La lista de composiciones de Ludwig van Beethoven consta de 722 obras [1] escritas a lo largo de cuarenta y cinco años, desde su primera obra en 1782 (Variaciones para piano sobre una marcha de Ernst Christoph Dressler ) cuando tenía solo once años y todavía estaba en Bonn , hasta su última obra justo antes de su muerte en Viena en 1827. Beethoven compuso obras en todos los géneros principales de la música clásica, incluyendo sinfonías, conciertos, cuartetos de cuerda, sonatas para piano y ópera. Sus composiciones varían desde obras solistas hasta aquellas que requieren una gran orquesta y coro.
Las obras de Beethoven se clasifican tanto por género como por varios sistemas de numeración. [4] El sistema de numeración más conocido para las obras de Beethoven es el del número de opus , asignado por los editores de Beethoven durante su vida. Solo 172 de las obras de Beethoven tienen números de opus, divididos entre 138 números de opus. A muchas obras que no fueron publicadas o que se publicaron sin números de opus se les ha asignado uno de los números " WoO " ( Werke ohne Opuszahl , obras sin número de opus), Hess o Biamonti . Por ejemplo, la pieza corta para piano " Para Elisa " es más conocida como "Bagatelle en la menor, WoO 59 ('Para Elisa')". Algunas obras también se conocen comúnmente por sus apodos, como la Sonata para violín de Kreutzer o el Trío para piano del Archiduque .
Las obras también suelen identificarse por su número dentro de su género. Por ejemplo, el 14.º cuarteto de cuerdas , publicado como Opus 131, puede mencionarse como " Cuarteto de cuerdas n.º 14 " o como "Cuarteto de cuerdas Opus 131". Las listas que aparecen a continuación incluyen todos estos identificadores relevantes. Si bien existen otros catálogos de las obras de Beethoven , los números que aparecen aquí representan los más utilizados.
Lista de obras por género
Las obras de Beethoven se publican en varias ediciones, la primera de ellas fue Ludwig van Beethovens Werke: Vollständige kritisch durchgesehene überall berechtigte Ausgabe publicada entre 1862 y 1865 con un volumen suplementario en 1888 por Breitkopf & Härtel , comúnmente conocida como " Beethoven Gesamtausgabe " [ GA ]. Si bien esto fue un logro histórico en su momento, las limitaciones de esta edición pronto se hicieron evidentes. Entre 1959 y 1971 Willy Hess preparó una edición complementaria, Beethoven: Sämtliche Werke: Suplemente zur Gesamtausgabe , [ HS ] que contiene obras que no estaban en el Gesamtausgabe .
Desde 1961, el Archivo Beethoven publica una nueva edición completa, crítica y académica, de las obras de Beethoven, Beethoven: Werke: neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke [5] [ NA ]. Sin embargo, hasta ahora solo se han publicado 42 de los 56 volúmenes previstos. [6] Como esta edición no se ha publicado en su totalidad, hay obras sin designación NA.
Leyenda para publicaciones – p: partes s: partitura general vs: partitura vocal
Música orquestal
Beethoven escribió nueve sinfonías , nueve conciertos y una variedad de otras piezas orquestales, que van desde oberturas y música incidental para producciones teatrales hasta otras obras "ocasionales" diversas, escritas para una ocasión particular. De los conciertos, siete son ampliamente conocidos (un concierto para violín, cinco conciertos para piano y un triple concierto para violín, piano y violonchelo); los otros dos son un concierto para piano temprano ( WoO 4 ) y un arreglo del Concierto para violín para piano y orquesta ( Opus 61a ).
La siguiente es una lista de las obras de Beethoven, ordenadas por número de Opus , seguidas de las obras listadas como WoO en el Catálogo Kinsky-Halm, y luego las obras listadas en el apéndice de ese catálogo, que tienen números "Anhang". A estas le siguen obras adicionales con números Hess listadas en el catálogo de Willy Hess que no están listadas en el Catálogo Kinsky-Halm. Por último, hay obras con números Biamonti (Bia.), del Catálogo Biamonti , un intento de catalogar todo lo que Beethoven escribió en orden cronológico, aunque hay obras que no se conocían en el momento en que se compiló. Por lo tanto, no hay un catálogo definitivo de las obras de Beethoven que coincida con el catálogo Deutsch para Schubert o el catálogo Köchel para Mozart.
