Sunday, May 13, 2007

Pre-Regency Beethoven, 1795-1810

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

I'm starting with major works that would have been available and familiar to musicians and audiences by the start of the Regency in 1811. The dates in the list are publication or premiere dates:


1795

Song, Adelaide
Variations on "Nel Cor piu non mi sento," from Paisiello's opera La Molinara (1790)

1796
Aria, "Ah perfido!"
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Opus 2
Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Opus 2
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Opus 3

1797
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Opus 15 (1796-97)
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, Opus 7

1798
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Opus 10
Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Opus 10
Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Opus 10
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Opus 10
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Opus 13 ("Pathétique")
Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major, Opus 50

1799
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Opus 14
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Opus 15

1800
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major, Opus 22
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Opus 22

1801
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major , Opus 26 ("Funeral March")
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Opus 27
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Opus 27 ("Moonlight")
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Opus 28 ("Pastoral")
The Creatures of Prometheus, Opus 43 (overture and ballet music)
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Opus 24 ("Spring")

1802
Fifteen variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E-flat major, Opus 35 ("Eroica Variations")
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Opus 31 ("Tempest")
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Opus 31 ("The Hunt")
Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major, Opus 40

1803
Oratorio, Christ on the Mount of Olives, Opus 85
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Opus 37
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Opus 53 ("Waldstein")
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 36
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major ("Kreutzer")

1805
Fidelio (Opera, composed 1803-1805)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Opus 57 ("Appassionata")
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Opus 55 ("Eroica")
Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Opus 56

1806
The "Rasumovsky" Quartets: String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Opus 59; String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Opus 59; String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Opus 59

1807
Coriolan Overture, Opus 62
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Opus 60

1808
Choral Fantasy for solo piano, chorus, and orchestra, Opus 80
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Opus 68 ("Pastoral")

1809
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Opus 73 ("Emperor")
String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, Opus 74 ("Harp")

1810
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Opus 81a ("Les adieux/Lebewohl")
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Opus 95 ("Serioso")

c. 1810
Bagatelle in A minor, Opus 59 ("Für Elise")

1 comment:

JoGillespie said...

Thank you SO much for your work here! This is just what I've been looking for for my Regency romance novel. Do you know of any WOMEN composers at this time? I've learned about Eliza Flower, and Fanny Mendelsshon, but they're both a little later than my book's setting.