"The spirit of Mozart" (1770-1792)
"From the hands of Haydn" (1792-1801)
The "heroic" style (1802-1806)
Fidelio: Beethoven's one and only opera (1805-1806 and 1814)
Symphonic alternatives to the heroic style (1808-1814)
The late piano music (1816-1824)
Daiku: the big ninth (1824)
The string quartet in c-sharp minor, Op 131 (1826)