LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
WORKS BY Hess NUMBER
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[For Details see: #1-50, #51-100, #101-150, #151-200, #201-250, #251-300, #301-334]
Compiled by Gary D. Evans
[last edit 4/03/2000]
HESS#
TITLE - INFORMATION
DATE Begun DATE Finished
1 Original ending to the 8th symphony (op 93) - 1st movement   1812
12 Oboe Concerto in F   1790-3
13 Romance for flute, bassoon, piano and orchestra in e   1786?
14 Piano Concerto - 1st movement in Bb - fragment   1794-5
15 Piano Concerto #6 in D, Incomplete - 1st movement   1815
16 Original introduction to Choral Fantasia, op 80   1818
19 Quintet in Eb   1793?
21 Septet op20 arranged for military band - 1st variation of 4th movement & finale   1802?
24 Fragments of 2nd movement to Duet WoO32   1796-97
25 Original finale to String Trio op 3.   1794?
28 Second Trio to the Scherzo for String Trio op 9 #1   1797-98
29 Prelude and Fugue in e for 2 violins and cello   1794-5
30 Prelude and Fugue in F & C for 2 violins, 1 viola and 1 cello   1794-5
33 Minuet in Ab   1790-2
34 String Quartet in F, (Arranged from Piano Sonata in E, op. 14 #1)   1801-2
36 String quartet arrangement of the fugue from the Overture to Handel's Solomon   c 1798
37 Fugue in C minor for 2 Pianos, KV426 - revised by Beethoven    
38 String quartet arrangement of Bach's Fugue in bb from Book 1 of the '48'   1801-2
39 Quintet in F, [lost]   ?
40 Prelude and Fugue in d, Fugue part not completed   1817
46 Violin Sonata in A   1790-2
47 Piano Trio arrangement of String Trio op 3 - 1st movement & fragments of 2nd   1800-17?
48 Allegretto in Eb for Piano, Cello, and Violin   1790-2
57 Bagatelle in C   1824
58 Piano Exercise in Bb major and minor    
59 Piano Exercise in C    
60 Draft in A for Piano    
63 Kaplied, by Schubart, arranged by Beethoven    
64 Fugue in C   1795
65 Little Concert Finale in C, (Arr of coda & finale of 3'd Piano Concerto, op. 37)   1820-21
66 Allegretto in C Minor    
67 Two German Dances in F Major and F Minor    
68 Laendler in C Minor    
69 Allegreeto in c   c1795-6
72 Theme with variation in A    
73 Bagatelle in C Major    
74 Bagatelle in Eb Major    
76 Reconstructed Cadenzas for Piano Concerto op 15    
79 Sketches and Fragments for Cadenza to Piano Concerto op 19    
81 Cadenza to 1st movement of Concerto #4    
82 Cadenza "senza misura" to the Rondo of Concerto #4    
83 Very brief cadenza to the Rondo for Piano Concerto #4    
87 Piano arrangement of March in Bb (WoO 29) for 6 wind instruments   1797-8
88 Piano arrangement of Minuet in Ab (Hess 33) for string quartet   1790-2
89 Piano arrangement of Ritterballett (WoO 1)   ?
90 Piano arrangement of Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (op. 43)   1801
91 Arrangment of Opferlied (op. 121b) for soprano, choir and piano, (Pub. 1825)   ?
92 Bundeslied op 122 for voice and piano    
93 A simplified setting and 2 keyboard vrs of Clärchen's Lied, #4 of Egmont (op.84)   1810
94      
95      
96 Symphony #7 op92 for Piano - fragment    
97 Piano arrangement of Wellingtons Sieg (op.91)   1816
98 Scherzo from the Piano Trio op 1 #2 for Piano (fragment/completed)    
99 Piano arrangement of Military March in F (WoO 18)   1809
100 Piano versions of WoO 8   ?
101 Piano version of WoO 7   ?
102 Piano version of WoO 14   ?
107 Grenadiermarsch for mechanical clock in F, [20 bar march by Haydn, arr. of WoO 29]   ?
108 Orig. version for Maelzel's panharmonicon of op. 91, 2'd part ["Siegessymphonie"]   1813
110 #4

Terzet, "Gut, soehnchen, gut" from 1806 version of Leonore

   
110 #8 Recitative and Aria, "Ach, brich noch nicht-Komm, Hoffnung" from 1806 version of Leonore.    
111 Duet, "Nur hurtig fort, nur frisch gegraben," early version    
112 Rocco's Gold Aria, cut from the 1806 version of Leonore    
113 Marzelline's Aria, with an abbreviated conclusion    
114 Recitative for Don Fernando, Dresden version of Fidelio    
115 Opera Vestas Feuer, Unfinished   1803
118 Complete music for Die Weihe des Hauses, () [adapted frm Die Ruinen von Athen, op. 113]   1822
121 Aria of Marzelline, "O waer ich schon mit dir vereint," in C major for voice and orchestra    
122 Aria of Marzelline, "O waer ich schon mit dir vereint," in C minor for voice and orchestra    
125 Hochzeitslied WoO 105 in C for unison voices    
133 "Das liebe Kätzchen", (Pub. 3/1820) Austrian   ?
