Composer (MIDI)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827); DEU


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Ludwig Van Beethoven is certainly on any short list of the greatest composers. Like all supreme artists, this is not for his prodigious technical gifts alone, but for the depth of human experience and emotion that his music explores and the universality of its message. Beethoven's struggles with his own fate and deafness are embodied in music that fearlessly continued to evolve throughout his life. His continued searching for deeper musical, philosophical and emotional truths brings to mind artists such as Shakespeare and Michelangelo.
Beethoven, the son of a rather dissolute court musician, was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770. It is perhaps his early rebellion against the arbitrary strictness of a father who wanted to exploit his son's talents that formed Beethoven's strong and difficult personality. He was truly a child of the revolutionary spirit that was spreading through Europe, and the first important composer to openly declare himself an artist serving a higher calling than the court or aristocracy.
Beethoven thus did not become the second Mozart, the darling of court society that his father hoped for. Rather he became an independent force, confident of his own powers, and one whose few lessons with the greats of the previous generation, including Haydn and Mozart, didn't ultimately mean much to him. He settled in Vienna in 1792, and his first public fame came as a piano virtuoso of unprecedented power, with a new and explosive kind of playing that was quite apart from the elegant fluency of Mozart and other virtuosos of the day. His virtuosity is certainly evidenced in his piano sonatas and particularly the five piano concertos, culminating in the Concerto No.5 in Eb (Emperor), which, like the concertos of Mozart, were originally conceived as apt calling cards for a composer/pianist.
Beethoven's talents and brash confidence won the respect of a musical and enlightened aristocracy who treated him with a deference that Beethoven expected and demanded, and that would have shocked both Haydn and Mozart. While he probably could have survived by other means, he received financial support from a number of interested nobleman, but without sacrificing his independence.
Beethoven's output is usually thought of as grouped in early, middle and late periods. The First Symphony (1800) begins the new century on a seventh chord (a mysterious dominant of the subdominant) that quickly challenges classical propriety (although such things had already been explored by C.P.E. Bach, perhaps the true father of the new music). The style of this music already sacrifices the elegance of Mozart's surfaces for power and energy, and Beethoven shows his attraction to the economic use of material favored by Haydn. Beethoven's gruff humor probably owes more to Haydn as well, and by the Second Symphony, the minuet has been replaced with a weightier scherzo which is characteristic of the direction in which Beethoven's symphonic thoughts are moving.
The Third Symphony (Eroica) is a watershed in western music history. The violent removal of the dedication to Napoleon is well known, but the universal heroism and grandeur of the longest symphony until the Ninth, remained and points the way to the noblest aspirations of the form in the 19th century.
By this time Beethoven has also established his most important metiers with a number of his thirty-two piano sonatas and the Op.18 string quartets. He had also begun to experience the deafness (probably from syphilis) that transformed his inner world view. This was at first met most characteristically perhaps with the violence and challenge of the fate motive of the Fifth Symphony. Beethoven seems to address his own destiny and place in the universe with a biblical directness that evokes Job.
Other seminal middle period music includes such masterpieces as the Violin Concerto, the Piano Sonata No.21 in C (Waldstein) and No.23 in F- (Appasionata), and the Rasumovsky string quartets. Much of this music is characterized by an enormous expansion of classical forms and themes that are markedly rhythmic in character (e.g. the opening motives of the Violin Concerto and the Waldstein Sonata). In addition, Beethoven realizes the essence of the most important of classical forms - the sonata form - with strongly differentiated first and second theme groups, highly dramatic development sections and codas that sometimes rival the development in size. The importance of the sonata form can be particularly seen in a work such as the first string quartet of Op.59, where even the slow movement and scherzo are in sonata form.