Funciona con números de opus
Los números de opus fueron asignados por los editores a las obras de Beethoven a medida que se publicaban. Los números de opus no incluyen todas las obras que se publicaron durante la vida de Beethoven ni están en orden cronológico. Por ejemplo, el Octeto Op. 103 fue escrito antes de noviembre de 1792, mientras que el Op. 102 y el Op. 104 fueron escritos en 1815 y 1817 respectivamente.
Los números y categorías que se utilizan a continuación proceden del Catálogo Kinsky–Halm de 1955. WoO es una abreviatura de "Werke ohne Opuszahl", que en alemán significa "Obras sin número de opus". Si bien algunas de estas obras se publicaron durante la vida de Beethoven, pero no se les asignó un número de opus, por ejemplo, las variaciones para piano WoO 80, otras, como Para Elisa WoO 59, no se publicaron hasta más tarde. A diferencia de los números de opus, que se asignaban en función de cuándo se publicaron las obras, los números WoO se asignaban por género.
Obras instrumentales: WoO 1–86
Obras orquestales
Orquesta sola
WoO 1: Musik zu einem Ritterballett (Música para un ballet a caballo) (1790–01)
WoO 2a: Marcha triunfal para orquesta para la tragedia Tarpeja (1813) de Christoph Kuffner [de]
WoO 2b: Introducción al acto II de Leonore (1805)
WoO 3: "Gratulations-Menuett", minueto para orquesta (1822)
Concertante
WoO 4: Concierto para piano n.º 0 en mi bemol mayor (sólo parte solista con indicaciones de orquestación) (1784)
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 107–151: Forty-five 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 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" (Spurious, actually composed by Karl Holz[36])
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.[36]
WoO 206: Oboe Concerto in F major (lost; only incipits and draft of 2nd movement extant) [1] (Hess 12)
WoO 207: Romance cantabile for soloists and orchestra (Hess 13)
WoO 208: Wind Quintet in E♭ (fragment) (Hess 19)
WoO 209: Minuet in A♭ 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♭ 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♭ 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 220: Kriegslied für die verbündeten Heere (lost) (Hess 123)
WoO 221: Canon, Herr Graf (Hess 276)
WoO 222: Canon in A♭ major (Hess 275, Hess 328)
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)
Works with Anhang (Anh.) and Unvollendete (Unv.) numbers
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. The 2014 revision to the Kinsky catalogue, edited by Dorfmüller, Gertsch and Ronge also introduced the category of Unvollendete (unfinished works), for several works that had previously appeared in other listings.[36]
Anh. 6: Rondo for piano in B♭ major (spurious, actually composed by Beethoven's brother Karl[36])
Anh. 7: Piano concerto (Allegro) in D major (first movement) (probably by Johann Joseph Rösler)
Anh. 8: Three pieces for piano four-hands (spurious, actually composed by Leopold Anton Koželuch[38])
Anh. 9: Nine German dances for piano four-hands (probably doubtful)
Anh. 10: Eight variations on the song "Ich hab'ein kleines Hüttchen nur" for piano in B♭ major (doubtful)
Anh. 11: "Alexandermarsch" for Louis Duport ballet "Der blode Ritter" march for piano in F major (probably doubtful)
Anh. 12: "Pariser Einzugsmarsch" march for piano in C major (spurious, actually composed by Johann Heinrich Walch)
Anh. 13: Funeral march for piano in F minor (spurious, actually composed by Johann Heinrich Walch,[39] but still popularly called "Beethoven's Funeral March" in the UK; where it is famously played during the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph[40])
Anh. 14: Six piano waltzes (probably spurious)
Anh. 15: "Glaube, Liebe, und Hoffnung" waltz for piano in F major, most known as "Adieu to the piano" (probably doubtful[41])
Anh. 16: Four piano waltzes
"Jubelwalzer" waltz for piano in C♯ major (probably doubtful)
"Gertruds Traumwalzer" waltz for piano in B♭ major, most known as "Gertrude's Dream Waltz" (spurious, author unknown[42])
"Sonnenscheinwalzer" waltz for piano in E♭ major (probably doubtful)
"Mondscheinwalzer" waltz for piano in A♭ major (probably doubtful)
Anh. 17: "Introduction and Waltz (Klavierstück)" waltz for piano in F major (probably doubtful)
Anh. 18: "An Sie" or "Nachruf" song in A♭ major (Voice and Piano or Guitar) (probably doubtful)
Unv. 1 Symphony in C minor = Hess 298
Unv. 2 Sketches for a symphony in C (parts of which were reused for Symphony #1) = Biamonti 73
Unv. 16 Opera, Macbeth = Biamonti 454 (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 and 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).[43]
Unv. 18 Östreich über alles, Song for Chorus and Orchestra, Biamonti 477
Unv. 19 Cantata for voice and piano in B-flat, (found in Fischhof f.1v, Kafka f.100r and a.66 f.1r. previously uncatalogued)
Unv. 20 Lamentations of Jeremiah = Gardi 4
Unv. 21 Song, "Traute Henriette" = Hess 151
Unv. 22 Song, "Rastlose Liebe" = Hess 149
Unv. 23 Song, "Heidenröslein" = Hess 150
Works with Hess numbers
Works with Hess number
These works have numbers that were assigned by Willy Hess in his catalogue of Beethoven's works.[44] Many of the works in the Hess catalog also have WoO or Unv. numbers; those entries are not listed here.
