List of compositions by Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók in 1927

This aspires to be a complete list of compositions by Béla Bartók. The catalogue numbering by András Szőllősy (Sz.), László Somfai (BB.) and Denijs Dille (DD.) are provided, as well as Bartók's own opus numbers. Note that Bartók started three times anew with opus numbers, here indicated with "(list 1)", "(list 2)" and "(list 3)" respectively. The pieces from the third listing are by far best known; opus lists 1 and 2 are early works. The year of composition and instrumentation (including voice) are included. See the main article on Béla Bartók for more details.

Sortable list by four catalogue numberings, year of composition and instrumentation

Name	Sz.	BB	DD	Opus[1]	Year[2]	Instruments/voices used
Walzer	1	1	1	1 (list 1)	1890	Piano
Changing Piece (Változo darab)		1	2	2 (list 1)	1890	Piano
Mazurka	2	1	3	3 (list 1)	1890	Piano
Budapest Athletic Competition		1	4	4 (list 1)	1890	Piano
Sonatina No.1		1	5	5 (list 1)	1890	Piano
Wallachian Piece (Oláh darab)		1	6	6 (list 1)	1890	Piano
Fast Polka (Gyorspolka)		1	7	7 (list 1)	1891	Piano
'Bela' Polka		1	8	8 (list 1)	1891	Piano
'Katinka' Polka		1	9	9 (list 1)	1891	Piano
Voices of Spring (Tavaszi hangok)		1	10	10 (list 1)	1891	Piano
'Jolán' Polka		1	11	11 (list 1)	1891	Piano
'Gabi' Polka		1	12	12 (list 1)	1891	Piano
Forget-me-not (Nefelejts)		1	13	13 (list 1)	1891	Piano
Ländler No.1		1	14	14 (list 1)	1891	Piano
'Irma' Polka		1	15	15 (list 1)	1891	Piano
Radegund Echo (Radegundi visszhang)		1	16	16 (list 1)	1891	Piano
March (Induló)		1	17	17 (list 1)	1891	Piano
Ländler No.2		1	18	18 (list 1)	1891	Piano
Circus Polka (Cirkusz polka)		1	19	19 (list 1)	1891	Piano
The Course of the Danube (A Duna folyása)	4	1	20	20 (list 1)	1891	Piano
The Course of the Danube (A Duna folyása)	4	1	20b	20 (list 1)	1894	Violin and Piano
Sonatina No.2		1	21	21 (list 1)	1891?	Piano
Ländler No.3 ♦		1	22	22 (list 1)	1892	Piano
Spring Song		1	23	23 (list 1)	1892	Piano
Szöllos Piece (Szöllosi darab) ♦		1	24	24 (list 1)	1892	Piano
'Margit' Polka		1	25	25 (list 1)	1893	Piano
'Ilona' Mazurka		1	26	26 (list 1)	1893	Piano
'Loli' Mazurka		1	27	27 (list 1)	1893	Piano
'Lajos' Waltz ('Lajos' valczer)		1	28	28 (list 1)	1893	Piano
'Elza' Polka			29	29 (list 1)	1894	Piano
Andante con variazioni		1	30	30 (list 1)	1894	Piano
X.Y. ♦		1	31	31 (list 1)	1894	Piano
Sonata No.1 in G minor		2	32	1 (list 2)	1894	Piano
Scherzo in G minor			33		1894	Piano
Fantasie in A minor		3	34	2 (list 2)	1895	Piano
Sonata No.2 in F major		4	35	3 (list 2)	1895	Piano
Capriccio in B minor		5	36	4 (list 2)	1895	Piano
Violin Sonata in C minor		6	37	5 (list 2)	1895	Violin and Piano
Sonata No.3 in C major ♦		7	38	6 (list 2)	1895	Piano
Pieces ♦		7	39	7 (list 2)	1895	Violin
Fantasia ♦		7	40	8 (list 2)	1894	Violin
Fantasia ♦		7	41	9 (list 2)	1895	Violin
String Quartet (No.1) in B major ♦		7	42	10 (list 2)	1896	String Quartet
String Quartet (No.2) in C minor ♦		7	43	11 (list 2)	1896	String Quartet
Andante, Scherzo and Finale ♦		7	44	12 (list 2)	1897	Piano
Pieces (3)		8	45	13 (list 2)	1897	Piano
Piano Quintet in C major ♦		9	46	14 (list 2)	1897	Piano Quintet
Pieces (2) ♦		9	47	15 (list 2)	1897	Piano
Great Fantasy ♦		9	48	16 (list 2)	1897	Piano
Violin Sonata in A major ♦		10	49	17 (list 2)	1897	Violin and Piano
Scherzo or Fantasie	8	11	50	18 (list 2)	1897	Piano
Sonata “Opus 1”		12	51	19 (list 2)	1898	Piano
Piano Quartet in C minor	9	13	52	20 (list 2)	1898	Piano Quartet
Piano Pieces (3 Fantasies)	6	14	53	21 (list 2)	1898	Piano
Songs (3)	10	15	54		1898	Voice and Piano
Scherzo in B minor		16	55		1898	Piano
String Quartet in F major		17	56		1898	String Quartet
Piano Quintet Fragments		19	B10 12		1899	Piano Quintet
'Tiefblaue Veilchen'		18	57		1899	Soprano and Orchestra
Scherzo in Sonata Form		19	58		1899–1900	String Quartet
Scherzo in B-flat minor		19	59		1900?	Piano
Dances (6)	54	19	60		1900	Piano
Valcer			60b		1900	Orchestra
Liebeslieder	13	20	62		1899	Voice and Piano
Scherzo in B-flat minor		21	63		1900	Piano
Variations on a Theme by F.F.		22	64		1900–01	Piano