For all the inspiration that Beethoven was to succeeding generations of romantic composers, both in the transcendence of his music and the independence of his character, he almost completely worked within the heritage of the classical tradition. The sublime world of the last five of his sixteen string quartets and the late piano sonatas is still within the bounds of classical procedures, but now forms are telescoped and there is a very personal use of unusual numbers and types of movements combined with an increasing use of counterpoint. Many of the final works contain fugal sections of a very personal nature within sonata forms. In these works Beethoven, in his isolation brought about by years of total deafness, reaches a profound state of resignation and understanding, humor, and contemplation. The rhetorical trills of the earlier classical era have been transformed into the shimmering stars in the heaven of the variations of the Op.109 piano sonata.
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Piano Works
247 midis
- Piano Sonatas
145 midis
- Piano Sonata No.1 in F-, Op.2, No.1
6 midis
- Piano Sonata No.2 in A, Op.2, No.2
2 midis
- Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2, No.3
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.4 in Eb ('Grand Sonata'), Op.7
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.5 in C-, Op.10, No.1
2 midis
- Piano Sonata No.6 in F, Op.10, No.2
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10, No.3
3 midis
- Piano Sonata No.8 in C-, Op.13 ('Pathétique')
16 midis
- Piano Sonata No.9 in E, Op.14, No.1
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.10 in G, Op.14, No.2
2 midis
- Piano Sonata No.11 in Bb, Op.22
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.12 in Ab, Op.26 ('Funeral March')
4 midis
- Piano Sonata No.13 in Eb, Op.27, No.1 ('Quasi una fantasia')
4 midis
- Piano Sonata No.14 in C#-, Op.27, No.2 ('Moonlight')
35 midis
- Piano Sonata No.15 in D, Op.28 ('Pastoral')
7 midis
- Piano Sonata No.16 in G, Op.31, No.1
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.17 in D-, Op.31, No.2 ('Tempest')
8 midis
- Piano Sonata No.18 in Eb, Op.31, No.3 ('The Hunt')
2 midis
- Piano Sonata No.19 in G-, Op.49, No.1
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.20 in G, Op.49, No.2
3 midis
- Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 ('Waldstein')
4 midis
- Piano Sonata No.22 in F, Op.54
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.23 in F-, Op.57 ('Appassionata')
7 midis
- Piano Sonata No.24 in F#, Op.78 ('For Therese')
4 midis
- Piano Sonata No.25 in G, Op.79 ('Cuckoo')
6 midis
- Piano Sonata No.26 in Eb, Op.81a ('Les Adieux')
2 midis
- Piano Sonata No.27 in E-, Op.90
2 midis
- Piano Sonata No.28 in A, Op.101
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.29 in Bb, Op.106 ('Hammerklavier')
6 midis
- Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109
4 midis
- Piano Sonata No.31 in Ab, Op.110
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.32 in C-, Op.111
1 midi
- Piano Sonata in D for Piano 4-hands, Op.6
1 midi
- Piano Sonata in F, WoO50
4 midis
- Piano Sonata No.1 in F-, Op.2, No.1
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Piano Variations
23 midis
- 6 Variations in F on an Original Theme, Op.34
1 midi
- 15 Variations and Fugue in Eb on an Original Theme ('Eroica Variations'), Op.35
1 midi
- 6 Variations in D on an Original Theme, Op.76
1 midi
- 33 Variations in C on a Waltz by Diabelli ('Diabelli Variations'), Op.120
1 midi
- 9 Variations in C- on a March by Dressler, WoO63
1 midi
