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List of compositions by Béla Bartók

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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.

Catalogue numberings, year of composition and instrumentation

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Name (♦ = lost work) Sz. BB DD Opus Year[a] Instruments/voices used
Walzer 1 1 1 1 (list 1) 1890 Piano
Changing Piece (Változó 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
'Béla' 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
Szöllős Piece (Szöllősi 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 73 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) 33a 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 Csík (3) 35a 45b 1907 Piano
Four Slovak Folksongs 35b 46 c. 1907[1] Voice and piano
Eight Hungarian Folksongs 64 47 1907 (No.6–8 1917) Voice and piano
Violin Concerto No. 1 36 48a 1907–08, publ. 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 Dances (2) 43 56 8a (list 3) 1910 Piano
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 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 Folk Songs (2)[1] 58 57 c. 1909 Women choir
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 Folktunes (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 (with 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 Piano 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 (transcription 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
Contrasts (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' ("The Husband's Grief") 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. ^ rev = revised; orch = orchestrated; pub = published; cmpl = completed

By type

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This is a near complete list of compositions by Béla Bartók. Both the more common András Szőllősy 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

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Orchestral

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  • 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 Pictures (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

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Choral

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  • 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 (3), BB 112 (1935)
    • Hungarian Folksongs Sz. 93, BB 99
    • 5 Slovak Folksongs Sz. 69, BB 77
    • Székely Songs Sz. 99, BB 106

Chamber

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See also: List of string quartets by Béla Bartók
  • 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 Quartet in C minor (1898) Op. 20, Sz. 9, BB 13, DD 52
  • Piano Quintet (1903–04) DD 77, BB 33 (An earlier piano quintet, also in C major, composed in 1897, is lost.)[2]
  • Rhapsody No. 1 for violin and piano (1928) Sz. 86, BB 94
  • Rhapsody No. 2 for violin and piano (1929) 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

Piano

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There are also piano works that are from Bartók's first and second set of opus numbers. Some are lost, some have been published and are listed above, and some are not and are unpublished.

Songs

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  • 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)
  • Eight Hungarian Folksongs Sz. 64, BB 47
  • Twenty 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 (revised in 1928 as Five Hungarian Folksongs, Sz. 33, BB 97)
  • Hungarian Folksongs #11–20 Sz. 33a, BB 43
  • Village Scenes Falun Sz. 78, BB 87a

Arrangements by others

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  • Suite paysanne hongroise (arranged by Paul Arma, for a 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)
  • Sonata for Synthesizer (Piano Sonata arranged by b schmidt for electronic music synthesizers)[3]
  • Omni Suite (Suite for Piano arranged by b Schmidt for electronic music synthesizers)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Bartók Béla zeneművei (időrendben)" [his musical works in chronological order], Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in Hungarian)
  2. ^ "Piano Quintet in C major (score and parts)". musikmph.de. Translated by Robinson, Bradford. Musikproduktion Höflich. Retrieved 4 July 2024. We can only lament the loss Bartók's first piano quintet in C major, composed in 1897
  3. ^ Bartok Piano Works – blueimusic
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