Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

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Miscellaneous Orchestral Works

Hess 1	Original ending of the first movement of the Eighth Symphony, [Op. 93]	1811-12
Hess 2	Twelve Minuets, composed in 1799
	Minuet no. 1	1799
	Minuet no. 2	1799
	Minuet no. 3	1799
	Minuet no. 4	1799
	Minuet no. 5	1799
	Minuet no. 6	1799
	Minuet no. 7	1799
	Minuet no. 8	1799
	Minuet no. 9	1799
	Minuet no. 10	1799
	Minuet no. 11	1799
	Minuet no. 12	1799
Hess 3	Twelve Ecossaises for piano or orchestra	?
Hess 4	An Ecossaise in G major for Wind Band	um 1810
Hess 5	Twelve German [Dances], presumably performed in Vienna about 1796-7
	German Dance no. 1	1796/97?
	German Dance no. 2	1796/97?
	German Dance no. 3	1796/97?
	German Dance no. 4	1796/97?
	German Dance no. 5	1796/97?
	German Dance no. 6	1796/97?
	German Dance no. 7	1796/97?
	German Dance no. 8	1796/97?
	German Dance no. 9	1796/97?
	German Dance no. 10	1796/97?
	German Dance no. 11	1796/97?
	German Dance no. 12	1796/97?
Hess 6	March in F major for Wind Band ("Marsch für die böhmische Landwehr") (March for the Bohemian General Armed Forces)	1809
Hess 7	Zapfenstreich (Military Tattoo) No. 1 in F major	1809
Hess 8	March for Archduke Anton in F major, likewise for Wind Band	1810
Hess 9	Zapfenstreich (Military Tattoo) No. 3 in F major	1810-22

Concertos and Solo Works with Orchestral Accompaniment

Hess 10	Violin Concerto in C major (fragment of a first movement)	1790-92
Hess 11	Violin Romance No. 3	1816
Hess 12	Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in F major	1792/93 ?
Hess 13	Romance Cantabile for piano, flute and basson accompanied by two oboes and strings in E minor; written about 1792-3, and surviving as fragment only	1786
Hess 14	Piano Concerto in B-flat major, [Op. 19] first version, composed 1794-5 and played in this version by Beethoven more than once, but unfortunately now lost	1794-95
Hess 15	Piano Concerto in D major, fragment from the year 1815	1815
Hess 16	Original beginning [of the] Choral Fantasy, Op. 80	1808

Chamber Music for Wind Instruments

Hess 17	Allegro and Minuet in G major for two flutes	1792
Hess 18	Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem" for two oboes and English horn	1796-97
Hess 19	Quintet for oboe, three horns and basson in E-flat major	1793 ?
Hess 20	Eleven Viennese dances for seven or eight wind instruments
	Viennese dance no. 1	1819
	Viennese dance no. 2	1819
	Viennese dance no. 3	1819
	Viennese dance no. 4	1819
	Viennese dance no. 5	1819
	Viennese dance no. 6	1819
	Viennese dance no. 7	1819
	Viennese dance no. 8	1819
	Viennese dance no. 9	1819
	Viennese dance no. 10	1819
	Viennese dance no. 11	1819
Hess 21	Fragment of an arrangement for 9-10 instruments of the "Andante con Variazioni" from the Septet [Op. 20]	?

Chamber Music for String Instruments

Hess 22	Duet (Sonata movement in E-flat major for viola and cello), titled "Duett mit 2 obligaten Augengläsern"	1795-98
Hess 23	Minuet in E-flat major for the same instruments as above [viola and cello]	?
Hess 24	Fragment of a slow movement	?
Hess 25	Early version of the String Trio Op. 3 in E-flat major	1795 ?
Hess 26	Six minuets for two violins and bass
	Minuet no. 1	um 1795
	Minuet no. 2	um 1795
	Minuet no. 3	um 1795
	Minuet no. 4	um 1795
	Minuet no. 5	um 1795
	Minuet no. 6	um 1795
Hess 27	Seven ländlerische Tänze (Ländler Dances) for the same instruments as above [i.e., two violins and bass]
	Dance No. 1	1798
	Dance No. 2	1798
	Dance No. 3	1798
	Dance No. 4	1798
	Dance No. 5	1798
	Dance No. 6	1798
	Dance No. 7	1798
Hess 28	A second trio for the Scherzo of Op. 9, No. 1	1797/98
Hess 29	Prelude and Fugue in E minor for two violins and cello	1795
Hess 30	Prelude and Fugue for String Quartet in F major	1795
Hess 31	Prelude and Fugue for String Quartet in C major	1795
Hess 32	First version of String Quartet Op. 18, No. 1	1799
Hess 33	Minuet for String Quartet in A-flat major	1790-92
Hess 34	Quartet in F major, [an arrangement of] the Piano Sonata, Op. 14, No. 1	1801-02
Hess 35	String Quartet Arrangement of the B minor Fugue [No. 24] from Part One of Bach's Well-tempered Clavier	1817
Hess 36	String Quartet Arrangement of the fugue from the Overture to Handel's "Solomon"	?
Hess 37	Mozart's Fugue, KV 426	?
Hess 38	String Quintet Arrangement (wto violins, viola and two cellos) of Bach's B-flat minor Fuge, No. 22 from Book 1 of the Well-tempered Clavier	1801/02
Hess 39	String Quintet in F major	1826
Hess 40	String Quintet movement [two violins, 2 violas and cello] in D minor	1817
Hess 41	String Quintet in C major, fragment of a first movement	1826
Hess 42	Small Piece for two Violins, A major	1822