Hess 1: Original ending to first movement of Symphony No. 8 (1812)
Hess 3: Twelve Ecossaise for piano or orchestra
Hess 11: Romance No. 3 for violin & orchestra (1816)
Hess 254: Canon in G major: "Hol dich der Teufel" (1801)
Hess 263–264: Two canons
Hess 274: Canons in G major (1803)
Hess 296: Little Cadenza for Instrument(s) (1822)
Hess 297: Adagio for three horns (1815)
Hess 299–305: Sketches for canons
Hess 306–309: Four canons
Hess 310: Prelude in C for Organ
Hess 311–312: Two canons
Hess 313: Song: "Te solo adoro" (1824)
Hess 314: Funeral Cantata (1781)
Hess 315: Fugue
Hess 316: Quintet (1793)
Hess 318–319: String Quintets
Hess 320: Andante for String Quartet in G major (1815)
Hess 321–324: Melodies
Hess 325: Piece for piano in D major (1802)
Hess 326: Fugue for piano in C major (1800–01)
Hess 327: Two little melodies (1803)
Hess 329–330: Sketches
Hess 331: Minuet for piano in B ♭ major
Hess 332: Pastorella for String Quartet in D major (1799)
Hess 333: Minuet-Scherzo for String Quartet in A major (1799)
Hess 334: Draft for String Quartet in A major (1799)
Hess 335: Two exercises on the song "Gedenke Mein"
Works with Hess Anhang (Anh.) numbers
These are works included in the appendix of Hess's catalogue that might not be genuine works by Beethoven.[45]
Anh. 3: Marches zur großen Wachtparade (not certain)
Anh. 4: Marsch in geschwinden tempo (not certain)
Anh. 5: Twelve waltzes for 2 Violins and Bass, with 2 Flutes and 2 Horns ad libitum (not certain) (1807)
Anh. 8: Quintet for Flute, Violin, 2 Violas, and Cello (not certain)
Anh. 9: Sonata for 2 Violins and Cello (not certain)
Anh. 10: Andante favori for string quartet (arrangement of WoO 57) (not certain)
Anh. 17: Adagio and Andante for violin and piano (not certain)
Anh. 21: Bagatelle "An Laura" for piano (arrangement of WoO 112) (doubtful)
Anh. 22: Funeral March in C Minor (not certain)
Anh. 38–56: Songs (not certain)
Anh. 57: Fugue "Dona nobis pacem" (now thought genuine) (1795)
Anh. 58: Bundeslied (not certain)
Anh. 59: Folksong "As I was wandering" (not certain)
Anh. 60: Canon in C major (probably spurious)
Anh. 61–62: Canons (spurious)
Anh. 63–64: Canons (not certain)
Anh. 65: Cantata Karfreitagskantate (not certain)
Anh. 66: Two fragments for chorus (not certain)
Works with Biamonti numbers
The Italian musicologist Giovanni Biamonti compiled a chronological catalogue Beethoven's entire output known at the time, including sketches and fragments. While most of these works were already included in other catalogues, there were some that had been missed by earlier compilers.[46] This list does not include works with opus, WoO or Hess numbers, nor does it include sketches.