Scherzo	17	25	65		1901	Orchestra
Tempo di minuetto		23	66		1901	Piano
Songs (4)	15	24	67		1902	Voice and Piano
Symphony (only Scherzo)	16	25	68		1902–03	Orchestra
Duo		26	69		1902	Two Violins
Albumblatt (Andante) in A major		26	70		1902	Violin and Piano
Piano Pieces (4 Négy zongoradarab)	22	27	71		1903	Piano
Andante in F-sharp major (or A major)		26	71 B14		1902	Violin and Piano
Violin Sonata in E minor	20	28	72		1903	Violin and Piano
'Este' (Evening) for Voice and Piano		29	74		1903	Voice and Piano
'Este' (Evening) for Male Chorus	19	30	74		1903	Male Chorus and Orchestra
Kossuth, symphonic poem	21	31	75a		1903	Orchestra
Marcia Funèbre (from Kossuth)	21	31	75b		1903	Piano
Songs (4) ♦	18	32	76		1903	Voice and Piano
Piano Quintet in C major	23	33	77		1903–04	Piano Quintet
Rhapsody for Piano	26	36a		1 (list 3)	1904	Piano
Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra	27	36b		1 (list 3)	1905	Piano and Orchestra
Scherzo Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra	28	35		2 (list 3)	1904	Piano and Orchestra
Hungarian Folksongs (Magyar népdalok)	29	37			1904, 1905	Voice and Piano
Székely Folksongs (Piros alma)	30	34			1904, 1905	Voice and Piano
Petits morceaux (from BB 37 (No.2) and BB 24 (No.1)		38	67/1		1905, 1907?	Piano
Suite No.1	31	39		3 (list 3)	1905, rev c.1920	Orchestra
To the Little 'Tot', (5) Songs	32	41			1905	Voice and Piano
Hungarian Folksongs, Songs (10)	33	42			1906, rev BB97 1928	Voice and Piano
Hungarian Folksongs, Songs (10)	33	43			1906–07	Voice and Piano
Hungarian Folksongs (2)	33b	44			1906	Voice and Piano
Suite No.2	34	40		4 (list 3)	1905, 1907 rev 1943	Small Orchestra
From Gyergyó	35	45a			1907	Voice (or reed pipe) and Piano
Hungarian Folksongs from Csik (3)	35a	45b			1907	Piano
Four Slovak Folksongs	35b	46			1916?	Voice and Piano
Eight Hungarian Folksongs	64	47			1907 (No.6–8 1917)	Voice and Piano
Violin Concerto No.1	36	48a			1907–08 pub 1956	Violin and Orchestra
Portraits (2)	37	48b		5 (list 3)	1907–11	Violin and Orchestra
Bagatelles (14)	38	50		6 (list 3)	1908	Piano
Easy Pieces (10)	39	51			1908	Piano
String Quartet No.1	40	52		7 (list 3)	1908–09	String Quartet
Elegies (2)	41	49		8b (list 3)	1908–09	Piano
For Children (4 volumes in 2 books)	42	53			1908–09	Piano
Romanian Folk Dances (2)	43	56		8a (list 3)	1910	Piano
Romanian Folk Songs (2)		57			1909 appr.	Women Choir
Dirges (4)	45	58		9a (list 3)	1910	Piano
Sketches (7 Vázlatok)	44	54		9b (list 3)	1908–10	Piano
Pictures for Orchestra (2)	46	59		10 (list 3)	1910	Orchestra
Burlesques (3 Három burleszk)	47	55		8c (list 3)	1908–11	Piano
Romanian Dance (one from BB 56)	47a	61			1911	Orchestra
Bluebeard's Castle, Opera in One Act	48	62		11 (list 3)	1911 rev 1912 & 1917	Voice and Orchestra
Allegro barbaro	49	63			1911	Piano
Old Hungarian Folksongs (4)	50	60			1910 rev 1926	Male Chorus w/o Orchestra
Pieces (4)	51	64		12 (list 3)	1912 / orch. in 1921	Piano and Orchestra
Piano étude (Reschofsky)	52				1913	Piano
The First Term at the Piano	53	66			1913	Piano
Sonatina	55	69			1915	Piano
Romanian Folk Dances	56	68			1915	Piano
Romanian Christmas Carols	57	67			1915	Piano
Romanian Folksongs (2)	58				1915	Female Chorus
Romanian Folksongs (9)	59	65			1915 (or earlier)	Voice and Piano
The Wooden Prince, Ballet in One Act	60	74		13 (list 3)	1914–17	Orchestra
The Wooden Prince, Suite		74		13 (list 3)	1921, 1924?	Orchestra
Piano Suite	62	70		14 (list 3)	1916	Piano
Songs (5)	61	71		15 (list 3)	1916	Voice and Piano
Songs (5)	63	72		16 (list 3)	1916	Voice and Piano
Slovak Folksong	63a	73			1916?	Voice and Piano
Hungarian Folksong	65				1914/17?	Piano
Hungarian Folk Tunes (3)	66	80b			1914–18 rev 1941	Piano
String Quartet No.2	67	75		17 (list 3)	1915–17	String Quartet
Romanian Folkdances for small orchestra (from BB 68)	68	76			1917	Piano and Orchestra
Slovak Folksongs (5) for Male Chorus	69	77			1917	Male Chorus w/o Orchestra
Slovak Folksongs (4) for Mixed Choir	70	78			1916 or 1917	Mixed Choir w/o Orchestra
Hungarian Peasant Songs (15)	71	79			1914–18	Piano
Leszállott a páva		80			1914	Piano
