/5 [6]
WoO 5 Violin Concerto in C major, (fragment)1790–1792Vienna, 1879part of 1st movt only; 1st edn ded. Gerhard von Breuning HS iii
Hess 12Oboe Concerto in F major, (lost)1792–1793?sent to Bonn from Vienna in late 1793; a few sketches survive
Op. 19 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B majorbegun c.1788, rev. 1794–1829p: Leipzig, 1801Carl Nicklas von Nickelsberg; score frag. rejected from early version, HS iiiix/66iii/2 [6]
cadenza for first movement1809GAix/70avii/7 [6]
Op. 15 Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major18 December 1795 rev. 1800p: Vienna, 1801 Princess Barbara Odescalchi (née Countess von Keglevics) ix/65iii/2 [6]
3 cadenzas for first movement1809GAix/70avii/7 [6]
Op. 37 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor1800–5 April 1803?p: Vienna, 1804Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia ix/67iii/2 [6]
cadenza for first movement1809GAix/70avii/7 [6]
Op. 56 Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major1804–May 1808p: Vienna, 1807Prince Lobkowitzix/70iii/1 [6]
Op. 58 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major1804–22 December 1808p: Vienna, 1808 Archduke Rudolph of Austria ix/68iii/3 [6]
2 cadenzas for first movement, cadenza for finale1809?GAix/70avii/7 [6]
cadenza for first movement, 2 cadenzas for finale (Hess 81, 82, 83)1809?NAHSxvii/7 [6]
Op. 61 Violin Concerto in D major23 December 1806p: Vienna, 1808; London, 1810 Stephan von Breuning iv/29; HSxiii/4 [6]
Op. 61a Beethoven's arrangement of Opus 61 for Piano in D major1807p: Vienna, 1808; London, 1810Julie von Breuningix/73 (solo part)iii/5 [6]
Cadenza for first movement, cadenza for finale1809?GAix/70avii/7 [6]
2 cadenzas for finale (Hess 84–85)1809?NAHSxvii/7 [6]
Op. 73 Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" in E major1809–28 November 1811p: London, 1810; Leipzig, 1811 Archduke Rudolph ix/69iii/3 [6]
Hess 15 Piano Concerto No. 6 in D major, (fragment)1814–1815unfinished (performing version completed by Nicholas Cook)

Other works for soloist and orchestra

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
Hess 13Romance Cantabile1786?Wiesbaden, 1952intended as slow movement of larger workHS iii
WoO 6 Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in B major1793p: Vienna, 1829orig. finale of op.19; solo part completed by Carl Czerny for 1st ed.ix/72; HS iiiiii/5 [6]
Op. 50Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F majorc. 1798–November 1798?p: Vienna, 1805iv/31iii/4 [6]
Op. 40 Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major1801–1802p: Leipzig, 1803iv/30iii/4 [6]
Hess 11Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 3, (lost)1816reported by W. Altmann in Preface to the Steiner edition of 1816 of the Violin Concerts
Op. 80 Choral Fantasy in C minor22 December 1808, rev. 1809p: London, 1810; Leipzig, 1811 Maximilian Joseph, King of Bavaria;HS xix/71x/2 [6]

Overtures and incidental music

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 1"Ritterballet" in D major1790–Bonn, 6 March 1791pf: Leipzig and Winterthur, 1872; s: GAxxv/286; HS viiiii/2 [6]
Op. 43"The Creatures of Prometheus"1800–Burgtheater, Vienna, 28 March 1801for pf: Vienna, 1801; p: Leipzig, 1804 [ov. only]; s: GAPrincess Christiane von Lichnowskyii/11; HX viiiii/2 [6]
Op. 62"Coriolan" Overture in C minorMarch 1807p: Vienna, 1808 Heinrich Joseph von Collin iii/18ii/1 [6]
Op. 138"Leonore" Overture No. 1 in C major1807–7 February 1828s, p: Vienna, 1838iii/19ix/1 [6]
Op. 72a"Leonore" Overture No. 2 in C major1804–Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 20 November 1805s: HSHS ii. xi–xiiiix/1 [6]
Op. 72b"Leonore" Overture No. 3 in C major1805–Theater an der Wien, 29 March 1806s: HSHS xi–xiiiix/1 [6]
Op. 84"Egmont" in F minor1809–15 June 1810p: Leipzig, 1810 [ov.], Leipzig, 1812 [remainder]; vs: Leipzig, 1812 [without ov.]; s: Leipzig, 1831ii/12, iii/27; HS v (no.4)ix/7 [6]
Op. 113"The Ruins of Athens" (Die Ruinen von Athen) in G major1811–10 February 1812s: Vienna, 1823 [ov. only], Vienna, 1846 [complete],ded. (by publisher) König Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia xx/207, iii/28x/8 [6]
Op. 117"King Stephen" (König Stephan) in Eb major1811–10 February 1812s: Vienna, 1826 [ov. only], GA [complete]xx/207b, iii/23ix/8 [6]
WoO 2aTriumphal March, for Tarpeja in C major26 March 1813p: Vienna, 1840; s: GAii/14ix/7 [6]
WoO 2bIntroduction to Act 2 of Leonore, 1805 version1805, discardeds: Mainz, 1938HS iv
Op. 91 Wellington's Victory "Battle Symphony"8 December 1813s, p: Vienna, 1816; for pf: London and Vienna, 1816Prince Regent of England (later King George IV)ii/10; HS viii (for pf)ii/1 [6]
Op. 115"Zur Namensfeier" (Feastday) in C major1814–25 December 1815s, p: Vienna, 1825Prince Antoni Radziwiłł iii/22ii/1 [6]
WoO 96Leonore Prohaska1815s: GAxxv/272ix/7 [6]
Op. 114March and Chorus for "The Consecration of the House"1822
Op. 124"The Consecration of the House" (Die Weihe des Hauses) in CJosefstadt-Theater, 3 October 1822s: Mainz, 1825Prince Nikolay Golitsïn iii/24ii/1 [6]
WoO 98Wo sich die Pulse, chorus for " The Consecration of the House"1822s:GAxxv/266ix/8 [6]
WoO 3Gratulations-Minuet in E3 November 1822p: Vienna, 1832written for Carl Friedrich Hensler, ded. (by publisher) Karl Holz ii/13ii/3 [6]

