WoO

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title: "WoO" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["classical-music-catalogues", "ludwig-van-beethoven", "acronyms"] description: "Catalogue of Beethoven compositions without an opus number" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WoO" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Catalogue of Beethoven compositions without an opus number ::

Werke ohne Opuszahl ("Works without opus number") (WoO), also Kinsky–Halm Catalogue, is a German musical catalogue prepared in 1955 by Georg Kinsky and , usually listing all of the compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven that were not originally published with an opus number, or survived only as fragments. The work was originally titled in German Das Werk Beethovens: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner sämtlichen vollendeten Kompositionen.

The abbreviation WoO is also used sometimes to refer to works without opus by other composers, such as Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Muzio Clementi, Louis Spohr, Joachim Raff, or Ferdinand Ries.

References

References

1. Dahlhaus, Carl. (1991). "Ludwig Van Beethoven: Approaches to His Music". Oxford University Press.
2. Yale University. "Thematic catalogs". Yale University Library.
3. Université du Québec. "Identification des catalogues thématiques d'oeuvres". Université du Québec.ca.
4. Raff.org. "Catalogue: WoO (Works without Opus Numbers)". Raff.org.

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