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BEETHOVEN'S WORKS BY OPUS NUMBER

Compiled by Gary D. Evans


Last Updated: March 24, 2019 6:57 PM

OPUS
TITLE / INFORMATION
DATE
Begun
DATE
Completed
MISC. INFO
1 #1
Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello #1 in Eb Dates uncertain
1 #2
Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello #2 in G Dates uncertain
1 #3
Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello #3 in c Dates uncertain
2 #1
Sonata #1 in f
Ded. To Haydn
2 #2
Sonata #1 in A
Ded. To Haydn
2 #3
Sonata #1 in C (Finale)
Ded. To Haydn
3
String trios E Dates uncertain
4
Quintet for Strings in Eb, Re-composition of Octet op. 103
Dates uncertain
5 #1
Sonata for Cello #1 in F, Mozart Var. Composed in Berlin for court cellist Duport
5 #2
Sonata for Cello #2 in g, Handel Var. Composed in Berlin for court cellist Duport
6
Sonata for Piano Duet (#3?) in D Dates uncertain
7
Sonata #4 in Eb Ded to Countess Keglevics
8
Serenade for Viola, Violin and Cello in D  
9 #1
Trio for Strings in G  
9 #2
Trio for Strings in D  
9 #3
Trio for Strings in c  
10 #1
Sonata #5 in c Ded to Countess Browne
10 #2
Sonata #6 in F Ded to Countess Browne
10 #3
Sonata #7 in D Ded to Countess Browne
11
Trio for Clarinet in Bb Ded to Cntess Maria Wilhelmine von Thun
12 #1
Violin Sonata #1 in D
 
12 #2
Violin Sonata #2 in A
 
12 #3
Violin Sonata #3 in E
 
13
Sonata #8 in c, Pathétique To Prince Lichnowsky
14 #1
Sonata #9 in E To Baroness Braun
14 #2
Sonata #10 in G To Baroness Braun
15
Piano Concerto #1 in C To Princess Barbara Odescalchi [Rev 1800]
16 #1
Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon in Eb ???  
16 #2
Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon in Eb ???  
17
Sonata for Horn and pianoforte in F
To Baroness Braun
18 #1
Quartet #1 in F, "Lobkowitz Quartet"  
18 #2
Quartet #1 in G, "Lobkowitz Quartet"  
18 #3
Quartet #1 in D, "Lobkowitz Quartet"  
18 #4
Quartet #1 in c, "Lobkowitz Quartet"  
18 #5
Quartet #1 in F, "Lobkowitz Quartet"  
18 #6
Quartet #1 in A, "Lobkowitz Quartet"  
19
Piano Concerto #2 in Bb To Carl Nicklas Edler van Nickelsberg
20
Septet for Violin, Viola, Clarinet., Horn, Bassoon, Cello & Double Bass Eb Theme from op49#2
21
Symphony #1 in C To Baron van Swieten
22
Sonata #11 in Bb Ded to Count Browne
23
Violin Sonata #4 in a (Mozart Variations)
 
24
Violin Sonata #5 in F (Spring Sonata)
 
25
Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola in D  
26
Sonata #12 in Ab Ded Prince Lichnowsky [3'd mvmnt arg'd for Funeral March WoO96]
27 #1
Sonata #13 in Eb, (Sonata quasi una fantasia Sonata) Ded Princess von Liechtenstein
27 #2
Sonata #14 in #c, (Sonata quasi una fantasia) "Moonlight"
Ded Countess Guicciardi
28
Sonata #15 in D, Pastoral Sonata
Ded to Joseph Sonnenfels
29
Quintet for Strings in C
Ded to Count Fries
30 #1
Violin Sonata #6 in A
Ded to Czar Alexander I of Russia
30 #2
Violin Sonata #7 in c
Ded to Czar Alexander I of Russia
30 #3
Violin Sonata #8 in G (Allegro Vivace)
Ded to Czar Alexander I of Russia
31 #1
Sonata #16 in G Commissioned by publisher
31 #2
Sonata #17 in d Commissioned by publisher
31 #3
Sonata #18 in Eb Commissioned by publisher
32
Song, "An die Hoffnung"
thru composed. [Christoph August Tiedge] Strophic, later vers.op 94
33
7 Bagatelle  
34
6 Variations in F, on original theme
Ded to Princess Odescalchi
35
15 variations in Eb on a theme for fuga [Eroica variations]
 
