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 | JW 1/1 | 1887–1888 | Šárka | Šárka | revised 1919 | |
| Opera | JW 1/3 | 1891 | Počátek románu | The Beginning of a Romance | ||
| Opera | JW 1/4 | 1894–1903 | Její pastorkyňa | Jenůfa or "Her Stepdaughter" | revised 1908, 1915 | |
| Opera | JW 1/5 | 1903–1905 | Osud | Destiny (Fate) | revised 1906–1907 | |
| Opera | JW 1/6 JW 1/7 |
1908–1916 1917 |
Výlety páně Broučkovy
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The Excursions of Mr. Brouček
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| Opera | JW 1/8 | 1919–1921 | Káťa Kabanová | Káťa Kabanová | ||
| Opera | JW 1/9 | 1921–1923 | Příhody lišky Bystroušky | The Cunning Little Vixen | ||
| Opera | JW 1/10 | 1923–1925 | Věc Makropulos | The Makropulos Affair | ||
| Opera | JW 1/11 | 1927–1928 | Z mrtvého domu | From the House of the Dead | ||
| Ballet | JW 1/2 | 1891 | Rákós Rákóczy | Rákós Rákóczy | ||
| Orchestral | JW 6/1 | 1875 | Zvuky ku památce Förchtgotta-Tovačovského | for string orchestra | ||
| Orchestral | JW 6/2 | 1877 | Suita | Suite | for string orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/3 | 1888 | Idyla | Idyll | for string orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/4 | 1889–1891 | Valašské tance | Valachian Dances | for orchestra | Op. 2 |
| Orchestral | JW 6/5 | 1890 | Adagio | Adagio | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/6 | c.1891 | Suita (Serenáda) | Suite (Serenade) | for orchestra | Op. 3 |
| Orchestral | JW 6/7 | Moravské tance | Moravian Dances | for orchestra | 5 folk dances | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/8 | 1890 | Hanácké tance | Hanakian Dances | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/9 | 1893 | České tance, 1. Suita | Czech Dances, Suite I | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/10 | 1894 | Žárlivost | Jealousy | for orchestra | overture to the opera Jenůfa |
| Orchestral | JW 3/6 | 1898 | Smuteční pochod | Funeral March | for orchestra | Epilogue from the cantata Amarus |
| Orchestral | JW 6/11 | 1899 | Požehnaný | Požehnaný (Lachian Dance) | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/12 | 1899 | Kozáček | Kozáček (Russian Dance) | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/13 | c.1899 | Srbské kolo | Srbské kolo (Serbian Dance) | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/14 | 1912 | Šumařovo dítě | The Fiddler's Child | for orchestra | Ballade |
| Orchestral | JW 6/15 | 1915–1918 | Taras bulba | Taras Bulba | for orchestra | Rhapsody |
| Orchestral | JW 6/16 | 1920 | Balada Blanická | Ballad of Blaník | for orchestra | symphonic poem; original title: Blaničtí rytíři (The Knights of Blaník) |
| Orchestral | JW 6/17 | 1924 | Lašské tance | Lachian Dances | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/18 | 1926 | Sinfonietta (Symfonietta vojenská) | Sinfonietta | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 9/7 | 1923–1928 | Dunaj | The Danube | for orchestra | symphonic fragment |
| Orchestral | JW 9/11 | 1928 | Schluck und Jau | Schluck und Jau | for orchestra | incidental music |
| Concertante | JW 7/11 | 1925 | Concertino | Concertino | for piano and chamber ensemble | |
| Concertante | JW 7/12 | 1926 | Capriccio „Vzdor“ | Capriccio “Defiance” | for piano left-hand and chamber ensemble | |
| Concertante | JW 9/10 | 1926 | Houslový Koncert „Putování dušičky“ | Violin Concerto “Pilgrimage of the Soul” | for violin and orchestra | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/1 | 1875 | Znělka I | Sonnet I | for 4 violins | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/2 | Znělka II | Sonnet II | for 4 violins | incomplete | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/3 | 1879 | Romance | Romance | for violin and piano | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/4 | 1880 | Dumka | Dumka | for violin and piano | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/5 | 1910 | Pohádka | Fairy Tale, 4 Pieces | for cello and piano | revised 1912, 1923 |
| Chamber music | JW 7/6 | 1910 | Presto | Presto | for cello and piano | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/7 | 1914 | Houslová sonáta | Violin Sonata | for violin and piano | revised 1921 |
| Chamber music | JW 7/8 | 1923 | Smyčcový kvartet č. 1 „Z podnětu Tolstého Kreutzerovy sonáty“ | String Quartet No. 1 “Inspired by Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata” | for 2 violins, viola and cello | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/9 | 1924 | Pochod modráčků | March of the Blue Boys | for piccolo and piano | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/10 | 1924 | Mládí | Youth | for wind sextet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn) | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/13 | 1928 | Smyčcový kvartet č. 2 „Listy důvěrné“ | String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters” | for 2 violins, viola and cello | |
