The musical works of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) are classified by both genre and various numbering systems.
The most common methods of numbering Beethoven's works are by opus number, assigned by Beethoven's publishers during his lifetime, and by number within genre. For example, the 14th string quartet, published as Opus 131, may be referenced either as "String Quartet No. 14" or "the Opus 131 String Quartet".
Many works that were unpublished or else published without opus numbers have been assigned either "WoO" (works without opus number) or "Anh" (appendix) numbers. For example, the short piano piece "Für Elise", is more fully known as the "Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 ('Für Elise')". Some works are also commonly referred to by their nicknames, such as the 'Kreutzer' Violin Sonata, or the Eroica Symphony.
The listings include all of these relevant identifiers. While other catalogues of Beethoven's works exist, the numbers here represent the most commonly used and widely known. Years in parentheses denote dates of composition or publication.
Beethoven wrote nine symphonies, nine concertos, and a variety of other orchestral music, ranging from overtures and incidental music for theatrical productions to other miscellaneous "occasional" works, written for a particular occasion. Of the concertos, seven are widely known (one violin concerto, five piano concertos, and one triple concerto for violin, piano, and cello); the other two are an unpublished early piano concerto (WoO 4) and an arrangement of the Violin Concerto for piano and orchestra (Opus 61a).
Opus 21: Symphony No. 1 in C major (composed 1799–1800, premièred 1800)
Opus 36: Symphony No. 2 in D major (composed 1801–02, premièred 1803)
Opus 55: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major ("Eroica") (composed 1803/04, premièred 1805)
Opus 60: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major (composed 1806, premièred 1807)
Opus 67: Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate") (composed 1804–08, premièred 1808)
Opus 68: Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral") (composed 1804–08, premièred 1808)
Opus 92: Symphony No. 7 in A major (composed 1811–12, premièred 1813)
Opus 93: Symphony No. 8 in F major (composed 1812, premièred 1814)
Opus 125: Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral") (composed 1817–24, premièred 1824)
Beethoven is believed to have intended to write a Tenth Symphony in the last year of his life; a performing version of possible sketches was assembled by Barry Cooper.
WoO 4: Piano Concerto No. 0 in E-flat major (1784)
Opus 15: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major (composed 1796–97)
Opus 19: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major (first two movements composed 1787–1789, finale composed in 1795)
Opus 37: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (composed 1800–01)
Opus 56: Triple Concerto for violin, cello, and piano in C major (1803)
Opus 58: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (composed 1805–06)
Opus 61: Violin Concerto in D major (1806)
Opus 61a: Beethoven's arrangement of Opus 61 for piano
Opus 73: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major ("Emperor") (composed 1809–10)
Hess 13: Romance in E minor for 3 soloists and orchestra
Hess 15: Piano Concerto No. 6 in D major (unfinished – performing version completed by Nicholas Cook) (1815)
Anh. 7: Piano Concerto (Allegro) in D major (first movement only) (probably spurious; some believe this work to be the missing movement of a piano concerto by the Bohemian composer Johann Joseph Rösler (1771–1813))
Other works for soloist and orchestra
WoO 6: Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat major (1793)
Opus 40: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major (1802)
Opus 50: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major (1798)
Opus 80: "Choral Fantasy" (Fantasia in C minor for piano, chorus, and orchestra) (1808)
Hess 12: Oboe Concerto in F (fragment)
Overtures and incidental music
Opus 43: The Creatures of Prometheus, overture and ballet music (1801)
Opus 62: Coriolan Overture (1807)
Overtures composed for Beethoven's opera Fidelio, Op. 72:
Opus 138: Leonore Overture "No. 1" in C major (1807)
Opus 72: Leonore Overture "No. 2" in C major (1805)
Opus 72a: Leonore Overture "No. 3" in C major (1806)
Opus 72b: Fidelio Overture in E major (1814)
Opus 84: Egmont, overture and incidental music (1810)
Opus 91: Wellington's Victory ("Battle Symphony") (1813)
Opus 113: The Ruins of Athens (Die Ruinen von Athen), overture and incidental music (1811)
Opus 117: King Stephen (König Stephan), overture and incidental music (1811)
Opus 115: Zur Namensfeier (Feastday) Overture (1815)
Opus 124: Consecration of the House (Die Weihe des Hauses), overture (1822)
Beethoven wrote 16 string quartets and numerous other forms of chamber music, including piano trios, string trios, and sonatas for violin and cello with piano, as well as works with wind instruments.
Piano trios
The numbering of Beethoven's twelve piano trios is fairly arbitrary, and other than the three trios in Op. 1 as being Nos. 1 through 3, sources including both recordings and authoritative publications use other numberings from those shown here, or more frequently, none at all. It is more usual to identify a piano trio only by its catalog number and key.
Biamonti 637: Piano Trio in F minor (incomplete sketches, 1815)
Hess 47: Allegro con brio in E-flat major for Piano Trio (arrangement of Op. 3)
Hess 48: Allegretto in E-flat major for Piano Trio (c. 1790–1792)
WoO 38: Piano Trio in E-flat major (c. 1790–1791)
WoO 39: Allegretto in B-flat major for Piano Trio (1812)
Opus 1: Three Piano Trios (composed 1793; published 1795)
No. 1: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major
No. 2: Piano Trio No. 2 in G major
No. 3: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor
Opus 11: Piano Trio [No. 4](?) in B-flat major ("Gassenhauer") (1797)
Opus 44: Variations on an original theme in E-flat major (composed 1792; published 1804)
Opus 63: Piano Trio in E-flat major (1806) (arrangement of Op. 4)
Opus 70: Two Piano Trios (1808)
No. 1: Piano Trio [No. 5](?) in D major ("Ghost")
No. 2: Piano Trio [No. 6](?) in E-flat major
Opus 97: Piano Trio [No. 7](?) in B-flat major ("Archduke") (1811)
Opus 121a: Kakadu Variations, for Piano Trio (Variations on "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu") (1803)
String trios
Opus 3: String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major (1794); five-movement piano transcription (anon., supervised by composer?, c. 1814–15)
Opus 8: String Trio No. 2 ("Serenade") in D major (1797)
Opus 9: Three String Trios (1798)
No. 1: String Trio No. 3 in G major
No. 2: String Trio No. 4 in D major
No. 3: String Trio No. 5 in C minor
Hess 28: Movement in A-flat for String Trio
Other
WoO 37: Trio for piano, flute and bassoon in G major (1786)
String quartets
Early
Hess 30: Prelude and Fugue in F major (1795)
Hess 31: Prelude and Fugue in C major (1795)
Opus 18: Six String Quartets
No. 1: String Quartet No. 1 in F major (1799)
No. 2: String Quartet No. 2 in G major (1799)
No. 3: String Quartet No. 3 in D major (1798/99)
No. 4: String Quartet No. 4 in C minor (1799)
No. 5: String Quartet No. 5 in A major (1799)
No. 6: String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major (1800)
Middle
Opus 59: Three String Quartets ("Rasumovsky") (1806)
No. 1: String Quartet No. 7 in F major
No. 2: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor
No. 3: String Quartet No. 9 in C major
Opus 74: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major ("Harp") (1809)
Opus 95: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor ("Serioso") (1810)
Late
Opus 127: String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major (1823/24)
Opus 130: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major (1825)
Opus 131: String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor (1826)
Opus 132: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor (1825)
Opus 133: Große Fuge in B-flat major – originally finale of Opus 130 (1826) [also arranged by Beethoven for piano duet, Opus 134 (1826)]
Opus 135: String Quartet No. 16 in F major (1826)
Piano quartets
WoO 36: 3 Piano Quartets (1785)
No. 1 in E-flat major
No. 2 in D major
No. 3 in C major
Opus 16/b: Piano Quartet in E-flat (1797) (arrangement of Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 16)
Opus 4: String Quintet in E-flat major (1795)
Opus 29: String Quintet in C major (The Storm) (1801)
Opus 104: String Quintet in C minor (1817)
Opus 137: Fugue for String Quintet in D major (1817)
Hess 40: Quintettsatz in D minor (1817)
WoO 25: Rondino for oboes, clarinets, horns, and bassoons in E-flat major (1792)
WoO 26: Allegro and Minuet for two flutes in G major
WoO 37: Trio for Piano, Flute, and Bassoon in G major (1786)
Opus 11: Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello in B-flat major ("Gassenhauer") (version with Violin instead of Clarinet is considered Piano Trio No. 4) (1797)
Opus 16: Quintet for piano and winds in E-flat major (1796) (later arranged for piano quartet)
Opus 20: Septet for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and contrabass in E-flat major (1799)
Opus 25: Serenade for flute, violin and viola in D major (1800–01)
Opus 38: Trio for Piano, Clarinet (or Violin), and Cello in E-flat major (1803) (reduction of the Op. 20 Septet)
Opus 71: Sextet for clarinets, horns, and bassoons in E-flat major (1796)
Opus 81b: Sextet for Horns and String Quartet
Opus 87: Trio for two oboes and English horn in C major (1795)
Opus 103: Octet for oboes, clarinets, horns, and bassoons in E-flat major (1792)
Opus 105: Six sets of variations for piano and flute (1819)
Opus 107: Ten sets of variations for piano and flute (1820)
Hess 19: Quintet for Three Horns, Oboe & Bassoon in E-flat (1793)
Sonatas for solo instrument and piano
Violin sonatas
Opus 12: Three Violin Sonatas (1798)
No. 1: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major
No. 2: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major
No. 3: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major
Opus 23: Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor (1801)
Opus 24: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major ("Spring") (1801)
Opus 30: Three Violin Sonatas (1803)
No. 1: Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major
No. 2: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor
No. 3: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major
Opus 47: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A minor [often stated as A major] ("Kreutzer") (1803)
Opus 96: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major ("The Cockcrow") (1812)
Cello sonatas
Opus 5: Two Cello Sonatas (1796)
No. 1: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major
No. 2: Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor
Opus 69: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major (1808)
Opus 102: Two Cello Sonatas (1815)
No. 1: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major
No. 2: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major
Horn sonata
Opus 17: Horn Sonata in F major (1800)
Other
Anh 4: Sonata for Flute and Piano in B-flat major (c. 1790–92)
Opus 42: Notturno for Viola and Piano in D major (1803)
WoO 45: 12 Variations on "See the conqu'ring hero comes" from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus for cello and piano (1796)
In addition to the 32 celebrated sonatas, Beethoven's work for solo piano includes many one-movement pieces, more than twenty sets of variations, most unpublished in his lifetime or published without opus number, and over thirty bagatelles, including the well-known "Für Elise".