Studies	72	81		18 (list 3)	1918	Piano
The Miraculous Mandarin, Pantomime	73	82		19 (list 3)	1918–19, 1924	Orchestra (w. Choir)
The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite	73	82		19 (list 3)	1918, cmpl in 1926	Orchestra
Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs (8)	74	83		20 (list 3)	1920	Piano
Violin Sonata No.1 in C-sharp minor	75	84		21 (list 3)	1921	Violin and Piano
Violin Sonata No.2	76	85			1922	Violin and Piano
Dance Suite	77	86			1923	Orchestra
Dance Suite	77	86			1925	Piano
Village Scenes (Falún), a.k.a. Slovak Songs (5)	78	87a			1924	Female Voice and Piano
Village Scenes (Falún) (3)	79	87b			1926 (May)	4/8 Women Choir and Chamber Orchestra
Piano Sonata	80	88			1926 (June)	Piano
Out of Doors (Szabadban), Pieces (5)	81	89			1926 (Summer)	Piano
Little Pieces (9)	82	90			1926	Piano
Piano Concerto No.1	83	91			1926	Piano and Orchestra
Rondos on Slovak Folk Tunes (3)	84	92			1916, 1927	Piano
String Quartet No.3	85	93			1927	String Quartet
Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No.1	86	94a			1928	Violin and Piano
Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra No.1	87	94b			1929	Violin and Orchestra
Rhapsody for Cello and Piano	88	94			1929	Cello and Piano (transcr. of Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No.1)
Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No.2	89	96a			1928 rev 1935 or 1944	Violin and Piano
Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra No.2	90	96b			1928, rev 1935 or 1944	Violin and Orchestra
String Quartet No.4	91	95			1928	String Quartet
Hungarian Folksongs (5) (revision of BB 42)	33	97			1928	Voice and Piano
Hungarian Folksongs (20)	92	98			1929	Voice and Piano
Hungarian Folksongs for Mixed Chorus (4)	93	99			1932	Mixed Chorus
Cantata Profana (9 Enchanted Stags)	94	100			1930	2 Voices, Double Chorus and Orchestra
Piano Concerto No.2	95	101			1930/31	Piano and Orchestra
Sonatina for Violin and Piano (arr. of Sonatina Sz.55, BB 69)	55	102a			1930 appr	Violin and Piano (arr. André Gertler)
Transylvanian Dances (3) (orch. of Sonatina Sz.55, BB 69)	96	102b			1931	Orchestra
Hungarian Sketches (arr. parts BB 51,53,55,58)	97	103			1931	Orchestra
Duos for 2 Violins (44), Book 1-4	98	104			1931	Two Violins
Székely Songs for Male Chorus	99	106			1932 (and 1938?)	Male Chorus
Hungarian Peasant Songs (arr. BB 79/6–15)	100	107			1933	Orchestra
Hungarian Folksongs (5) (arr. parts BB 98)	101	108			1933	Solo Voice and Orchestra
Hungarian Dances					1934	Violin and Piano
String Quartet No.5	102	110			1934	String Quartet
Choruses with Orchestral Accompaniment (7)	103	111			1935/36, w. orch 1937/41	Children and Women Choir w. and w/o Orchestra
From Olden Times	104	112			1935	Male Chorus
Petite Suite (arr. BB 104)	105	113			1936	Piano
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta	106	114			1936	Percussion, Celesta and String Orchestra
Mikrokosmos	107	105			1926 and 1932–39	Piano
Pieces from Mikrokosmos (7) (BB 105)	108	120			1939–1940	Two Pianos
Hungarian Folksong	109	109			1934 c.
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion	110	115			1937	Two Pianos and Percussion; orch 1940 as the Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra
Kontrasts (3)	111	116			1938	Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Violin Concerto No.2	112	117			1937–38	Violin and Orchestra
Divertimento for Strings	113	118			1939	String Orchestra
String Quartet No.6	114	119			1939	String Quartet
Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra	115	121			1940	Two Pianos, Percussion and orchestra; orch of the Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
Suite (arr. BB 40)	115a	122		4b (list 3)	1941	Two Pianos
Concerto for Orchestra	116	123			1942–43, rev 1945	Orchestra
Violin Solo Sonata	117	124			1944	Solo Violin
'A férj keserve' (Goat Song)		125			1945	Voice and Piano
Ukrainian Folksongs (3)	118	126			1945	Voice and Piano
Piano Concerto No.3 in E major	119	127			1945	Piano and Orchestra
Viola Concerto (sketches only)	120	128			1945	Viola and Orchestra (completed by Tibor Serly)