134 Der Knabe auf dem Berge, (Pub. 3/1820) Austrian   ?
137 Song, "Ich wiege dich in meinem Arm, [Author?] lost   c 1795?
139 Song, "Minnesold von Bürger, in Tönen an Amenda ausbezahlt, () [Author ?] lost   c 1798
140 Dimmi, ben mio, che m'ami, later version of op 82 #1    
141 Busslied op 48 #6 - another version of the last 12 bars    
142 Wonne der Wehmut, earlier version of op 83 #1    
143 Song, "An die Freude", () lost [Friedrich von Schiller-"Freude, schöner Götterfunken"]Was early setting of Schiller's "To Joy". Ref. to by Ries, 1803. 2 sketches survive frm 1798.   c1798-9
144 Feuerfarb, earlier version of op 52 #2    
145 Opferlied, 1st version    
146 Der freie Mann, earlier version   1794
150 Heidenroeslein, for voice and piano - sketch    
168 No Title or Text, (Pub. early 1817) French   ?
178 Tis Sunshine at Last, version of WoO 153 #13 for Duet    
191 The Vale of Clwyd WoO 155 #19, early version    
192 "On the Massacre of Glencoe, (Pub. 1813) Scott (Replaced by WoO 152 #5)   ?
193 Farewell Bliss and Farewell nancy WoO 152 #20 - early version of codas    
194 "I Dream'd I Lay", (Pub 7/1810) (Replaced by WoO 153 #5)    
195 "When Far from the Home", (Pub. 1813) (Replaced by WoO 153 #11)   ?
196 "I'll Praise the Saints", [Pub. 7/1810] (Replaced by WoO 153 #12)   ?
197 "Tis but in Vain", (Replaced by WoO 153 #15)   7/1810
198 "Oh Would I Were", [Pub. 2/1812] (Replaced by WoO 154 #9)   ?
200 The Maid of Isla, 1st and 2nd versions of op108 #4    
201 Bonnie Laddie, Highland Laddie, 1st version of Violin part to op 108 #7    
202 Oh! Thou art the Lad of my Heart, Willy, 1st version of op 108 #11    
203 "Faithfu' Johnie", [Pub. 7/1810] (Replaced by WoO 108 #20)   ?
204 "O let the Night"    
205 The Dream, another version of WoO 155 #12    
206 "To the Blackbird", [Pub. 7/1810] (Replaced by WoO 155 #20)   ?
207 Como la Mariposa, Alternate coda to WoO 158a #20    
229 "Languisco e moro"   early1803
232 E pur fra le tempeste, Tenor Melody    
233 ~300 simple contrapuntal exercises on cantus firmi   1793
234 ~125 exercises in strict counterpoint   1794-5
235 26 exercises in free counterpoint   1794-5
236 18 simple 2 part fugues (strict)   1793-5
237 7 simple 3 part figures (strict)   1793-5
238 9 simple 4 part figures (strict)   1793-5
239 3 chorale fugues   1793-5
240 4 2-part exercises in double counterpoint   1793-5
241 21 exercises in double counterpoin   1793-5
242 6 exercises in double counterpoint   1793-5
243 5 4-part fugues in double counterpoint   1793-5
244 2 4-part triple fugues   1793-5
245 Fragment of a fugue in d for string quartet   1793-5
246 Double fugue in F for 4-part choir   1793-5
250 Ich kuesse Sie, druecke Sie an mein Herz, Riddle canon in C    
254 Hol dich der Teufel    
256 "Sankt Petrus ist ein Fels," Musical Joke for three voices in A    
260 Canon, "Fettluemerl und Bankert haben triumphirt"    
263 Te Solo Adoro, Canon for 2 voices in Eb    
274 Untexted canon in G   early1803
275 Untexted canon in Ab   c11/1803
276 "Herr Graf, ich komme zu fragen"   1797?
277 "Esel aller Esel"   c 9/1826
285 Musical Joke, "Tobias"    
297 Adagio for 3 horns in F   1815
298 Symphony in C minor   ?
299 2-part canon, "ester Magistrat"   1820
300 Canon, "Liebe mich, werter Weissenbach", for Aloys Weissenbach?   c 1/1820
301 "Wähner...es ist kein Wahn," for Friedrich Wähner?   c 1/1820
302 Canon "Uns geht es kannibalisch wohl als wie fuenfhundert Saeuen" for four voices   1825
303 Cannon, "Grossen Dank Fuer Solche Gnade"   July 1823
304 Canon, "Ich Blase das Fagot"   ?
305 Canon, "Geschlagen ist der Feind" - sketch   1813
321 Little Instrumental Melody in Bb   1800?
322 Gott allein ist unser Herr, er allein - vocal melody in Eb   1818
323 Leb wohl, schoene Abendsonne, Vocal melody in C   1818
324 Melody in C minor   1802-03
325 Piece in D   1802-03
326 4 Part Fugue in C - sketch   1800-01
327 2 Little Melodies in A minor   1803
331 Minuet in Bb   1799
332 Pastorella in D   1799
333 Minuet-Scherzo in A for String Quartet   1799
334 Draft of a Presto in A (for string quartet ?)   1799