| Organ | JW 8/2 | 1875 | Předehra | Overture | for organ | |
| Organ | JW 8/3 | Varyto | for organ | |||
| Organ | JW 8/4 | Chorální fantasie | Choralfantasie | for organ | ||
| Organ | JW 8/7 | 1884 | Dvě skladby pro varhany | 2 Pieces for Organ | for organ | |
| Organ | JW 2/11 | 1902? | Svatý Václave | Saint Wenceslas | for organ | organ accompaniment for an old Czech hymn |
| Piano | JW 8/6 | 1880 | Tema con variazioni – Zdeňčiny variace | Zdenka Variations in B♭ major | for piano | Op. 1 |
| Piano | JW 8/8 | 1885 | Dymák | Dymák | for piano | folk dance arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/9 | 1887? | Na památku | In Remembrance | for piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/10 | 1888–1889 | Národní tance na Moravě | Folk Dances of Moravia | for piano 2- or 4-hands, with cimbalom or voice ad libitum | 21 folk arrangements |
| Piano | JW 8/11 | 1888 | Srňátko | Srňátko | for piano | folk dance arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/12 | 1893 | Ej, danaj! | for piano | folk dance arrangement; combined with JW 8/18 as 3 Moravské tance (3 Moravian Dances) | |
| Piano | JW 8/13 | 1893 | Hudba ke kroužení kužely | Music for Club-swinging Exercises | for piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/14 | 1893? | Řezníček | Řezníček | for piano | folk dance arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/15 | 1893? | Zezulenka | Zezulenka | for piano | folk dance arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/16 | 1894 | Žárlivost | Jealousy | for piano 4-hands | piano transcription of JW 6/10 |
| Piano | W 8/17 | 1901–1908 | Po zarostlém chodníčku | On an Overgrown Path | for piano | |
| Piano | W 8/18 | c.1904 | 2 Moravské tance | 2 Moravian Dances | for piano | folk dance arrangements; combined with JW 8/12 as 3 Moravské tance (3 Moravian Dances) |
| Piano | JW 8/19 | 1905 | Sonáta pro klavír „I. X. 1905, Z ulice“ | Piano Sonata “1 October 1905, From the Street” in E♭ minor | for piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/20 | 1909 | Narodil se Kristus Pán | Christ, the Lord, Is Risen | for piano with voice ad libitum | Czech Christmas song arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/21 | 1911 | Moderato | Moderato | for piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/22 | 1912 | V mlhách | In the Mists | for piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/23 | 1922 | Moravské lidové písně | Moravian Folk Songs | for piano with voice ad libitum | 15 folk song arrangements |
| Piano | JW 8/24 | 1911 | Ej, duby, duby | Ej, duby, duby | for piano with voice ad libitum | folk song arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/25 | Budem tady stat | Budem tady stat (We Will Stay Here) | for piano with voice ad libitum | folk song arrangement | |
| Piano | JW 8/26 | 1923 | Con moto | Con moto | for piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/27 | 1924 | Skladba bez názvu | Untitled Piece | for piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/28 | 1925 | Bratřím Mrštíkům | To the Mrštík Brothers | for piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/29 | 1926? | Skladba bez názvu | Untitled Piece | for piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/30 | 1926? | Na starém hradě hukvalském | In the Old Castle at Hukvaldy | for piano | folk dance arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/31 | 1927 | Andante | Andante | for piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/32 | 1928 | Vzpomínka | A Recollection | for piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/33 | Skladby v památníku Kamily Stösslové | Pieces in the Kamila Stösslová Album | for piano and harmonium | 13 pieces | |
| Choral | JW 4/1 | 1873 | Orání | Ploughing | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/2 | 1873 | Válečná [1] | War Song [1] | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/3 | 1873 | Válečná [2] | War Song [2] | for male chorus, trumpet, 3 trombones and piano | |
| Choral | JW 4/4 | 1873 | Nestálost lásky | Inconsistency in Love | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/5 | 1873–1876 | Divím se milému | How Strange My Lover Is | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/6 | 1873–1876 | Vínek stonulý | for male chorus | ||
