List of compositions by Leoš Janáček

This list of compositions by Leoš Janáček can be sorted by genre, catalogue number (JW), date composed, Czech title, and English title. Click on the column headings.

JW numbers are from Nigel Simeone, John Tyrrell, and Alena Němcová, Janáček's Works: A Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leoš Janáček (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997). The correct format for JW numbers is Roman numeral (for the genre) before the slash and Arabic numeral (for the work) after the slash. Arabic numerals have been used throughout here for sortability.

Genre	JW	Date composed	Czech title	English title	Scoring	Notes
Opera	1-01JW 1/1	1887–1888	SarkaŠárka	SarkaŠárka		revised 1919
Opera	1-03JW 1/3	1891	Pocatek romanuPočátek románu	Beginning of a RomanceThe Beginning of a Romance
Opera	1-04JW 1/4	1894–1903	Její pastorkyňa	Jenůfa or "Her Stepdaughter"		revised 1908, 1915
Opera	1-05JW 1/5	1903–1905	Osud	Destiny (Fate)		revised 1906–1907
Opera	1-06 JW 1/6 JW 1/7	1908–1916 1917	Vylety pane BrouckovyVýlety páně Broučkovy Výlet pana Broučka do měsíce Výlet pana Broučka do XV. století	Excursions of Mr. BroucekThe Excursions of Mr. Brouček Mr. Brouček’s Excursion to the Moon Mr. Brouček’s Excursion to the 15th Century
Opera	1-08JW 1/8	1919–1921	Kata KabanovaKáťa Kabanová	Kata KabanovaKáťa Kabanová
Opera	1-09JW 1/9	1921–1923	Prihody lisky BystrouskyPříhody lišky Bystroušky	Cunning Little VixenThe Cunning Little Vixen
Opera	1-10JW 1/10	1923–1925	Vec MakropulosVěc Makropulos	Makropulos AffairThe Makropulos Affair
Opera	1-11JW 1/11	1927–1928	Z mrtvého domu	From the House of the Dead
Ballet	1-02JW 1/2	1891	Rakos RakoczyRákós Rákóczy	Rakos RakoczyRákós Rákóczy
Orchestral	6-01JW 6/1	1875	Zvuky ku památce Förchtgotta-Tovačovského		string orchestra
Orchestral	6-02JW 6/2	1877	Suita	Suite	string orchestra
Orchestral	6-03JW 6/3	1888	Idyla	Idyll	string orchestra
Orchestral	6-04JW 6/4	1889–1891	Valašské tance	Valachian Dances	orchestra	Op. 2
Orchestral	6-05JW 6/5	1890	Adagio	Adagio	orchestra
Orchestral	6-06JW 6/6	1891c.1891	Suita (Serenáda)	Suite (Serenade)	orchestra	Op. 3
Orchestral	6-07JW 6/7		Moravské tance	Moravian Dances	orchestra	folk dances 55 folk dances
Orchestral	6-08JW 6/8	1890	Hanácké tance	Hanakian Dances	orchestra
Orchestral	6-09JW 6/9	1893	Ceske tance, 1. SuitaČeské tance, 1. Suita	Czech Dances, Suite I	orchestra
Orchestral	6-10JW 6/10	1894	ZarlivostŽárlivost	Jealousy	orchestra	overture to the opera Jenůfa
Orchestral	3-06JW 3/6	1898	Smuteční pochod	Funeral March	orchestra	Epilogue from the cantata Amarus
Orchestral	6-11JW 6/11	1899	PozehnanyPožehnaný	Požehnaný (Lachian Dance)	orchestra
Orchestral	6-12JW 6/12	1899	Kozáček	Kozáček (Russian Dance)	orchestra
Orchestral	6-13JW 6/13	1899c.1899	Srbské kolo	Srbské kolo (Serbian Dance)	orchestra