Chamber Music with Piano

Hess 43	Sonata Movement in C for Mandolin and Cambalo	1796
Hess 44	Adagio, ma non troppo for the same instruments [piano and mandolin]	um 1796
Hess 45	Andante con variazioni in D major for the same instruments [piano and mandolin]	1796
Hess 46	Fragment of a Sonata for Piano and Violin, A major	1790-92
Hess 47	Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello after [the String Trio], Op. 3	1800-17
Hess 48	Allegretto in E-flat major for piano, violin and cello	1790-92
Hess 49/50	Two Piano Trios
	E-flat major	1790-91
	B-flat major	1812

Works for Piano, Two-Hands

Hess 51	Rondo in C major for piano	1783
Hess 52	Piano Sonata in C major	?
Hess 53	Sonata Movement and Allegretto in F major for [Franz Gerhard] Wegeler	1788-90
Hess 54	Variations on a Theme, "Freudvoll und leidvoll" by [Karl] Amenda	?
Hess 55	Varations on Venni amore (Righini), first version	1791
Hess 56	Bagatelle in G minor	1825
Hess 57	Sketches for a Bagatelle in C major	?
Hess 58	Piano Etude in B-flat major	ca. 1800
Hess 59	Piano Etude in C major	ca. 1800
Hess 60	A performance-ready sketch for piano in A major	?
Hess 61	Anglaise [for piano] in D major	ca. 1800
Hess 62	Allegretto in B minor	1821
Hess 63	Piano setting of Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart's Kaplied (Cape Song)	?
Hess 64	Three-part Fugue in C major	ca. 1794
Hess 65	Small Concerto Finale in C major	1820
Hess 66	Second version of the Allegretto in C minor	?
Hess 67	Virtually playable drafts of two German Dances, in F major and F minor	?
Hess 68	Little Waltz (German Dance) in C minor	1803
Hess 69	Allegretto in C minor [for piano]	1796/97
Hess 70	The beginning of an Adagio	1803
Hess 71	Unknown piano piece	1803
Hess 72	Theme with the beginning of a Variation [for Piano]	1803
Hess 73	Melody [for Piano] in C major	um 1800
Hess 74	Allegro [for Piano] in E-flat major	um 1800
Hess 75	Theme for Archduke Rudolph (on the words, O Hoffnung, du stählst die Herzen, du milderst die Schmerzen)	1818

Cadenzas for the Piano Concertos

Hess 76	Draft of an unknown cadenza to the C major Concerto [Op. 15]	1809 ?
Hess 77/78	Two cadenzas to the C major Concerto [Op. 15]
	Cadenza for the first movement	1809 ?
	Cadenza for the second movement	1809 ?
Hess 79	Unknown cadenza for the first version of the Piano Concerto in B-flat major [Op. 19]	1809 ?
Hess 80	Cadenza for the first movement of the C minor Piano Concerto [Op. 37]	1809 ?
Hess 81	Cadenza for the first movement of the [Piano] Concerto [No. 4] in G major [Op. 58; c. 1809)	1809 ?
Hess 82	Transition "senza misura" to the Rondo of the [Piano] Concerto [No. 4 in] G major [Op. 58]	1809 ?
Hess 83	A very short cadenza to the Rondo of the [Piano] Concerto [No. 4 in] G major [Op. 58; c. 1809]	1809 ?
Hess 84	Transition to the soloist's second entrance in the Rondo of the piano version of the Violon Concerto [Op. 61]	?
Hess 85	Another cadenza to the Rondo of the piano version of the Violon Concerto, [Op. 61]	?