WoO 47 Three early "Kurfürstensonatas" (1782–3)
No. 1: WoO 47, #1 in E-flat major
No. 2: WoO 47, #2 in F minor
No. 3: WoO 47, #3 in D major
Opus 2: Three Piano Sonatas (1795)
No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor
No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major
No. 3: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major
Opus 7: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major ("Grand Sonata") (1797)
Opus 10: Three Piano Sonatas (1798)
No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor
No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major
No. 3: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major
Opus 13: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique") (1798)
Opus 14: Two Piano Sonatas (1799)
No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major (also arranged by the composer for String Quartet in F major (H 34) in 1801)
No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major
Opus 22: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major (1800)
Opus 26: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major ("Funeral March") (1801)
Opus 27: 'Sonata quasi una fantasia', Two Piano Sonatas (1801)
No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major
No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor ("Moonlight")
Opus 28: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major ("Pastoral") (1801)
Opus 31: Three Piano Sonatas (1802)
No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major
No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor ("Tempest")
No. 3: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major ("The Hunt")
Opus 49: Two Piano Sonatas (between 1795 and 1798)
No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor
No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major
Opus 53: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major ("Waldstein") (1803)
WoO 57: Andante favori – Original middle movement of the "Waldstein" sonata (1804)
Opus 54: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major (1804)
Opus 57: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor ("Appassionata") (1805)
Opus 78: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major ("À Thérèse") (1809)
Opus 79: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major (1809)
Opus 81a: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major ("Les adieux/Das Lebewohl") (1810)
Opus 90: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor (1814)
Opus 101: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major (1816)
Opus 106: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major ("Hammerklavier") (1819)
Opus 109: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major (1820)
Opus 110: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major (1821)
Opus 111: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor (1822)
Opus 34: Six variations on a theme in F major (1802)
Opus 35: Fifteen variations and a fugue on an original theme in E-flat major ("Eroica Variations") (1802)
Opus 76: Six variations on an original theme (the Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens) in D major (1809)
Opus 120: Thirty-three variations on a waltz by Diabelli in C major ("Diabelli Variations") (1823)
WoO 63: Nine variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler (1782)
WoO 64: Six Variations on a Swiss song for piano or harp
WoO 65: Twenty-four variations for piano on Vincenzo Righini's aria "Vieni amore"
WoO 66: Thirteen variations for piano on the aria "Es war einmal ein alter Mann" from Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf's opera Das rote Käppchen
WoO 68: Twelve variations for piano on the "Menuet a la Vigano" from Jakob Haibel's ballet La nozza disturbate
WoO 69: Nine variations for piano on "Quant'e piu bello" from Giovanni Paisiello's opera La Molinara
WoO 70: Six variations for piano on "Nel cor più non mi sento" from Giovanni Paisiello's opera La Molinara
WoO 71: Twelve variations for piano on the Russian dance from Paul Wranitzky's ballet Das Waldmädchen
WoO 72: Eight variations for piano on "Une fièvre brûlante" from André Grétry's opera Richard Coeur-de-lion
WoO 73: Ten variations for piano on "La stessa, la stessissima" from Antonio Salieri's opera Falstaff
WoO 75: Seven variations for piano on "Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen" from Peter Winter's opera Das unterbrochene Opferfest
WoO 76: Eight variations for piano on "Tändeln und scherzen" from Franz Xaver Süssmayr's opera Soliman II
WoO 77: Six easy variations on an original theme for piano
WoO 78: Seven variations for piano on "God Save the King"
WoO 79: Five variations for piano on "Rule, Britannia!"
WoO 80: Thirty-two variations on an original theme in C minor (1806)
Opus 33: Seven Bagatelles (1802)
Opus 119: Eleven new Bagatelles (1822)
Opus 126: Six Bagatelles (1823)
WoO 52: Presto (Bagatelle) for piano in C minor (1795, rev. 1798 and 1822)
WoO 53: Allegretto (Bagatelle) for piano in C minor (1796–97)
WoO 54: Lustig-Traurig (Bagatelle) for piano in C major (1802)
WoO 56: Allegretto (Bagatelle) for piano in C major (1803, rev. 1822)
WoO 59: Poco moto (Bagatelle) in A minor ("Für Elise") (c. 1810)
WoO 60: Ziemlich lebhaft (Bagatelle) for piano in B-flat major (1818)
Opus 39: Two Preludes through all twelve major keys (1789)
Opus 51: Two Rondos (1797)
No. 1: Rondo in C major
No. 2: Rondo in G major
WoO 55: Prelude in F minor (1803)
Opus 77: Fantasia in G minor (1809)
Opus 89: Polonaise in C major (1814)
Opus 129: Rondo a capriccio in G major ("Rage over a lost penny") (1795)
While he completed only one opera, Beethoven wrote vocal music throughout his life, including two Mass settings, other works for chorus and orchestra (in addition to the Ninth Symphony), arias, duets, art songs (lieder), and true song cycles.