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. 18/3 String Quartet No. 3 in D major1798–1799Vienna, 1801Prince Lobkowitzvi/39vi/3 [6]
Op. 18/1 String Quartet No. 1 in F major1799Vienna, 1801Prince Lobkowitzvi/37vi/3 [6]
Op. 18/2 String Quartet No. 2 in G major1799Vienna, 1801Prince Lobkowitzvi/38vi/3 [6]
Op. 18/5 String Quartet No. 5 in A major1799Vienna, 1801Prince Lobkowitzvi/41vi/3 [6]
Op. 18/4 String Quartet No. 4 in C minor1799Vienna, 1801Prince Lobkowitzvi/40vi/3 [6]
Op. 18/6 String Quartet No. 6 in B major1800Vienna, 1801Prince Lobkowitzvi/42vi/3 [6]
Op. 59/1 String Quartet No. 7 "Razumovsky" in F major1806Vienna, 1808Count Razumovskyvi/43vi/4 [6]
Op. 59/2 String Quartet No. 8 "Razumovsky" in E minor1806Vienna, 1808Count Razumovskyvi/44vi/4 [6]
Op. 59/3 String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky" C major1806Vienna, 1808Count Razumovskyvi/45vi/4 [6]
Op. 74 String Quartet No. 10 "Harp" in E major1809London and Leipzig, 1810Prince Lobkowitzvi/46vi/4 [6]
Op. 95 String Quartet No. 11 "Serioso" (Serious) in F minor1810–11 May 1814Vienna, 1816 Nikolaus Zmeskall von Domanovecz vi/47vi/4 [6]
Op. 127 String Quartet No. 12 in E major1824–6 March 1825Mainz, 1826Prince Golitsïnvi/48vi/5 [6]
Op. 132 String Quartet No. 15 in A minor6 November 1825Paris and Berlin, 1826Prince Golitsïnvi/51vi/5 [6]
Op. 130 String Quartet No. 13 in B major1825–22 April 1827 (with new finale)Vienna, 1827Prince Golitsïn [11] vi/49vi/5 [6]
Op. 133 Große Fuge in B major1825–21 March 1826Vienna, 1827 Archduke Rudolph; original ending of Op. 130vi/53vi/5 [6]
Op. 131 String Quartet No. 14 in C minor1825–1826Mainz, 1827Baron Joseph von Stutterheimvi/50vi/5 [6]
Op. 135 String Quartet No. 16 in F major1826–23 March 1828Berlin and Paris, 1827Johann Wolfmayervi/52vi/5 [6]
Other chamber music for strings
No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
Hess 33Minuet for String Quartet in A major1790–1792HSHS viKB vi/4 [12]
Op. 3 String Trio No. 1 in E majorbefore 1794?Vienna, 1796vii/54vi/6 [6]
Op. 4 String Quintet in E major1795Vienna, 1796thoroughly recomposed version of Octet Op. 103v/36vi/2 [6]
WoO 32Duo for Viola and Cello, "mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern" ("with two obbligato eyeglasses")1796–17971st movt: Leipzig, 1912; minuet: Frankfurt, London and New York, 1952probably written for Zmeskall von DomanoveczHS vivi/6 [6]
Op. 8 Serenade for string trio, (String Trio No. 2) in D major1796–1797Vienna, 1797vii/58vi/6 [6]
Op. 9/1 String Trio No. 3 in G major1797–1798Vienna, 1798Count Johann Georg von Browne vii/55vi/6 [6]
Op. 9/2 String Trio No. 4 in D major1797–1798Vienna, 1798Count Johann Georg von Brownevii/56vi/6 [6]
Op. 9/3 String Trio No. 5 in C minor1797–1798Vienna, 1798Count Johann Georg von Brownevii/57vi/6 [6]
Op. 29 String Quintet in C major "Storm" [13] 1801Leipzig, 1802Count Friesv/34vi/2 [6]
Hess 34String Quartet in F major1801–1802Vienna, 1802Baroness Josefine von Braun; arrangement of Piano Sonata No. 9HS vivi/3 [6]
Op. 104 String Quintet in C minor1817-10 December 1818Vienna and London, 1819arr. of Piano Trio Op. 1/3; arr. corrected by Beethoven, but largely the work of Kaufmannv/36avi/2 [6]
Hess 40 Prelude for string quintet in D minor1817SMz, xcv (1955)HS vivi/2 [6]
Op. 137 Fugue for String Quintet in D majorNovember 1817Vienna, 1827v/35vi/2 [6]
WoO 34Duet for two violins in A majorApril 29 1822 T. von Frimmel: Ludwig van Beethoven (Berlin, 1901) Alexandre Boucher HS vi
WoO 35Canon for two violins in A majorAugust 1825 L. Nohl: Neue Briefe Beethovens (Stuttgart, 1867)Otto de BoerHS vi
Hess 41String Quintet in C major [14] 1826–1827Vienna, 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 46 Violin Sonata in A major, (fragments)c. 1790–1792HSauthenticity no longer in doubtHS ix
Anh. 4 Flute Sonata in B majorc. 1790–1792?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 major1792–1793Vienna, 1793Eleonore von Breuningxii/103v/2 [6]
WoO 41Rondo for Violin and Piano in G major1793–1794Bonn, 1808xii/102v/2 [6]
WoO 43a Sonatina for mandolin and piano in C minor1796Grove1 ("Mandoline")probably written for Countess Josephine de Claryxxv/295v/4 [6]
WoO 43b Adagio for mandolin and piano in E major1796GAprobably for Countess de Claryxxv/296v/4 [6]
WoO 44a Sonatina for mandolin and piano in C major1796Der Merker, iii (1912)probably for Countess de ClaryHS ixv/4 [6]
WoO 44b Andante and Variations for mandolin and piano in D major1796Sudetendeutsches Musikarchiv (1940), no.1probably for Countess de ClaryHS ixv/4 [6]
Op. 5/1 Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major1796Vienna, 1797 Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia xiii/105v/3 [6]
Op. 5/2 Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor1796Vienna, 1797Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussiaxiii/106v/3 [6]
WoO 45Variations for cello and piano on "See the counquering hero comes" from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus in G major1796Vienna, 1797Princess Christiane von Lichnowskyxiii/110v/3 [6]
Op. 66Variations for cello and piano on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" from Mozart's The Magic Flute in F major1796?Vienna, 1798xiii/111v/3 [6]
Op. 12/1 Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major1798Vienna, 1799 Antonio Salieri xii/92v/1 [6]
Op. 12/2 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major1798Vienna, 1799 Antonio Salieri xii/93v/1 [6]
Op. 12/3 Violin Sonata No. 3 in E major1798Vienna, 1799Antonio Salierixii/94v/1 [6]
Op. 17 Horn Sonata in F major18 April 1800Vienna, 1801Baroness Josefine von Braunxiv/112v/4 [6]
Op. 23 Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor1800Vienna, 1801Count Friesxii/95v/1 [6]
Op. 24 Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, "Spring"1800–1801Vienna, 1801Count Friesxii/96v/1 [6]
WoO 46Variations for cello and piano on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from Mozart's The Magic Flute in E major1801Vienna, 1802Count von Brownexiii/111av/3 [6]
Op. 30/1 Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major1801–1802Vienna, 1803 Alexander I, Tsar of Russia xii/97v/2 [6]
Op. 30/2 Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor1801–1802Vienna, 1803Alexander I, Tsar of Russiaxii/98v/2 [6]
Op. 30/3 Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major1801–1802Vienna, 1803Alexander I, Tsar of Russiaxii/99v/2 [6]
Op. 47 Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, "Kreutzer"1802–24 May 1803Bonn and London, 1805written for George P. Bridgetower, ded. Rodolphe Kreutzer xii/100v/2 [6]
Op. 41Serenade for flute (or violin) and piano in D major1803Leipzig, 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 major1803Leipzig, 1804arr. of Serenade op.8; arr. approved and corrected by Beethoven but largely the work of someone elseHS ix
Op. 69 Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major1807Leipzig, 1809Baron Ignaz von Gleichenstein xiii/107v/3 [6]
Op. 96 Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major29 December 1812 Vienna, probably rev. 1814–1815Vienna and London, 1816written for Pierre Rode, ded. Archduke Rudolph xii/101v/2 [6]
Op. 102/1 Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major1815Bonn, 1817 Countess Marie Erdödy xiii/108v/3 [6]
Op. 102/2 Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major1815Bonn, 1817Countess Erdödyxiii/109v/3 [6]
Op. 105Six National Airs with Variations for flute (or violin) and piano in G major1818–1819London, Edinburgh and Vienna, 1819xiv/113–114v/4 [6]
Op. 107 Ten National Airs with Variations for Flute (or Violin) and Piano in A minor1818–1819London and Edinburgh, 1819 [nos. 2, 6, 7]; Bonn and Cologne, 1820 [complete]xiv/115–119v/4 [6]
Piano trios
No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 38 Piano Trio in E major1791?Frankfurt, 1830xi/86iv/3 [6]
Hess 48Allegretto in E major1791?Frankfurt, 1830xi/86iv/3 [6]
Op. 1/1 Piano Trio No. 1 in E majorprobably 1794-1795Vienna, 1795Prince Lichnowskyxi/79
Op. 1/2 Piano Trio No. 2 in G major1794–1795Vienna, 1795Prince Lichnowskyxi/80
Op. 1/3 Piano Trio No. 3, C minor1794–95Vienna, 1795Prince Lichnowskyxi/81
Op. 11 Piano Trio No. 4 in B major (Gassenhauer) (additional version for clarinet, violoncello, and piano)1797Vienna, 1798 Countess Maria Wilhelmine von Thun xi/89
Op. 44 Variations on an original theme in E major1792Leipzig, 1804xi/88iv/3 [6]
Op. 121aVariations on Wenzel Müller's "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu", "Kakadu Variations" in G major1803? rev. 1816Vienna and London, 1824xi/87iv/3 [6]
Op. 70/1 Piano Trio No. 5 in D major "Ghost"1808Leipzig, 1809Countess Erdödyxi/82
Op. 70/2 Piano Trio No. 6 in E major1808Leipzig, 1809Countess Erdödyxi/83
Op. 97 Piano Trio No. 7 in Bb major, "Archduke"1810–11 April 1814Vienna and London, 1816 Archduke Rudolph xi/84
Op. 38Piano Trio in E major (additional version for clarinet, violoncello, and piano)1802–1803Vienna, 1805Professor Johann Adam Schmidt; arr. of Septet Op. 20xi/91iv/3 [6]
WoO 39 Allegretto for piano trio in B majorJune 1812Frankfurt, 1830Maximiliane Brentanoxi/85iv/3 [6]
Other chamber music with piano
No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 36/1 Piano Quartet No. 1 in E major1785Vienna, 1828x/75iv/1
WoO 36/2 Piano Quartet No. 2 in D major1785Vienna, 1828x/76iv/1
WoO 36/3 Piano Quartet No. 3 in C major1785Vienna, 1828x/77iv/1
WoO 37 Trio for piano, flute and bassoon in G major1786GAxxv/294iv/3
Op. 16 Quintet for piano and winds in E major1796-6 April 1797Vienna, 1801Prince Joseph zu Schwarzenbergx/74iv/1
Op. 16bPiano Quartet in E major/minorunknownVienna, 1801arr. of Op. 16; authenticity affirmed in Wegeler and Ries (D1838)x/78iv/1
Op. 11 Trio for clarinet (or violin), cello and piano, ("Gassenhauer") (version with Violin instead of Clarinet is considered Piano Trio No. 4) in B major1797Vienna, 1798 Countess Maria Wilhelmine von Thun xi/89
Op. 38Trio for clarinet (or violin), cello and piano in E major1802–1803Vienna, 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 majorAugust 1792 A.W. Thayer: Ludwig van Beethovens Leben, ed. H. Deiters, ii (Berlin, 1901)J.M. DegenhartHS viivi/1 [6]
Op. 103 Octet for oboes, clarinets, horns, and bassoons in E majorbefore November 1792Vienna, 1830viii/59vi/1 [6]
WoO 25Rondino for oboes, clarinets, horns and bassoons in E major1793Vienna, 1830intended as finale to Op. 103viii/60vi/1 [6]
Hess 19Quintet for oboe, 3 horns and bassoon in E major, (fragment)1793?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 [6]
Op. 87 Trio for two oboes and English horn in C major1794Vienna, 1806viii/63vi/1 [6]
WoO 28Variations for two oboes and English horn on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni in C major1795Leipzig, 1914HS viivi/1 [6]
Op. 81b Sextet for Horns and String Quartet in E major1795Bonn, 1810v/33vi/1 [6]
Op. 71Sextet for clarinets, horns and bassoons in E major1796Leipzig, 1810viii/61vi/1 [6]
Op. 20 Septet in E major2 April 1800Leipzig, 1802 Empress Maria Theresa v/32vi/1 [6]
Op. 25 Serenade for flute, violin and viola in D major1801Vienna, 1802viii/62vi/1 [6]
WoO 30 Three Equali for 4 trombones in D minorNovember 1812GAtranscr. for 4 male voices by Ignaz von Seyfried perf. at Beethoven's funeral, pubd Vienna, 1827xxv/293vi/1 [6]

