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  • The Beethoven Music Research Center
    • Who are we?The C.R.M.B. staff, co-authors and collaborators
    • Our purposeThe C.R.M.B. aims to make known the entire production of Ludwig van Beethoven, from the most famous works to the smallest sketches
    • CataloguesCatalogues consulted by the C.R.M.B. and a responsive and interactive concordance table
    • SourcesSection dedicated to the musicological sources used by the C.R.M.B.
    • Site MapSite Map. The various sections of the Music Research Center website www.lvbeethoven.org
    • Research becomes ArtNew life for Ludwig van Beethoven’s unknown works
    • We recommend...Some suggestions from our authors
    • The collections of the Beethoven Music Research CenterThe CRMB Art and Music collection: scores, rare and unique books, memorabilia, objects from the Beethovenian world
    • Publications edited by C.R.M.B.Scores, essays and publications edited by our collaborators
    • Partner and recommended sitesOrganizations we work with and recommended sites
  • News 20/7/2026
  • Works
    • OpusWorks with opus number (1-138)
    • WoO (Werke ohne Opuszahl)Works without opus number (1-228b)
    • WoO AnhangAppendix of doubtful works (1-18)
    • HessHess Werke Verzeichnis (1-335)
    • Hess AnhangHess Appendix of Spurious or Dubious Works (1-66)
    • BiamontiBiamonti Catalog (1-849)
    • Unvollendete WerkeFragmentary works (Unv. 1-23)
    • Beethoven's Copies and NotesBeethoven’s studies and copies of works by other musicians
    • SketchbooksSketches and fragments from Beethoven’s sketchbooks
    • Treaty of HarmonyLudwig van Beethoven’s Studien im Generalbass, Contrapunkt und in der Compositions-lehre
    • Around BeethovenParaphrases, fantasies, variations, transcriptions, reductions, collections and adaptations of Beethoven’s works.
    • Apocryphal BeethovenInteresting section dedicated to spurious, apocryphal, inauthentic, falsified works that appeared under the name “Ludwig van Beethoven”
    • ChoreodramasBeethoven in “Choreodrama”: Didone, La Vestale, Il conte di Essex, Gundeberga, Gli Ussiti, la Raccolta Di varj e migliori pezzi di musica per Forte Piano del Ballo Prometeo” etc
    • Dedicated to BeethovenWorks by other musicians dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Genres
    • Ludwig van Beethoven’s works divided by musical genreKurt Dorfmüller, Norbert Gertsch, Julia Ronge: Ludwig van Beethoven thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis – Henle Verlag, München, 2014.
    • I - Symphonies
    • II - Orchestral
    • III - Dances
    • IV - Harmoniemusiken
    • V - Concerts
    • VI - Strings and piano
    • VII - Piano Trios
    • VIII - Violin and piano
    • IX - Cello and piano
    • X - An instrument and piano
    • XI - Chamber miscellany
    • XII - String Quintets
    • XIII - String Quartets
    • XIV - Duets and trios for strings
    • XV - Four-hand piano
    • XVI - Piano Sonatas
    • XVII - Variations for piano
    • XVIII - Miscellany for piano
    • XIX - Sacred works
    • XX - Operas
    • XXI - Stage music
    • XXII - Cantatas and arias with orchestra
    • XXIII - Folk Songs
    • XXIV - Lieder
    • XXV - Italian Songs
    • XXVI - Canons
    • XXVII - Studies
  • Essays
    • About concertsArticles on concerts featuring music by Ludwig van Beethoven and other composers
    • About eventsArticles and essays relating to non-concert events
    • About lifeArticles on Beethoven’s life, with specific insights
    • About musicArticles about music by other musicians
    • About placesArticles about the places where Beethoven lived and worked
    • About worksArticles on the works of Ludwig van Beethoven written by our contributors
    • Biographies and peopleBiographical articles on personalities, scholars, and friends of Ludwig van Beethoven
    • MiscellaneousArticles that do not fit into other categories
  • Bibliography
    • Bibliography – Books in Italian language
    • Bibliography – Books in English language
    • Bibliography – Books in Spanish language
    • Complete books in PDF
    • Essential books
    • Gesamtausgabe 1862-1865 / Supplemente 1865-1888-1890
    • Multimedia books
  • Biography
    • Introduction to the BreviaryIntroduction to the Beethoven Breviary, by Marco Pagni Frette
    • I - Preface
    • II - Life and events
    • III - Birth and youth
    • IV - Character and personality
    • V - Friends, patrons and women
    • VI - Writings, documents and letters
    • VII - Political and social ideas
    • VIII - Beethoven and religion
    • IX - The musician and the composer
    • X - Opinions on other musicians
    • XI - Opinions from other musicians
    • XII - Music criticism
    • XIII - Beethoven and the listeners
    • XIV - Beethoven's loves
    • XV - Publishers
    • XVI - Biographies and biographers
    • XVII - The romantic legend
    • XVIII - In the history of music
    • XIX - Beethoven's Houses
    • XX - The last days
  • AI Gallery
    • Artists, sculptors and paintersA gallery of artists who portrayed Beethoven and his era, transforming music into image.
    • Beethoven’s FamilyFaces and stories of Beethoven’s family: roots, affections, and bonds that shaped his world.
    • Beethoven's Scholarly GalleryVoices of knowledge, guardians of memory — scholars who keep Beethoven alive in thought and word.
    • Friends, acquaintances, publishers, and patronsThe friends and patrons who supported Beethoven, offering affection, protection, and resources for his art.
    • Musicians, Masters and InspirersComposers and performers contemporary to Beethoven, protagonists of an age of musical revolution.
    • Post-Beethoven composersMusicians of subsequent generations who studied, interpreted, and transmitted Beethoven’s legacy.
    • WomenThe women who marked Beethoven’s life and imagination, between inspirations, affections, and mysteries.
    • Writers and poetsPoets who evoked Beethoven or inspired his music with verses and images, transforming his art into word and myth.
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