Ludwig van Beethoven/Works

Beethoven himself decided which of his works were good enough to have opus numbers. These are listed here. When used without qualification,

• quartet means string quartet
• sonata means keyboard sonata
• trio means piano trio

1. 3 trios
2. 3 sonatas
3. string trio
4. string quintet
5. 2 cello sonatas
6. piano duet sonata
7. sonata
8. serenade for string trio
9. 3 string trios
10. 3 sonatas
11. clarinet trio
12. 3 violin sonatas
13. sonate pathétique
14. 2 sonatas
15. piano concerto no. 1
16. quintet for piano & wind
17. horn sonata
18. 6 quartets
19. piano concerto no. 2
20. septet
21. symphony no. 1
22. sonata
23. violin sonata
24. Spring sonata for violin
25. serenade for flute, vilolin & viola
26. sonata
27. 2 sonatas (the 2nd is popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata, but Beethoven was not responsible for this title)
28. sonata
29. string quintet
30. 3 violin sonatas
31. 3 sonatas (the 2nd is known as the Tempest Sonata; this title is semi-authentic, since Beethoven, asked the meaning of the work, told the enquirer to read Shakespeare's play)
32. An die Hoffnung (song)
33. 7 bagatelles for piano
34. 6 piano variations
35. 15 piano variations & fugue
36. symphony no. 2
37. piano concerto no. 3
38. clarinet trio (arrangement of 20)
39. 2 preludes through the 12 major keys for piano or organ
40. romance for violin & orchestra
41. serenade for piano & flute (arrangement of 25)
42. nocturne for piano & viola (arrangement of 8)
43. The Creatures of Prometheus (ballet)
44. 14 variations for piano trio
45. 3 marches for piano duet
46. Adelaide (song)
47. violin sonata dedicated to Rodolphe Kreutzer
48. 6 songs (words by Gellert)
49. 2 sonatas
50. romance for violin & orchestra
51. 2 rondos for piano
52. 8 songs
53. sonata dedicated to Count Waldstein
54. sonata
55. sinfonia eroica (no. 3)
56. concerto for piano, violin & cello
57. sonata (known as appasionata; inauthentic)
58. piano concerto no. 4
59. 3 quartets dedicated to Count Razumovsky
60. symphony no. 4
61. violin concerto
62. overture to Coriolanus (by Collin)
63. trio (arrangement of 4)
64. cello sonata (arrangement of 3)
65. Ah perfido (scene & aria)
66. 12 variations for piano & cello on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (from Mozart's Magic Flute)
67. symphony no. 5
68. Pastoral Symphony (no. 6)
69. cello sonata
70. 2 trios (the 2nd is known as the Ghost Trio; inauthentic)
71. wind sextet
72. Fidelio (opera)
73. piano concerto no. 5 (known as the Emperor Concerto; inauthentic)
74. quartet (known as the Harp Quartet; inauthentic)
75. 6 songs (words by Goethe & others)
76. 6 piano variations
77. piano fantasia
78. sonata
79. sonata
80. choral fantasy (with piano & orchestra)
81. Beethoven accidentally gave this number to 2 works
    • 81a sonata (known as Les Adieux; this was the publisher's translation, which Beethoven criticized, of his German title for the 1st movement only)
    • 81b sextet for horns & string quartet
82. 4 ariettas & duet
83. 3 songs (words by Goethe)
84. incidental music to Goethe's Egmont
85. Christus am Oelberge (oratorio)
86. mass
87. trio for 2 oboes & cor anglais
88. Das Glück der Freundschaft (song)
89. polonaise for piano
90. sonata
91. Wellington's Victory (known as the Battle Symphony; inauthentic)
92. symphony no. 7
93. symphony no. 8
94. An die Hoffnung (song)
95. quartetto serioso
96. violin sonata
97. trio dedicated to Archduke Rudolph
98. An die ferne Geliebte (song cycle)
99. Der Mann von Wort (song)
100. Merkenstein (vocal duet)
101. sonata
102. 2 cello sonatas
103. wind octet
104. string quintet (arrangement of 1, no. 3)
105. 6 national airs varied for piano with flute or violin accompaniment
106. sonata (known as the Hammerklavier; Beethoven titled a number of his sonatas of this period sonata für das Hammerklavier, meaning piano as against harpsichord)
107. 10 national airs varied for piano with flute or violin accompaniment
108. 25 Scottish songs with piano, violin & cello accompaniment
109. sonata
110. sonata
111. sonata
112. Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (cantata)
113. incidental music to The Ruins of Athens (Kotzebue)
114. march with chorus from The Ruins of Athens
115. Namensfeier overture
116. Tremate, empi, tremate (terzet with orchestra)
117. incidental music to King Stephen (Kotzebue)
118. Elegischer Gesang for 4 voices & string quartet
119. 11 bagatelles for piano
120. 33 variations for piano on a waltz by Diabelli
121. Beethoven accidentally gave this number to 2 works
     • 121a variations for piano, violin & cello on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu
     • 121b Opferlid for soprano, chorus & orchestra
122. Bundeslied for solo voices, chorus & wind
123. missa solemnis
124. The Consecration of the House (overture)
125. symphony no. 9
126. 6 bagatelles for piano
127. quartet
128. Der Kuss (arietta)
129. rondo a capriccio for piano
130. quartet
131. quartet
132. quartet
133. Grosse Fuge for string quartet (original finale of 131; Beethoven was reluctantly persuaded by his publisher that it was too hard, & wrote a replacement)
134. piano duet arrangement of the above
135. quartet

Some other works were given opus numbers by others after Beethoven's death.