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, remarksGANA
WoO 47/1Three early Kurfürstensonatas, No. 1 in E major1782-1783Speyer, 1783Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich, Elector of Colognexvi/156
WoO 47/2Three early Kurfürstensonatas, No. 2 in F minor1782-1783Speyer, 1783Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich, Elector of Colognexvi/157
WoO 47/3Three early Kurfürstensonatas, No. 3 in D major1782-1783Speyer, 1783Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich, Elector of Colognexvi/158
WoO 50Piano Sonata in F majorc. 1790–1792Munich and Duisburg, 1950 Franz Gerhard Wegeler; facs. pubd in L. Schmidt: Beethoven-Briefe (Berlin, 1909)HS ix
Op. 2/1 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor1793–1795Vienna, 1796 Joseph Haydn xvi/124vii/2
Op. 2/2 Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major1794–1795Vienna, 1796Joseph Haydnxvi/125vii/2
Op. 2/3 Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major1794–1795Vienna, 1796Joseph Haydnxvi/126vii/2
Op. 49/1 Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor1797Vienna, 1805xvi/142vii/3
Op. 49/2 Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major1795–1796Vienna, 1805xvi/143vii/3
Op. 7 Piano Sonata No. 4 "Grand Sonata" in E major1797–1798Vienna, 1798Countess Barbara von Keglevicsxvi/127vii/2
Op. 10/1 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor "Little Pathétique"1795–1797Vienna, 1798Countess Anna Margaret von Brownexvi/128vii/2
Op. 10/2 Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major1796–1797Vienna, 1798Countess von Brownexvi/129vii/2
Op. 10/3 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major1797–1798Vienna, 1798Countess von Brownexvi/130vii/2
WoO 51 Piano Sonata in C major, (fragment)1797–1798Frankfurt, 1830Eleonore von Breuning; completed by Ferdinand Ries xvi/159
Op. 13 Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathétique" in C minor1797–1798Vienna, 1799Prince Lichnowskyxvi/131vii/2
Op. 14/1 Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major1798Vienna, 1799Baroness Josefine von Braunxvi/132vii/2
Op. 14/2 Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major1799Vienna, 1799Baroness Josefine von Braunxvi/133vii/2
Op. 22 Piano Sonata No. 11 in B major1800Leipzig, 1802Count von Braunxvi/134vii/2
Op. 26 Piano Sonata No. 12 in A major1800–1801Vienna, 1802Prince Lichnowskyxvi/135vii/2
Op. 27/1 Piano Sonata No. 13 "Quasi una fantasia" in E major1801Vienna, 1802Princess Josephine von Liechtensteinxvi/136vii/3
Op. 27/2 Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C minor1801Vienna, 1802Countess Giulietta Guicciardi xvi/137vii/3
Op. 28 Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral" in D major1801Vienna, 1802 Joseph von Sonnenfels xvi/138vii/3
Op. 31/1 Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major1802Zürich, 1803xvi/139vii/3
Op. 31/2 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, "Tempest"1802Zürich, 1803xvi/140vii/3
Op. 31/3 Piano Sonata No. 18 ("The Hunt"), E1802Zürich and London, 1804xvi/141vii/3
Op. 53 Piano Sonata No. 21 ("Waldstein"), C1803–04Vienna, 1805 Count Ferdinand von Waldstein xvi/144vii/3
Op. 54 Piano Sonata No. 22, F1804Vienna, 1806xvi/145vii/3
Op. 57 Piano Sonata No. 23 ("Appassionata"), F minor1804–05Vienna, 1807Count Franz von Brunsvikxvi/146vii/3
Op. 78 Piano Sonata No. 24 ("À Thérèse"), F1809Leipzig and London, 1810Countess Therese von Brunsvikxvi/147
Op. 79 Piano Sonata No. 25, G1809Leipzig and London, 1810xvi/148
Op. 81a Piano Sonata No. 26 ("Les Adieux"), E1809–10Leipzig and London, 1811 Archduke Rudolph xvi/149
Op. 90 Piano Sonata No. 27, E minor1814Vienna, 1815Count Moritz Lichnowskyxvi/150
Op. 101 Piano Sonata No. 28, A1816Vienna, 1817 Baroness Dorothea Ertmann xvi/151
Op. 106 Piano Sonata No. 29 ("Hammerklavier"), B1817–18Vienna and London, 1819 Archduke Rudolph xvi/152
Op. 109 Piano Sonata No. 30, E1820Berlin, 1821Maximiliane Brentanoxvi/153
Op. 110 Piano Sonata No. 31, A1821–22Paris, Berlin, Vienna, 1822; London 1823xvi/154
Op. 111 Piano Sonata No. 32, C minor1821–22Paris, Berlin, Vienna and London, 1823 Archduke 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 minor1782Mannheim, 1782–83Countess Felice von Wolf-Metternich; First published compositionxvii/166vii/5
WoO 65Twenty-four variations on Vincenzo Righini's aria "Vieni amore", [15] Dc. 1790–91Mainz, 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, A1792Bonn, 1793xvii/175vii/5
WoO 64Six variations on a Swiss song for piano or harp, Fc. 1790–92Bonn, ?1798xvii/177vii/5
WoO 68Twelve variations on the "Menuet a la Viganò" from Jakob Haibel's ballet Le nozze disturbate, C1795Vienna, 1796xvii/169vii/5
WoO 69Nine variations on "Quant'è più bello" from Giovanni Paisiello's opera La Molinara, A1795Vienna, 1795Prince Lichnowskyxvii/167vii/5
WoO 70Six variations on "Nel cor più non mi sento" from Giovanni Paisiello's opera La Molinara, G1795Vienna, 1796xvii/168vii/5
WoO 72Eight variations on "Une fièvre brûlante" from André Grétry's opera Richard Cœur-de-Lion, C?1795Vienna, 1798xvii/171vii/5
WoO 71Twelve variations on the Russian dance from Paul Wranitzky's ballet Das Waldmädchen, A1796–97Vienna, 1797Countess von Brownexvii/170vii/5
WoO 73Ten variations on "La stessa, la stessissima" from Antonio Salieri's opera Falstaff, B1799Vienna, 1799Countess von Keglevicsxvii/172vii/5
WoO 76Eight variations on "Tändeln und scherzen" from Franz Xaver Süssmayr's opera Soliman II, F1799Vienna, 1799Countess von Brownexvii/174vii/5
WoO 75Seven variations on "Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen" from Peter Winter's opera Das unterbrochene Opferfest , F1799Vienna, 1799xvii/173vii/5
WoO 77Six easy variations on an original theme, G1800Vienna, 1800xvii/176vii/5
Op. 34Six variations on an original theme, F1802Leipzig, 1803Princess Odescalchixvii/162vii/5
Op. 35 Fifteen variations and a fugue on an original theme, ("Eroica Variations") E1802Leipzig, 1803Count Moritz Lichnowskyxvii/163vii/5
WoO 78Seven variations on "God Save the King", C1802–03Vienna, 1804xvii/179vii/5
WoO 79Five variations on "Rule, Britannia!", D1803Vienna, 1804xvii/180vii/5
WoO 80 Thirty-two variations on an original theme, C minor1806Vienna, 1807xvii/181vii/5
Op. 76Six variations on an original theme (the Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens ), D1809Leipzig and London, 1810Franz Olivaxvii/164vii/5
Op. 120 Thirty-three variations on a waltz by Diabelli ("Diabelli Variations"), C1819–23Vienna, 1823Antonie Brentanoxvii/165vii/5