Orchestral	6-14JW 6/14	1912	Sumarovo diteŠumařovo dítě	Fiddler's ChildThe Fiddler's Child	orchestra	Ballade
Orchestral	6-15JW 6/15	1915–1918	Taras bulba	Taras Bulba	orchestra	Rhapsody
Orchestral	6-16JW 6/16	1920	Balada Blanická	Ballad of Blaník	orchestra	symphonic poem; original title: Blaničtí rytíři (The Knights of Blaník)
Orchestral	6-17JW 6/17	1924	Lašské tance	Lachian Dances	orchestra
Orchestral	6-18JW 6/18	1926	Sinfonietta (Symfonietta vojenská)	Sinfonietta	orchestra
Orchestral	9-07JW 9/7	1923–1928	Dunaj	DanubeThe Danube	orchestra	symphonic fragment
Orchestral	9-11JW 9/11	1928	Trunda a Lajda	Trunda and Lajda	orchestra	incidental music for Gerhart Hauptmann's Schluck und Jau
Concertante	7-11JW 7/11	1925	Concertino	Concertino	piano and chamber ensemble
Concertante	7-12JW 7/12	1926	Capriccio „Vzdor“	Capriccio “Defiance”	piano left-hand and chamber ensemble
Concertante	9-10JW 9/10	1926	Houslový Koncert „Putování dušičky“	The Wandering of a Little Soul, Concerto	violin and orchestra	also known in English as "Pilgrimage of a Little Soul"
Chamber music	7-01JW 7/1	1875	Znělka I	Sonnet I	violins 44 violins
Chamber music	7-02JW 7/2		Znělka II	Sonnet II	violins 44 violins	incomplete
Chamber music	7-03JW 7/3	1879	Romance	Romance	violin and piano
Chamber music	7-04JW 7/4	1880	Dumka	Dumka	violin and piano
Chamber music	7-05JW 7/5	1910	Pohádka	Fairy Tale, 4 Pieces	cello and piano	revised 1912, 1923
Chamber music	7-06JW 7/6	1910	Presto	Presto	cello and piano
Chamber music	7-07JW 7/7	1914	Houslová sonáta	Violin Sonata	violin and piano	revised 1921
Chamber music	7-08JW 7/8	1923	Smyčcový kvartet č. 1 „Z podnětu Tolstého Kreutzerovy sonáty“	String Quartet No. 1 “Inspired by Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata”	violins 2, viola and cello2 violins, viola and cello
Chamber music	7-09JW 7/9	1924	Pochod modráčků	March of the Blue Boys	piccolo and piano
Chamber music	7-10JW 7/10	1924	Mládí	Youth	wind sextet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn)
Chamber music	7-13JW 7/13	1928	Smyčcový kvartet č. 2 „Listy důvěrné“	String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters”	violins 2, viola and cello2 violins, viola and cello
Organ	8-02JW 8/2	1875	PredehraPředehra	Overture	organ
Organ	8-03JW 8/3		Varyto		organ
Organ	8-04JW 8/4		Chorální fantasie	Choralfantasie	organ
Organ	8-07JW 8/7	1884	Dve skladby pro varhanyDvě skladby pro varhany	Pieces 2 for Organ2 Pieces for Organ	organ
Organ	2-11JW 2/11	1902?	Svatý Václave	Saint Wenceslas	organ	organ accompaniment for an old Czech hymn
Piano	8-06JW 8/6	1880	Tema con variazioni – Zdeňčiny variace	Zdenka Variations in B♭ major	piano	Op. 1
Piano	8-08JW 8/8	1885	Dymák	Dymák	piano	folk dance arrangement
Piano	8-09JW 8/9	1887?	Na památku	In Remembrance	piano
Piano	8-10JW 8/10	1888–1889	Narodni tance na MoravěNárodní tance na Moravě	Folk Dances of Moravia	piano 2- or 4-hands, with cimbalom or voice ad libitum	folk arrangements 2121 folk arrangements
