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Ludwig van Beethoven was a classical composer who lived from 1770 to 1827.

Many people believe Beethoven was the single greatest composer of all time. He is undoubtedly one of the best known and most loved. His most famous works include his [5th Symphony]?, [9th Symphony]?, and the [Moonlight Sonata]?.

Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany and moved to Vienna when he was 22, where he studied under [Franz Joseph Haydn]?. In Vienna he earned a reputation as a piano virtuoso, and began publishing his own compositions soon after. By the early 1800s he had established his reputation as a great and daring composer.

Beethoven began to lose his hearing at least by 1801. He continued composing nonetheless, and his greatest work, the 9th Symphony, was composed after he had become totally deaf.

  Opus 1 no 1 (1795) Piano Trio No. 1 in E flat major
  Opus 1 no 2 (1795) Piano Trio No. 2 in G major
  Opus 1 no 3 (1795) Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor
  Opus 2 no 1 (1796) Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor
  Opus 2 no 2 (1796) Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major
  Opus 2 no 3 (1796) Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major
  Opus 3 (1794) String Trio No. 1 in E flat major
  Opus 4 (1795) String Quintet in E flat major
  Opus 5 no 1 (1796) Sonata for Piano and Violincello No. 1 in F major
  Opus 5 no 2 (1796) Sonata for Piano and Violincello No. 2 in G minor
  Opus 6 (1797) Piano Sonata for four hands
  Opus 7 (1797) Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major
  Opus 8 (1797) Serenade in D major for string trio
  Opus 9 no 1 (1798) String Trio No. 2 in G major
  Opus 9 no 2 (1798) String Trio No. 3 in D major
  Opus 9 no 3 (1798) String Trio No. 4 in C minor
  Opus 10 no 1 (1798) Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor
  Opus 10 no 2 (1798) Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major
  Opus 10 no 3 (1798) Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major
  Opus 11 (1798) Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major
  Opus 12 no 1 (1798) Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major
  Opus 12 no 2 (1798) Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major
  Opus 12 no 3 (1798) Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major
  Opus 13 (1799) Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor "Pathetique"
  Opus 14 no 1 (1799) Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major
  Opus 14 no 2 (1799) Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major
  Opus 15 (1795) Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
  Opus 16 (1796) Quintet for Piano and Wind
  Opus 17 (1800) Horn Sonata in F major
  Opus 18 no 1 (1800) String Quartet No. 1 in F major
  Opus 18 no 2 (1800) String Quartet No. 2 in G major
  Opus 18 no 3 (1800) String Quartet No. 3 in D major
  Opus 18 no 4 (1800) String Quartet No. 4 in C minor
  Opus 18 no 5 (1800) String Quartet No. 5 in A major
  Opus 18 no 6 (1800) String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major
  Opus 19 (1795) Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
  Opus 20 (1799) Septet in E flat major
  Opus 21 (1800) Symphony No. 1 in C major
  Opus 22 (1800) Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major
  Opus 23 (1801) Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor
  Opus 24 (1801) Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major "Spring"
  Opus 25 (1801) Serenade in D major for Flute, Violin and Viola
  Opus 26 (1801) Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major
  Opus 27 no 1 (1801) Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major
  Opus 27 no 2 (1801) Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight"
  Opus 28 (1801) Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major
  Opus 29 (1801) String Quintet in C major
  Opus 30 no 1 (1803) Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major
  Opus 30 no 2 (1803) Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor
  Opus 30 no 3 (1803) Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major
