As is the case with other composers, the works of Beethoven are classified by genre and more kinds of numbering systems. The most relevant and important numbering is the opus numbering. There are 172 Beethoven compositions numbered in this system and these are listed under 138 opus numbers (one opus number can contain multiple compositions). Apart from opus numbers, there …
Werke ohne Opuszahl (Works without opus number), abbreviated WoO, is a German musical catalog prepared by Hans Halm and Georg Kinsky in 1955. The goal was to list all Beethoven compositions that were not numbered with opus numbers or exist only in fragments. The original German title was Das Werk Beethovens: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner sämtlichen vollendeten Kompositionen. Example for WoO …
In musicology work numbers that are assigned to compositions are called opus numbers. In abbreviated form “Op.” stands for one composition and “Opp.”refers to more than one work under the same opus number. If a composition was published posthumously, it was denoted as “Op. posth.” Opus numbers not necessarily mean a chronological order of works. The word has its origin in …
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They say you should never meet your hero in person. Ignaz Moscheles did and still remained a fan. How did it happen? Who was Ignaz Moscheles? Isaac Ignaz Moscheles (23 May 1794– 10 March 1870) was a composer and piano virtuoso from Bohemia. He was born in Prague into a German speaking Jewish family. His father was a merchant, …
Beethoven was blessed to have many excellent teachers and mentors, but nobody was so influential in his life than Christian Neefe. Who was Christian Gottlob Neefe? Christian Gottlob Neefe (5 February 1748 – 28 January 1798) was a German musician and composer, who also was a writer. Neefe was born in Chemnitz, Saxony, into a poor family. His musical talent …