Ludwig van Beethoven was around 25 when he starting working on his first symphony, and 55 when he composed his last.
The list below comes from the web site All About Ludwig Van Beethoven, which was created by Prof. Iulian Munteanu. Please visit (and explore) the professor’s site. It’s an exceptional one.
The Nine Symphonies
There are nine Beethoven symphonies, each of them being a masterpiece in itself, all different from each other, but at the same time, each one of them representing a certain stage in the evolution of the musical symphonic language of Beethoven.
- Symphony No. 1, in C major, op. 21 (1799-1800)
- Symphony No. 2, in D major, op.36 (1802)
- Symphony No. 3, in E flat major, op.55, also known as “Eroica,” (1804)
- Symphony No. 4, in B flat major, op. 60, (1806)
- Symphony No. 5, in C minor, op. 67 (1807)
- Symphony No. 6, in F major, op. 68, also known as “Pastoral” (1808)
- Symphony No. 7, in La major, op. 92, also known as “The Apotheosis of Dance,” (1812)
- Symphony No. 8, in F major, op.93 also known as “The Little Symphony” (1812)
- Symphony No. 9, with a choir and soloists, in D minor, op.125 (1817-1825)