Menuett Op. WoO 82
Minuet · in E♭ major · WoO 82
Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827
E♭ major
Key
Minuet
Form
Tempo di minuetto
Tempo
WoO 82
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Themes & character
Standalone minuet·Early work·Without opus number·Approachable Beethoven
At a glance
- Catalogue
- WoO 82
- Key
- E♭ major
- Tempo / character
- Tempo di minuetto
- Form
- Minuet
About the piece
A short standalone minuet in E♭ major, catalogued as a Werk ohne Opuszahl, a work without opus number, meaning Beethoven never included it in his numbered publications.
Pieces like this circulated widely in his lifetime as domestic music for amateur players, and it remains one of the most approachable things in his catalogue, often used as a student's first encounter with Beethoven's writing.
The composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770–1827
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer, conductor, and pianist. Regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music, he was mentored during the Classical period, and his musical style was a key driver of the transition to Romantic music, and the expansion of instrumental forms such as the symphony, the piano sonata and the string quartet. His compositions have attracted extraordinary casual and scholarly interest, and remain among the most performed in the world.
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