| Choral | JW 4/7 | 1874 | Osamělá bez těchy [1] | Forsaken [1] | for male chorus | revised in 1898 as JW 4/26 |
| Choral | JW 2/1 | 1874 | Graduale „Speciosus forma“ | Graduale “Speciosus forma” | for chorus and organ | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/2 | 1875 | Introitus in festo Ss. Nominis Jesu | Introitus in festo Ss. Nominis Jesu | for chorus and organ | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/3 | 1875 | Exaudi Deus [1] | Exaudi Deus [1] | for chorus and organ | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/4 | 1875 | Exaudi Deus [2] | Exaudi Deus [2] | for chorus and organ | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/5 | 1875 | Benedictus | Benedictus | for chorus and organ | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/6 | 1875 | Communio „Fidelis servus“ | Communio “Fidelis servus” | for chorus | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/7 | 1875–1878 | Regnum mundi | Regnum mundi | for chorus | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/8 | 1875–1879 | Exsurge Domine | Exsurge Domine | for chorus | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/9 | 1875?–1879 | Graduale in festo purificationis BVM „Suscepimus“ | Graduale in festo purificationis BVM “Suscepimus” | for chorus | motet |
| Choral | JW 4/8 | 1876 | Láska opravdivá | True Love | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/9 | 1876 | Osudu neujdeš | You Will Not Escape Fate | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/10 | 1876 | Zpěvná duma | for male chorus | ||
| Choral | JW 4/11 | 1876? | Na košatej jedli dva holubi seďá | for male chorus | ||
| Choral | JW 4/12 | 1877 | Slavnostní sbor (k položení základního kamene ústavu ku vzdělání učitelů) | Festival Chorus | for 4 male voices and chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/13 | 1878? | Slavnostní sbor ku svěcení nové budovy c. k. slovanského ústavu ku vzdělání učitelů v Brně | for baritone, male chorus and piano | ||
| Choral | JW 4/14 | 1880 | Píseň v jeseni | Autumn Song | for chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/15 | 1880–1885 | Na prievoze | At the Ferry | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 2/10 | 1881 | České církevní zpěvy z Lehnerova mešního kancionálu | for chorus and organ | ||
| Choral | JW 4/16 | 1883 | Ave Maria | Ave Maria | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/17 | 1885 | Čtveřice mužských sborů | 4 Male Choruses | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/18 | 1885 | Kačena divoká | The Wild Duck | for chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/19 | 1888 | Tři sbory mužské | 3 Male Choruses | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/20 | 1889? | Královničky. „Staré národní tance obřadné se zpěvy“ | for unison chorus and piano | 10 folk songs and dances | |
| Choral | JW 3/1 | 1890 | Naše píseň [1] | Our Song [1] | for chorus and orchestra | |
| Choral | JW 3/1 | 1890 | Sivý sokol zaletěl | for chorus and orchestra | ||
| Choral | JW 4/21 | 1890 | Naše píseň [2] | Our Song [2] | for chorus | |
| Choral | JW 3/2 | 1891 | Komáři se ženili | for chorus and orchestra | folk song arrangement | |
| Choral | JW 3/3 | 1892 | Zelené sem seła | for chorus and orchestra | folk song arrangement | |
| Choral | JW 3/4 | 1893 | Keď zme šli na hody | for chorus and orchestra | folk song arrangement | |
| Choral | JW 4/22 | 1893 | Což ta naše bříza | Our Birch Tree | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/23 | 1894 | Už je slúnko z téj hory ven | for baritone, chorus and piano | ||
| Choral | JW 4/24 | 1894? | Odpočiň si | for male chorus | funeral chorus | |
| Choral | JW 3/5 | 1896 | Hospodine! | Hear Me, O Lord! | for soloists, chorus, brass, harp and organ | cantata |
| Choral | JW 4/25 | 1897–1898 | Slavnostní sbor k svěcení praporu Svatojosefské jednoty | Festival Chorus | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 3/6 | 1897 | Amarus | Amarus | for soloists, chorus and orchestra | cantata; revised 1901, 1906 |
| Choral | JW 4/26 | 1898 | Osamělá bez těchy [2] | Forsaken [2] | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/27 | 1899 | Ukvalské písně | Hukvaldy Songs | for chorus | 6 folk song arrangements |
| Choral | JW 4/28 | 1900,1906 | Čtvero mužských sborů moravských | 4 Moravian Choruses | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/29 | 1901, 1906 | Otče náš | Our Father | for tenor, chorus and piano (harmonium) or harp and organ | cantata |
| Choral | JW 2/11 | 1902? | Svatý Václave | Saint Wenceslas | for chorus and organ | organ accompaniment for an old Czech hymn |