1. Bartók started three times anew with opus numbering.
2. "rev" means "revised"; "orch" means "orchestrated"; "pub" means "published"; "cmpl" means "completed"; "♦" means "work is lost"

List by type of composition

This is a near complete list of compositions by Béla Bartók. Both the more common András Szöllősy catalogue numbering (Sz.) and the more recent László Somfai catalogue number (BB.) are provided. Where compositions do not have a Sz. numbering, the intermediate Denijs Dille catalogue numbering (DD.) has been provided. See the main article on Béla Bartók for more details.

This list does not include early compositions that have since been lost.

Stage works

• Bluebeard's Castle (1911, revised 1912 & 1917) Op. 11, Sz. 48, BB 62, opera
• The Wooden Prince (1914–16) Op. 13, Sz. 60, BB 74, ballet
• The Miraculous Mandarin (1918, 1919 completed 1926) Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82, ballet-pantomime

Orchestral works

• Scherzo in C major from Symphony in E flat major DD 68, BB 25
• Suite #1 for full orchestra (1905) Op. 3, Sz. 31, BB 39
• Suite #2 for small orchestra (1905–1907 revised 1943) Op. 4, Sz. 34, BB 40
• Two Pictures (1910) Op. 10, Sz. 46, BB 59
• Romanian Dance Sz. 47a, BB 61
• Four Pieces (1912) Op. 12, Sz. 51, BB 64
• Suite The Wooden Prince Op. 13, Sz. 60, BB 74
• Romanian Folk Dances for small orchestra (1917) Sz. 68, BB 76
• Suite The Miraculous Mandarin Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82
• Kossuth, Symphonic Poem Sz. 75a, BB 31
• Dance Suite (Táncszvit) (1923) Sz. 77, BB 86
• Transylvanian Dances Sz. 96, BB 102b
• Hungarian Sketches (1931) Sz. 97, BB 103
• Hungarian Peasant Songs Sz. 100, BB 107
• Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1936) Sz. 106, BB 114
• Divertimento (1939) Sz. 113, BB 118
• Concerto for Orchestra (1942–43, revised 1945) Sz. 116, BB 123