H 115: Vestas Feuer (opera fragment) (1803)
Opus 72: Leonore (1805), first version in three acts
Opus 72: Leonore (1806), second version in two acts
Opus 72: Fidelio (1814), final version in two acts
Opus 80: Choral Fantasy for solo piano, chorus, and orchestra (1808)
Opus 85: Christus am Ölberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives) – oratorio (1803)
Opus 86: Mass in C major (1807)
Opus 112: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage), for chorus and orchestra (1815)
Opus 118: "Elegischer Gesang" for four voices and string quartet (1814)
Opus 123: Missa Solemnis in D major (1823)
Opus 136: Der glorreiche Augenblick (The Glorious Moment), cantata for four solo voices, chorus and orchestra (1814)
1. Chorus: "Europa steht!"
2. Recitative: "O seht sie nah und näher treten!", Chorus: "Vienna Vienna Vienna"
3. Recitative: "O Himmel welch Enzücken!" Aria (Vienna) with chorus: "Alle die Herrscher darf ich grüssen"
4. Recitative: "Das Auge schaut" with chorus: "Dem die erste Zähre"
5. Recitative: "Der den Bund im Sturme festgehalten"
6. Chorus: "Es treten vor die Scharem der Frauen"
Emperor Cantatas
WoO 87: Funeral cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II, for solo voices, chorus and orchestra (1790)
1. Chorus and soloists: "Tot! Tot, stöhnt es durch die öde Nacht"
2. Recitative: "Ein Ungeheuer, sein Name Fanatismus" (bass)
Aria: "Da kam Joseph" (bass)
3. Aria (soprano) with chorus: "Da stiegen die Menschen an's Licht"
4. Recitative: "Er schläft, von den Sorgen seiner Welten entladen" (soprano)
Aria: "Hier schlummert seinen stillen Frieden der grosse Dulder" (soprano)
5. Chorus and soloists: "Tot! Tot, stöhnt es durch die öde Nacht"
WoO 88: Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II, for solo voices, chorus and orchestra (1790)
1. Recitative: "Er schlummert" – "Lasst sanft den grossen Fürsten Ruhen!" (soprano, chorus)
Aria: "Fliesse, Wonnezähre, fliesse!" (soprano)
2. Recitative: "Ihr staunt, Völker der Erde!" (bass)
3. Recitative: "Wie bebt mein Herz vor Wonne!" (tenor)
Trio: "Ihr, die Joseph ihren Vater nannten" (tenor, bass, soprano)
4. Chorus: "Heil! Stürzet nieder, Millionen" (chorus, soloists)
Opus 46: "Adelaide" – song (1794–1795)
Opus 48: "Gellert Songs" – song set (1802)
- Bitten
- Die Liebe des Nächsten
- Vom Tode
- Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ("Die Himmel rühmen")
- Gottes Macht und Vorsehung
- Bußlied
Opus 52: 8 Lieder
no.1 Urians Reise um die Welt (before 1790?)
no.2 Feuerfarb' (1794)
no.3 Das Liedchen von der Ruhe (1794)
no.4 Maigesang (1796)
no.5 Mollys Abschied (?)
no.6 Die Liebe (1790)
no.7 Marmotte (1790?)
no.8 Das Blümchen Wunderhold (?)
Opus 75: 6 Gesänge (1809)
no.1 Kennst du das Land
no.2 (2nd version) Neue Liebe neues Leben
no.3 Aus Goethes Faust (Mephistos Flohlied; Song of the Flea)
no.4 Gretels Warnung
no.5 An den fernen Geliebten
no.6 Der Zufriedene
Opus 82: 4 Arietten und ein Duett (1809–10)
no.1 Dimmi ben mio che m'ami
no.2 T'intendo sì mio cor
no.3 L'amante impaziente (Arietta buffa)
no.4 L'amante impaziente (Arietta assai seriosa)
no.5 Odi Laura che dolce sospira (Duet)
Opus 83: Three Songs (1810)
no. 1: Wonne der Wehmut
no. 2: Sehnsucht
no. 3: Mit einem gemalten Band
Opus 88: "Das Glück der Freundschaft" (1803)
Opus 94: "An die Hoffnung" (2nd version, 1815)
Opus 98: An die ferne Geliebte – song cycle (April 1816) (“The first true song cycle in the history of music”)no.1 Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend
no.2 Wo die Berge so blau
no.3 Leichte Segler in den Höhen
no.4 Diese Wolken in den Höhen
no.5. Es kehret der Maien, es blühet die Au
no.6 Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder
Opus 99: Der Mann von Wort (Summer 1816)
Opus 100: Merkenstein (2nd setting, 1815; about the Merkenstein ruins)
Opus 108: Twenty-five Scottish Songs
No. 1 Music, love and wine
No. 2 Sunset
No. 3 O sweet were the hours
No. 4 The Maid of Isla
No. 5 The sweetest lad was Jamie
No. 6 Dim, dim is my eye
No. 7 Bonny Laddie, Highland Laddie
No. 8 The lovely lass of Inverness
No. 9 Behold, my Love, how Green The Groves
No. 10 Sympathy
No. 11 Oh! thou art the lad of my heart, Willy
No. 12 Oh, had my fate been join′d with thine
No. 13 Come fill, fill, my good fellow!
No. 14 O, how can I be blithe and glad
No. 15 O cruel was my father
No. 16 Could this ill world have been contriv′d
No. 17 O Mary, at thy window be
No. 18 Enchantress, farewell
No. 19 O swiftly glides the bonny boat
No. 20 Faithfu′ Johnie
No. 21 Jeanie′s Distress
No. 22 The Highland Watch
No. 23 The Shepherd's Song
No. 24 Again, my lyre, yet once again
No. 25 Sally in our Alley
Opus 128: Ariette (Der Kuss) (1798, 1822)
WoO 107: Schilderung eines Machens (1782)
WoO 108: An einen Säugling (1783)
WoO 109: Erhebt das Glas mit froher Hand (Trinklied beim Abschied zu singen) (1791 or 1792)
WoO 110: Elegie auf den Tod eines Pudels (?)
WoO 111: Punschlied (1791 or 1792)
WoO 112: An Laura (1792)
WoO 113: Klage (1790)
WoO 114: Ein Selbstgespräch (1793)
WoO 115: An Minna (1792)
WoO 116: Que le temps me dure (1st version: Hess 129; 2nd version: Hess 130)
WoO 117: Der freie Mann (1794 or 1795)
WoO 118: Seufzer eines Ungeliebten – Gegenlieb (1795)
WoO 119: Oh care selve oh cara (1794 or 1795)
WoO 120: Man strebt die Flamme zu verhehlen (1800 or 1801)
WoO 121: Abschiedsgesang an Wiens Bürger (Nov. 1796)
WoO 122: Kriegslied der Österreicher (April 1797)
WoO 123: Ich liebe dich so wie du mich (Zärtliche Liebe) (1795)
WoO 124: La partenza (1795)
WoO 125: La tiranna (1798–99)
WoO 126: Opferlied (1798)
WoO 127: Neue Liebe neues Leben (1798–99)
WoO 128: Romance (1799)
WoO 129: Der Wachtelschlag (1803)
WoO 130: Gedenke mein! (1820)
WoO 131: Unfinshed song "Erlkönig"
WoO 132: Als die Geliebte sich trennen wollte (1806)
WoO 133: In questa tomba oscura (1807)
WoO 134: Sehnsucht (1st–5th setting, 1807–08)
WoO 135: Die laute Klage (1814–15)
WoO 136: Andenken (1808)
WoO 137: Gesang aus der Ferne (1809)
WoO 138: Der Jüngling in der Fremde (1809)
WoO 139: Der Liebende (1809)
WoO 140: An die Geliebte (2nd–3rd version, 1811)
WoO 141: Der Gesang der Nachtigall (1813)
WoO 142: Der Bardengeist (1813)
WoO 143: Des Kriegers Abschied (1814)
WoO 144: Merkenstein (1st setting, 1814; about the Merkenstein ruins)
WoO 145: Das Geheimnis (Liebe und Wahrheit) (1815)
WoO 146: Sehnsucht (late 1815)
WoO 147: Ruf vom Berge (December 1816)
WoO 148: So oder so (1816–17)
WoO 149: Resignation (Winter 1817)
WoO 150: Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel (Spring 1820) (“The final contribution to the medium before writing the song of the songs, that symbiosis of vocal and instrumental music that forms the final movement of the Ninth Symphony”)
WoO 151: Der edle Mensch (1823?)
Hess 133: Das liebe Kätzchen (March 1820)
Hess 134: Der Knabe auf dem Berge (March 1820)
Opus 108: 25 Scottish Songs
No. 1 Music, love and wine
No. 2 Sunset
No. 3 O sweet were the hours
No. 4 The Maid of Isla
No. 5 The sweetest lad was Jamie
No. 6 Dim, dim is my eye
No. 7 Bonny Laddie, Highland Laddie
No. 8 The lovely lass of Inverness
No. 9 Behold, my Love, how Green The Groves
No. 10 Sympathy
No. 11 Oh! thou art the lad of my heart, Willy
No. 12 Oh, had my fate been join’d with thine
No. 13 Come fill, fill, my good fellow!
