Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the classical era and is one of the most widely-known composers in classical music.
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List of compositions[]
Compositions with opus numbers[]
| Opus | Title | Date |
| 1 | Three Piano Trios | 1795 |
| 2 | Three Piano Sonatas | 1796 |
| 3 | String Trio No. 1 | 1794 |
| 4 | String Quintet | 1795 |
| 5 | Two Cello Sonatas | 1796 |
| 6 | Sonata for Piano, Four Hands | 1797 |
| 7 | Piano Sonata No. 4 | 1797 |
| 8 | String Trio No. 2 | 1797 |
| 9 | Three String Trios | 1797 |
| 10 | Three Piano Sonatas | 1797 |
| 11 | Piano Trio No. 4 | 1797 |
| 12 | Three Violin Sonatas | 1798 |
| 13 | Piano Sonata No. 8 | 1799 |
| 14 | Two Piano Sonatas | 1799 |
| 15 | Piano Concerto No. 1 | 1798 |
| 16 | Quintet for Piano and Winds | 1796 |
| 17 | Horn Sonata | 1800 |
| 18 | Six String Quartets | 1800 |
| 19 | Piano Concerto No. 2 | 1795 |
| 20 | Septet | 1799 |
| 21 | Symphony No. 1 | 1800 |
| 22 | Piano Sonata No. 11 | 1800 |
| 23 | Violin Sonata No. 4 | 1801 |
| 24 | Violin Sonata No. 5 | 1801 |
| 25 | Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola | 1801 |
| 26 | Piano Sonata No. 12 | 1801 |
| 27 | Two Piano Sonatas | 1801 |
| 28 | Piano Sonata No. 15 | 1801 |
| 29 | String Quintet | 1801 |
| 30 | Three Violin Sonatas | 1803 |
| 31 | Three Piano Sonatas | 1802 |
| 32 | An die Hoffnung | 1805 |
| 33 | Seven Bagatelles for piano | 1802 |
| 34 | Six variations on an original theme for piano | 1802 |
| 35 | Fifteen variations and a fugue for piano on an original theme | 1802 |
| 36 | Symphony No. 2 | 1803 |
| 37 | Piano Concerto No. 3 | 1803 |
| 38 | Piano Trio | 1803 |
| 39 | Two Preludes through all twelve major keys for piano | 1789 |
| 40 | Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 | 1802 |
| 41 | Serenade for Piano and Flute or Violin | 1803 |
| 42 | Notturno for Viola and Piano | 1803 |
| 43 | The Creatures of Prometheus | 1801 |
| 44 | Variations on an original theme in E-flat major for piano trio | 1792 |
| 45 | Three Marches for Piano, 4 hands | 1803 |
| 46 | Adelaide | 1795 |
| 47 | Violin Sonata No. 9 | 1802 |
| 48 | Six Songs | 1802 |
| 49 | Two Piano Sonatas | Between 1795 and 1798 |
| 50 | Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 | 1798 |
| 51 | Two Rondos for Piano | 1797 |
| 52 | Eight Songs | 1804 – 1805 |
| 53 | Piano Sonata No. 21 | 1803 |
| 54 | Piano Sonata No. 22 | 1804 |
| 55 | Symphony No. 3 | 1805 |
| 56 | Triple Concerto for violin, cello, and piano | 1804 – 1805 |
| 57 | Piano Sonata No. 23 | 1805 – 1806 |
| 58 | Piano Concerto No. 4 | 1805 – 1806 |
| 59 | Three String Quartets | 1806 |
| 60 | Symphony No. 4 | 1806 |
| 61 | Violin Concerto | 1806 |
| 61a | Piano Transcription of Violin Concerto | 1806 |
| 62 | Coriolan Overture | 1806 |
| 63 | Arrangement of String Quintet for Piano Trio | 1806 |
| 64 | Arrangement of String Trio for Piano and Cello | 1807 |
| 65 | Aria: "Ah perfido!" | 1796 |
| 66 | Twelve variations for cello and piano on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" | 1796 |