Shorter piano pieces

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 48Rondo, C1783H.P. Bossler: Blumenlese für Klavierliebhaber, ii (Speyer, 1783)HS ix
WoO 49Rondo, A?1783H.P. Bossler: Neue Blumenlese für Klavierliebhaber, ii (Speyer, 1784)xviii/196
Op. 39Two preludes through all twelve major keys for piano or organ?1789Leipzig, 1803xviii/184
WoO 81Allemande, Ac. 1793, rev. 1822GAxxv/307
Op. 129Rondo a capriccio ("Rage Over a Lost Penny"), G1795Vienna, 1828autograph completed by unknown ed. (probably Diabelli), 1828xviii/191
Hess 64Fugue, C1795MT, xcvi (1955)HS ix
WoO 52Presto (Bagatelle), [16] C minorc. 1795, rev. 1798 and 1822GAOriginally intended for Sonata Op.10/1xxv/297/1
WoO 53Allegretto (Bagatelle), [16] C minor1796–97GAOriginally intended for Sonata Op.10/1xxv/299
Hess 69Allegretto, C minorc. 1795–96, rev. 1822HSprobably orig. intended for Sonata op.10/1HS ix
Op. 51/1 Rondos, C,c. 1796–97London and Leipzig, 1810Prince Lobkowitzvi/46
Op. 51/2 Rondos, G c. 1798Vienna, 1802Countess Henriette Lichnowskyxviii/186
Op. 33 Seven Bagatelles 1801–02Vienna and London, 1803xviii/183
WoO 54Lustig-Traurig (Bagatelle), [16] C?1802GAxxv/300
WoO 55Prelude, F minorc. 1803Vienna, 1805xviii/195
WoO 56Allegretto (Bagatelle), [16] C1803, rev. 1822GAOriginally intended for sonata Op. 53xxv/297/2
WoO 57Andante ("Andante favori"), F1803Vienna, 1805Originally intended for sonata Op. 53xviii/192
WoO 82Minuet, Ec. 1803Vienna, 1805xviii/193
Op. 77Fantasia, G minor1809Leipzig and London, 1810Count Franz von Brunsvikxviii/187
WoO 59 Für Elise (Bagatelle), [16] A minor1808–10L. Nohl: Neue Briefe Beethovens (Stuttgart, 1867)xxv/298
Op. 89 Polonaise, C1814Vienna, 1815 Empress Elisabeth Alexeyerna of Russia xviii/188
WoO 60Bagatelle, B1818Berliner allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, i (1824)xxv/301
Hess 65"Concert Finale", C1820–21in F. Starke, ed.: Wiener Piano-Forte-Schule, iii (Vienna, 1821)arr. of coda to finale of Piano Concerto No. 3HS ix
WoO 61Allegretto, B minor1821Robitschek: Deutscher Kunst- und Musikzeitung (15 March 1893)Ferdinand PiringerHS ix
Op. 119 Eleven Bagatelles 1820–2 [17] nos. 7–11 in F. Starke, ed.: Wiener Piano-Forte-Schule, iii (Vienna, 1821); all 11, London, 1823xviii/189
Op. 126 Six Bagatelles 1824Mainz, 1825xviii/190
WoO 84Waltz, E1824Vienna, 1824Friedrich Demmer (publisher's ded.)xxv/303
WoO 61aAllegretto quasi andante, G minor1825NZM, cxvii (1956)Sarah Burney PayneHS ix
WoO 85Waltz, D1825Vienna, 1825Duchess Sophie of Austria (publisher's ded.)xxv/304
WoO 86Ecossaise, E1825Vienna, 1825Duchess Sophie of Austria (publisher's ded.)xxv/305

Piano four hands

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 67Eight Variations on a Theme by Count Waldstein, C?1792Bonn, 1794xv/122vii/1
Op. 6 Sonata for Piano, Four Hands, D1796–97Vienna, 1797xv/120vii/1
WoO 74Six Variations on Beethoven's "Ich denke dein", D1799, 1803 [18] Vienna, 1805Countess Therese von Brunsvik and Josephine Deym (née Brunsvik) xv/123vii/1
Op. 45Three marches1803Vienna, 1804Princess Maria Esterházyxv/121vii/1
Op. 134Fugue for Piano, four hands, B1826Vienna, 1827 Archduke Rudolph; arr. of Große Fuge Op. 133HS 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 Schusterin?1795–96s:GAxxv/270x/3
Hess 115 Vestas Feuer, fragment1803s: Wiesbaden, 1953HS xiii
Op. 72 Fidelio 1st version (with op.72a: Leonore Overture no. 2), 1804–05; Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 20 November 1805vs: Leipzig, 1905; s: HS [19] HS ii. xi–xiii
2nd version (with op.72b: Leonore Overture no.3), 1805–06; Theater an der Wien, 29 March 1806vs: Leipzig, 1810; s: HSHS xi–xiii
final version (with op.72c: Fidelio Overture), 1814; Kärntnertor, Vienna, 23 May 1814vs: Vienna, 1814; s: Paris, 1826, Bonn, 1847xx/206
WoO 94Germania, finale of Die gute Nachricht (Singspiel, G.F. Treitschke)1814; Kärntnertor, 11 April 1814vs: Vienna, 1814; s: GAxx/207dix/7
WoO 97 Es ist vollbracht, finale of Die Ehrenpforten (Singspiel, Treitschke)1815; Kärntnertor, 15 July 1815vs: Vienna, 1815; s: GAxx/207cix/7

Choral works with orchestra

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 87 Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II March 1790GAxxv/264x/1
WoO 88Cantata on the accession of Emperor Leopold IISeptember–October 1790GAxxv/265x/1
Op. 85 Christus am Ölberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives)1803, rev. 1804; 5 April 1803Leipzig, 1811xix/205viii/1 [6]
Op. 86 Mass in C major 1807; 13 September 1807Leipzig, 1812 Prince Ferdinand Kinsky xix/204viii/2 [6]
Op. 80 Choral Fantasy, C minor1808, rev. 1809; 22 December 1808p: London, 1810; Leipzig, 1811 Maximilian Joseph, King of Bavaria;HS xix/71x/2 [6]
WoO 95Chor auf die verbündeten Fürsten "Ihr weisen Gründer"September 1814GAfor Congress of Vienna xxv/267x/2
Op. 136 Der glorreiche Augenblick (The glorious moment)1814; 29 November 1814Vienna, 1837for Congress of Viennaxxi/208x/1
Op. 112 Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt ("Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage")1814–15; 25 December 1815Vienna, 1822 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe xxi/209x/2
Op. 123 Missa solemnis , D1819–23; 7 April 1824Mainz, 1827 Archduke Rudolph (orig. intended for Rudolph's installation as archbishop, 9 March 1820)xxi/203viii/3 [6]
Opferlied "Die Flamme lodert"1822; 23 December 1822GAxxv/268
Op. 121bOpferlied, 2nd version1824Mainz, 1824xxii/212x/2
Op. 122Bundeslied "In allen guten Stunden"1823–24Mainz, 1825xxii/213x/2