No. 14 O, how can I be blithe and glad
No. 15 O cruel was my father
No. 16 Could this ill world have been contriv’d
No. 17 O Mary, at thy window be
No. 18 Enchantress, farewell
No. 19 O swiftly glides the bonny boat
No. 20 Faithfu’ Johnie
No. 21 Jeanie’s Distress
No. 22 The Highland Watch
No. 23 The Shepherd’s Song
No. 24 Again, my lyre, yet once again
No. 25 Sally in our Alley
WoO 152: 25 Irish Songs
No. 1 The Return to Ulster
No. 2 Sweet Power of Song!
No. 3 Once more I hail thee
No. 4 The morning air plays on my face
No. 5 On the Massacre of Glencoe
No. 6 What shall I do to shew how much I love her?
No. 7 His boat comes on the sunny tide
No. 8 Come draw we round a cheerful ring
No. 9 Our bugles sung truce; or The Soldier’s Dream
No. 10 The Deserter
No. 11 Thou emblem of Faith (Upon returning a ring)
No. 12 English Bulls; or, The Irishman in London
No. 13 Musing on the roaring ocean
No. 14 Dermot and shelah
No. 15 Let brain-spinning swains
No. 16 Hide not thy anguish
No. 17 In vain to this desert my fate I deplore
No. 18 They bid me slight my Dermot Dear
No. 19 Wife, Children and Friends
No. 20 Farewell bliss and farewell Nancy
No. 21 Morning a cruel turmoiler is
No. 22 From Garyone, my happy home
No. 23 A wand’ring gypsey, Sirs, am I
No. 24 The Traugh Welcome
No. 25 O harp of Erin
WoO 153: 20 Irish Songs
No. 1 When Eve’s last rays in twilight die
No. 2 No riches from his scanty store
No. 3 The British Light Dragoons; or The Plain of Badajos
No. 4 Since greybeards inform us that youth will decay
No. 5 I dreamd I lay where flow’rs were springing
No. 6 Sad and luckless was the season
No. 7 O soothe me, my lyre
No. 8 Farewell mirth and hilarity: Norah of Balamagairy
No. 9 The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left
No. 10 Oh! Thou hapless soldier
No. 11 When far from the home
No. 12 I’ll praise the saints with early song
No. 13 ’Tis sunshine at last
No. 14 Paddy O’Rafferty
No. 15 ’Tis but in vain, for nothing thrives
No. 16 O might I but my Patrick love!
No. 17 Come, Darby dear! easy be easy
No. 19 Judy, lovely matchless creature
No. 18 No more, my Mary, I sigh for splendour
No. 20 Thy ship must sail, my Henry dear
WoO 154: 12 Irish Songs
No. 1 The Elfin Fairies
No. 2 O Harp of Erin
No. 3 The Farewell Song
No. 4 The pulse of an Irishman
No. 5 O who, my dear Dermot
No. 6 Put round the bright wine
No. 7 From Garyone, my happy home
No. 8 Save me from the grave and wise
No. 9 O would I were but that sweet linnet!
No. 10 The hero may perish
No. 11 The soldier in A Foreign Land
No. 12 He promised me at parting
WoO 157: 12 Songs Of Various Nationalities
No. 1 God save the King
No. 2 The Soldier
No. 3 Charlie is my darling
No. 4 O sanctissima
No. 5 The Miller of Dee
No. 6 A health to the brave
No. 7 Robin Adair
No. 8 By the side of the Shannon
No. 9 Highlander’s Lament
No. 10 Sir Johnnie Cope
No. 11 The wandering minstrel
No. 12 La gondoletta
WoO 155: 26 Welsh Songs
No. 1 Sion, The Son of Evan
No. 2 The Monks of Bangor’s March
No. 3 The Cottage Maid
No. 4 Love without hope
No. 5 The Golden Robe
No. 6 The Fair Maid of Mona
No. 7 O let the night my blushes hide
No. 8 Farewell, thou noisy town
No. 9 To the Aeolian Harp
No. 10 Ned Pugh’s Farewell
No. 11 Merch Megan; or, Peggy’s Daughter
No. 12 Waken, lords and ladies gay
No. 13 Helpless Woman
No. 14 The Dream
No. 15 When mortals all to rest retire
No. 16 The Damsels of Cardigan
No. 17 The Dairy House
No. 18 Sweet Richard
No. 19 The Vale of Clwyd
No. 20 To the Blackbird
No. 21 Cupid’s kindness
No. 22 Constancy
No. 23 The Old Strain
No. 24 Three Hundred Pounds
No. 25 The Parting Kiss
No. 26 Good Night
WoO 156: 12 Scottish Songs
No. 1 The Banner of Buccleuch
No. 2 Duncan Grey
No. 3 Up! quit thy bower
No. 4 Ye shepherds of this pleasant vale
No. 5 Cease your funning
No. 6 Highland Harry
No. 7 Polly Stewart
No. 8 Womankind
No. 9 Lochnagar
No. 10 Glencoe
No. 11 Auld Lang Syne
No. 12 The Quaker’s Wife
WoO 158b: 7 British Songs
No. 1 Adieu, my Lov’d harp
No. 2 Castle O’Neill
No. 3 O was not I a weary wight! (Oh ono chri!)
No. 4 Red gleams the sun on yon hill tap
No. 5 Erin! O Erin!
No. 6 O Mary, yes be clad in silk
No. 7 Lament for Owen Roe O’Neill
WoO 158c: 6 Songs Of Various Nationalities
No. 1 When my hero in court appears
No. 2 Non, non, Colette n’est point trompeuse
No. 3 Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion
No. 4 Bonnie wee thing
No. 5 From thee, Eliza, I must go
No. 6 Untitled
WoO 158a: 23 Songs Of Various Nationalities
No. 1 Ridder Stigs Runer
No. 2 Horch auf, mein Liebchen
No. 3 Wegen meiner bleib d’Fraula
No. 4 Wann i in der Früh aufsteh
No. 5 Teppichkramer-Lied
No. 6 A Madel, ja a madel
No. 7 Wer solche Buema afipackt
No. 8 Ih mag di nit nehma
No. 9 Oj, oj upilem sie w karczmie
No. 10 Poszla baba po popiol
No. 11 Yo no quiero embarcarme
No. 12 Seus lindos olhos
No. 13 Vo lesocke komarockov mnogo urodilos’
No. 14 Akh, Rrecen’ki recen’ki
No. 15 Kak posli nasi podruzki
No. 16 Schone Minka, ich muss scheiden
No. 17 Lilla Carl (Vaggvisa)
No. 18 An ä Bergli bin i gesasse
No. 19 Una paloma blanca
No. 20 Como la mariposa soy
No. 21 Tiranilla Espanola
No. 22 Edes kinos emlekezet (Magyar Szuretölö Enek)
No. 23 Da brava, Catina
Opus 65: Ah! perfido
Opus 116: Tremate empi tremate
Opus 118: Elegiac Song
Opus 121b: Sacrificial Song
Opus 122: Song of Fellowship
WoO 89: Prüfung des Küssens
WoO 92: Mit Mädeln sich vertragen
WoO 92: Primo amore
WoO 92a: No non turbarti
WoO 93: Ne' giorni tuoi felici
WoO 95: Chor for the Allied Princes
WoO 99 – Polyphonic songs
No. 1 Bei labbri che amore (Hess 211)
No. 2 Chi mai di questo core Hess 214)
No. 3a Fra tutte le pene
No. 3b Fra tutte le pene (Hess 225)
No. 3c Fra tutte le pene (1st version)
No. 4a Gia la notte savvicina (Hess 222)
No. 4b Gia la notte savvicina (Hess 223)
No. 5a Giura il nocchier (Hess 221) (2nd version)
No. 5b Giura il nocchier (Hess 227)
No. 6 Ma tu tremi (Hess 212)
No. 7a Nei campi e nelle selve (Hess 217) (1st version)
No. 7b Nei campi e nelle selve (Hess 220) (2nd version)
No. 9 Per te d'amico aprile (Hess 216)
No. 10a Quella cetra ah pur tu sei (Hess 213) (1st version)
No. 10b Quella cetra ah pur tu sei (Hess 218)
No. 10c Quella cetra ah pur tu sei (Hess 219) (2nd version)
No. 11 Scrivo in te (Hess 215)
WoO 102: Song of Farewell
WoO 103: Rural Cantata
WoO 104: The Monks Song
WoO 105: Wedding Song
WoO 106: Lobkowitz-Kantate
WoO 100: Lob auf den Dicken
WoO 101: Graf, liebster Graf
WoO 159: Im Arm der Liebe ruht sich's wohl
WoO 161: Ewig Dein
WoO 163: Kurz ist der Schmerz
WoO 164: Freundschaft ist die Quelle wahrer Glückseligkeit
WoO 165: Gluck zum neuen Jahr!
