Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Overview

Probably the greatest composer that ever lived. According to Percy Scholes in his The Oxford Companion to Music", more than any other he deserves to be called the Shakespeare of music, for he reaches the heights and plumbs the depths of the human spirit as no other composer has done, and it was his own ambition to be called "Tone-Poet". In him were combined, in a measure that remains (and may for ever remain) unique, the power to feel most passionately and tenderly and the mastery of musical resources necessary to express his feelings in the most direct and vivid way."
He was born in Bonn in 1770 and died in Vienna in 1827 aged 56.

Websites:
	Midi World Beethoven	Midi files.
	DAHR: Ludwig van Beethoven	List of 1002 historic recordings from 1902 to 1947.

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Historic Records
Creation's Hymn (1922)	L. van Beethoven	Clara Butt	Columbia: 75164
Ich liebe Dich (1912)	L. van Beethoven	Frances Davis Alda	Victor: B-12561
In Questa Tomba Oscura (1922)	L. van Beethoven	Clara Butt	Columbia: 75165

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	Beethoven	William Kinderman
	Beethoven : Symphony Number 9	Nicholas Cook
	The Beethoven Encyclopedia	Paul Nettl

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Folk Music CDs:
	Clara Butt	Dame Clara Butt
	Clara Butt	Critical Survey Vol 1
	Various Artists	Mahler, Brahms, Wagner and others
	Ann Leaf	That Ain't the Way I Heard It (LP)
	Recorder Music CDs:
	The Schwanewede Recorder Consort	Recorder Memories: Schwanewede Recorder Consort
	Michala Petri	Works for Recorder, Guitar and Lute
	Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam	Extra Time

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Allegro Und Menuett	Flute/Flute
	Allegro Und Minuet For a Flute Clock	D/A/T/B

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Adagio : From Beethovens Sextet Op. 81 (n.d.)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Indiana
Adelaide (18--)	L. van Beethoven (music) John Sullivan Dwight (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Almack's Waltz (18--)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Indiana
Beethoven's Celebrated Grand Waltz For the Piano Forte (1832)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Greer
Clara Waltz (1840)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Greer
Collection of the Most Celebrated Waltzes (1830)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Greer
Collection of Waltzes For the Piano Forte. Set 1 (1834)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Greer
⇑Farewell to the Piano (n.d.)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Indiana
Grand Waltz (18--)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Indiana
Hymn to Night (1901)	L. van Beethoven (music) Theodore Baker (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Minuet in G (1918)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Indiana
Music, Love and Wine (1824)	L. van Beethoven (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Second Collection of the Most Celebrated Waltzes (1830)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Greer	Pub.
Sonata For the Piano Forte (1839)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Greer
Sonata Op. 49, No. 1 (1851)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Greer
⇑Sonate Pathetique (1834)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Greer	Pub.
Spirit Waltz (1833)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Greer
Spirit Waltz (1845)	L. van Beethoven (music)	Piano	Greer
When Twilight Weaves (1917)	L. van Beethoven (music) Gina Branscombe (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana

Sheet Music

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Album Soprano Recorder (D)

12 pages.
This edition: ED 10712.
Arr./Editor: Alexandra Rosen
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (49002482)

Romance: Op. 50 (D/Piano)

4 pages.
Arr./Editor: Gorni
Publisher: G. Ricordi & Co. Inc (50027810)

Duo C-Dur (D/A)

23 pages.
Arr./Editor: Erwin Schaller
Publisher: Ludwig Doblinger K.G. (04-00467)

Trio in B-Flat Major (A/A/A)

Score and Parts.
Arr./Editor: Ulrich Herrmann
Publisher: Heinrichshoven's Verlag (N03993)

Adagio Cantabile (Horn)

Arr./Editor: Albert Andraud Level: Grade 4.
Publisher: Southern Music Company (SS326)

Beethoven for Recorder (D)

Arr./Editor: Herwig Peychar
Publisher: EDITION MELODIE Anton Peterer (EMZ 2 107 579)

Beethoven For Trumpet (Trumpet)

Famous themes from great works for trumpet solo or duet.
Level: Beginner.
Publisher: EDITION MELODIE Anton Peterer

Duet No. II (A/T)

Score and Parts.
Level: 5 - Very Difficult.
Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00069)

Finale from Trio Op. 87 (A/T/B)

Score and Parts.
Arr./Editor: Lewin
Publisher: Hawthorns Music (HARA026)

Trio: Op. 87 (D/A/T)

Arr./Editor: Hunt Level: Medium
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (ST12204)

Trio: Op. 87: No. 3: Finale (D/A/T)

Level: Medium
⇑Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (ST11792)

Allegretto from Symphony VII (D/A/T/B)

Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00081)

Allegro und Minuet for a Flute Clock (D/A/T/T(B))

Publisher: Moeck Verlag (MK00279)

Drei Equali (A/T/T/B)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00014)

German Dances (D/A/T/B)

Score.
Publisher: Moeck Verlag (MK00229)

Minuet for a Musical Clock (D/A/T/B)

Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (ST11793)

Minuett (D/A/T/B)

Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (49002947)

Symphony No. 8: Op. 93 m (D/A/T/B/Guit./Perc)

⇑Publisher: Bosworth Edition (BOE4061)

Allegretto Scherzando (D/D/A/T/T/B/GB)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest (HARA035)

Brass Sheet Music

Sonata Pathetique - Adagio (Horn)

Music book.
Arr./Editor: Forrest Buchtel Level: Grade 5.
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company