Other choral works

No.TitleComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 102Abschiedsgesang "Die Stunde schlägt", for male voices1814GALeopold Weiss; at the request of Mathias Tuscherxxv/273
WoO 103Cantata campestre "Un lieto brindisi", for four voices and piano1814; 24 June 1814Jb der Literarischen Vereinigung Winterthur 1945Giovanni MalfattiHS vxii/1
WoO 104Gesang der Mönche "Rasch tritt der Tod", from Wilhelm Tell (Schiller), for two tenors and bass1817NZM, 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 piano1819Der Bär 1927 for tenor; London, 1858 for male soloAnna Giannatasio del RioHS vxii/1
WoO 106Birthday Cantata for Prince Lobkowitz "Es lebe unser theurer Fürst", for soprano, chorus and pianoApril 1823L. 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 bassc. 1790–92GAxxv/269/1x/3
WoO 90Mit Mädeln sich vertragen, aria for bassc. 1790–92GAxxv/269/2x/3
WoO 92Primo amore, scena and aria for sopranoc. 1790–92GAxxv/271x/3
Op. 65 Ah! perfido, scena and aria for sopranoearly 1796p, 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 Sciro

xxii/210x/3
WoO 92aNo, non turbarti, scena and aria for sopranoearly 1802Wiesbaden, 1949HS iix/3
WoO 93Ne' giorni tuoi felici, duet for soprano and tenorlate 1802Leipzig, 1939HS ii, xivx/3
Op. 116Tremate, empi, tremate, for soprano, tenor and bass1802; 1814p, vs: Vienna, 1826; s: GAxxii:211x/3
Op. 118 Elegiac song ("Sanft wie du lebtest"), for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and string quartetJuly 1814Vienna, 1814Baron Johann von Pasqualatixxii/214x/2

Songs

No.TitleComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 107Schilderung eines Mädchens?1783H.P. Bossler: Blumenlese für Klavierliebhaber, ii (Speyer, 1783)xxiii/228xii/1
WoO 108An einen Säugling?1784H.P. Bossler: Neue Blumenlese für Klavierliebhaber, ii (Speyer, 1784)xxiii/229xii/1
WoO 110Elegie auf den Tod eines Pudels?c. 1790?GAxxv/284xii/1
WoO 113Klagec. 1790GAxxv/283xii/1
Hess 151Traute Henriettec. 1790–1792ÖMz, iv (1949)HS vxii/1
Op. 52Eight Songs
  1. Urians Reise um die Welt
  2. Feuerfarb
  3. Das Liedchen von der Ruhe
  4. Maigesang
  5. Mollys Abschied
  6. Die Liebe
  7. Marmotte
  8. Das Blümchen Wunderhold
1790–96Vienna, 1805xxiii/218xii/1
WoO 111Punschliedc. 1791 L. Schiedermair: Der junge Beethoven (Leipzig, 1925/R,3/1951)HS vxii/1
WoO 109Trinkliedc. 1792GAxxv/282xii/1
WoO 112An Laurac. 1792G. Kinsky: Musik historisches Museum von Wilhelm Heyer in Cöln: Katalog, iv (Cologne, 1916)HS vxii/1
WoO 114Selbstgesprächc. 1792GAxxv/275xii/1
WoO 115An Minnac. 1792GAxxv/280xii/1
WoO 117Der freie Mann1792, rev. 1794Bonn, 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 selvec. 1794GAxxv/279xii/1
WoO 126Opferlied1794–95, rev. 1801–02Bonn, 1808xxiii/233; HS vxii/1
WoO 118 Two Songs
  1. Seufzer eines Ungeliebten
  2. Gegenliebe
1794–95Vienna, 1837xxiii/253xii/1
Op. 46 Adelaide 1794–95Vienna, 1797 Friedrich von Matthisson xxiii/216xii/1
WoO 123 Zärtliche Liebe c. 1795Vienna, 1803xxiii/249xii/1
WoO 124La partenzac. 1795–1796Vienna, 1803xxiii/251xii/1
WoO 121Abschiedsgesang an Wiens Bürger1796Vienna, 1796Obrist Wachtmeister von Kövesdyxxiii/230xii/1
WoO 122Kriegslied der Österreicher1797Vienna, 1797xxiii/231xii/1
WoO 125La tiranna1798–99London, 1799ded. (by W. Wennington) Mrs TschoffenHS vxii/1
WoO 128Plaisir d'aimer1798–99Die Musik, i (1901–02)HS vxii/1
WoO 127Neue Liebe, neues Leben1798–99Bonn, 1808HS vxii/1
WoO 74Ich denke dein
Op. 48Six Songs
  1. Bitten
  2. Die Liebe des Nächsten
  3. Vom Tode
  4. Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre
  5. Gottes Macht und Vorsehung
  6. Busslied
c. 1801 – early 1802 [20] Vienna, 1803Count von Brownexxiii/217xii/1
WoO 120Man strebt die Flamme zu verhehlenc. 1802GAFrau von Weissenthurnxxv/278xii/1
WoO 129Der Wachtelschlag1803Vienna, 1804Count von Brownexxiii/234xii/1
Op. 88Das Glück der Freundschaft1803Vienna, 1803xxiii/222xii/1
Op. 32An die Hoffnung1805Vienna, 1805for Josephine Deymxxiii/215xii/1
WoO 130Gedenke mein?1804–05, rev. 1819–20Vienna, 1844xxv/281xii/1
WoO 132Als die Geliebte sich trennen wollte1806AMZ, xii (1809–10)xxiii/235xii/1
WoO 133In questa tomba oscura1806–07Vienna, 1808ded. (by publisher) Prince Lobkowitzxxiii/252xii/1
WoO 134Sehnsucht (4 settings)1807–08Vienna, 1810xxiii/250xii/1
WoO 136Andenken1805Leipzig and London 1810for Josephine Deymxxiii/248xii/1
WoO 137Lied aus der Ferne1809Leipzig and London, 1810xxiii/236xii/1
WoO 138Der Jüngling in der Fremde1809Vienna, 1810ded. (by Reissig [21] ) Archduke Rudolph xxiii/237xii/1
WoO 139Der Liebende1809Vienna and London, 1810ded. (by Reissig) Archduke Rudolph xxiii/238xii/1
Op. 75Six Songs
  1. Mignon
  2. Neue Liebe, neues Leben
  3. Aus Goethes Faust
  4. Gretels Warnung
  5. An den fernen Geliebten
  6. Der Zufriedene
1809 [22] Leipzig and London, 1810Princess Caroline Kinskyxxiii/219xii/1
Op. 82Four Ariettas and a Duet
  1. Hoffnung
  2. Liebes-Klage
  3. L'amante impatiente
  4. L'amante impetiente
  5. Lebens-Genuss
?1809Leipzig and London, 1811xxiii/220xii/1
Op. 83Three Songs
  1. Wonne der Wehmut
  2. Sehnsucht
  3. Mit einem gemalten Band
1810Leipzig, 1811Princess Caroline Kinskyxxiii/221xii/1
WoO 140An die Geliebte (2 versions)December 1811, rev. 18141st version: Augsburg, c. 1826; 2nd version: Friedensblätter (12 July 1814)xxiii/243axii/1
WoO 141Der Gesang der NachtigallMay 1813GAxxv/227xii/1
WoO 142Der BardengeistNovember 1813Erichson: Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1814 (Vienna, 1813–14)xxiii/241xii/1
Op. 94An die Hoffnung1813–15Vienna, 1816Princess Kinskyxxiii/223xii/1
WoO 143Des Kriegers Abschied1814Vienna, 1815ded. (by Reissig) Caroline von Bernathxxiii/240xii/1
WoO 144Merkenstein1814Selam: ein Almanach für Freunde des Mannigfaltigen auf das Schaltjahr 1816 (Vienna, 1815–16)xxv/276xii/1
Op. 100Merkenstein1814Vienna, 1816Count Joseph Karl von Dietrichsteinxxiii/226xii/1
WoO 135Die laute Klage?c. 1815Vienna, 1837xxiii/254xii/1
WoO 145Das Geheimnis1815Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, Literatur, Theater und Mode, i (1816)xxiii/245xii/1
WoO 146Sehnsuchtearly 1816Vienna, 1816xxiii/239xii/1
Op. 98 An die ferne Geliebte
  1. Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend
  2. Wo die Berge so blau
  3. Leichte Segler in den Höhen
  4. Diese Wolken in den Höhen
  5. Es kehret der Maien
  6. Nimm sie hin denn diese Lieder
1816Vienna, 1816Prince Lobkowitz [23] xxiii/224xii/1
Op. 99Der Mann von Wort?May 1816Vienna, 1816xxiii/225xii/1
WoO 147Ruf von BergeDecember 1816Gedichte von Friedrich Treitschke (Vienna, 1817)xxiii/242xii/1
WoO 148So oder so1817Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, ii (1817)xxiii/224xii/1
WoO 149Resignation1817 [24] Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, iii (1818)xxiii/246xii/1
WoO 150Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel [25] March 1820Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, v (1817)xxiii/247xii/1
Op. 128Der KussNovember–December 1822Mainz, 1825xxiii/227xii/1
WoO 151Der edle Mensche sei hülfreich und gutJanuary 1823G. Lange: Musikgeschichtliches (Berlin, 1900)Baroness Cäcilie von EskelesHS v