WoO 166: Kurz ist der Schmerz
WoO 167: Brauchle Linke
WoO 168/1: Das Schweigen
WoO 168/2: Das Reden
WoO 169: Ich küsse sie
WoO 170: Ars longa, vita brevis
WoO 172: Ich bitt' dich, schreib mir die es-skala auf
WoO 173: Hol euch der Teufel! B'hüt euch Gott!
WoO 174: Glaube und Hoffe!
WoO 175: Sankt Petrus war ein Fels!
WoO 176: Glück zum neuen Jahr!
WoO 177: Bester Magistrat, Ihr friert!
WoO 178: Signor Abate!
WoO 179: Alles Gute
WoO 180: Hoffman, sei ja kein Hofmann
WoO 182: O Tobias!
WoO 183: Bester Herr Graf, Sie sind ein Schaf!
WoO 184: Falstafferel, lass dich sehen!
WoO 185: Edel sei der Mensch
WoO 186: Te solo adoro
WoO 187: Schwenke dich ohne Schwanke!
WoO 188: Gott ist eine feste Burg
WoO 189: Doktor, sperrt das Tor dem Tod
WoO 190: Ich war hier Doktor, Ich war hier
WoO 191: Kühl, nicht Lau
WoO 192: Ars longa, vita brevis
WoO 193: Ars longa, vita brevis
WoO 194: Si non per portas, per muros
WoO 195: Freu dich des Lebens!
WoO 196: Es muss sein!
WoO 197: Da ist das Werk
WoO 198: Wir irren allesamt
WoO 202: Das Schöne zum Guten!
WoO 203: Das Schöne zu dem Guten!
Hess 231: Sei mio ben
Hess 228: Salvo tu vuoi lo sposo?
Hess 210: Fra tutte le pene (2nd version)
Hess 230: Giura il nocchier (1st version)
Hess 276: Herr Graf, ich komme zu fragen
Hess 277: Esel aller Esel
Music for wind band
WoO 18: March No. 1 in F major for Military Band (1808) (Yorckscher Marsch)
WoO 19: March No. 2 in F major for Military Band (1808)
The following is a list of Beethoven's works, sorted by Opus number, followed by works listed as WoO in the Kinsky–Halm Catalogue, and then works listed in the appendix of that catalog, which are given "Anh" numbers, whose composition by Beethoven has since been verified. These are followed by additional works listed in the catalog of Willy Hess that are not otherwise listed in the Kinsky–Halm Catalogue. The chronologically comprehensive Biamonti Catalogue is not listed here.
Opus 1: Three Piano Trios (1795)
No. 1: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major
No. 2: Piano Trio No. 2 in G major
No. 3: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor
Opus 2: Three Piano Sonatas (1796)
No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor
No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major
No. 3: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major.
Opus 3: String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major (1794)
Opus 4: String Quintet (Reworking of Wind Octet (Op. 103), 1795)
Opus 5: Two Cello Sonatas (1796)
No. 1: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major
No. 2: Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor
Opus 6: Sonata for Piano, Four Hands in D major (1797)
Opus 7: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major (1797)
Opus 8: String Trio No. 2 (Serenade) in D major (1797)
Opus 9: Three String Trios (1798)
No. 1: String Trio No. 3 in G major
No. 2: String Trio No. 4 in D major
No. 3: String Trio No. 5 in C minor.
Opus 10: Three Piano Sonatas (1798)
No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor
No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major
No. 3: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major
Opus 11: Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat major ("Gassenhauer") (1797) (*for clarinet (or violin), cello (sometimes bassoon), and piano)
Opus 12: Three Violin Sonatas (1798)
No. 1: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major
No. 2: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major
No. 3: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major
Opus 13: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathetique") (1799)
Opus 14: Two Piano Sonatas (1799)
No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major (Arranged for String Quartet by the composer in F major (H 34) in 1801).
No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major.
Opus 15: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major.
Opus 16: Quintet for Piano and Winds (1796) (later arranged for piano quartet)
Opus 17: Horn Sonata in F major (1800)
Opus 18: Six String Quartets (1800)
No. 1: String Quartet No. 1 in F major
No. 2: String Quartet No. 2 in G major
No. 3: String Quartet No. 3 in D major
No. 4: String Quartet No. 4 in C minor
No. 5: String Quartet No. 5 in A major
No. 6: String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major
Opus 19: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major (1795)
Opus 20: Septet in E-flat major (1799)
Opus 21: Symphony No. 1 in C major (1800)
Opus 22: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major (1800)
Opus 23: Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor (1801)
Opus 24: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major ("Spring") (1801)
Opus 25: Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola in D major (1801)
Opus 26: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major (1801)
Opus 27: Two Piano Sonatas (1801)
No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major
No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor ("Moonlight")
Opus 28: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major ("Pastoral") (1801)
Opus 29: String Quintet in C major (1801)
Opus 30: Three Violin Sonatas (1803)
No. 1: Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major
No. 2: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor
No. 3: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major
Opus 31: Three Piano Sonatas (1802)
No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major
No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor ("Tempest")
No. 3: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major ("Hunt")
Opus 32: Song "An die Hoffnung" (1805)
Opus 33: Seven Bagatelles for piano (1802)
Opus 34: Six variations on an original theme for piano in F major (1802)
Opus 35: Fifteen variations and a fugue for piano on an original theme in E-flat major ("Eroica Variations") (1802)
Opus 36: Symphony No. 2 in D major (1803)
Opus 37: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (1803)
Opus 38: Piano Trio in E-flat major (Arrangement of the Septet, Opus 20) (1803)
Opus 39: Two Preludes through all twelve major keys for piano (1789)
Opus 40: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major (1802)
Opus 41: Serenade for Piano and Flute or Violin in D major (1803)
Opus 42: Notturno for Viola and Piano in D major (1803)
Opus 43: The Creatures of Prometheus, overture and ballet music (1801)
Opus 44: Variations on an original theme in E-flat major for piano trio (1792)
Opus 45: Three Marches for Piano, 4 hands (1803)
Opus 46: Song – "Adelaide" (1795)
Opus 47: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major ("Kreutzer") (1802)
Opus 48: Six Songs (1802)
No. 1: "Bitten"
No. 2: "Die Liebe des Nächsten"
No. 3: "Vom Tode"
No. 4: "Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur"
No. 5: "Gottes Macht und Vorsehung"
No. 6: "Bußlied"
Opus 49: Two Piano Sonatas (between 1795 and 1798)
No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor
No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major.