- 6 Variations in F on a Swiss Air, WoO64
1 midi
- 13 Variations in A on Dittersdorf's Air 'Es war einmal ein alter Mann', WoO66
1 midi
- 8 Variations in C on a Theme by Count von Waldstein, for piano 4-hands, WoO67
1 midi
- 12 Variations in C on a Minuet from Haibel's 'Le nozze disturbate', WoO68
1 midi
- 9 Variations in A on Paisiello's Air 'Quanto e' bello l'amor contadino', WoO69
2 midis
- 6 Variations in G on Paisiello's Duet 'Nel cor piu non mi sento', WoO70
2 midis
- 8 Variations in C on Grétry's air 'Une fièvre brûlante', WoO72
1 midi
- 10 Variations in Bb on Salieri's Air 'La stessa, la stessissima', WoO73
1 midi
- 6 Variations in D on 'Ich denke dein', WoO74
1 midi
- 7 Variations in F on Winter's Quartet 'Kind willst du ruhig schlafen', WoO75
1 midi
- 8 Variations in F on Sussmayr's Trio 'Tundeln und Scherzen', WoO76
1 midi
- 6 Variations on an Original Theme, WoO77
1 midi
- 7 Variations in C on 'God Save the King', WoO78
1 midi
- 6 Variations in D on 'Rule Britannia', WoO79
1 midi
- 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C-, WoO80
1 midi
- 8 Variations in Bb on the Song 'Ich habe ein kleine Hutten nur'
1 midi
- 6 Variations in F on an Original Theme, Op.34
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Bagatelles (including 'Für Elise')
40 midis
- Bagatelle in A- ('Für Elise'), WoO59
6 midis
- 11 Bagatelles, Op.119
17 midis
- 6 Bagatelles, Op.126
7 midis
- 7 Bagatelles, Op.33
10 midis
- Bagatelle in A- ('Für Elise'), WoO59
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Other Keyboard Works
39 midis
- Andante favori in F, WoO57
2 midis
- 12 Contredanses, WoO14
4 midis
- Ecossaise in Eb, WoO86
1 midi
- 6 Ecossaises, WoO83 (dubious)
5 midis
- Fantasy in G-, Op.77
1 midi
- 3 Grandes Marches for 2 Pianos, Op.45
5 midis
- Polonaise in C, Op.89
1 midi
- Prelude in F-, WoO55
1 midi
- 2 Preludes 'Thorough all the major keys', Op.39
1 midi
- Rondo a capriccio in G, Op.129 (‘Rage over a Lost Penny’)
5 midis
- Rondo in A, WoO49
1 midi
- 2 Rondos, Op.51
5 midis
- 6 Waltzes and 1 Funeral March (spurious)
7 midis
- Andante favori in F, WoO57
- Piano Sonatas
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Symphonies, Concertos, and Other Orchestral Works
311 midis
- Symphonies
232 midis
- Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21
25 midis
- Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36
20 midis
- Symphony No.3 in Eb, Op.55 ('Eroica')
26 midis
- Symphony No.4 in Bb, Op.60
24 midis
- Symphony No.5 in C-, Op.67
29 midis
- Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 ('Pastoral')
35 midis
- Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92
21 midis
- Symphony No.8 in F, Op.93
25 midis
- Symphony No.9 in D-, Op.125 ('Choral')
27 midis
- Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21
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Overtures, Incidental Music, Ballets
25 midis
- Consecration of the House Overture, Op.124
1 midi
- Coriolan Overture, Op.62
4 midis
- Egmont (incidental music, after Goethe's play), Op.84
5 midis
- Fidelio Overture, Op.72c
3 midis
- King Stephen (incidental music), Op.117
1 midi
- Leonora Overture No.2, Op.72a
1 midi
- Leonora Overture No.1, Op.138
1 midi
- Leonora Overture No.3 in C, Op.72b
2 midis
- The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43 (ballet)
2 midis
- The Ruins of Athens, Op.113 (incidental music)
5 midis
- Consecration of the House Overture, Op.124
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Piano Concertos
42 midis
- Piano Concerto No.1 in C, Op.15
12 midis
- Piano Concerto No.2 in Bb, Op.19
3 midis