Folksongs

No.TitleComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 152 Twenty-five Irish Songs
  1. The Return to Ulster
  2. Sweet power of song
  3. Once more I hail thee
  4. The morning air plays on my face
  5. The Massacre of Glencoe
  6. What shall I do to shew how much I love her?
  7. His boat comes on the sunny tide
  8. Come draw we round a cheerful ring
  9. The Soldier's Dream
  10. The Deserter
  11. Thou emblem of faith
  12. English Bulls
  13. Musing on the roaring ocean
  14. Dermot and Shelah
  15. Let brain-spinning swains
  16. Hide not thy anguish
  17. In vain to this desert, due
  18. They bid me slight my Dermot dear
  19. Wife, Children and Friends
  20. Farewell bliss and farewell Nancy
  21. Morning a cruel turmoiler is
  22. From Garyone, my happy home
  23. A wand'ring gypsy, Sirs am I
  24. The Traugh Welcome
  25. Oh harp of Erin
1810–12London and Edinburgh, 1814xxiv/261
WoO 153Twenty Irish songs
  1. When eve's last rays
  2. No riches from his scanty store
  3. The British Light Dragoons
  4. Since greybeards inform us
  5. I dream'd I lay where flow'rs were springing
  6. Sad and luckless was the season
  7. O soothe me, my lyre
  8. Norah of Balamagairy
  9. The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left
  10. Oh! thou hapless soldier
  11. When far from the home
  12. I'll praise the Saints
  13. 'Tis sunshine at last
  14. Paddy O'Rafferty
  15. 'Tis but in vain
  16. O might I but my Patrick love
  17. Come, Darby dear
  18. No more, my Mary
  19. Judy, lovely, matchless creature
  20. Thy ship must sail
1810–15London and Edinburgh, 1814 [nos. 1–4],
1816 [nos. 5–10]; GA
xxiv/262
WoO 154Twelve Irish songs
  1. The Elfin Fairies
  2. Oh harp of Erin
  3. The Farewell Song
  4. The pulse of an Irishman
  5. Oh! who, my dear Dermot
  6. Put round the bright wine
  7. From Garyone, my happy home
  8. Save me from the grave and wise
  9. Oh! would I were but that sweet linnet
  10. The hero may perish
  11. The Soldier in a Foreign Land
  12. He promised me at parting
1812–13(London and Edinburgh, 1816
[without nos. 2 and 7]); GA
xxiv/258
WoO 155Twenty-six Welsh songs
  1. Sion, the son of Evan
  2. The Monks of Bangor's March
  3. The Cottage Maid
  4. Love without Hope
  5. A golden robe my love shall wear
  6. The fair Maid of Mona
  7. Oh let the night my blushes hide
  8. Farewell, thou noisy town
  9. To the Aeolian Harp
  10. Ned Pugh's Farewell
  11. Merch Megan
  12. Waken lords and ladies gay
  13. Helpless Woman
  14. The Dream
  15. When mortals all to rest retire
  16. The Damsels of Cardigan
  17. The Dairy House
  18. Sweet Richard
  19. The Vale of Clwyd
  20. To the Blackbird
  21. Cupid's Kindness
  22. Constancy
  23. The Old Strain
  24. Three Hundred Pounds
  25. The Parting Kiss
  26. Good Night
1809London and Edinburgh, 1817xxiii/219xi/1 [6]
Op. 108 Twenty-five Scottish Songs
  1. Music, Love and Wine
  2. Sunset
  3. Oh! sweet were the hours
  4. The Maid of Isla
  5. The sweetest lad was Jamie
  6. Dim, dim is my eye
  7. Bonnie laddie, highland ladddie
  8. The lovely lass of Inverness
  9. Behond my love how green the groves
  10. Sympathy
  11. Oh! thou art the lad
  12. Oh, had my fate
  13. Come fill, fill, my good fellow
  14. O, how can I be blithe
  15. O cruel was my father
  16. Could this ill world
  17. O Mary, at thy window
  18. Enchantress, farewell
  19. O swiftly glides the bonny boat
  20. Faithfu' Johnie
  21. Jeannie's Distress
  22. The Highland Watch
  23. The Shepherd's Song
  24. Again my lyre
  25. Sally in our Alley
1815–18London and Edinburgh, 1818xxiv/257xi/1 [6]
WoO 156Twelve Scottish songs
  1. The Banner of Buccleuch
  2. Duncan Gray
  3. Up! Quit thy bower
  4. Ye shepherds of this pleasant vale
  5. Cease your funning
  6. Highland Harry
  7. Polly Stewart
  8. Womankind
  9. Lochnagar
  10. Glencoe
  11. Auld lang syne
  12. The Quaker's Wife
1815–19London and Edinburgh, 1822 [no.1],
1824–25 [nos. 2–4, 8, 9, 12],
1839 [nos. 5–6],
1841 [nos. 7, 10, 11); GA
xxiv/260xi/1 [6]
WoO 157Twelve songs of various nationalities
  1. God Save the King
  2. The Soldier
  3. O Charlie is my darling
  4. O sanctissima
  5. The Miller of the Dee
  6. A health to the brave
  7. Since all thy vows, false maid
  8. By the side of the Shannon
  9. Highlander's Lament
  10. Sir Johnie Cope
  11. The wandering minstrel
  12. La gondoletta
1815–20London and Edinburgh, 1816 [nos. 2, 6, 8, 11],
1822 [no. 3],
1824–25 [no. 5],
1839 [no. 1]); GA
xxiv/259xi/1, xi/3 [6]
WoO 158aTwenty-three songs of various nationality
  1. Ridder Stig tjener i Kongens Gaard
  2. Horch auf, mein Liebchen
  3. Wegen meiner bleib d'Fräula
  4. Wann i in der Früh aufsteh
  5. I bin a Tyroler Bua
  6. A Madel, ja a Madel
  7. Wer solche Buema afipackt
  8. Ih mag di nit
  9. Oj upiłem sie w karczmie
  10. Poszła baba po popiół
  11. Yo no quiero embarcarme
  12. Seus lindos olhos
  13. Im Walde sind viele Mücklein geboren
  14. Ach Bächlein, Bächlein, kühle Wasser
  15. Unsere Mädchen gingen in den Wald
  16. Schöne Minka, ich muss scheiden
  17. Lilla Carl, sov sött i frid
  18. An ä Bergli bin i gesässe
  19. Una paloma blanca
  20. Como la mariposa
  21. La tirana se embarca
  22. Édes kinos emlékezet
  23. Da brava
1816–17Die 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 xivxi/3 [6]
WoO 158bSeven British songs
  1. Adieu my lov'd harp
  2. Castle O'Neill
  3. Oh was not I a weary wight
  4. Red gleams the sun
  5. Erin! oh, Erin!
  6. O Mary ye's be clad in silk
  7. Lament for Owen Roe O'Neill
1813–17HS xivxi/1, xi/3 [6]
WoO 158cSix songs of various nationality
  1. When my hero in court appears
  2. Non, non, Collette n'est point trompeuse
  3. Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion
  4. Bonnie wee thing
  5. From thee, Eliza, I must go
  6. Text unidentified
1817–20HS xivxi/1, xi/3 [6]
Hess 168Air français1817HS xivxi/3
Hess 133–134Two Austrian folksongs
  1. Das liebe Kätzchen
  2. Der Knabe auf dem Berge
1820Niederrheinische Musikzeitung, xiii (1865)xi/3

Wind Band

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 29March for clarinets, horns and bassoons, B1797–98GAxxv/292vi/1 [6]
WoO 18 March No. 1 for Military Band Yorckscher Marsch, F1809, rev. 1810pf red.: Prague, ?1809; s: Berlin, 1818–19 Archduke Anton of Austria (on autograph)xxv/287/1; HS iv; HS Viii (pf)ii/4 [6]
Trio to WoO 18, Bc. 1822HSHS ivii/4
WoO 19March No 2. for Military Band, F1810pf red.: Vienna, 1810Archduke Anton of Austria (on autograph)xxv/287/2; HS ivii/4 [6]
Trio to WoO 19, fc. 1822HSHS ivii/4
WoO 20March for Military Band, Cc. 1810GAxxv/288; HS ivii/4 [6]
Trio to WoO 20, Fc. 1822xxv/288ii/4
WoO 21Polonaise for Military Band, D1810GAxxv/289ii/4 [6]
WoO 22Ecossaise for Military Band, D1810GAxxv/290ii/4 [6]
WoO 23Ecossaise for Military Band, Gc. 1810pf red. in Czerny's Musikalisches Pfennig-Magazin, i (Vienna, 1834)only a piano arrangement by Carl Czerny is extantxxv/306 (pf)ii/4 [6]
WoO 24March for Military Band, D1816pf red.: Vienna, 1827ii/15ii/4 [6]