Opus 50: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major (1798)
Opus 51: Two Rondos for Piano (1797)
No. 1: Rondo in C major
No. 2: Rondo in G major
Opus 52: Eight Songs (1804–1805)
No. 1: "Urians Reise um die Welt"
No. 2: "Feuerfarb'"
No. 3: "Das Liedchen von der Ruhe"
No. 4: "Maigesang"
No. 5: "Mollys Abschied"
No. 6: "Die Liebe"
No. 7: "Marmotte"
No. 8: "Das Blümchen Wunderhold"
Opus 53: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major ("Waldstein") (1803)
Opus 54: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major (1804)
Opus 55: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major ("Eroica") (1805)
Opus 56: Triple Concerto for violin, cello, and piano in C major (1804–1805)
Opus 57: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor ("Appassionata") (1805–1806)
Opus 58: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (1805–1806)
Opus 59: Three String Quartets ("Rasumovsky") (1806)
No. 1: String Quartet No. 7 in F major
No. 2: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor
No. 3: String Quartet No. 9 in C major,
Opus 60: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major (1806)
Opus 61: Violin Concerto in D major (1806)
Opus 61a: Piano Transcription of Violin Concerto, Opus 61
Opus 62: Coriolan Overture (1807)
Opus 63: Arrangement of String Quintet (Opus 4) for Piano Trio (1806)
Opus 64: Arrangement of String Trio (Opus 3) for Piano and Cello (1807)
Opus 65: Aria: Ah! perfido (1796)
Opus 66: 12 Variations for cello and piano in F major on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" (1796)
Opus 67: Symphony No. 5 in C minor (1807–1808)
Opus 68: Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral") (1807–1808)
Opus 69: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major (1808)
Opus 70: Two Piano Trios (1808)
No. 1: Piano Trio No. 5 in D major ("Ghost")
No. 2: Piano Trio No. 6 in E-flat major
Opus 71: Wind sextet in E-flat (1796)
Opus 72: Fidelio, opera (c. 1803–05; Fidelio Overture composed 1814)
Opus 72a: Leonore (earlier version of Fidelio, with Leonore Overture No. 2) (1805)
Opus 72b: Leonore (earlier version of Fidelio, with Leonore Overture No. 3) (1806)
Opus 73: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major ("Emperor") (1809)
Opus 74: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major ("Harp") (1809)
Opus 75: Six Songs (1809)
No. 1: "Mignon"
No. 2: "Neue Liebe neues Leben"
No. 3: "Es war einmal ein König" from Goethe's Faust; also known as "Song of the Flea"
No. 4: "Gretels Warnung"
No. 5: "An die fernen Geliebten"
No. 6: "Der Zufriedene"
Opus 76: Six variations on an original theme for piano in D major (1809)
Opus 77: Piano Fantasia in G minor (1809)
Opus 78: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major (1809)
Opus 79: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major (1809)
Opus 80: "Choral Fantasy" (Fantasia in C minor for piano, chorus, and orchestra) (1808)
Opus 81a: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major ("Les Adieux") (1809)
Opus 81b: Sextet in E-flat major (1795)
Opus 82: Four Ariettas and a Duet (1809)
No. 1: "Dimmi, ben mio, che m'ami"
No. 2: "T'intendo si, mio cor"
No. 3: "L'amante impaziente" (first version)
No. 4: "L'amante impaziente" (second version)
No. 5: Duet: "Odi 'laura che dolce sospira"
Opus 83: Three Songs (1810)
No. 1: "Wonne der Wehmut"
No. 2: "Sehnsucht"
No. 3: "Mit einem gemalten Band"
Opus 84: Egmont, overture and incidental music (1810)
Opus 85: Oratorio: Christus am Ölberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives) (1803)
Opus 86: Mass in C major (1807)
Opus 87: Trio for two Oboes and English Horn in C major (1795)
Opus 88: Song: "Das Glück der Freundschaft" (1803)
Opus 89: Polonaise in C major (1814)
Opus 90: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor (1814)
Opus 91: Wellington's Victory ("Battle Symphony") (1813)
Opus 92: Symphony No. 7 in A major (1812)
Opus 93: Symphony No. 8 in F major (1812)
Opus 94: Song "An die Hoffnung" (1814)
Opus 95: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor ("Serioso") (1810)
Opus 96: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major (1812)
Opus 97: Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat major ("Archduke") (1811)
Opus 98: An die ferne Geliebte, song cycle (1816)
Opus 99: Song "Der Mann von Wort" (1816)
Opus 100: Song "Merkenstein" (1814, about the Merkenstein ruins)
Opus 101: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major (1816)
Opus 102: Two Cello Sonatas (1815)
No. 1: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major
No. 2: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major.
Opus 103: Octet in E-flat (1792)
Opus 104: String Quintet (arrangement of Piano Trio No. 3, 1817)
Opus 105: Six sets of variations for Piano and Flute (1819)
Opus 106: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major ("Hammerklavier") (1818)
Opus 107: Ten National Airs with Variations for Flute and Piano (1820)
Opus 108: Twenty-Five Scottish Songs (1818)
Opus 109: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major (1820)
Opus 110: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major (1821).
Opus 111: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor (1822)
Opus 112: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage), for chorus and orchestra (1815)
Opus 113: Die Ruinen von Athen (The ruins of Athens), overture and incidental music (1811)
Opus 114: Die Ruinen von Athen (The ruins of Athens), March and Chorus (1822).
Opus 115: Zur Namensfeier (Feastday), overture (1815)
Opus 116: "Tremate, empi tremate", vocal trio with orchestra (1802)
Opus 117: König Stephan (King Stephen), overture and incidental music (1811)
Opus 118: "Elegischer Gesang" for four voices and string quartet (1814)
Opus 119: Eleven new Bagatelles for piano (1822)
Opus 120: Thirty-three variations on a waltz by Diabelli for piano in C major ("Diabelli Variations") (1823)
Opus 121a: Kakadu Variations, for Piano Trio (Variations on "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu") (1803)
Opus 121b: "Opferlied" for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1822)
Opus 122: "Bundeslied" for voices, chorus and wind instruments (1824)
Opus 123: Missa Solemnis in D major (1823)
Opus 124: Die Weihe des Hauses (Consecration of the House), overture (1822)
Opus 125: Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral") (1824)
Opus 126: Six Bagatelles for piano (1824)
Opus 127: String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major (1825)
Opus 128: Song: "Der Kuss" (1822)
Opus 129: Rondo à Capriccio for piano in G major ("Rage over a lost penny") (1795)
Opus 130: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major (1825)
Opus 131: String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor (1826)
Opus 132: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor (1825)
Opus 133: Große Fuge in B-flat major for string quartet (originally finale of Opus 130) (1826)
Opus 134: Piano arrangement (4 hands) of the Große Fuge, Opus 133 (1826)
Opus 135: String Quartet No. 16 in F major (1826)
Opus 136: Cantata: Der glorreiche Augenblick (1814)
Opus 137: Fugue for String Quintet in D major (1817)
Opus 138: Leonore, opera (earlier version of Fidelio, with Leonore Overture No. 1) (1807)
The numbers and categories used below are from the Kinsky–Halm Catalogue of 1955. WoO is an abbreviation of "Werke ohne Opuszahl", German for "Works without Opus number".
Instrumental works: WoO 1–86
Orchestral works
Orchestra alone
WoO 1: Musik zu einem Ritterballett (Music for a ballet on horseback) – eight movements
WoO 2a: Triumphal March for orchestra for Christoph Kuffner's tragedy Tarpeja (1813)
WoO 2b: Prelude to Act II of Tarpeja (1813)
WoO 3: "Gratulations-Menuett", minuet for orchestra
Concertante
WoO 4: Piano Concerto in E-flat major (solo part only with indications of orchestration), occasionally referred to as Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 0
WoO 5: Violin Concerto movement in C major, fragment
WoO 6: Rondo in B-flat major for piano and orchestra, fragment, possibly part of initial version of the Piano Concerto No. 2
Dances
WoO 7: Twelve minuets for orchestra
WoO 8: Twelve German Dances for orchestra (later arranged for piano)
WoO 9: Six minuets for two violins and cello
WoO 10: Six minuets for orchestra (original version lost, only an arrangement for piano is extant)
WoO 11: Seven Ländler for two violins and cello (original version lost, only an arrangement for piano is extant)
WoO 12: Twelve minuets for orchestra (probably spurious, actually by Beethoven's brother Carl)
WoO 13: Twelve German Dances for orchestra (only a version for piano is extant)
WoO 14: Twelve contredanses for orchestra
WoO 15: Six Ländler for two violins and cello (also arranged for piano)
WoO 16: Twelve Écossaises for orchestra (probably spurious)
WoO 17: Eleven "Mödlinger Tänze" for seven instruments (probably spurious)
Marches and dances for winds
WoO 18: March for Military Band "Für die Böhmische Landwehr" ["For the Bohemian Ward"] (trio added later)
WoO 19: March for Military Band "Pferdemusik" ["Horse-music"] (trio added later)
WoO 20: March for Military Band "Zapfenstreich" ["The Tattoo"] (trio added later)
WoO 21: Polonaise for Military Band
WoO 22: Écossaise for Military Band
WoO 23: Écossaise for Military Band (only a piano arrangement by Carl Czerny is extant)
WoO 24: March for Military Band
Chamber works Without piano
WoO 25: Rondo for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons (Believed to be the original finale of the Octet, opus 103) (1792)
WoO 26: Duo for two flutes
WoO 27: Three duets for clarinet and bassoon (probably spurious)
WoO 28: Variations for two oboes and cor anglais on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni
WoO 29: March for Wind Sextet in B-flat (2 clarinets, 2 horns & 2 bassoons)
WoO 30: Three Equale for four trombones – Vocal arrangements of these were performed at Beethoven's funeral.
