Ludwig van Beethoven/Works

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


 * 1) 3 trios
 * 2) 3 sonatas
 * 3) string trio
 * 4) string quintet
 * 5) 2 cello sonatas
 * 6) piano duet sonata
 * 7) sonata
 * 8) serenade for string trio
 * 9) 3 string trios
 * 10) 3 sonatas
 * 11) clarinet trio
 * 12) 3 violin sonatas
 * 13) sonate pathétique
 * 14) 2 sonatas
 * 15) piano concerto no. 1
 * 16) quintet for piano & wind
 * 17) horn sonata
 * 18) 6 quartets
 * 19) piano concerto no. 2
 * 20) septet
 * 21) symphony no. 1
 * 22) sonata
 * 23) violin sonata
 * 24) Spring sonata for violin
 * 25) serenade for flute, vilolin & viola
 * 26) sonata
 * 27) 2 sonatas (the 2nd is popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata, but Beethoven was not responsible for this title
 * 28) sonata
 * 29) string quintet
 * 30) 3 violin sonatas
 * 31) 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)
 * 32) An die Hoffnung (song)
 * 33) 7 bagatelles for piano
 * 34) 6 piano variations
 * 35) 15 piano variations & fugue
 * 36) symphony no. 2
 * 37) piano concerto no. 3
 * 38) clarinet trio (arrangement of 20)
 * 39) 2 preludes through the 12 major keys for piano or organ
 * 40) romance for violin & orchestra
 * 41) serenade for piano & flute (arrangement of 25)
 * 42) nocturne for piano & viola (arrangement of 8)
 * 43) The Creatures of Prometheus (ballet)
 * 44) 14 variations for piano trio
 * 45) 3 marches for pianoo duet
 * 46) Adelaide (song)
 * 47) violin sonata dedicated to Rodolphe Kreutzer
 * 48) 6 songs (words by Gellert)
 * 49) 2 sonatas
 * 50) romance for violin & orchestra
 * 51) 2 rondos for piano
 * 52) 8 songs
 * 53) sonata dedicated to Count Waldstein
 * 54) sonata
 * 55) sinfonia eroica (no. 3)
 * 56) concerto for piano, violin & cello
 * 57) sonata (known as appasionata; inauthentic)
 * 58) piano concerto no. 4
 * 59) 3 quartets dedicated to Count Razumovsky
 * 60) symphony no. 4
 * 61) violin concerto
 * 62) overture to Coriolanus (by Collin)
 * 63) trio (arrangement of 4)
 * 64) cello sonata (arrangement of 3)
 * 65) Ah perfido (scene & aria)
 * 66) 12 variations for piano & cello on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (from Mozart's Magic Flute)
 * 67) symphony no. 5
 * 68) Pastoral Symphony (no. 6)
 * 69) cello sonata
 * 70) 2 trios (the 2nd is known as the Ghost Trio; inauthentic)
 * 71) wind sextet
 * 72) Fidelio (opera)
 * 73) piano concerto no. 5 (known as the Emperor Concerto; inauthentic)
 * 74) quartet (known as the Harp Quartet; inauthentic)
 * 75) 6 songs (words by Goethe & others)
 * 76) 6 piano variations
 * 77) piano fantasia
 * 78) sonata
 * 79) sonata
 * 80) choral fantasy (with piano & orchestra)
 * 81) Beethoven accidentally gave this number to 2 works
 * 82) * 81a sonata (known as Les Adieux; this was the publisher's translation, which Beethoven criticized, of his German title for the 1st movement only)
 * 83) * 81b sextet for horns & string quartet
 * 84) 4 ariettas & duet
 * 85) 3 songs (words by Goethe)
 * 86) incidental music to Goethe's Egmont
 * 87) Christus am Oelberge (oratorio)
 * 88) mass
 * 89) trio for 2 oboes & cor anglais
 * 90) Das Glück der Freundschaft (song)
 * 91) polonaise for piano
 * 92) sonata
 * 93) Wellington's Victory (known as the Battle Symphony; inauthentic)
 * 94) symphony no. 7
 * 95) symphony no. 8
 * 96) An die Hoffnung (song)
 * 97) quartetto serioso
 * 98) violin sonata
 * 99) trio dedicated to Archduke Rudolph
 * 100) An die ferne Geliebte (song cycle)
 * 101) Der Mann von Wort (song)
 * 102) Merkenstein (vocal duet)
 * 103) sonata
 * 104) 2 cello sonatas
 * 105) wind octet
 * 106) string quintet (arrangement of 1, no. 3)
 * 107) 6 national airs varied for piano with flute or violin accompaniment
 * 108) sonata (known as the Hammerklavier; Beethoven titled a number of his sonatas of this period sonata für das