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Title page of Beethoven's symphonies from the Gesamtausgabe. The list of compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven consists of 722 works [1] written over forty-five years, from his earliest work in 1782 (variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler) when he was only eleven years old and still in Bonn, until his last work just before his death in Vienna in 1827.
Most of Beethoven's best known works were published with opus numbers, with which they may be reliably identified.Another 228 works are designated WoO (Werke ohne Opuszahl – literally, "works without opus number"), among them unpublished early and occasional works (Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II, WoO 87), published variations and folksong arrangements (25 Irish Songs, WoO 152 ...
Song cycles by Ludwig van Beethoven (1 P) Songs by Ludwig van Beethoven (8 P) ... (2 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven"
Pages in category "Songs by Ludwig van Beethoven" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote 32 mature piano sonatas between 1795 and 1822. (He also wrote 3 juvenile sonatas at the age of 13 [1] and one unfinished sonata, WoO. 51.)Although originally not intended to be a meaningful whole, as a set they comprise one of the most important collections of works in the history of music. [2]
While no complete list of premiere performers exists, many of Vienna's most elite performers are known to have participated. [15] [16] The soprano and alto parts were sung by two famous young singers of the day, both recruited personally by Beethoven: Henriette Sontag and Caroline Unger. German soprano Henriette Sontag was 18 years old when ...
Beethoven's works can appear with an opus number, a WoO number, a Hess number or a Bia number (see Catalogues of Beethoven compositions). Until 1955, the opus numbers that appeared in the Beethoven Gesamtausgabe were used exclusively, but this edition omitted a large number of works.
Song of the Night: 1904-05: 8: E-flat major: Sinfonie der Tausend: Symphony of a Thousand: 1906: Mahler disapproved of the name Das Lied von der Erde: The Song of the Earth: 1908: a symphony in the guise of a song cycle. see Curse of the ninth: Gyula Major: 2: Symphonie hongroise: Hungarian Symphony: pub. 1900: 6: Scenen aus dem Weltkrieg ...