  Opus 31 no 1 (1802) Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major
  Opus 31 no 2 (1802) Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor "Tempest"
  Opus 31 no 3 (1802) Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major
  Opus 32 (1805) Song - An die Hoffnung
  Opus 33 (1802) Seven Bagatelles for piano
  Opus 34 (1802) Six variations for piano on an original theme, F major
  Opus 35 (1802) Fifteen variations and a fugue for piano on an original theme, E flat major "Eroica"
  Opus 36 (1803) Symphony No. 2 in D major
  Opus 37 (1803) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
  Opus 38 (1803) Piano Trio No. 8 (Arrangement of the Septet Opus 20)
  Opus 39 (1789) Two Preludes through all twelve major keys for piano
  Opus 40 (1802) Romance for Violin in G major
  Opus 41 (1803) Serenade for Paino and Flute or Violin in D major
  Opus 42 (1803) Notturno for Viola and Piano in D major
  Opus 43 (1801) The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture and Ballet music
  Opus 44 (1792) Piano Trio No. 10 (Variations on an original theme in E flat major)
  Opus 45 (1803) 3 Marches for Piano, 4 hands
  Opus 46 (1795) Song - Adelaide
  Opus 47 (1802) Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major "Kreutzer"
  Opus 48 no 1 (1802) Song - Bitten
  Opus 48 no 2 (1802) Song - Die Liebe des Naechsten
  Opus 48 no 3 (1802) Song - Vom Tode
  Opus 48 no 4 (1802) Song - Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur
  Opus 48 no 5 (1802) Song - Gottes Macht und Vorsehung
  Opus 48 no 6 (1802) Song - Busslied
  Opus 49 no 1 (1792) Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor
  Opus 49 no 2 (1792) Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major
  Opus 50 (1798) Romance for Violin in F major
  Opus 51 no 1 (1797) Rondo in C major for piano
  Opus 51 no 2 (1798) Rondo in G major for piano
  Opus 52 no 1 (1805) Song - Urians Reise um die Welt
  Opus 52 no 2 (1805) Song - Feuerfab
  Opus 52 no 3 (1805) Song - Das Liedchen von der Ruhe
  Opus 52 no 4 (1805) Song - Maigesang
  Opus 52 no 5 (1805) Song - Mollys Abschied
  Opus 52 no 6 (1805) Song - Die Liebe
  Opus 52 no 7 (1805) Song - Marmotte
  Opus 52 no 8 (1805) Song - Das Bluemchen Wunderhold
  Opus 53 (1803) Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major "Waldstein"
  Opus 54 (1804) Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major
  Opus 55 (1805) Symphony No. 3 in E flat major "Eroica"
  Opus 56 (1805) Triple Concerto in C major
  Opus 57 (1805) Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata"
  Opus 58 (1807) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
  Opus 59 no 1 (1806) String Quartet No. 7 in F major "Rasumovsky 1"
  Opus 59 no 2 (1806) String Quartet No. 8 in E minor "Rasumovsky 2"
  Opus 59 no 3 (1806) String Quartet No. 9 in C major "Rasumovsky 3"
  Opus 60 (1807) Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
  Opus 61 (1808) Concerto for Violin and Orcestra in D major
  Opus 62 (1807) Overture - Coriolan
  Opus 63 (1806) Arrangement of String Quintet ( Opus 4) for Piano Trio
  Opus 64 (1807) Arrangement of Piano Trio ( Opus 3) for Piano and Cello
  Opus 65 (1796) Aria - Ah perfido!
  Opus 66 (1796) Variations for Cello on Mozart's `Ein Maedchen oder Weibchen'
  Opus 67 (1808) Symphony No. 5 in C minor
  Opus 68 (1808) Symphony No. 6 in F major "Pastoral"
  Opus 69 (1808) Sonata for Piano and Violincello No. 3 in A major
  Opus 70 no 1 (1808) Piano Trio No. 5 in D major "Ghost"
  Opus 70 no 2 (1808) Piano Trio No. 6 in E flat major
  Opus 71 (1796) Wind sextet in E flat
  Opus 72a (1805) Opera - Leonore (with Overture Leonore No. 2)
  Opus 72b (1806) Opera - Leonore (with Overture Leonore No. 3)
  Opus 72c (1814) Opera - Fidelio
  Opus 73 (1809) Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major "Emperor"
  Opus 74 (1809) String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major "Harp"
  Opus 75 no 1 (1809) Song - Mignon
  Opus 75 no 2 (1809) Song - Neue Liebe, neues Leben
  Opus 75 no 3 (1809) Song - Aus Goethes Faust: Es war einmal ein Koenig
  Opus 75 no 4 (1809) Song - Gretels Warnung
  Opus 75 no 5 (1809) Song - An die fernen Geliebten
  Opus 75 no 6 (1809) Song - Der Zufriedene