Piano	8-11JW 8/11	1888	SrnatkoSrňátko	Srňátko	piano	folk dance arrangement
Piano	8-12JW 8/12	1893	Ej, danaj!		piano	folk dance arrangement; combined with JW 8/18 as 3 Moravské tance (3 Moravian Dances)
Piano	8-13JW 8/13	1893	Hudba ke kroužení kužely	Music for Club-swinging Exercises	piano
Piano	8-14JW 8/14	1893?	ReznicekŘezníček	ReznicekŘezníček	piano	folk dance arrangement
Piano	8-15JW 8/15	1893?	Zezulenka	Zezulenka	piano	folk dance arrangement
Piano	8-16JW 8/16	1894	ZarlivostŽárlivost	Jealousy	piano 4-hands	piano transcription of JW 6/10
Piano	8-17JW 8/17	1901–1908	Po zarostlém chodníčku	On an Overgrown Path	piano
Piano	8-18JW 8/18	1904c.1904	Moravské tance 22 Moravské tance	Moravian Dances 22 Moravian Dances	piano	folk dance arrangements; combined with JW 8/12 as 3 Moravské tance (3 Moravian Dances)
Piano	8-19JW 8/19	1905	Sonáta pro klavír „I. X. 1905, Z ulice“	Piano Sonata “1 October 1905, From the Street” in E♭ minor	piano
Piano	8-20JW 8/20	1909	Narodil se Kristus Pán	Christ, the Lord, Is Risen	piano with voice ad libitum	Czech Christmas song arrangement
Piano	8-21JW 8/21	1911	Moderato	Moderato	piano
Piano	8-22JW 8/22	1912	V mlhách	In the Mists	piano
Piano	8-23JW 8/23	1922	Moravské lidové písně	Moravian Folk Songs	piano with voice ad libitum	folk song arrangements 1515 folk song arrangements
Piano	8-24JW 8/24	1911	Ej, duby, duby	Ej, duby, duby	piano with voice ad libitum	folk song arrangement
Piano	8-25JW 8/25		Budem tady stat	Budem tady stat (We Will Stay Here)	piano with voice ad libitum	folk song arrangement
Piano	8-26JW 8/26	1923	Con moto	Con moto	piano
Piano	8-27JW 8/27	1924	Skladba bez názvu	Untitled Piece	piano
Piano	8-28JW 8/28	1925	Bratřím Mrštíkům	To the Mrštík Brothers	piano
Piano	8-29JW 8/29	1926?	Skladba bez názvu	Untitled Piece	piano
Piano	8-30JW 8/30	1926?	Na starém hradě hukvalském	In the Old Castle at Hukvaldy	piano	folk dance arrangement
Piano	8-31JW 8/31	1927	Andante	Andante	piano
Piano	8-32JW 8/32	1928	Vzpomínka	RecollectionA Recollection	piano
Piano	8-33JW 8/33		Skladby v památníku Kamily Stösslové	Pieces in the Kamila Stösslová Album	piano and harmonium	pieces 1313 pieces
Choral	4-01JW 4/1	1873	Orání	Ploughing	male chorus
Choral	4-02JW 4/2	1873	Valecna 1Válečná [1]	War Song [1]	male chorus
Choral	4-03JW 4/3	1873	Valecna 2Válečná [2]	War Song [2]	male chorus, trumpet, 3 trombones and piano
Choral	4-04JW 4/4	1873	Nestálost lásky	Inconsistency in Love	male chorus
Choral	4-05JW 4/5	1873–1876	Divím se milému	How Strange My Lover Is	male chorus
Choral	4-06JW 4/6	1873–1876	Vínek stonulý		male chorus
Choral	4-07JW 4/7	1874	Osamělá bez těchy [1]	Forsaken [1]	male chorus	revised in 1898 as JW 4/26
Choral	2-01JW 2/1	1874	Graduale „Speciosus forma“	Graduale “Speciosus forma”	chorus and organ	motet
Choral	2-02JW 2/2	1875	Introitus in festo Ss. Nominis Jesu	Introitus in festo Ss. Nominis Jesu	chorus and organ	motet