| 67 | Symphony No. 5 | 1807 – 1808 |
| 68 | Symphony No. 6 | 1807 – 1808 |
| 69 | Cello Sonata No. 3 | 1808 |
| 70 | Two Piano Trios | 1808 |
| 71 | Wind Sextet | 1796 |
| 72 | Fidelio | Circa 1803 – 1805 |
| 72a | Leonore (with Leonore Overture No. 2) | 1805 |
| 72b | Leonore (with Leonore Overture No. 2) | 1806 |
| 73 | Piano Concerto No. 5 | 1809 |
| 74 | String Quartet No. 10 | 1809 |
| 75 | Six Songs | 1809 |
| 76 | Six variations on an original theme for piano | 1809 |
| 77 | Piano Fantasia | 1809 |
| 78 | Piano Sonata No. 24 | 1809 |
| 79 | Piano Sonata No. 25 | 1809 |
| 80 | Choral Fantasia | 1808 |
| 81a | Piano Sonata No. 26 | 1809 |
| 81b | Sextet | 1795 |
| 82 | Four Ariettas and a Duet | 1809 |
| 83 | Three Songs | 1810 |
| 84 | Egmont, overture and incidental music | 1810 |
| 85 | Christus am Ölberge | 1803 |
| 86 | Mass | 1807 |
| 87 | Trio for two Oboes and English Horn | 1795 |
| 88 | "Das Glück der Freundschaft" | 1803 |
| 89 | Polonaise | 1814 |
| 90 | Piano Sonata No. 27 | 1814 |
| 91 | Wellington's Victory | 1813 |
| 92 | Symphony No. 7 | 1812 |
| 93 | Symphony No. 8 | 1812 |
| 94 | "An die Hoffnung" | 1814 |
| 95 | String Quartet No. 11 | 1810 |
| 96 | Violin Sonata No. 10 | 1812 |
| 97 | Piano Trio No. 7 | 1811 |
| 98 | An die ferne Geliebte | 1816 |
| 99 | "Der Mann von Wort" | 1816 |
| 100 | "Merkenstein" | 1814 |
| 101 | Piano Sonata No. 28 | 1816 |
| 102 | Two Cello Sonatas | 1815 |
| 103 | Octet | 1792 |
| 104 | String Quintet (arrangement of Piano Trio No. 3) | 1817 |
| 105 | Six sets of variations for Piano and Flute | 1819 |
| 106 | Piano Sonata No. 29 | 1818 |
| 107 | Ten National Airs with Variations for Flute and Piano | 1820 |
| 108 | Twenty-Five Scottish Songs | 1818 |
| 109 | Piano Sonata No. 30 | 1820 |
| 110 | Piano Sonata No. 31 | 1821 |
| 111 | Piano Sonata No. 32 | 1822 |
| 112 | Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt | 1815 |
| 113 | Die Ruinen von Athen, overture and incidental music | 1811 |
| 114 | Die Ruinen von Athen, march and chorus | 1822 |
| 115 | Zur Namensfeier | 1815 |
| 116 | "Tremate, empi tremate" | 1802 |
| 117 | König Stephan | 1811 |
| 118 | "Elegischer Gesang" | 1814 |
| 119 | Eleven new Bagatelles for piano | |
| 120 | Thirty-three variations on a waltz by Diabelli for piano in C major | 1823 |
| 121a | Kakadu Variations for Piano Trio | 1803 |
| 121b | "Opferlied" | 1822 |
| 122 | "Bundeslied" | 1824 |
| 123 | Missa Solemnis | 1823 |
| 124 | Die Weihe des Hauses | 1822 |
| 125 | Symphony No. 9 | 1824 |
| 126 | Six Bagatelles for piano | 1824 |
| 127 | String Quartet No. 12 | 1825 |
| 128 | "Der Kuss" | 1822 |
| 129 | Rondo à Capriccio for piano | 1795 |
| 130 | String Quartet No. 13 | 1825 |
| 131 | String Quartet No. 14 | 1826 |
| 132 | String Quartet No. 15 | 1825 |
| 133 | Große Fuge for string quartet | 1826 |
| 134 | Piano arrangement (four hands) of the Große Fuge | 1826 |
| 135 | String Quartet No. 16 | 1826 |
| 136 | Der glorreiche Augenblick | 1814 |
| 137 | Fugue for String Quintet | 1817 |
| 138 | Leonore (with Leonore Overture No. 1) | 1807 |