Composer Study: Beethoven

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Resources

Recommended Listening

Beethoven’s music is grouped into three periods, early, middle, and late.  

Note: You might wonder what “Op.” means – this stands for “Opus” and the numbers refer to the order in which a composer wrote his works. So, Op. 1 would mean the first piece he wrote. The higher the number, the later in his life the piece was composed.

Early Period

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 - “Pathétique”

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 - “Moonlight”

Middle Period

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 61

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 – “Fate”

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 – “Pastoral”

Recommended Reading

Early Elementary

Late Elementary

Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Starring Neil Munro, Illya Woloshyn, Fiona Reid, Paul Soles, Albert Schultz

High School and Adults