Original Piano Arrangements by Beethoven

Hess 86	The Fugue Op. 134 for piano, four-hands is a transcription of the Große Fuge for String Quartet, Op. 133	1826
Hess 87	March for 6 wind instruments	?
Hess 88	[Piano arrangement of] Minuet in A-flat for String Quartet	?
Hess 89	Ritterballett (Knightly Ballet)	?
Hess 90	[Piano arrangement of the Ballet], Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (The Creations of Prometheus)	?
Hess 91	"Opferlied" (Offering Song), Op. 121b	?
Hess 92	"Bundeslied" (Fellowship Song), Op. 122	?
Hess 93	A simplified setting [of Freudvoll only] in A major	?
Hess 94	Piano version in G major [of Clärchen's Lied, No. 4 of "Egmont" Op. 84, 1810]	?
Hess 95	Piano version in F major [of Clärchen's Lied, No. 4 of "Egmont" Op. 84, 1810]	?
Hess 96	Seventh Symphony, [Op. 92,] the first 46 bars of the first movement [in an incomplete piano transcription]	?
Hess 97	Wellingtons Sieg, oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria [Op. 91]	?
Hess 98	Scherzo of the Piano Trio Op. 1, No. 2 [in a version for piano alone]	?
Hess 99	Military March in F major	?
Hess 100	[Piano version of] Twelve German Dances for orchestra [WoO 8]	1795
Hess 101	[Piano version of] the Twelve Minuets for orchestra [WoO 7]	?
Hess 102	[Piano version of] Nine Contretänze from the Twelve Contretänze [WoO 14]	?

Works for Mechanical Musical Instruments

Hess 103	Adagio in F major for Mechanical Clock	1799
Hess 104	Scherzo in G major for Mechanical Clock	1799
Hess 105	Allegro in G major for Mechanical Clock	1799
Hess 106	Allegro and Minuet in C major
	Allegro	1799
	Minuet	1799
Hess 107	Grenadiermarsch [in F major] for mechanical clock	1798 ?
Hess 108	Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria, the original version for Mälzel's panharmonikon	1813

Works for the Stage

Hess 109	Leonore, Opera in 3 Acts (first version of Fidelio 1805)	1805
Hess 110	Leonore, Opera in 2 Acts (second version of Fidelio 1806)	1806
Hess 111	Duet, "Nur hurtig fort, nur frisch gegraben" (Just Work Swiftly, Only Freshly Dug)	?
Hess 112	Rocco's "Gold" aria from 1806	1806
Hess 113	Marzelline's Aria, [with the] shortened ending from 1814	1814
Hess 114	Dresden addition of the second finale of the 1814 [version of] Fidelio	1814
Hess 115	"Vestas Feuer," first scene of an unfinished opera with a libretto by [Emanuel] Schikaneder	1803
Hess 116	Vocal components of the Ritterballett	?
Hess 117	Music to [Christoph] Kuffner's tragedy Tarpeja
	Triumphal March	1813
	Introduzione dell' secondo atto	1813
Hess 118	Die Weihe des Hauses (The Consecration of the House), a festival play	1822

Concert Arias and Songs with Orchestra

Hess 119	"No, non turbarti!," Scene and Aria for soprano and string orchestra (1801)	1801/02
Hess 120	"Nei giorni tuoi felici," duet for Soprano and Tenor with Orchestra	1802-03
Hess 121	Marzelline's aria, "O wär ich schon mit dir vereint" (Oh, I Long to Be Already United with You), C major setting	1806
Hess 122	The same aria; an early setting in C minor	?
Hess 123	"Kriegslied für die zum heiligen Krieg verbundeten deutschen Heere" (War Song for the German Armies Allied for the Sacred War)	1813-14