36
Symphony #2 in D Dec to Prince Lichnowsky
36 (piano)
Trio for Piano (see notes)
Arrangement of Symphony #2 in D
37
Piano Concerto #3 in c To Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia [rediscovered in Poland after WWII]
38
Trio for Piano, Clarinet or Violin and Cello in Eb Arrangement of Septet op. 20
39
2 Preludes for Organ or Piano through all 12 major keys #1 and #2 in C
Published 1803
40
Romance #1 in G for Violin and Orchestra  
41
Serenade for pianoforte and flute and violin in D Arrangement of Serenade op. 25
42
Nocturne for pianoforte and viola in D Arrangement of op. 8
43
Ballet: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus)  
44
Trio for Piano, #9 in Eb (14 variations)
 
45 #1
March for Pianoforte duet in C
 
45 #2
March for Pianoforte duet in Eb
 
45 #3
March for Pianoforte duet in D
 
46
Song, "Adelaide" [Friedrich von Matthisson]
 
47
Violin Sonata #9 in A (Kreutzer Sonata)  
48 #1
Song, "Bitten" Christian Fürchtegott Gellert-"Gott,deine Güte reicht so weit"
48 #2
Song, "Die Liebe des Nächsten" C.F.Gellert-"Die Liebe des Nächsten'So jemand spricht'"
48 #3
Song, "Vom Tode" Christian Fürchtegott Gellert-"Meine Lebenszeit verstreicht"
48 #4
Song, "Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur" C.F. Gellert-"Die Himmel rühmen"
48 #5
Song, "Gottes Macht und Vorsehung" Christian Fürchtegott Gellert-"Gott ist mein Lied"
48 #6
Song, "Busslied" Christian Fürchtegott Gellert-"An dir allein"
48 #7
Song, "Sechs Leider nach gedichten von Gellert" C.F. Gellert
48 #8
Song, "Sechs Geistliche Lieder" C.F. Gellert
49 #1
Sonata #19 in g
c 1797?
 
49 #2
Sonata #20 in G
 
50
Romance #2 in F for Violin and Orchestra
 
51 #1
Rondo in C
 
51 #2
Rondo in G
 
52 #1
Song, "Urians Reise um die Welt" [Matthias Claudius]  
52 #2
Song, "Feuerfarb" [Sophie Mereau]  
52 #3
Song, "Das Liedchen von der Ruhe" [Wilhelm Ueltzen]  
52 #4
Song, "Maigesang" [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]  
52 #5
Song, "Mollys Abschied" [Gottfried August Bürger]  
52 #6
Song, "Die Liebe" [Gotthold Ephraim Lessing]  
52 #7
Song, "Marmotte" [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]  
52 #8
Song, "Das Blümchen Wunderhold" [Gottfried August Bürger]  
53
Sonata #21 in C, Waldstein sonata To Ct Waldstein [WoO 57 used as 2'd mvmt]
54
Sonata #22 in F  
55
Symphony #3 in Eb (Sinfonia Eroica) To Prince Lobkowitz, org. Napoleon
56
Concerto for Piano, Violin & Cello in C (Triple Concerto)
To Archduke Rudolph
57
Sonata #23 in f, Appassionata To Count Brunsvik
58
Piano Concerto #4 in G
To Archduke Rudolph
59 #1
Quartet #7 in F, "Razumoviski" quartets  
59 #2
Quartet #8 in e, "Razumoviski" quartets  
59 #3
Quartet #9 in C, "Razumoviski" quartets  
60
Symphony #4 in Bb
Composed for Count Oppersdorff; paid 500 fl.
61
Violin Concerto D
To Stephen von Breuning
61 piano
Piano Conc. in D, [arrangement of Violin Concerto in D above]
To Julie von Breuning. Possibly started by B. and completed by another.
62
Coriolan in c, Ded.
To Heinrich Collin, author of tragedy it is based on
63
* Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in Eb.
[*arr by unknown person]
64
* Sonata in Eb for Cello and Piano
[*arr from Str Quintet op. by someone else]
65
Scena and aria (for soprano voice and orchestra), "Ah! perfido"
 