Collections of dances

No.TitleComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 7Twelve Minuets for orchestra1795Vienna, 1795ii/16ii/3
WoO 8Twelve German Dances for orchestra1795Vienna, 1795ii/17ii/3
WoO 9Six minuets for two violins and double bass?before 1795Mainz, 1933authenticity not fully confirmedHS viii/3
WoO 10Six Minuets for piano1795Vienna, 1796orchestral version probably existedxviii/194
WoO 42Six German Dances for violin and piano1796Vienna, 1814xxv/308v/2
WoO 11Seven Ländler for piano1799Vienna, 1799version for two violins and cello probably existedxviii/198
WoO 13Twelve German Dances for pianoc. 1792–97Vienna, Prague and Leipzig, 1929orchestral version probably existedHS viii
WoO 14Twelve Contredanses for orchestrac. 1791–1801 [26] p: Vienna, 1802; s: GAii/17aii/3
WoO 15Six Ländler for two violins and double bass1802Vienna, 1802; s: GAxxv/291ii/3
WoO 83Six Ecossaises for pianoc. 1806Vienna, 1807; GAxxv/302
WoO 17Eleven "Mödlinger Tänze" for flutes, clarinets, horns, violins and double bass1819Leipzig, 1907probably spurious [27] HS vii

Canons and musical jokes

No.Title, key [28] Composition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 159Im Arm der Liebe, Fc. 1795I. von Seyfried: Ludwig van Beethovens Studien im Generalbass (Vienna, 1832)Contrapuntal study for Albrechtsberger xxiii/256/1xiii/1
WoO 160/1O Care selvec. 1795Seyfried (1832)Contrapuntal study for AlbrechtsbergerHS vxiii/1
WoO 160/2Canon, Cc. 1795Seyfried (1832)Contrapuntal study for AlbrechtsbergerHS vxiii/1
Canon1796–97J. Kerman, ed.: Ludwig van Beethoven: Autograph Miscellany from circa 1786 to 1799 (London, 1970)
Hess 276Herr Graf, ich komme zu fragen?1797HSHS v
WoO 100Schuppanzigh ist ein Lump1801Grove1for Ignaz Schuppanzigh HS v
WoO 101Graf, Graf, Graf, Graf1802A.W. Thayer: Chronologisches Vezeichniss der Werke Ludwig van Beethoven (Berlin, 1865)for Nikolaus ZmeskallHS v
Hess 274Canon, G1803N. Fishman: Kniga ėskizov Bėtkhoven za 1802–1806 godï (Moscow, 1962)HS ix
Hess 229Languisco e moro1803Fishman (1962)HS xiv
Hess 275Canon, A1803HSHS
WoO 162Ta ta ta...lieber Mälzelspurious: apparently written by Anton Schindler [29] HS vii
WoO 161Ewig dein, C?c. 1811AMZ, new series, i (1863)xxiii/256/14
WoO 163Kurz ist der Schmerz, F minorNovember 1813NZM, xi (1841),for Friedrich Naue xxiii/256/3a
WoO 199 [29] Ich bin der Herr von zu, D1814for Archduke Rudolph
WoO 164Freundschaft ist die Quelle, CSept 1814GAxxv/285/2
WoO 165Glück zum neuen Jahr, EJanuary 1815Vienna, 1816for Baron von Pasqualatixxiii/256/16
WoO 166Kurz ist der Schmerz, FMarch 1815GAfor Louis Spohr xxiii/256/3b
WoO 167Brauchle, Linke, Cc. 1815Thayer, 1865for Johann Xaver Brauchle and Joseph LinkeHS v
WoO 168/1Lerne schweigen, F minorJanuary 1816Wiener allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, i (1816)for Charles Neate xxiii/256/5
WoO 168/2Rede, rede, FJanuary 1816GAfor Charles Neatexxiii/256/4
WoO 169Ich küsse Sie, CJanuary 1816Die Jahrenszeien, xii/3 (1853)for Anna Milder-Hauptmann HS v
WoO 170Ars longa, vita brevis, CApril 1816L. Nohl: Neue Briefe Beethovens (Stuttgart, 1867)for Johann Nepomuk Hummel HS v
WoO 171Glück fehl' dir vor allem, G1817T. von Frimmel: Neue Beethoveniana (Vienna, 1888)for Anna Giannatasio del RioHS v
WoO 172Ich bitt' dich schrreib' mir die Es-Scala auf, E?c. 1818GAfor Vincenz Hauschkaxxiii/256/15
WoO 201 [29] Ich bin bereit! Amen, C1818for Vincenz Hauschka
WoO 173Hol'euch der Teufel!, Bsum. 1819Thayer (1865)for Sigmund Anton SteinerHS v
WoO 174Glaube und hoffeSept 1819L. Nohl: Briefe Beethovens (Stuttgart 1865)for Maurice Schlesinger xxv/285/3
WoO 176Glück zum neuen Jahr!, FDecember 1819GAfor Countess Erdödyxxiii/256/6
WoO 179Alles Gute! alles Schöne, CDecember 1819Nohl (1865)for Archduke Rudolph xxiii/256/7
Hess 300Liebe mich, werter Weissenbach? January 1820J. Schmidt-Görg, ed.: Drei Skizzenbücher zur Missa Solemnis, i (Bonn, 1952)for Aloys Weissenbach
Hess 301Wähner ... es sei kein Wahn? January 1820J. Schmidt-Görg, ed.: Drei Skizzenbücher zur Missa Solemnis, i (Bonn, 1952)Friedrich Wähner
WoO 175Sankt Petrus war ein Fels; Bernardus war ein Sankt? January 1820Thayer (1865)for Carl Peters and Carl BernardHS v
WoO 180Hoffman, sei ja kein Hofmann, CMarch 1820Caecilia, i (1825)xxiii/256/8
WoO 177Bester Magistrat, Ihr friert, Ec. 1820D. MacArdle and L. Misch: New Beethoven Letters (Norman, OK, 1957)HS v
WoO 178Signor Abate, B?c. 1820GAfor the Abbé Maximilian Stadler xxiii/256/13
WoO 181/1Gedenket heute an Baden, Cc. 1820GAxxv/285/4
WoO 181/2Gehabt euch wohl, Cc. 1820Festschrift Arnold Scherings (Berlin, 1937)HS v
WoO 181/3Tugent ist kein leerer Namec. 1820HS v
WoO 182O Tobias, dSept 1821AMZ, new series, i (1863)for Tobias Haslinger xxiii/256/9
WoO 183Berster Herr Graf, Sie sind ein Schaf!, FFebruary 1823Mf, vii (1954)for Count Moritz LichnowskyHS v
WoO 184Falstafferel, lass' dich sehen!, GApril 1823Die Musik, ii (1902–03)for SchuppanzighHS v
WoO 185Edel sei der Mensch, E? May 1823Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, viii (1823)for Louis Schlösser xxiii/256/10
Hess 263Te solo adoro?1824HSfor Carlos Evasio Soliva HS v
Hess 264Te solo adoro [30] ?1824HSfor Carlos Evasio SolivaHS v
WoO 186Te solo adoroJune 1824GAfor Carlos Evasio Solivaxxv/285/1
WoO 187Schwenke dich ohne Schwänke!, FNovember 1824Caecilia, i/7 (1825)for Carl Schwänkexxiii/256/11
WoO 188Gott ist eine fest Burg, BJanuary 1825F. Prelinger: Beethovens sämtliche Briefe, iv (Vienna, 1909)for Oberst von DüsterloheHS v
WoO 203Das Schöne zu dem Guten1825L. Rellstab: Garten und Wald, iv (Leipzig, 1854)for Ludwig Rellstab HS v
WoO 189Doktor, sperrt das Tor dem Tod, CMay 1825Nohl (1865)for Anton BraunhoferHS v
WoO 190Ich war hier, Doktor, CJune 1825?HSfor Anton BraunhoferHS v
WoO 191Kühl, nicht lau, BSept 1825Seyfried (1832)for Friedrich Kuhlau xxiii/256/12
WoO 192Ars longa, vita brevis, FSept 1825Thayer (1865)for Sir George Smart HS v
WoO 194Si non per portas, per muros, FSept 1825Marx (1859), iifor Maurice Schlesingerxxiii/256/17
WoO 195Freu' dich des Lebens, CDecember 1825GAfor Theodor Moltxxv/285/5
WoO 193Ars longa, vita brevis, C?c. 1825facsimile in auction catalogue no. 120 of Henrici (Berlin, 1927)HS v
Bester Magistrat?April 1826unpublished, appears in the sketchbook 'Autograph 24'
WoO 196Es muss sein, F?July 1826A.W. Thayer: Ludwig van Beethovens Leben, ed. H. Riemann, v (Leipzig, 1908)for "Hofkriegsagent" DembscherHS v
Hess 277Esel aller Esel?Sept 1826HSHS v
WoO 197Da ist das Werk, CSept 1826Zürich, 1949for HolzHS v
WoO 198Wir irren allesamtDecember 1826Nohl (1865)for HolzHS v