Bia 15: Song "Der Arme Componist" (1788–91)
Bia 16: Cello part to the Lost Cadenza for Leopold Cantata WoO 88
Bia 43: Song "Meine Mutter fragt mich immer: trinkst du?"
Bia 48: Anglaise for piano for G minor (1792)
Bia 238: Presto in F major (1800)
Bia 249: Minuet for orchestra in D major (1800)
Bia 252: Minuet for orchestra in D major (1800)
Bia 269: Andante molto for piano in E♭ major
Bia 272: Andante for piano in B♭ major (1793)
Bia 274: Andante for String Quartet in C major (1793)
Bia 277: Presto for piano in G major (1793)
Bia 279: Allegro for piano in C major (1793)
Bia 291: Andante, for a symphony (1801)
Bia 292: March with variations (1801)
Bia 319: Finale for piano (1802)
Bia 322: Piece for piano in C minor (1802)
Bia 323: Piece for piano (1802)
Bia 346: Fuga Antique for piano in C major (1803)
Bia 347: Passage for piano through all the keys (1803)
Bia 359: Rondo for "all the instruments" (1803)
Bia 380: Song "Zur Erde sank die Ruh' vom Himmel nieder" (1803)
Bia 383: Exercise for piano
Bia 389: Piece for viola, cello, horn and double bass (1803)
Bia 392: Rondo for piano (1803)
Bia 447: Passage for piano (1808)
Bia 547: Symphony No. 8 with the original ending of Hess 1 (1812)
Bia 606: Andante for pizzicati basses with clarinets in B minor (1815)
Bia 621: Allemande for piano (1815)
Bia 622: Pastorella for piano in C major (1815)
Bia 624: Etude, study of prosody on a text of Homer (1815)
Bia 632: Song "Die Zufrieddenheit" (1815)
Bia 634: German dance for piano trio in F minor (1815)
Bia 638: Exercise for piano (1815)
Bia 797: Adagio for String Quartet in E major (1824)
Bia 811: Canon in C minor (1825)
Bia 849: Draft for piano (last notes written by Beethoven) (1827)
There were also several projected works by Beethoven, including the operas Alessandro, Memnons Dreiklang, and Bradamante; an oratorio on a text by Meissner, an oratorio "Die Befrieung Jerusalems", and an oratorio "Die Sündflut" with text by Hammer-Purgstall.[47]
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^1st private performance at Lobkowitz palace, summer 1804,
^preliminary sketches, 1804
^"Beethoven: The Immortal". Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
^with op.133 as finale; new finale composed 1826
^"According to footnote 3 of Series VI, Volume 5, of the New Compete Edition, Hess 33 (=WoO 211) appears in the Anhang (Appendix) to the Kritischer Bericht (Critical Report) for Volume 4"
^String Quintet (viola) in C major, Op. 29, Der Sturm, earsense.org
^"Ludwig van Beethoven, Skizzenblatt zu einem unvollendeten Streichquintett C-Dur, Finale, Partiturskizze, Autograph", Beethoven House, Bonn (in German)
^ a b c d e f g h i j kHoward Ferguson's 1986 edition of the Bagatelles for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music includes six of the piano pieces without opus numbers as they are "very similar in character to Bagatelles, though lacking that specific title". Other sources vary in whether they describe individual pieces as bagatelles or by their tempo markings.