WoO 31: Fugue for organ
WoO 32: Duo for viola and cello, "mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern" ("with two obbligato eyeglasses")
WoO 33: Five pieces for mechanical clock or flute
WoO 34: Duet for two violins
WoO 35: Canon for two violins
With piano
WoO 36: Three piano quartets
WoO 37: Trio for piano, flute, and bassoon in G major (1786)
WoO 38: Piano Trio in E-flat major (Piano Trio No. 8)
WoO 39: Allegretto for piano trio in B-flat major (Piano Trio No. 9)
WoO 40: Twelve variations for piano and violin on "Se vuol ballare" from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (1792–93)
WoO 41: Rondo for piano and violin in G major (1793–94)
WoO 42: Six German Dances for violin and piano (1796)
WoO 43a: Sonatina for mandolin and harpsichord
WoO 43b: Adagio for mandolin and harpsichord
WoO 44a: Sonatina for mandolin and piano
WoO 44b: Andante and variations for mandolin and harpsichord
WoO 45: Twelve Variations for cello and piano on "See, the conqu'ring hero comes" from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus (1796)
WoO 46: Seven Variations for cello and piano in E-flat major on "Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen" from Mozart's The Magic Flute
Piano works for 2 or 4 hands Sonatas and single-movement works
WoO 47: Three piano sonatas (E-flat major, F minor, D major) ("Kurfürsten Sonatas") (1783)
WoO 48: Rondo for piano in C major (1783)
WoO 49: Rondo for piano in A major (1783)
WoO 50: Piano Sonata in F major (1790–92)
WoO 51: Piano Sonata in C major (1797–98, fragment) completed Ferdinand Ries, 1830
WoO 52: Presto (Bagatelle) for piano in C minor (1795, rev. 1798 and 1822)
WoO 53: Allegretto (Bagatelle) for piano in C minor (1796–97)
WoO 54: Lustig-Traurig (Bagatelle) for piano in C major (1802)
WoO 55: Prelude for piano in F minor (1803)
WoO 56: Allegretto (Bagatelle) for piano in C major (1803, rev. 1822))
WoO 57: Andante favori – original middle movement from Piano Sonata No. 21 (Waldstein) (1805)
WoO 58: Cadenzas for 1st and 3rd movements of Mozart's D minor Piano Concerto (K. 466)
WoO 59: Poco moto (Bagatelle) for piano in A minor ("Für Elise") (c. 1810)
WoO 60: Ziemlich lebhaft (Bagatelle) for piano in B-flat major (1818))
WoO 61: Allegretto for piano in B minor (1821)
WoO 61a: Allegretto quasi andante for piano in G minor (1825)
WoO 62: String Quintet in C major (fragment, piano transcription)
Variations
WoO 63: Nine variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler (1782)
WoO 64: Six Variations on a Swiss song for piano or harp (1790–1792)
WoO 65: Twenty-four variations for piano on Vincenzo Righini's aria "Venni Amore" (1790–1791)
WoO 66: Thirteen variations for piano on the aria "Es war einmal ein alter Mann" from Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf's opera Das rote Käppchen
WoO 67: Eight variations for piano four hands on a theme by Count Waldstein
WoO 68: Twelve variations for piano on the "Menuet a la Vigano" from Jakob Haibel's ballet La nozza disturbate (1795)
WoO 69: Nine variations for piano on "Quant'e piu bello" from Giovanni Paisiello's opera La Molinara
WoO 70: Six variations for piano on "Nel cor più non mi sento" from Giovanni Paisiello's opera La Molinara (1795)
WoO 71: Twelve variations for piano on the Russian dance from Paul Wranitzky's ballet Das Waldmädchen
WoO 72: Eight variations for piano on "Une Fièvre Brûlante" from André Ernest Modeste Grétry's opera Richard Coeur-de-lion
WoO 73: Ten variations for piano on "La stessa, la stessissima" from Antonio Salieri's opera Falstaff
WoO 74: "Ich denke dein" – song with six variations for piano four hands
WoO 75: Seven variations for piano on "Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen" from Peter Winter's opera Das unterbrochene Opferfest
WoO 76: Eight variations for piano on "Tändeln und scherzen" from Franz Xaver Süssmayr's opera Soliman II
WoO 77: Six easy variations on an original theme for piano
WoO 78: Seven variations for piano on "God Save the King"
WoO 79: Five variations for piano on "Rule Britannia!"
WoO 80: Thirty-two variations on an original theme in C minor for piano
Dances
WoO 81: Allemande for piano in A major
WoO 82: Minuet for piano in E-flat major
WoO 83: Six Écossaises for piano in E-flat major
WoO 84: Waltz for piano in E-flat major
WoO 85: Waltz for piano in D major
WoO 86: Écossaise for piano in E-flat major
Vocal works: WoO 87–205
Cantatas, choruses and arias with orchestra
WoO 87: Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II
WoO 88: Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II
WoO 89: Aria "Prüfung des Küssens"
WoO 90: Aria "Mit Mädeln sich vertragen"
WoO 91: Two arias for Die Schöne Schusterin (1795)
WoO 92: Aria "Primo Amore"
WoO 92a: Aria "No, non turbati"
WoO 93: Duet "Nei giorni tuoi felici"
WoO 94: "Germania," aria with chorus in B-flat major (1814)
WoO 95: Chorus for the Congress of Vienna
WoO 96: Incidental Music to Leonore Prohaska (1815)
WoO 97: "Es ist vollbracht" for Die Ehrenpforten (1815)
WoO 98: "Wo sich die Pulse," chorus for The Consecration of the House
Works for multiple voices with piano accompaniment, or unaccompanied
WoO 99: Italian Partsongs
WoO 100: Musical joke for three voices "Lob auf den Dicken"
WoO 101: Musical joke for three voices and chorus "Graf, Graf, liebster Graf"
WoO 102: Chorus for male voices "Abschiedsgesang"
WoO 103: Cantata Un lieto Brindisi
WoO 104: "Gesang der Mönche" from Schiller's Wilhelm Tell for three male voices
WoO 105: Song for solo voice, chorus and piano "Hochzeitslied"
WoO 106: Birthday Cantata for Prince Lobkowitz
Lieder and songs for solo voice and piano
WoO 107–130: Twenty-four songs
WoO 131: Unfinshed song "Erlkönig"
WoO 132: Song "Als die Geliebte sich trennen wollte"
WoO 133: Song "In questa tomba oscura"
WoO 134: Song "Sehnsucht" in four settings
WoO 135–151: Seventeen Songs
Folksong arrangements for one or more voices, with piano trio accompaniment
WoO 152: Twenty-five Irish folksongs
WoO 153: Twenty Irish folksongs
WoO 154: Twelve Irish folksongs
WoO 155: Twenty-six Welsh folksongs
WoO 156: Twelve Scottish folksongs
WoO 157: Twelve folksongs of various nationalities
WoO 158a: Twenty-three continental folksongs
WoO 158b: Seven British folksongs
WoO 158c: Six assorted folksongs
WoO 158d: "Air Français"
Vocal canons
WoO 159–198: Forty-three Canons
Musical jokes, quips, and dedications
WoO 199: Musical joke "Ich bin der Herr von zu"
WoO 200: Piano Exercise "O Hoffnung!"
WoO 201: Musical joke "Ich bin bereit!"
WoO 202: Riddle canon "Das Schöne zu dem Guten" (first version)
WoO 203: Riddle canon "Das Schöne zu dem Guten" (second version)
WoO 204: Musical joke "Holz, Holz, Geigt die Quartette So"
WoO 205: Ten musical quips (Kinsky's word is "Notenscherze") from Beethoven's letters
Added works: WoO 206-228
The 2014 revision to the Kinsky catalogue, edited by Dorfmüller, Gertsch and Ronge, assigned WoO numbers to a number of works that appear in other listings.
