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May 24-June 6: Beethoven

            VGCM p176-193

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphonies

Nos. 3 (Eroica), 4, 5, 6 (Pastoral), 7, 9 (Choral)

Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major

String quartets

Rasoumovsky Quartets op. 59, especially the F major (Cello) E minor, and C major (Hero)

Late quartets: especially op. 132 in A minor, then opp. 127, 130, 131, and 135

Piano sonatas

Early to middle: Moonlight, Pathetique, Waldstein, Appassionata

Late: opp. 109, 110, 111

Opera: Fidelio

Piano Trio in B-flat (Archduke)

Missa Solemnis