66
Var.'s in F for Pianoforte & Cello on,"Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen"
from Mozart's Magic Flute
67
Symphony #5 in c (Fate) To Prc Lobkowitz & Ct Razumovsky
68
Symphony #6 in f (Pastoral) To Prc Lobkowitz & Ct Razumovsky
69
Sonata for Cello and pianoforte #3 in A To Baron Gleichenstein
70 #1
Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello #4 in D "Ghost Trio"
 
70 #2
Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello #5 in Eb
 
71
Sextet for Winds in Eb
 
72 a
Leonora 2
 
72 b
Leonora 3
 
72 c
Fidelio
 
73
Piano Concerto #5 in Eb (Emperor)
 
74
Quartet #10 Eb, Harp quartet
 
75 #1
Song, "Mignons Lied" [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]
 
75 #2
Song, "Neue Liebe, neues Leben" [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]
 
75 #3
Song, "Aus Goethes Faust"[Johann Wolfgang v. Goethe-"Es war einmal einKönig"]
 
75 #4
Song, "Gretels Warnung" [Gerhard Anton von Halem-"Mit Liebesblick und Speil"]
 
75 #5
Song, "An den fernen Geliebten" [Christian Ludwig Reissig -"Einst wohnten süsse Ruh"]
 
75 #6
Song, "Der Zurfriedene" [Christian Ludwig Reissig -"Zwar schuf das Glück"]
 
76
6 variations over own theme in D
Later used for Ruins of Athens, Turkish march
77
Fantasia in g
To Count Brunsvik. Com'd by Clementi
78
Sonata #24 in #F
To Therese Brunsvik, Com'd by Clementi
79
Sonata #25 in G
Com'd by Clementi
80
Coral Fantasy for Piano,Chorus and Orchestra
To King Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria
81 a
Sonata #26 in bE, Les adieux, Das Lebewohl To Archduke Rudolf
81 b
Sextet for Horns and Strings in Eb
 
82 #1
Song, "Hoffnung" [?Author-"Dimmi, ben mio"]  
82 #2
Song, "Liebes-Klage" [Pietro Metastasio-"T'intendo, si, mio cor"]  
82 #3
Song, "L'amante impatiente" arietta buffa [Pietro Metastasio-"Che fa il mio bene"]  
82 #4
Song, "L'amante impatiente" arietta buffa [Pietro Metastasio-"Che fa il mio bene"]  
82 #5
Song "Lebens-Genuss" [[Pietro Metastasio"Odi l'aura che dolci sospira"]  
83 #1
Song, "Wonne der Wehmut" ("Trocknet night")
 
83 #2
Song, "Sehnsucht" ("Was zieht mir das Herz")
 
83 #3
Song, "Mit einem gemalten Band" ("Kleine Blumen")
 
84
Egmont  
85
Oratorio, Christ on the Mount of Olives
Pub 1812 by Breitkopf & Hartel; Com'ed by Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy in 1800. Changed in 1807 to 3 hymns & perf. 9/13/1807; the Sunday following Princess Maria Josepha Hermenegild of Liechtenstein's name day. Next perf. at the Theater an der Wein 12/22/1808 along with the premier perf. of the 5th & 6th symphonies, the G major Piano Concerto, & Choral Fantasy.
86
Mass in C
 