^nos.2 and 4 sketched 1794–95; others also sketched before 1820
^Variations nos. 1, 2, 5, 6 written in 1799, nos. 3–4 in 1803
^private edition of full score, Leipzig, 1908–10
^no. 3 sketched 1798
^The author of the text
^No. 3 sketched c. 1792–93
^"The first true song cycle in the history of music."(Lühning 1997)
^earlier sketches from 1814
^"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."(Lühning 1997)
^nos. 3, 4, 6 written in 1795; nos. 2, 9, 10 in late 1801; others before 1802
^reported by Schindler; pts found by H. Riemann in 1905 were assumed to be same work
^Keys come from Allmusic page on Beethoven compositions "Beethoven-Compositions". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ a b c"Beethoven's music without Opus number – WoO". lvbeethoven. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
^Beethoven produced 3 different versions of Te solo adore
^consists of march by Haydn, transition section by Beethoven and transcription of WOO29
^Confusingly, this trio (and its various string trio arrangements) has also at times been numbered Op. 29, 55 and 55 bis: q.v. MacArdle, Donald W. (1946). "A Check-List of Beethoven's Chamber Music. II". Music & Letters. 27 (2): 83–101. doi:10.1093/ml/XXVII.2.83. JSTOR 727436. This work originally had the opus number 29; Cover of Beethoven "Op. 55" string trio; Buck, Percy Carter; Mee, John Henry; Woods, F. Cunningham (Francis Cunningham) (1894). "Ten years of university music in Oxford, being a brief record of the proceedings of the Oxford university musical union during the year 1884–1894". Archive.org. Oxford : W.R. Bowden. pp. 49, 109, 180, 198. Retrieved 1 October 2019. Trio for two Violins and Viola in C major, Op. 55 (bis) Beethoven; and "Trio in C major, Op.87 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)". imslp.org. Retrieved 1 October 2019. Grand Trio (d'après Op. 87) pour deux Violons et Viola par L. van Beethoven. Op. 55 bis
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^https://unheardbeethoven.org/recordings-of-the-woo-99-part-songs-analyzed/ . The 2014 revision to the Kinsky catalogue rearranged the numbering of the Italian Part-Songs of WoO 99 and added a number of songs. This listing reflects the new numbering, with the old numbers shown where applicable.
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^"Tunes played during gun carriage procession". The Straits Times.
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Dorfmüller, Kurt, Gertsch, Norbert and Ronge, Julia. Ludwig van Beethoven Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. München: G. Henle, 2014. ISBN 9783873281530. —Revised and expanded edition of the catalogue of works by Kinsky and Halm.
Green, James (ed. and trans). The New Hess Catalog of Beethoven's Works. West Newbury, Vermont: Vance Brook, 2003. ISBN 0-9640570-3-4. —An English translation of Willy Hess' important 1957 catalogue and study, updated to reflect more recent scholarship.
Hess, Willy. Verzeichnis der nicht in der Gesamtausgabe veröffentlichen Werke Ludwig van Beethovens. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1957. OCLC 18406510 —Hess' original study and catalogue; still more widely available in libraries than Green's edition.
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Nottebohm, Gustav. Thematisches Verzeichnis der im Druck erschienenen Werke von Ludwig van Beethoven. Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1925 OCLC 4763103. Reprinted Wiesbaden: M. Sändig, 1969 OCLC 1828776. —Historically important thematic catalogue, by a pioneering 19th Century Beethoven scholar.
Schürmann, Kurt E. Ludwig van Beethoven: alle vertonten und musikalisch bearbeiteten Texte. Münster : Aschendorff, 1980. ISBN 3402056976
Solomon, Maynard. Beethoven (1st edition). New York: Schirmer, 1977. ISBN 0-02-872460-7. pp. 372, 386–391. —Popular biographical study; includes bibliographical notes and (incomplete) works lists.
Tyson, Alan. The Authentic English Editions of Beethoven. London: Faber & Faber, 1963. OCLC 266412
Works collections (scores)
Ludwig van Beethovens Werke: Vollständige kritisch durchgesehene überall berechtigte Ausgabe. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, vols i–xxiv, 1862–65; vol xxv (supplement), 1888. OCLC 24931728 —Original critical "complete works" edition, commonly known as the Beethoven Gesamtausgabe.
Beethoven: Sämtliche Werke: Supplemente zur Gesamtausgabe, ed. W. Hess. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1959. OCLC 13654118 —Hess's supplement to the 19th century Breitkopf edition.
Beethovens Werke: neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, edited by Joseph Schmidt-Görg, Martin Staehelin, et al. München: G. Henle, 1961 – (current). OCLC 13654118 – New critical edition, "herausgaben vom Beethoven-Archiv, Bonn"; 56 volumes in 13 categories, 36 volumes released Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine as of January 2009.
Books
Cooper, Barry (ed). Beethoven Compendium: a Guide to Beethoven's Life and Music. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991. ISBN 0500278717
Cooper, Barry. The Creation of Beethoven's 35 Piano Sonatas. Oxford: Routledge, 2017. ISBN 978-1-4724-1431-1
Lühning, Helga (1997). "Beethoven as a Lieder composer". Beethoven Complete Recording (Media notes). Deutsche Grammophon.
External links
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