- Piano Concerto No.3 in C-, Op.37
5 midis
- Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op.58
8 midis
- Piano Concerto No.5 in Eb, Op.73 ('Emperor')
11 midis
- Piano Concerto in D (after Violin Concerto, Op.61), Op.61a
2 midis
- Piano Concerto in Eb, WoO4
1 midi
- Piano Concerto No.1 in C, Op.15
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Other Concertos
11 midis
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Other Orchestral Works
1 midi
- Symphonies
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Chamber Works
186 midis
- String Quartets, Quintets, Trios
113 midis
- Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in Bb, Op.133
3 midis
- String Quartet No.1 in F, Op.18, No.1
4 midis
- String Quartet No.10 in Eb, Op.74 ('Harp')
5 midis
- String Quartet No.11 in F-, Op.95 ('Serioso')
5 midis
- String Quartet No.12 in Eb, Op.127
4 midis
- String Quartet No.13 in Bb, Op.130 ('Lieb')
12 midis
- String Quartet No.14 in C#-, Op.131
8 midis
- String Quartet No.15 in A-, Op.132 ('Heiliger Dankgesang')
7 midis
- String Quartet No.16 in F, Op.135
5 midis
- String Quartet No.2 in G, Op.18, No.2
10 midis
- String Quartet No.3 in D, Op.18, No.3
6 midis
- String Quartet No.4 in C-, Op.18, No.4
4 midis
- String Quartet No.5 in A, Op.18, No.5
8 midis
- String Quartet No.6 in Bb, Op.18, No.6
8 midis
- String Quartet No.7 in F, Op.59, No.1 ('Rasumovsky' 1)
7 midis
- String Quartet No.8 in E-, Op.59, No.2 ('Rasumovsky' 2)
8 midis
- String Quartet No.9 in C, Op.59, No.3 ('Rasumovsky' 3)
7 midis
- String Quintet in C, WoO62 (fragment; 'Last Musical Thought')
1 midi
- String Trio in C-, Op.9, No.3
1 midi
- Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in Bb, Op.133
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Piano Trios
1 midi
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Chamber Sonatas
39 midis
- Cello Sonata in F, Op.5, No.1
2 midis
- Cello Sonata No.4 in C, Op.102, No.1
1 midi
- Flute Sonata in Bb, Op.Anh.4 (dubious)
4 midis
- Horn Sonata in F, Op.17
3 midis
- Mandolin Sonatina in C-, WoO44a
1 midi
- Violin Sonata No.1 in D, Op.12, No.1
4 midis
- Violin Sonata No.2 in A, Op.12, No.2
3 midis
- Violin Sonata No.3 in Eb, Op.12, No.3
3 midis
- Violin Sonata No.4 in A-, Op.23
3 midis
- Violin Sonata No.5 in F, Op.24 ('Spring')
5 midis
- Violin Sonata No.6 in A, Op.30, No.1
3 midis
- Violin Sonata No.7 in C-, Op.30, No.2 ('Eroica')
4 midis
- Violin Sonata No.9 in A, Op.47 ('Kreutzer')
3 midis
- Cello Sonata in F, Op.5, No.1
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Other Chamber Works
33 midis
- Duo in Eb for Viola and Cello in Eb, WoO32
2 midis
- 3 Equali for 4 trombones, WoO30
4 midis
- March in Bb for Wind Sextet, WoO29
1 midi
- Minuet in G
2 midis
- Serenade in D for Flute, Violin, and Viola, Op.25
13 midis
- Trio in Bb for Clarinet (or Violin), Cello and Piano, Op.11 ('Gassenhauer')
1 midi
- Trio in C for 2 Oboes and English Horn, Op.87
5 midis
- Wind Octet in Eb, Op.103
1 midi
- Wind Sextet in Eb, Op.71
4 midis
- Duo in Eb for Viola and Cello in Eb, WoO32
- String Quartets, Quintets, Trios
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Vocal Works
28 midis
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Opera and Other Stage Works
3 midis
- Fidelio, Op.72 (opera)
3 midis
- Fidelio, Op.72 (opera)
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Sacred Choral Works
17 midis
- Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op.85 (oratorio)
2 midis
- Mass in C, Op.86 (a4)
10 midis
- Mass in D, Op.123 (a4, 'Missa Solemnis')
5 midis
- Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op.85 (oratorio)
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Secular Choral Works
4 midis
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Songs and Arias (A-K)
1 midi
- Adelaide, Op.46
1 midi
- Adelaide, Op.46
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Songs and Arias (L-Z)
3 midis
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Opera and Other Stage Works
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Canons and Miscellaneous Works
1 midi
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Piano Works
247 midis
- Piano Sonatas
145 midis
- Piano Sonata No.1 in F-, Op.2, No.1
6 midis
- Piano Sonata No.2 in A, Op.2, No.2
2 midis
- Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2, No.3
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.4 in Eb ('Grand Sonata'), Op.7
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.5 in C-, Op.10, No.1
2 midis
- Piano Sonata No.6 in F, Op.10, No.2
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10, No.3
3 midis
- Piano Sonata No.8 in C-, Op.13 ('Pathétique')
16 midis
- Piano Sonata No.9 in E, Op.14, No.1
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.10 in G, Op.14, No.2
2 midis
- Piano Sonata No.11 in Bb, Op.22
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.12 in Ab, Op.26 ('Funeral March')
4 midis
- Piano Sonata No.13 in Eb, Op.27, No.1 ('Quasi una fantasia')
4 midis
- Piano Sonata No.14 in C#-, Op.27, No.2 ('Moonlight')
35 midis
- Piano Sonata No.15 in D, Op.28 ('Pastoral')
7 midis
- Piano Sonata No.16 in G, Op.31, No.1
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.17 in D-, Op.31, No.2 ('Tempest')
8 midis
- Piano Sonata No.18 in Eb, Op.31, No.3 ('The Hunt')
2 midis
- Piano Sonata No.19 in G-, Op.49, No.1
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.20 in G, Op.49, No.2
3 midis
- Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 ('Waldstein')
4 midis
- Piano Sonata No.22 in F, Op.54
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.23 in F-, Op.57 ('Appassionata')
7 midis
- Piano Sonata No.24 in F#, Op.78 ('For Therese')
4 midis
- Piano Sonata No.25 in G, Op.79 ('Cuckoo')
6 midis
- Piano Sonata No.26 in Eb, Op.81a ('Les Adieux')
2 midis
- Piano Sonata No.27 in E-, Op.90
2 midis
- Piano Sonata No.28 in A, Op.101
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.29 in Bb, Op.106 ('Hammerklavier')
6 midis
- Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109
4 midis
- Piano Sonata No.31 in Ab, Op.110
1 midi
- Piano Sonata No.32 in C-, Op.111
1 midi
- Piano Sonata in D for Piano 4-hands, Op.6
1 midi
- Piano Sonata in F, WoO50
4 midis
- Piano Sonata No.1 in F-, Op.2, No.1
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Piano Variations
23 midis
- 6 Variations in F on an Original Theme, Op.34
1 midi
- 15 Variations and Fugue in Eb on an Original Theme ('Eroica Variations'), Op.35
1 midi
- 6 Variations in D on an Original Theme, Op.76
1 midi
- 33 Variations in C on a Waltz by Diabelli ('Diabelli Variations'), Op.120
1 midi
- 9 Variations in C- on a March by Dressler, WoO63
1 midi
- 6 Variations in F on a Swiss Air, WoO64
1 midi
- 13 Variations in A on Dittersdorf's Air 'Es war einmal ein alter Mann', WoO66
1 midi
- 8 Variations in C on a Theme by Count von Waldstein, for piano 4-hands, WoO67
1 midi
- 12 Variations in C on a Minuet from Haibel's 'Le nozze disturbate', WoO68
1 midi
- 9 Variations in A on Paisiello's Air 'Quanto e' bello l'amor contadino', WoO69
2 midis
- 6 Variations in G on Paisiello's Duet 'Nel cor piu non mi sento', WoO70
2 midis