Choral	2-03JW 2/3	1875	Exaudi Deus [1]	Exaudi Deus [1]	chorus and organ	motet
Choral	2-04JW 2/4	1875	Exaudi Deus [2]	Exaudi Deus [2]	chorus and organ	motet
Choral	2-05JW 2/5	1875	Benedictus	Benedictus	chorus and organ	motet
Choral	2-06JW 2/6	1875	Communio „Fidelis servus“	Communio “Fidelis servus”	chorus	motet
Choral	2-07JW 2/7	1875–1878	Regnum mundi	Regnum mundi	chorus	motet
Choral	2-08JW 2/8	1875–1879	Exsurge Domine	Exsurge Domine	chorus	motet
Choral	2-09JW 2/9	1875?–1879	Graduale in festo purificationis BVM „Suscepimus“	Graduale in festo purificationis BVM “Suscepimus”	chorus	motet
Choral	4-08JW 4/8	1876	Laska opravdivaLáska opravdivá	True Love	male chorus
Choral	4-09JW 4/9	1876	Osudu neujdeš	You Will Not Escape Fate	male chorus
Choral	4-10JW 4/10	1876	Zpěvná duma		male chorus
Choral	4-11JW 4/11	1876?	Na košatej jedli dva holubi seďá		male chorus
Choral	4-12JW 4/12	1877	Slavnostní sbor (k položení základního kamene ústavu ku vzdělání učitelů)	Festival Chorus	male voices 44 male voices and chorus
Choral	4-13JW 4/13	1878?	Slavnostní sbor ku svěcení nové budovy c. k. slovanského ústavu ku vzdělání učitelů v Brně		baritone, male chorus and piano
Choral	4-14JW 4/14	1880	Pisen v jeseniPíseň v jeseni	Autumn Song	chorus
Choral	4-15JW 4/15	1880–1885	Na prievoze	At the Ferry	male chorus
Choral	2-10JW 2/10	1881	Ceske cirkevni zpevy z Lehnerova mesniho kancionaluČeské církevní zpěvy z Lehnerova mešního kancionálu		chorus and organ
Choral	4-16JW 4/16	1883	Ave Maria	Ave Maria	male chorus
Choral	4-17JW 4/17	1885	Ctverice muzskych sboruČtveřice mužských sborů	Male Choruses 44 Male Choruses	male chorus
Choral	4-18JW 4/18	1885	Kacena divokaKačena divoká	Wild DuckThe Wild Duck	chorus
Choral	4-19JW 4/19	1888	Tri sbory muzskeTři sbory mužské	Male Choruses 33 Male Choruses	male chorus
Choral	4-20JW 4/20	1889?	Královničky. „Staré národní tance obřadné se zpěvy“		unison chorus and piano	folk songs and dances 1010 folk songs and dances
Choral	3-01JW 3/1	1890	Naše píseň [1]	Our Song [1]	chorus and orchestra
Choral	3-01JW 3/1	1890	Sivý sokol zaletěl		chorus and orchestra
Choral	4-21JW 4/21	1890	Naše píseň [2]	Our Song [2]	chorus
Choral	3-02JW 3/2	1891	Komáři se ženili		chorus and orchestra	folk song arrangement
Choral	3-03JW 3/3	1892	Zelené sem seła		chorus and orchestra	folk song arrangement
Choral	3-04JW 3/4	1893	Ked zme sli na hodyKeď zme šli na hody		chorus and orchestra	folk song arrangement
Choral	4-22JW 4/22	1893	Což ta naše bříza	Our Birch Tree	male chorus
Choral	4-23JW 4/23	1894	Uz je slunko z tej hory venUž je slúnko z téj hory ven		baritone, chorus and piano
Choral	4-24JW 4/24	1894?	Odpočiň si		male chorus	funeral chorus
Choral	3-05JW 3/5	1896	Hospodine!	Hear Me, O Lord!	soloists, chorus, brass, harp and organ	cantata
Choral	4-25JW 4/25	1897–1898	Slavnostní sbor k svěcení praporu Svatojosefské jednoty	Festival Chorus	male chorus
