Ludwig van Beethoven/Works
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Beethoven himself decided which of his works were good enough to have opus numbers. These are listed here. When used without qualification,
- quartet means string quartet
- sonata means keyboard sonata
- trio means piano trio
- 3 trios
- 3 sonatas
- string trio
- string quintet
- 2 cello sonatas
- piano duet sonata
- sonata
- serenade for string trio
- 3 string trios
- 3 sonatas
- clarinet trio
- 3 violin sonatas
- sonate pathétique
- 2 sonatas
- piano concerto no. 1
- quintet for piano & wind
- horn sonata
- 6 quartets
- piano concerto no. 2
- septet
- symphony no. 1
- sonata
- violin sonata
- Spring sonata for violin
- serenade for flute, vilolin & viola
- sonata
- 2 sonatas (the 2nd is popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata, but Beethoven was not responsible for this title)
- sonata
- string quintet
- 3 violin sonatas
- 3 sonatas (the 2nd is known as the Tempest Sonata; this title is semi-authentic, since Beethoven, asked the meaning of the work, told the enquirer to read Shakespeare's play)
- An die Hoffnung (song)
- 7 bagatelles for piano
- 6 piano variations
- 15 piano variations & fugue
- symphony no. 2
- piano concerto no. 3
- clarinet trio (arrangement of 20)
- 2 preludes through the 12 major keys for piano or organ
- romance for violin & orchestra
- serenade for piano & flute (arrangement of 25)
- nocturne for piano & viola (arrangement of 8)
- The Creatures of Prometheus (ballet)
- 14 variations for piano trio
- 3 marches for piano duet
- Adelaide (song)
- violin sonata dedicated to Rodolphe Kreutzer
- 6 songs (words by Gellert)
- 2 sonatas
- romance for violin & orchestra
- 2 rondos for piano
- 8 songs
- sonata dedicated to Count Waldstein
- sonata
- sinfonia eroica (no. 3)
- concerto for piano, violin & cello
- sonata (known as appassionata; title inauthentic)
- piano concerto no. 4
- 3 quartets dedicated to Count Razumovsky
- symphony no. 4
- violin concerto
- overture to Coriolanus (by Collin)
- trio (arrangement of 4)
- cello sonata (arrangement of 3)
- Ah perfido (scene & aria)
- 12 variations for piano & cello on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (from Mozart's Magic Flute)
- symphony no. 5
- Pastoral Symphony (no. 6)
- cello sonata
- 2 trios (the 2nd is known as the Ghost Trio; title inauthentic)
- wind sextet
- Fidelio (opera)
- piano concerto no. 5 (known as the Emperor Concerto; title inauthentic)
- quartet (known as the Harp Quartet; title inauthentic)
- 6 songs (words by Goethe & others)
- 6 piano variations
- piano fantasia
- sonata
- sonata
- choral fantasy (with piano & orchestra)
- Beethoven accidentally gave this number to 2 works
- 81a sonata (known as Les Adieux; this was the publisher's translation, which Beethoven criticized, of his German title for the 1st movement only)
- 81b sextet for horns & string quartet
- 4 ariettas & duet
- 3 songs (words by Goethe)
- incidental music to Goethe's Egmont
- Christus am Oelberge (oratorio)
- mass
- trio for 2 oboes & cor anglais
- Das Glück der Freundschaft (song)
- polonaise for piano
- sonata
- Wellington's Victory (inauthentic alternative title Battle Symphony)
- symphony no. 7
- symphony no. 8
- An die Hoffnung (song)
- quartetto serioso
- violin sonata
- trio dedicated to Archduke Rudolph
- An die ferne Geliebte (song cycle)
- Der Mann von Wort (song)
- Merkenstein (vocal duet)
- sonata
- 2 cello sonatas
- wind octet
- string quintet (arrangement of 1, no. 3)
- 6 national airs varied for piano with flute or violin accompaniment
- sonata (known as the Hammerklavier; Beethoven titled a number of his sonatas of this period sonata für das Hammerklavier, meaning piano as against harpsichord)
- 10 national airs varied for piano with flute or violin accompaniment
- 25 Scottish songs with piano, violin & cello accompaniment
- sonata
- sonata
- sonata
- Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (cantata)
- incidental music to The Ruins of Athens (Kotzebue)
- march with chorus from The Ruins of Athens
- Namensfeier overture
- Tremate, empi, tremate (terzet with orchestra)
- incidental music to King Stephen (Kotzebue)
- Elegischer Gesang for 4 voices & string quartet
- 11 bagatelles for piano
- 33 variations for piano on a waltz by Diabelli
- Beethoven accidentally gave this number to 2 works
- 121a variations for piano, violin & cello on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu (by Wenzel Müller)
- 121b Opferlied for soprano, chorus & orchestra
- Bundeslied for solo voices, chorus & wind
- missa solemnis
- The Consecration of the House (overture)
- symphony no. 9
- 6 bagatelles for piano
- quartet
- Der Kuss (arietta)
- rondo a capriccio for piano
- quartet
- quartet
- quartet
- Grosse Fuge for string quartet (original finale of 131; Beethoven was reluctantly persuaded by his publisher that it was too hard, & wrote a replacement)
- piano duet arrangement of the above
- quartet
Some other works were given opus numbers by others after Beethoven's death.