- 8 Variations in C on Grétry's air 'Une fièvre brûlante', WoO72
1 midi
- 10 Variations in Bb on Salieri's Air 'La stessa, la stessissima', WoO73
1 midi
- 6 Variations in D on 'Ich denke dein', WoO74
1 midi
- 7 Variations in F on Winter's Quartet 'Kind willst du ruhig schlafen', WoO75
1 midi
- 8 Variations in F on Sussmayr's Trio 'Tundeln und Scherzen', WoO76
1 midi
- 6 Variations on an Original Theme, WoO77
1 midi
- 7 Variations in C on 'God Save the King', WoO78
1 midi
- 6 Variations in D on 'Rule Britannia', WoO79
1 midi
- 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C-, WoO80
1 midi
- 8 Variations in Bb on the Song 'Ich habe ein kleine Hutten nur'
1 midi
- 6 Variations in F on an Original Theme, Op.34
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Bagatelles (including 'Für Elise')
40 midis
- Bagatelle in A- ('Für Elise'), WoO59
6 midis
- 11 Bagatelles, Op.119
17 midis
- 6 Bagatelles, Op.126
7 midis
- 7 Bagatelles, Op.33
10 midis
- Bagatelle in A- ('Für Elise'), WoO59
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Other Keyboard Works
39 midis
- Andante favori in F, WoO57
2 midis
- 12 Contredanses, WoO14
4 midis
- Ecossaise in Eb, WoO86
1 midi
- 6 Ecossaises, WoO83 (dubious)
5 midis
- Fantasy in G-, Op.77
1 midi
- 3 Grandes Marches for 2 Pianos, Op.45
5 midis
- Polonaise in C, Op.89
1 midi
- Prelude in F-, WoO55
1 midi
- 2 Preludes 'Thorough all the major keys', Op.39
1 midi
- Rondo a capriccio in G, Op.129 (‘Rage over a Lost Penny’)
5 midis
- Rondo in A, WoO49
1 midi
- 2 Rondos, Op.51
5 midis
- 6 Waltzes and 1 Funeral March (spurious)
7 midis
- Andante favori in F, WoO57
- Piano Sonatas
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Symphonies, Concertos, and Other Orchestral Works
311 midis
- Symphonies
232 midis
- Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21
25 midis
- Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36
20 midis
- Symphony No.3 in Eb, Op.55 ('Eroica')
26 midis
- Symphony No.4 in Bb, Op.60
24 midis
- Symphony No.5 in C-, Op.67
29 midis
- Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 ('Pastoral')
35 midis
- Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92
21 midis
- Symphony No.8 in F, Op.93
25 midis
- Symphony No.9 in D-, Op.125 ('Choral')
27 midis
- Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21
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Overtures, Incidental Music, Ballets
25 midis
- Consecration of the House Overture, Op.124
1 midi
- Coriolan Overture, Op.62
4 midis
- Egmont (incidental music, after Goethe's play), Op.84
5 midis
- Fidelio Overture, Op.72c
3 midis
- King Stephen (incidental music), Op.117
1 midi
- Leonora Overture No.2, Op.72a
1 midi
- Leonora Overture No.1, Op.138
1 midi
- Leonora Overture No.3 in C, Op.72b
2 midis
- The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43 (ballet)
2 midis
- The Ruins of Athens, Op.113 (incidental music)
5 midis
- Consecration of the House Overture, Op.124
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Piano Concertos
42 midis
- Piano Concerto No.1 in C, Op.15
12 midis
- Piano Concerto No.2 in Bb, Op.19
3 midis
- Piano Concerto No.3 in C-, Op.37
5 midis
- Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op.58
8 midis
- Piano Concerto No.5 in Eb, Op.73 ('Emperor')
11 midis
- Piano Concerto in D (after Violin Concerto, Op.61), Op.61a
2 midis
- Piano Concerto in Eb, WoO4
1 midi
- Piano Concerto No.1 in C, Op.15
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Other Concertos
11 midis
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Other Orchestral Works
1 midi
- Symphonies