Songs and Arias with Piano Accompaniment

Hess 124	A wedding song for Anna Giannatasio Del Rio	1819
Hess 125	The same song, in a C major setting with unison choral refrain	?
Hess 126	Punschlied, "Wer nicht, wenn warm von Hand zu Hand" (Who Not, When Warmly from Hand to Hand)	um 1790
Hess 127	"Un liento brindisi," for Soprano, two Tenors and Bass [with text by] Abbate Clemente Bondi	1814
Hess 128	"An Laura" (Friedrich von Matthisson) "Freu' umblühe dich auf allen Wegen" (May Joy Bloom Around You on All Paths)	um 1790
Hess 129	"Que le temp me dure" [First version] (text by J.-J. Rousseau)	1792-93
Hess 130	Second version of the same song, "Que le temp me dure" (see above) with the setting being in the major key	1792-93
Hess 131	"Plaisir d'aimer (author unknown)	1799
Hess 132	"Der edle Mensch sey hülfreich und gut" (Let Noble Men Be Helpful and Good)	1823
Hess 133	"Das liebe Kätzchen" (The Dear Kitten)	um 1820
Hess 134	"Der Knabe auf dem Berge" (The Boy on the Mountain)	um 1820
Hess 135	"La tiranna"	um 1798
Hess 136	"Neue Liebe, neues Leben" ("Herz, mein Herz, was soll das geben") (New Love, New Life) (Heart, My Heart, What Has That Given)	1798-99
Hess 137	"Schwinge dich in meinen Dom" (Swing Yourself into My Cathedral)	1795 ?
Hess 138	"Odorata - o Nice" ('Odorata' is probably a misprint; the correct word should be 'Adorata')	1815-17
Hess 139	"Minnesold von Bürger, in Tönen an Amenda ausbezahlt von Beethoven" (Bürger's Minnesold, in [musical] notes paid to Amenda by Beethoven)	1798 ?
Hess 140	"Dimmi, ben mio, che m'ami," (Tell Me, My Dear, That You Love Me) a later setting of Op. 82, No. 1	?
Hess 141	"Bußlied" (Song of Patience); Op. 48 No. 6	?
Hess 142	"Wonne der Wehmut," (The Bliss of Melancholy); Op. 83, No. 1; another version	?
Hess 143	Ode "An die Freude" (To Joy)	1793
Hess 144	"Feuerfarb' " (Color of Fire), an early version	1792
Hess 145	"Opferlied" (Offering Song), the text is by [Friedrich von] Matthisson; this is the very first version	1822
Hess 146	"Der freie Mann" (The Free Man), an earlier setting [of WoO 117]	1792/93
Hess 147	"Der Kuss" (The Kiss), Op. 128, earlier setting	1798
Hess 148	Sketches for Goethe's "Erlkönig" (The Erl-King), various drafts	1800-10
Hess 149	Continuity drafts [for a] song to Goethe's "Rastlose Liebe" (Restless Love)	1800/10
Hess 150	Sketches to Goethe's "Heidenröslein" (Litte Rose of the Moor)	?
Hess 151	"Traute Henriette" (Trusted Henriette)	1792-93

Folksong Arrangements

Hess 152	Irish. Text unknown	?
Hess 153	Irish. Text unknown	?
Hess 154	According to Thayer, nationality unknown	?
Hess 155	Scottish, without text, E major	?
Hess 156	Danish, (Ritter nah'n dem Königsschloß)	1815-18
Hess 157	Scottish, without text, trio. G major	?
Hess 158	Portuguese, Cancion, "Ich traue nicht den Wogen" (I don't trust the waves)	1815-18
Hess 159	Portuguese, duet, "Als ihre Augen kaum ich gesehen" (When I had just seen her eyes)	1815-18
Hess 160	Russian, "In dem Wald, dem grünen Walde" (In the forest, the green forest)	1815-18
Hess 161	Russian, "Ach, ihr Bächlein, kühlen Wasser" (Oh, you little brook with cool waters)	1815-18
Hess 162	Russian, "Uns're lieben Mädchen gingen Beeren pflücken" (Our lovely girls went berry picking)	1815-18
Hess 163	Spanish, Bolero a solo, "Mein Täubchen ist entflogen" (My dove has flown away)	1815-18
Hess 164	Spanish, Bolero a due, duet, "Die Rose lockt den Falter" (The Rose lures the Butterfly)	1815-18
Hess 165	Spanish, Tiranilla Española, "Auf Gefährten, macht euch bereit!" (On, companions, get yourselves ready!)	1815-18
Hess 166	Nationality unknown, E minor	?
Hess 167	Nationality unknown, B-flat major	?
Hess 168	Air by Rousseau (Thomson), text is unknown, F major	1817 ?
Hess 169	Nationality unknown, B-flat major	?
Hess 170	Scottish, without text, A minor	?
Hess 171	Swiss, "An ä Bergli bin i gesässe" (I sat on a mountain)	1815-18
Hess 172	German, "Horch auf, mein Liebchen" (Listen, oh, my dearest)	1815-18</