Concertante works

• Piano
  • Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra Op. 1, Sz. 27, BB 36b
  • Scherzo Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra Op. 2, Sz. 28, BB 35
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 (1926) Sz. 83, BB 91
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 (1930-31) Sz. 95, BB 101
  • Piano Concerto No. 3 (1945) Sz. 119, BB 127
• Violin
  • Violin Concerto No. 1 (1907–1908, 1st pub 1956) Op. posth., Sz. 36, BB 48a
  • Two Portraits for Violin and Orchestra (1907, 1908) Op. 5, Sz. 37, BB 48b
  • Rhapsody Folk Dances for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 (1928–29) Sz. 87, BB 94
  • Rhapsody Folk Dances for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 (1928, rev. 1935) Sz. 90, BB 96
  • Violin Concerto No. 2 (1937–38) Sz. 112, BB 117
• Viola
  • Viola Concerto (completed by Tibor Serly and also arr. for cello) (1945) Sz. 120, BB 128
• Other
  • Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra (1943, arrangement of Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion)

Choral works

• With Orchestral Accompaniment
  • 3 Village Scenes Falun Sz. 79, BB 87b
  • 5 Hungarian Folksongs Sz. 101, BB 108
  • 7 Choruses with Orchestral Accompaniment, selected and arr. from Sz. 103, BB 111
  • Cantata Profana (The Nine Enchanted Stags) (1930) Sz. 94, BB 100
• Without Orchestral Accompaniment
  • 4 Old Hungarian folksongs Sz. 50, BB 60
  • 4 Slovak Folksongs Sz. 70, BB 78
  • 27 Two-part & Three-part Choruses Sz. 103, BB 111
  • Evening DD 74, BB 30
  • From Olden Times (1935)
  • Hungarian Folksongs Sz. 93, BB 99
  • Slovak Folksongs Sz. 69, BB 77
  • Székely Songs Sz. 99, BB 106

Chamber works

• 44 Duos for Two Violins Sz. 98, BB 104
• Andante in A major DD 70, BB 26
• Contrasts for clarinet, violin, and piano (1938) Sz. 111, BB 116
• Piano Quintet (1903–04) DD 77, BB 33
• Rhapsody No. 1 for violin and piano Sz. 86, BB 94
• Rhapsody No. 2 for violin and piano Sz. 89, BB 96
• Rhapsody for cello and piano Sz. 86, BB 94 (transcription by Bartók of Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No. 1)
• Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Sz. 110, BB 115
• Sonata in E minor for violin and piano DD 72, BB 28
• Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1921) Op. 21 Sz. 75, BB 84
• Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (1922) Sz. 76, BB 85
• Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos (for two pianos) Sz. 108, BB 120
• Sonata for Solo Violin Sz. 117, BB 124
• Suite Op. 4b (arranged for two pianos), Sz. 115a, BB 122
• String Quartets
  • String Quartet No. 1 Op. 7, Sz. 40, BB 52
  • String Quartet No. 2 Op. 17, Sz. 67, BB 75
  • String Quartet No. 3 Sz. 85, BB 93
  • String Quartet No. 4 Sz. 91, BB 95
  • String Quartet No. 5 Sz. 102, BB 110
  • String Quartet No. 6 Sz. 114, BB 119

Piano works

Songs

• 2 Hungarian Folksongs Sz. 33b, BB 44
• 4 Slovakian Folksongs Sz. 35b, BB 46
• 4 Songs included in Mikrokosmos Sz. 107, BB 105
• 5 Songs on poems by Endre Ady Op. 16, Sz. 63, BB 72
• 5 Songs on poems by Klára Gombossy and Wanda Gleiman Op. 15, Sz. 61, BB 71 (original with piano accompaniment, later also arranged by Zoltán Kodály for orchestral accompaniment)
• 8 Hungarian Folksongs Sz. 64, BB 47
• 20 Hungarian Folksongs Sz. 92, BB 98
• Székely Folksong Piros Alma... Sz. 30, BB 34
• From Gyergyó Sz. 35, BB 45a
• Hungarian Folksong Sz. 109, BB deest
• Hungarian Folksongs #1–10 Sz. 33, BB 42
• Hungarian Folksongs #11–20 Sz. 33a, BB 43
• Village Scenes Falun Sz. 78, BB 87a

Arrangements by others

• Suite paysanne hongroise (arranged by Paul Arma, for flute and piano or orchestra)
• Rumanian Folk Dances (arranged by Frederick Charlton for The Hutchins Consort)
• Allegro barbaro arranged by Jenő Kenessey for orchestra (1946)
• Allegro barbaro arranged by Nathan Kelly for orchestra (2010)