Choral	3-06JW 3/6	1897	Amarus	Amarus	soloists, chorus and orchestra	cantata; revised 1901, 1906
Choral	4-26JW 4/26	1898	Osamělá bez těchy [2]	Forsaken [2]	male chorus
Choral	4-27JW 4/27	1899	Ukvalské písně	Hukvaldy Songs	chorus	folk song arrangements 066 folk song arrangements
Choral	4-28JW 4/28	1900,1906	Ctvero muzskych sboru moravskychČtvero mužských sborů moravských	Moravian Choruses 44 Moravian Choruses	male chorus
Choral	4-29JW 4/29	1901, 1906	Otče náš	Our Father	tenor, chorus and piano (harmonium) or harp and organ	cantata
Choral	2-11JW 2/11	1902?	Svatý Václave	Saint Wenceslas	chorus and organ	organ accompaniment for an old Czech hymn
Choral	2-12JW 2/12	1903	Constitues	Constitues	male chorus and organ	motet
Choral	2-13JW 2/13	1903	Veni Sancte Spiritus	Veni Sancte Spiritus	male chorus	motet
Choral	4-30JW 4/30	1903, 1904	Elegie na smrt dcery Olgy	Elegy on the Death of My Daughter Olga	tenor, chorus and piano	cantata
Choral	2-14JW 2/14	1904	Zdrávas Maria	Ave Maria	tenor (or soprano), chorus, violin and organ or piano
Choral	4-31JW 4/31	1904–1906	Vínek		male chorus	folk song arrangement
Choral	4-32JW 4/32	1906	Lidová nokturna. Večerní zpěvy slovenského lidu z Rovného (26 Balad lidových II.)	Folk Nocturne. Evening Songs of the Slovak People of Rovné (26 Folk Ballads, Part II)	female vocal duo and piano	folk song arrangements 077 folk song arrangements
Choral	4-33JW 4/33	1906	Kantor Halfar	Kantor Halfar	male chorus
Choral	4-34JW 4/34	1906	Maryčka Magdónova [1]	Maryčka Magdónova [1]	male chorus
Choral	4-35JW 4/35	1907	Maryčka Magdónova [2]	Maryčka Magdónova [2]	male chorus
Choral	4-36JW 4/36	1909	70.000 (Sedmdesát tisíc)	Seventy-thousand	male chorus	revised 1912
Choral	3-07JW 3/7	1911	Na Soláni čarták		tenor, male chorus and orchestra	cantata
Choral	3-08JW 3/8	1914	Vecne evangeliumVěčné evangelium	Eternal GospelThe Eternal Gospel	soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra	cantata
Choral	4-37JW 4/37	1912?, 1916-1917	Pet narodnich pisniPět národních písní (26 Balad lidových IV.)	Folk Songs 55 Folk Songs (26 Folk Ballads, Part IV)	tenor, male chorus and piano or harmonium	folk song arrangements
Choral	4-38JW 4/38	1914	Perina	FeatherbedThe Featherbed	male chorus
Choral	4-39JW 4/39	1916	Vlčí stopa	Wolf Tracks	female chorus
Choral	4-40JW 4/40	1916	Hradčanské písničky	Songs of Hradčany	soprano, female chorus, flute and harp	choruses 33 choruses
Choral	4-41JW 4/41	1916	Kaspar RuckyKašpar Rucký	Kaspar RuckyKašpar Rucký	soprano, 4 solo female voices and female chorus
Choral	5-12JW 5/12	1917–1919	Zapisnik zmizelehoZápisník zmizelého	The Diary of One Who Disappeared	tenor, alto, 3 female voices and piano	song cycle; revised 1920
Choral	4-42JW 4/42	1918	Ceska legieČeská legie	Czech LegionThe Czech Legion	male chorus
Choral	4-43JW 4/43	1922	Potulný šílenec	Wandering MadmanThe Wandering Madman	male chorus with soprano solo