Miscellaneous

No.Title, keyComposition, first performancePublicationDedication, remarksGANA
WoO 31Fugue for organ, D1783GAxxv/309
Various dances, kbd exercises, entered among sketches for larger works but probably not intended for publicationmostly 1790–98transcr. selectively in writings of G. Nottebohm: many pubd in Kerman, ed. (I(ii)1970)HS ix
Contrapuntal exercises prepared for Haydn and Albrechtsberger1793–95Nottebohm: Beethovens Studien (Leipzig, 1873), selective transcr.HS vi, xivxiii/1 [6]
WoO 33/1Adagio for mechanical clock, F1799Die Musik, i (1902)HS viivi/1 [6]
WoO 33/2Scherzo for mechanical clock, G1799–1800 G. Becking Studien zu Betthovens Personalstil: das Scherzothema (Leipzig, 1921)HS viivi/1 [6]
WoO 33/3Allegro for mechanical clock, G?c. 1799Ricordiana, iii (1957)HS viivi/1 [6]
WoO 33/4Allegro for mechanical clock, C?1794Mainz, 1940HS viivi/1 [6]
WoO 33/5Allegretto for mechanical clock, C?1794Mainz, 1940HS viivi/1 [6]
Hess 107Grenadiermarsch for mechanical clock, [31] F?c. 1798Beethoven-Almanach der Deutschen Musikbücherei auf das Jahr 1927 (Regensburg, 1927)Prince Joseph Johann zu SchwarzenbergHS viivi/1
WoO 99Exercises in Italian declamation prepared for Salieri1801–02Nottebohm (1873) [selective]; HS i [complete]HS ixiii/1
WoO 58Cadenzas to first movement and finale of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 (K. 466), d?18091st movt: Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst... (23 January 1836); finale: GA;written for Ferdinand Riesix/70a/11–12vii/7
WoO 200Theme for variations by the Archduke Rudolph, with text "O Hoffnung"1818Vienna, 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 Christoph Kuffner  [ de ]'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 [33] ) (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 [34] ) (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

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)

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) [35]
    • 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 [36] )
  • 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. [36]

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. [36]

  • Anh. 1: Symphony in C major ("Jena Symphony") (spurious, actually composed by Friedrich Witt [37] )
  • Anh. 2: Six string quartets (doubtful)
  • Anh. 3: Piano trio in D major (spurious, actually composed by Beethoven's brother Karl [36] )
  • 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 [36] )
  • 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 [38] )
  • 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, [39] but still popularly called "Beethoven's Funeral March" in the UK; where it is famously played during the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph [40] )
  • 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 [41] )
  • 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 [42] )
    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). [43]
  • 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. [44] 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. [45]

  • 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. [46] This list does not include works with opus, WoO or Hess numbers, nor does it include sketches.

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. [47]

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  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 "Complete Editions: Ludwig van Beethoven". G. Henle Verlag. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  7. Unless stated otherwise all information comes from the New Grove Music Dictionary article on Beethoven Johnson, Douglas; Burnham, Scott G.; Drabkin, William; Kerman, Joseph; Tyson, Alan. "Ludwig van Beethoven-Works". Grove Music Dictionary. oxfordmusiconline. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.40026. ISBN   978-1-56159-263-0 . Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  8. 1st private performance at Lobkowitz palace, summer 1804,
  9. preliminary sketches, 1804
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  11. with op.133 as finale; new finale composed 1826
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  13. String Quintet (viola) in C major, Op. 29, Der Sturm, earsense.org
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  15. 24 Variations on 'Venni Amore' by Vincenzio Righini, WoO 65 : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Howard Ferguson's 1986 edition of the Bagatelles for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music includes six of the piano pieces without opus numbers as they are "very similar in character to Bagatelles, though lacking that specific title". Other sources vary in whether they describe individual pieces as bagatelles or by their tempo markings.
  17. nos.2 and 4 sketched 1794–95; others also sketched before 1820
  18. Variations nos. 1, 2, 5, 6 written in 1799, nos. 3–4 in 1803
  19. private edition of full score, Leipzig, 1908–10
  20. no. 3 sketched 1798
  21. The author of the text
  22. No. 3 sketched c. 1792–93
  23. "The first true song cycle in the history of music."( Lühning 1997 )
  24. earlier sketches from 1814
  25. "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."( Lühning 1997 )
  26. nos. 3, 4, 6 written in 1795; nos. 2, 9, 10 in late 1801; others before 1802
  27. reported by Schindler; pts found by H. Riemann in 1905 were assumed to be same work
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  30. Beethoven produced 3 different versions of Te solo adore
  31. consists of march by Haydn, transition section by Beethoven and transcription of WOO29
  32. 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. (1946). "A Check-List of Beethoven's Chamber Music. II". Music & Letters. 27 (2): 83–101. doi:10.1093/ml/XXVII.2.83. JSTOR   727436. This work originally had the opus number 29; Cover of Beethoven "Op. 55" string trio; Buck, Percy Carter; Mee, John Henry; Woods, F. Cunningham (Francis Cunningham) (1894). "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. pp. 49, 109, 180, 198. Retrieved 1 October 2019. Trio for two Violins and Viola in C major, Op. 55 (bis) Beethoven; and "Trio in C major, Op.87 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)". imslp.org. Retrieved 1 October 2019. Grand Trio (d'après Op. 87) pour deux Violons et Viola par L. van Beethoven. Op. 55 bis
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  34. "Twelve Ecossaises, WoO 16 (mp3)". Unheard Beethoven. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  35. 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.
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  39. "Tunes played during gun carriage procession". The Straits Times.
  40. Derrick, David. "Funeral march". davidderick.wordpress.
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  42. "Gertrude's Dream, waltz for piano, Anhang 16, nr. 2 (mp3)". Unheard Beethoven.
  43. "Beethoven's 'Macbeth' Bubbles to the Surface". New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
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Catalogues and bibliographies

  • Biamonti, Giovanni. Catologo cronologo e tematico delle opere di Beethoven. Torino: ILTE, 1968. OCLC   2028666
    —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. OCLC   11664816
  • Dorfmüller, Kurt (ed). Beiträge zur Beethoven-Bibliographie: Studien und Materialen zum Werkverzeichnis von Kinsky-Halm. München: G. Henle, 1978 ISBN   3873280280
  • Dorfmüller, Kurt, Gertsch, Norbert and Ronge, Julia. Ludwig van Beethoven Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. München: G. Henle, 2014. ISBN   9783873281530.
    —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. ISBN   0-9640570-3-4.
    —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. OCLC   1068493434
  • Hess, Willy. Verzeichnis der nicht in der Gesamtausgabe veröffentlichen Werke Ludwig van Beethovens. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1957. OCLC   18406510
    —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. ISBN   0520048350
  • Johnson, Douglas and Burnham, Scott G. "Beethoven, Ludwig Van (Works)", Grove Music Online Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine 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. ISBN   3500209106
  • Kinsky, Georg and Halm, Hanss. Das Werk Beethovens: thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner sämtlichen vollendeten Kompositionen. München: G. Henle, 1955. OCLC   334667
    —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 OCLC   4763103. Reprinted Wiesbaden: M. Sändig, 1969 OCLC   1828776.
    —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. ISBN   3402056976
  • Solomon, Maynard. Beethoven (1st edition). New York: Schirmer, 1977. ISBN   0-02-872460-7. 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. ISBN   0554927039
  • Tyson, Alan. The Authentic English Editions of Beethoven. London: Faber & Faber, 1963. OCLC   266412

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. OCLC   24931728
    —Original critical "complete works" edition, commonly known as the Beethoven Gesamtausgabe.
  • Beethoven: Sämtliche Werke: Supplemente zur Gesamtausgabe, ed. W. Hess. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1959. OCLC   13654118
    —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). OCLC   13654118
    – New critical edition, "herausgaben vom Beethoven-Archiv, Bonn"; 56 volumes in 13 categories, 36 volumes released Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine as of January 2009.

Books

  • Cooper, Barry (ed). Beethoven Compendium: a Guide to Beethoven's Life and Music. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991. ISBN   0500278717
  • Cooper, Barry. The Creation of Beethoven's 35 Piano Sonatas. Oxford: Routledge, 2017. ISBN   978-1-4724-1431-1
  • Lühning, Helga (1997). "Beethoven as a Lieder composer". Beethoven Complete Recording (Media notes). Deutsche Grammophon.