WoO 206: Oboe Concerto in F major (lost) (Hess 12)
WoO 207: Romance cantabile for soloists and orchestra (Hess 13)
WoO 208: Wind Quintet in E-flat (Hess 19)
WoO 209: Minuet in A-flat for string quartet (Hess 33, piano version Hess 88)
WoO 210: Allegretto for string quartet in B minor (Pencarrow Quartet, Gardi 16)
WoO 211: Andante in C major (Biamonti 52)
WoO 212: Anglaise for piano in D major (Hess 61)
WoO 213a: Andante (bagatelle) in D-flat major (Biamonti 283)
WoO 213b: Finale (bagatelle) in G major (Biamonti 282)
WoO 213c: Allegro (bagatelle) in A major (second part of the Allegro in A-flat and A, Biamonti 284)
WoO 213d: Rondo (bagatelle) in A major (Biamonti 275)
WoO 214: Allegretto (bagatelle) in C minor (Hess 69)
WoO 215: Fugue in C major (Hess 64)
WoO 216a: Bagatelle in C major for piano (Hess 73)
WoO 216b: Bagatelle in E-flat major (Hess 74)
WoO 217: Minuet in F major (Biamonti 66)
WoO 218: Minuet in C major (Biamonti 74)
WoO 219: Waltz or Ländler in C minor (Hess 68)
WoO 220: Kriegslied für die verbündeten Heere (lost) (Hess 123)
WoO 221: Canon, Herr Graf (Hess 276)
WoO 222: Canon in A-flat major (Hess 275)
WoO 223: Thut auf (Biamonti 752)
WoO 224: Cacatum non est Pictum (Gardi 9)
WoO 225: Grossen Dank für solche Gnade (Hess 303)
WoO 226: Fettlümerl und Bankert haben triumphirt (Hess 260)
WoO 227: Musical joke "Esel aller Esel" (Hess 277)
WoO 228a: Musical joke "Ah, Tobias" (Gardi 14)
WoO 228b: Musical joke "Tobias" (Hess 285)
These are works from the Appendix (Anhang in German) of Kinsky's catalog that were attributed to Beethoven at the time the catalog was compiled, but might not have been written by him.
Anh. 1: Symphony in C major ("Jena Symphony") – now attributed to Friedrich Witt
Anh. 2: Six string quartets
- String quartet in C major
- String quartet in G major
- String quartet in E-flat major
- String quartet in F minor
- String quartet in D major
- String quartet in B-flat major
Anh. 3: Piano trio in D major
Anh. 4: Sonata for piano and flute in B-flat major
Anh. 5: Two piano sonatinas
- Sonatina in G major
- Sonatina in F major
Anh. 6: Rondo for piano in B-flat major
Anh. 7: Piano concerto (Allegro) in D major (first movement) – at first, many were unconvinced that this work was by Beethoven; most believed it to be a missing movement from a piano concerto by the Bohemian composer Jan Joseph Rosler (1771–1813). Today, though, some experts believe it to be a true work by Beethoven, as it recalls the 20-year-old Beethoven's musical style. In any case, it is estimated to have been written between 1788 and 1793.
Anh. 8: Three pieces for piano four-hands
- Gavotte for piano four-hands in F major
- Allegro for piano four-hands in B-flat major
- Fragment for piano four-hands in C minor
Anh. 9: Nine German dances for piano four-hands
- German dance for piano four-hands in C major
- German dance for piano four-hands in F major
- German dance for piano four-hands in B-flat major
- German dance for piano four-hands in G major
- German dance for piano four-hands in E-flat major
- German dance for piano four-hands in C major
- German dance for piano four-hands in D major
- German dance for piano four-hands in G major
- German dance for piano four-hands in C major
Anh. 10: Eight variations on the song "Ich hab'ein kleines Hüttchen nur" for piano in B-flat major
Anh. 11: "Alexandermarsch" for Louis Duport ballet "Der blode Ritter" march for piano in F major
Anh. 12: "Pariser Einzugsmarsch" march for piano in C major
Anh. 13: Funeral march for piano in F minor. Actually composed by Johann Heinrich Walch, but still popularly called "Beethoven's Funeral March" in the UK; where it is famously played during the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph.
Anh. 14: Six piano waltzes
- "Sehnsuchtwalzer" waltz for piano in A-flat major
- "Schmerzenwalzer" waltz for piano in F minor
- "Hoffnungswalzer" waltz for piano in E-flat major
- "Geisterwalzer" waltz for piano in A major
- Waltz for piano in F major
- Waltz for piano in D-flat major
Anh. 15: "Glaube, Liebe, und Hoffnung" waltz for piano in F major, most known as "Adieu to the piano" ("Farewell to the piano")
Anh. 16: Four piano waltzes
- "Jubelwalzer" waltz for piano in C-sharp major
- "Gertruds Traumwalzer" waltz for piano in B-flat major, most known as "Gertrude's Dream Waltz"
- "Sonnenscheinwalzer" waltz for piano in E-flat major
- "Mondscheinwalzer" waltz for piano in A-flat major
Anh. 17: "Introduction and Waltz (Klavierstück)" waltz for piano in F major
Anh. 18: "An Sie" or "Nachruf" "O du nach der sich alle meine Wunsche lenken" song in A-flat major (Voice and Piano or Guitar)
These works have numbers that were assigned by Willy Hess. Many of the works in the Hess catalog also have WoO numbers; those entries are not listed here.
H 12: Oboe Concerto in F (lost; only incipits and draft of 2nd movement extant) [1]
H 13: Romance in E minor for 3 soloists and orchestra
H 15: Piano Concerto No. 6 in D major (unfinished)
H 19: Wind quintet in E-flat major
H 28: Movement in A-flat major for string trio
H 29: Prelude and Fugue for two violins and violoncello
H 30: Prelude and Fugue for string quartet (1794–95)
H 31: Prelude and Fugue for string quartet (1794–95)
H 32: String Quartet in F major (1799)
H 33: Minuet for string quartet (1790–92)
H 34: String Quartet arrangement of Opus 14 No. 1 (1801–02)
H 36: Handel Fugue arranged for string quartet (1798)
H 38: Bach Fugue arranged for string quartet
H 39: String Quintet in F major (lost)
H 40: Movement in D minor for string quintet
H 46: Violin Sonata in A major
H 47: Allegro con brio in E-flat major for piano trio
H 48: Allegretto in E-flat major for piano trio
H 57: Bagatelle in C major
H 58: Piano Exercise in B-flat major/minor
H 59: Piano Exercise in C
H 60: Draft in A for Piano
H 61: Anglaise in D major for Piano
H 64: Fugue for keyboard
H 65: Concerto excerpt (arrangement of Opus 37)
H 66: Allegretto in C minor
H 68: Ländler in C minor
H 69: Bagatelle in C minor
H 73: Bagatelle in C major
H 74: Bagatelle in E-flat major
H 87: March for piano (arrangement of WoO 29)
H 88: Minuet for piano (arrangement of Hess 33)
H 89: Musik zu einem Ritterballett (Music for a ballet of knights) (piano arrangement of WoO 1)
H 90: The Creatures of Prometheus (piano arrangement of Opus 43)
H 91: Opferlied (piano arrangement of Opus 121b)
H 92: Bundeslied (piano arrangement of Opus 122)
H 93: "Freudvoll" (piano accompaniment for Opus 84)
H 97: Wellington's Victory ("Battle Symphony") (piano arrangement of Opus 91)
H 99: March for piano (arrangement of WoO 18)
H 107: Grenadier's March
H 108: Wellington's Victory ("Battle Symphony") (panharmonicon arrangement of Opus 91)
H 115: Vestas Feuer (opera fragment) (1803)
H 118: Music for The Consecration of the House (from Opus 113)
H 133: Folksong
H 134: Folksong
H 137: Song "Ich wiege dich" (lost)
H 139: Song "Minnesold" (lost)
H 143: Song "An die Freude" (lost)
H 152–207: Folksong settings
H 208–232: Italian partsongs
H 233–246: Counterpoint exercises
H 274–277: Four Canons
H 297: Adagio for three horns
H 300–301: Two Canons
H 310 Prelude in C for Organ
B454: Overture to Macbeth
Beethoven is believed to have intended to write the opera Macbeth; a performing version of possible sketches was assembled by Albert Willem Holsbergen between 1999–2001. The premiere performance of the Beethoven Macbeth Overture was by the National Symphony Orchestra on September 20–22, 2001, under the direction of Leonard Slatkin.
