Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

SONATAS

Date published (composed)

WoO 47
Op. 2

Op. 7
Op. 10

Op. 13
Op. 14
Op. 22
Op. 26
Op. 27

3 Bonn sonatas, (E, F minor, D) 1783

No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 1
No. 2

No. 1
No. 2

Op. 28
Op. 31

Op. 49
Op. 53
Op. 54
Op. 57
Op. 78
Op. 79
Op. 81a
Op. 90
Op. 101
Op. 106
Op. 109
Op. 110
Op. 111

No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 1
No. 2

F minor (f, F, f/F, f) allegro, adagio, menuet, presisim

1796
A (A, D, A/a, A) allegro, largo appasionat, scherzo, rondo
C (C, E, C, C) allegro, adagio, scherzo, allegro assai
E (E, C, E /e , E ) allegro, largo, allegro, rondo 1797
C minor (c, A, c)
1798
F (F, f/D, F) allegro, allegretto, presto
D (D, d, D, D) presto, largo, menuet, rondo
C minor, Pathtique (c, A, c) grave, adagio, rondo
1799
E (E, e/C, E) allegro, allegretto, rondo
1799
G (G, C, G) allegro, andante, scherzo
B (B, E, B/g, B) allegro, adagio,menuet, rondo 1802
A (A, A, a/A, A) andante c v. scherzo, march f, alleg 1802
E (quasi una fant) (E/C, c, A, E)
1802
Andante, allegro, adagio, allegro
C# minor, Moonlight (c#, D , c#) adagio, allegretto, presto agitato
D, Pastoral (D, d/D, D/b, D) allegro, andante, scherzo, rondo1802
G (G, C, G) allegro, adagio, rondo
1803-04
D minor, Tempest (d, B, d) largo, adagio, allegreto
E (E, A, E, E) allegro, scherzo, menueto, presto
G minor (g, G) andante, rondo
1805 (1798)
G (G, G) allegro, tempo di menueto
(1796)
C, Waldstein (C, F/C) allegr, adagio rondo 1805
F (F, F)allegreto
1806
F minor, Appassionata allegro, andante, alegro (f, D, f)
1807
F# (F#, F#) adagio, alegro
1810
G (G, g, G) presto tedesca, andante, vivace
1810
E, Les Adieux (E, c, E) adieux, absence, return 1811
E minor (e, E) german titles
1815
A (A, F, a/A) allegretto, vivace,adagio 1817
B, Hammerklavier (B, B, f#, B)allegro, viv, adag,largo 1819
E (E, e, E) vivace, presistmo, german 1821
A (A, f, b /a/A/g/A) mod, allegro, adagio(fuga)
1822
C minor (c, C)maestoso, arietta
1823

Which sonatas have the fewest or the most movements?

Fewest: op.49,op. 54,op. 78,op.90, op.111
Most:op.2, op.7, op.22, op.26, op.28, op.106, op.110
Which keys are used most frequently (for a sonata as a whole, not necessarily individual
movements, although it probably amounts to the same thing).Eb, F, C/c

Which keys are used most rarely? (Here individual movements or parts of movements do
count.) c#, f#,
Finally, for an extra point, in some of his later works Beethoven started using German-language
movement headings in lieu of or in addition to the standard Italian ones. In which sonatas are
these found?op90,3rd mov of op109