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Chamber Works
186 midis
- String Quartets, Quintets, Trios
113 midis
- Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in Bb, Op.133
3 midis
- String Quartet No.1 in F, Op.18, No.1
4 midis
- String Quartet No.10 in Eb, Op.74 ('Harp')
5 midis
- String Quartet No.11 in F-, Op.95 ('Serioso')
5 midis
- String Quartet No.12 in Eb, Op.127
4 midis
- String Quartet No.13 in Bb, Op.130 ('Lieb')
12 midis
- String Quartet No.14 in C#-, Op.131
8 midis
- String Quartet No.15 in A-, Op.132 ('Heiliger Dankgesang')
7 midis
- String Quartet No.16 in F, Op.135
5 midis
- String Quartet No.2 in G, Op.18, No.2
10 midis
- String Quartet No.3 in D, Op.18, No.3
6 midis
- String Quartet No.4 in C-, Op.18, No.4
4 midis
- String Quartet No.5 in A, Op.18, No.5
8 midis
- String Quartet No.6 in Bb, Op.18, No.6
8 midis
- String Quartet No.7 in F, Op.59, No.1 ('Rasumovsky' 1)
7 midis
- String Quartet No.8 in E-, Op.59, No.2 ('Rasumovsky' 2)
8 midis
- String Quartet No.9 in C, Op.59, No.3 ('Rasumovsky' 3)
7 midis
- String Quintet in C, WoO62 (fragment; 'Last Musical Thought')
1 midi
- String Trio in C-, Op.9, No.3
1 midi
- Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in Bb, Op.133
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Piano Trios
1 midi
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Chamber Sonatas
39 midis
- Cello Sonata in F, Op.5, No.1
2 midis
- Cello Sonata No.4 in C, Op.102, No.1
1 midi
- Flute Sonata in Bb, Op.Anh.4 (dubious)
4 midis
- Horn Sonata in F, Op.17
3 midis
- Mandolin Sonatina in C-, WoO44a
1 midi
- Violin Sonata No.1 in D, Op.12, No.1
4 midis
- Violin Sonata No.2 in A, Op.12, No.2
3 midis
- Violin Sonata No.3 in Eb, Op.12, No.3
3 midis
- Violin Sonata No.4 in A-, Op.23
3 midis
- Violin Sonata No.5 in F, Op.24 ('Spring')
5 midis
- Violin Sonata No.6 in A, Op.30, No.1
3 midis
- Violin Sonata No.7 in C-, Op.30, No.2 ('Eroica')
4 midis
- Violin Sonata No.9 in A, Op.47 ('Kreutzer')
3 midis
- Cello Sonata in F, Op.5, No.1
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Other Chamber Works
33 midis
- Duo in Eb for Viola and Cello in Eb, WoO32
2 midis
- 3 Equali for 4 trombones, WoO30
4 midis
- March in Bb for Wind Sextet, WoO29
1 midi
- Minuet in G
2 midis
- Serenade in D for Flute, Violin, and Viola, Op.25
13 midis
- Trio in Bb for Clarinet (or Violin), Cello and Piano, Op.11 ('Gassenhauer')
1 midi
- Trio in C for 2 Oboes and English Horn, Op.87
5 midis
- Wind Octet in Eb, Op.103
1 midi
- Wind Sextet in Eb, Op.71
4 midis
- Duo in Eb for Viola and Cello in Eb, WoO32
- String Quartets, Quintets, Trios
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Vocal Works
28 midis
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Opera and Other Stage Works
3 midis
- Fidelio, Op.72 (opera)
3 midis
- Fidelio, Op.72 (opera)
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Sacred Choral Works
17 midis
- Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op.85 (oratorio)
2 midis
- Mass in C, Op.86 (a4)
10 midis
- Mass in D, Op.123 (a4, 'Missa Solemnis')
5 midis
- Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op.85 (oratorio)
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Secular Choral Works
4 midis
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Songs and Arias (A-K)
1 midi
- Adelaide, Op.46
1 midi
- Adelaide, Op.46
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Songs and Arias (L-Z)
3 midis
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Opera and Other Stage Works
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Canons and Miscellaneous Works
1 midi