87
Trio for Winds in C
 
88
Song, "Das Glück der Freundschaft"
[Author?-"Der lebt ein Leben wonniglich"]
89
Polonaise in C
Comp for Emp.of Russia, in Vienna for the Congress
90
Sonata #27 in e
To Count Lichnowsky
91
Victory of Wellington in Eb To Prince Regent
92
Symphony #7 in A To Count Fries
93
Symphony #8 in F [No dedication]
94
Song, "An die Hoffnung" [Christoph August Tiedge-"Ob ein Gott sei"]  
95
Quartet #11 f    ("Quartetto Serioso")
To Nikolaus Zmeskall; B. advised this was for musicians, not the public.
96
Violin Sonata #10 in G (Mozart Variations)
written for Rode who performed it 12/29/1812
97
Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello #6 in Bb "Archduke"  
98
Song, , An die ferne Geliebte "To the Distant Beloved"
(six poems by A. Jeitteles )
99
Song, "Der Mann von Wort" [Friedrich August Kleinschmid-"Du sagtest, Freund"]
 
100
Song, "Merkenstein" [Johann Baptist Rupprecht]  
101
Sonata #28 in A To Baroness Ertmann
102 #1
Sonata for Cello #4 in C  
102 #2
Sonata for Cello #5 in D  
103
Octet for Winds in Eb
Written in Bonn then rev. in Vienna 1793. Later recomposed as op 4
104
String Quintet in c
(arr. of op. 1#3) arranged by Kaufmann and corrected by Beethoven
105
6 Themes w/ variations for Pianoforte with flute or violin accomp. Ad libitum  
106
Sonata #29 in Bb, Hammerklaver Sonata Ded to Archduke Rudolf
107
10 Themes w/ variations for Pianoforte with flute or violin accomp. Ad libitum  
108
25 Scottish songs w/ pianoforte, violin and cello accomp
pub:1816
Note: Familiar - Bach French Suite #6 in E, BWV817: IV.
109
Sonata #30 in E
To Maximiliane Brentano; com'd by publisher
110
Sonata #31 in Ab Commissioned by publisher
111
Sonata #32 in c To Archduke Rudolf. Com'd by publisher
112
Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt", for chorus w/ orchestral accomp  
113
Die Ruinen von Athen
[Play by von Kotzebue]
114
March w/ chorus from "Die Ruinen von Athen"
arranged for "Die Weihe des Hauses
115
Zur Namensfeier
To Prince Radziwill
116
Trio for soprano, tenor & bass w/ orchestral accomp "Tremate, empi, tremate"
**? Solo**? Solo
117
König Stephan, [including overture]
Play by von Kotzebue
118
Elegischer Gesang (Elegiac Song)
for performance 8/5/1814
119
11 Bagatelle in g, c, D, A, c, G, C, C, a, A, Bb  
120
33 variations over waltz by Anton Diabelli
To Antonie Brentano
121 a
Trio for Piano, Violin & Cello #10 in G
[var.'s on "Ich bin der Schneider", by Kakadu]
121 b
Song, "Opferlied" for soprano, chorus and orch  
122
Song, "Bundeslied" for voices w/ wind instrument accompaniment  
123
Missa Solemnis in D
 
124
Die Weihe des Hauses (Consecration of the House)
 
Symphony #9 in d (Choral Symphony) To King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
126
6 Bagatelle in G, g, Eb, b, G, Eb
 
127
Quartet #12 E  
128
Arietta "Der Kuss" [Christian Felix Weisse-"Ich war bei Chloen ganz allein"] First sketched 1798
129
Rondo a capriccio G, "Die Wut über den verlorenen Groschen"
1795
[not completed]
130
Quartet #13 B Ded to Prince Nikolas Galitzin
131
Quartet #14 #c Ded to Baron Joseph von Stutterheim
132
Quartet #15 a
Ded to Prince Nikolas Galitzin. Molto Adagio "Heiliger Dankgesang" composed 5/1825
133
 
originally the finale in op.130
134
Pianoforte duet in Bb (Fuge for piano)
Arrangement by Beethoven of op 133
135
Quartet #16 F, "Serious"
After Sonata, op. 14 #1; 1st perf. 3/23/1828 [Ded to Johann Wolfmayer] [Theme of 3'd mvment orig. assoc. w/ finale of op. 131]
136
Cantata for four solo voices, chorus and orchestra "Der glorreiche Augenblick"  
137
Fugue in D for string quintet
 
138
Leonora 1 in C