{"id":2451,"date":"2023-04-11T21:21:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T19:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/?p=2451"},"modified":"2023-04-11T21:21:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T19:21:05","slug":"how-many-piano-sonatas-did-beethoven-compose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/how-many-piano-sonatas-did-beethoven-compose\/","title":{"rendered":"How many piano sonatas did Beethoven compose?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his piano sonatas between 1795 and 1822. During this period he wrote 32 piano works.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(As a young boy, he had composed 3 piano sonatas that were published when he was 13. After his death one more, but incomplete piano sonata was found among his notes, also from his childhood. These 3+1 juvenile works are not included in the 32.)<\/p>\n

\nList of Beethoven\u2019s piano sonatas<\/h3>\n

Juvenilia<\/strong>
\nWoO 47: Three Piano Sonatas (composed 1782\u20133, published 1783)
\nPiano Sonata in E-flat major
\nPiano Sonata in F minor
\nPiano Sonata in D major<\/p>\n

Early sonatas<\/strong>
\nOpus 2: Three Piano Sonatas (1795)
\nPiano Sonata No. 1 in F minor
\nPiano Sonata No. 2 in A major
\nPiano Sonata No. 3 in C major<\/p>\n

Opus 49: Two Piano Sonatas (composed 1795\u20136, published 1805)
\nPiano Sonata No. 19 in G minor
\nPiano Sonata No. 20 in G major<\/p>\n

Opus 7: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major (“Grand Sonata”) (1797)<\/p>\n

Opus 10: Three Piano Sonatas (1798)
\nPiano Sonata No. 5 in C minor
\nPiano Sonata No. 6 in F major
\nPiano Sonata No. 7 in D major<\/p>\n

Opus 13: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor (“Path\u00e9tique”) (1798)<\/p>\n

Opus 14: Two Piano Sonatas (1799)
\nPiano Sonata No. 9 in E major
\nPiano Sonata No. 10 in G major<\/p>\n

Opus 22: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major (1800)<\/p>\n

Opus 26: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major (1801)<\/p>\n

Opus 27: Two Piano Sonatas (1801)
\nPiano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major ‘Sonata quasi una fantasia’
\nPiano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor ‘Sonata quasi una fantasia’ (“Moonlight”)<\/p>\n

Opus 28: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major (“Pastoral”) (1801)<\/p>\n

Middle sonatas<\/strong>
\nOpus 31: Three Piano Sonatas (1802)
\nPiano Sonata No. 16 in G major
\nPiano Sonata No. 17 in D minor (“Tempest”)
\nPiano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major (“The Hunt”)<\/p>\n

Opus 53: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major (“Waldstein”) (1804)
\nWoO 57: Andante favori \u2014 Original middle movement of the “Waldstein” sonata (1804)<\/p>\n

Opus 54: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major (1804)<\/p>\n

Opus 57: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor (“Appassionata”) (1805)<\/p>\n

Opus 78: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major (“A Th\u00e9r\u00e8se”) (1809)<\/p>\n

Opus 79: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major (“Cuckoo”) (1809)<\/p>\n

Opus 81a: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major (“Les adieux\/Das Lebewohl”) (1810)<\/p>\n

Opus 90: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor (1814)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Late sonatas<\/strong>
\nOpus 101: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major (1816)<\/p>\n

Opus 106: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major (“Hammerklavier”) (1818)<\/p>\n

Opus 109: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major (1820)<\/p>\n

Opus 110: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major (1821)<\/p>\n

Opus 111: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor (1822)<\/p>\n

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