The Beethoven Method is a fun name which popped up in my head once. I wrote about it in this instagram post once.
Why a fun name? Yes, we have the Hal Leonard Method, the Alfred Method, the Suzuki Method, Faber, etc. etc...
Why not a method where we learn Beethoven's work (as well as his contemporaries and other classically-oriented composers) and call it The Beethoven Method?
Personally, it's also because teaching has brought me to understand, play and teach Beethoven's "intermediate" work more confidently, too.
I used to be afraid of Beethoven, btw. ;)
I'll start this list and my references are among others the Suzuki books, Mastering the Piano, The Pianissimo Series (Piano Picollo, Fur Elise & Liebestraum), Jane Magrath's Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature, & ABRSM.
My goal is to find the nicest sonatas, rondos, or variations (typical classical-period forms), not only by Beethoven & his contemporaries, but also composers from other eras writing sonatinas, rondos, variations, etc.
Some repertoire ideas:
Denes Agay (1911-2007)
Miniature Sonatina (Joy)
See Saw Sonata (Joy)
C. Czerny (1791-1857)
Allegretto 1 (Suzuki 1)
Allegretto 2 (Suzuki 1)
Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747–1822)
op. 38 no. 3, 4, 12 (Piano Piccolo)
Thomas Attwood (1765-1838)
Sonatina in G, part 1
Georg A. Benda (1722-1795)
Sonatina in Ami (Mastering the Piano 2, ABRSM 4)
Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)
Sonatina op. 36 no. 1, part 1 (Mastering 2)
Sonatina op. 36 no. 1, movement 1-3 (Suzuki 3)
Sonatina op. 36 no. 2 (my childhood favorite)
Sonatina op. 36 no. 3, movement 1 (Suzuki 3)
Sonatina op. 36 no. 4
Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)
Sonatina in F
Sonatina in G
Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832)
Sonatina op. 55 no. 1
J. N. Hummel (1778-1837)
Rondo in C, op. 52 no. 6
( I learned it from Pastoor Gerrit Janssen in Manado, Indonesia. Now I live in Amsterdam and sometimes I visit him in Tilburg.)
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
K 1b, 1c
K 6
Viennesse Sonatina
Sonata in G, K 381
Sonata in C, K 545
Sonata in A, K 331
Sonata in C, K 330
Sonata in Bb, K 333
J. Haydn (1732-1809)
Gypsy Dance
Sonata in C, Hob. XVI:1
Sonata in C, Hob. XVI:48
Sonata in C, Hob. XVI:35
Sonata in G, Hob. XVI:27
L.v. Beethoven (1770-1827)
Eccossaise in G (Suzuki 3, ABRSM 2, Classic to Modern 2)
Sonatina in G (Suzuki 2)
Sonatina in F (ABRSM 4)
Minuet in G
Sonata in G, op. 49/2 (Suzuki 4, RCM 8)
Fur Elise (Suzuki 5)
Happy and Sad
Sonata in Gmi, op. 49/1
Rondo in C op. 51/1
Bagatelle in Gm, op. 119
Sonata in Fm, op. 2/1
Sonata in G, op. 79
Sonata in Cm, op. 13, Pathethique
Sonata in C#m, op. 27/2, Moonlight
Sonata in Dm, op. 31/2, Tempest, deel. 3
Sun, 19 February 2023
I revised/edited afterwards if needed.