  Opus 76 (1809) Six variations for piano on an original theme, D major
  Opus 77 (1809) Piano Fantasia
  Opus 78 (1809) Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major
  Opus 79 (1809) Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major
  Opus 80 (1808) Choral Fantasia
  Opus 81a (1809) Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major "Les Adieux"
  Opus 81b (1795) Sextet in E flat
  Opus 82 no 1 (1809) Song - Hoffnung
  Opus 82 no 2 (1809) Song - Liebes-Klage
  Opus 82 no 3 (1809) Duet - L'amante impatiente
  Opus 82 no 4 (1809) Song - L'amante impatiente
  Opus 82 no 5 (1809) Song - Lebens-Genuss
  Opus 83 no 1 (1810) Song - Wonne der Wehmut
  Opus 83 no 2 (1810) Song - Sehnsucht
  Opus 83 no 3 (1810) Song - Mit einem gemalten Band
  Opus 84 (1810) Egmont (Overture and Incidental Music)
  Opus 85 (1804) Christus am Olberge
  Opus 86 (1807) Mass in C major
  Opus 87 (1795) Trio for two Oboes and English Horn in C major
  Opus 88 (1803) Song - Das Gluck der Freundschaft
  Opus 89 (1814) Polonaise in C major
  Opus 90 (1814) Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor
  Opus 91 (1813) Wellington's Victory ("Battle" Symphony)
  Opus 92 (1813) Symphony No. 7 in A major
  Opus 93 (1814) Symphony No. 8 in F major
  Opus 94 (1815) Song - An die Hoffnung
  Opus 95 (1810) String Quartet No. 11 in F minor "Serioso"
  Opus 96 (1812) Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major
  Opus 97 (1811) Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major "Archduke"
  Opus 98 (1816) Song Cycle - An die ferne Geliebte
  Opus 99 (1816) Song - Der Mann von Wort
  Opus 100 (1814) Song - Merkenstein
  Opus 101 (1816) Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major
  Opus 102no 1 (1815) Sonata for Piano and Violincello No. 4 in C major
  Opus 102no 2 (1815) Sonata for Piano and Violincello No. 5 in D minor
  Opus 103 (1792) Wind octet in E flat
  Opus 104 (1817) String Quintet (arrangement of Piano Trio No. 3)
  Opus 105 (1819) Six sets of variations for Piano and Flute
  Opus 106 (1818) Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major "Hammerklavier"
  Opus 107 (1820) Ten sets of variations for Piano and Flute
  Opus 108 (1818) Twenty-Five Scottish Songs
  Opus 109 (1822) Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major
  Opus 110 (1822) Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major
  Opus 111 (1822) Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor
  Opus 112 (1815) Meeresstille und glueckliche Fahrt (for chorus and orchestra)
  Opus 113 (1811) Singspiel - Die Ruinen von Athens (The ruins of Athens)
  Opus 114 (1822) March and Chorus - Die Weihe des Hauses
  Opus 115 (1815) Overture - Zur Namensfeier
  Opus 116 (1802) Vocal Trio with Orchestra - Tramte, empi tremate
  Opus 117 (1811) Singspiel - King Stephen
  Opus 118 (1814) Eligischer Gesang (for chorus and orchestra)
  Opus 119 (1822) Eleven new Bagatelles for piano
  Opus 120 (1823) Thirty-three variations for piano on a waltz by Diabelli, C major
  Opus 121a (1803) Piano Trio No. 11 (Variations on `Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu')
  Opus 121b (1822) Opferlied (for chorus and orchestra)
  Opus 122 (1824) Bundeslied (for chorus and orchestra)
  Opus 123 (1822) Mass in D major (Missa Solemnis)
  Opus 124 (1822) Overture - Die Weihe des Hauses
  Opus 125 (1824) Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral"
  Opus 126 (1824) Six Bagatelles for piano
  Opus 127 (1825) String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major
  Opus 128 (1822) Song - Der Kuss
  Opus 129 (1795) Rondo Capriccio for piano in D major (Rage over a lost penny)
  Opus 130 (1825) String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major
  Opus 131 (1826) String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor
  Opus 132 (1825) String Quartet No. 15 in A minor
  Opus 133 (1826) Grosse Fuge in B flat major
  Opus 134 (1826) Piano arrangement (4 hands) of Grosse Fuge
  Opus 135 (1826) String Quartet No. 16 in F major
  Opus 136 (1814) Cantata - Der glorreiche Augenblick
  Opus 137 (1817) String Quintet (fugue) in D major
  Opus 138 (1807) Overture - Leonore 1

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