Choral	5-16JW 5/16	1924	{{{1}}}Rikadla 1Říkadla [1]	Nursery Rhymes [1]	mezzo-sopranos 1-31 to 3 mezzo-sopranos, clarinet and piano	songs 88 songs
Choral	4-44JW 4/44	1925–1926	Naše vlajka	Our Flag	male chorus and 2 solo sopranos
Choral	5-17JW 5/17	1926	Rikadla 2Říkadla [2]	Nursery Rhymes [2]	chamber choir and chamber ensemble	introduction and 18 songs
Choral	3-09JW 3/9	1926–1927	Glagolská mše (Mša glagolskaja)	Glagolitic Mass	soloists, double chorus, orchestra and organ
Choral	4-45JW 4/45	1928	Sbor při kladení základního kamene Masarykovy university v Brně	Chorus Composed for the Occasion of the Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Masaryk University in Brno	male chorus
Vocal	5-01JW 5/1	1871–1875?	Když mě nechceš, což je víc?	If You Don't Love Me, What Do I Care?	tenor (or chorus) and piano
Vocal	5-02JW 5/2	1892–1901	Moravská lidová poesie v písních	Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs	voice and piano	folk song arrangements 5353 folk song arrangements
Vocal	5-03JW 5/3	1897–1898	Jarní píseň	Spring Song		revised 1905
Vocal	5-04JW 5/4	1898	Ukvalská lidová poezie v písních	Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs	voice and piano	folk song arrangements 1313 folk song arrangements
Vocal	5-06JW 5/6	1908–1912	{{{1}}}Pet moravskych tancuPět moravských tanců	Moravian Dances 55 Moravian Dances	voice and piano	folk song arrangements
Vocal	5-07JW 5/7	1908–1912	Ctyri baladyČtyři balady	Ballads 44 Ballads	voice and piano	folk song arrangements
Vocal	5-08JW 5/8	1908–1912	Dve baladyDvě balady	Ballads 22 Ballads	voice and piano	folk song arrangements
Vocal	5-09JW 5/9	1909	Sest narodnich pisni, jez zpivala Gabel EvaŠest národních písní, jež zpívala Gabel Eva (26 Balad lidových I.)	Folk Songs 66 Folk Songs (26 Folk Ballads, Part I)	voice and piano
Vocal	5-10JW 5/10	1911	Podme, milá, podme!		voice and piano	folk song arrangement
Vocal	5-11JW 5/11	1916	Pisne detvanske, zbojnicke baladyPísně detvanské, zbojnické balady (26 Balad lidových III.)	Detva Songs, Robber’s Ballads (26 Folk Ballads, Part III)	voice and piano	folk song arrangements 088 folk song arrangements
Vocal	5-13JW 5/13	1918	Slezské písně (ze sbírky Heleny Salichové)		voice and piano	folk song arrangements 1010 folk song arrangements
Vocal	5-14JW 5/14	1920	Ukolébavka	Lullaby	voice and piano	folk song arrangement
Vocal	5-15JW 5/15	1923	Upravy lidovych pisni v clankuÚpravy lidových písní v článku „Starosta Smolík“		voice and unspecified instrument
Vocal	8-23JW 8/23	1922	Moravské lidové písně	Moravian Folk Songs	piano and voice ad libitum	folk song arrangements 1515 folk song arrangements
Vocal	8-24JW 8/24	1911	Ej, duby, duby		piano and voice ad libitum	folk song arrangement
Vocal	8-25JW 8/25		Budem tady stat		piano and voice ad libitum	folk song arrangement

References

• Leoš Janáček Society