| Choral | JW 2/12 | 1903 | Constitues | Constitues | for male chorus and organ | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/13 | 1903 | Veni Sancte Spiritus | Veni Sancte Spiritus | for male chorus | motet |
| Choral | JW 4/30 | 1903, 1904 | Elegie na smrt dcery Olgy | Elegy on the Death of My Daughter Olga | for tenor, chorus and piano | cantata |
| Choral | JW 2/14 | 1904 | Zdrávas Maria | Ave Maria | for tenor (or soprano), chorus, violin and organ or piano | |
| Choral | JW 4/31 | 1904–1906 | Vínek | for male chorus | folk song arrangement | |
| Choral | JW 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) | for female vocal duo and piano | 7 folk song arrangements |
| Choral | JW 4/33 | 1906 | Kantor Halfar | Kantor Halfar | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/34 | 1906 | Maryčka Magdónova [1] | Maryčka Magdónova [1] | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/35 | 1907 | Maryčka Magdónova [2] | Maryčka Magdónova [2] | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/36 | 1909 | 70.000 (Sedmdesát tisíc) | Seventy-thousand | for male chorus | revised 1912 |
| Choral | JW 3/7 | 1911 | Na Soláni čarták | for tenor, male chorus and orchestra | cantata | |
| Choral | JW 3/8 | 1914 | Věčné evangelium | The Eternal Gospel | for soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra | cantata |
| Choral | JW 4/37 | 1912?, 1916-1917 |
Pět národních písní (26 Balad lidových IV.) | 5 Folk Songs (26 Folk Ballads, Part IV) | for tenor, male chorus and piano or harmonium | folk song arrangements |
| Choral | JW 4/38 | 1914 | Perina | The Featherbed | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/39 | 1916 | Vlčí stopa | Wolf Tracks | for female chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/40 | 1916 | Hradčanské písničky | Songs of Hradčany | for soprano, female chorus, flute and harp | 3 choruses |
| Choral | JW 4/41 | 1916 | Kašpar Rucký | Kašpar Rucký | for soprano, 4 solo female voices and female chorus | |
| Choral | JW 5/12 | 1917–1919 | Zápisník zmizelého | The Diary of One Who Disappeared | for tenor, alto, 3 female voices and piano | song cycle; revised 1920 |
| Choral | JW 4/42 | 1918 | Česká legie | The Czech Legion | for male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/43 | 1922 | Potulný šílenec | The Wandering Madman | for male chorus with soprano solo | |
| Choral | JW 5/16 | 1924 | Říkadla [1] | Nursery Rhymes [1] | for 1 to 3 mezzo-sopranos, clarinet and piano | 8 songs |
| Choral | JW 4/44 | 1925–1926 | Naše vlajka | Our Flag | for male chorus and 2 solo sopranos | |
| Choral | JW 5/17 | 1926 | Říkadla [2] | Nursery Rhymes [2] | for chamber choir and chamber ensemble | introduction and 18 songs |
| Choral | JW 3/9 | 1926–1927 | Glagolská mše (Mša glagolskaja) | Glagolitic Mass | for soloists, double chorus, orchestra and organ | |
| Choral | JW 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 | for male chorus | |
| Vocal | JW 5/1 | 1871–1875? | Když mě nechceš, což je víc? | If You Don't Love Me, What Do I Care? | for tenor (or chorus) and piano | |
| Vocal | JW 5/2 | 1892–1901 | Moravská lidová poesie v písních | Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs | for voice and piano | 53 folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 5/3 | 1897–1898 | Jarní píseň | Spring Song | revised 1905 | |
| Vocal | JW 5/4 | 1898 | Ukvalská lidová poezie v písních | Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs | for voice and piano | 13 folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 5/6 | 1908–1912 | Pět moravských tanců | 5 Moravian Dances | for voice and piano | folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 5/7 | 1908–1912 | Čtyři balady | 4 Ballads | for voice and piano | folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 5/8 | 1908–1912 | Dvě balady | 2 Ballads | for voice and piano | folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 5/9 | 1909 | Šest národních písní, jež zpívala Gabel Eva (26 Balad lidových I.) | 6 Folk Songs (26 Folk Ballads, Part I) | for voice and piano | |
| Vocal | JW 5/10 | 1911 | Podme, milá, podme! | for voice and piano | folk song arrangement | |
| Vocal | JW 5/11 | 1916 | Písně detvanské, zbojnické balady (26 Balad lidových III.) | Detva Songs, Robber’s Ballads (26 Folk Ballads, Part III) | for voice and piano | 8 folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 5/13 | 1918 | Slezské písně (ze sbírky Heleny Salichové) | for voice and piano | 10 folk song arrangements | |
| Vocal | JW 5/14 | 1920 | Ukolébavka | Lullaby | for voice and piano | folk song arrangement |
| Vocal | JW 5/15 | 1923 | Úpravy lidových písní v článku „Starosta Smolík“ | for voice and unspecified instrument | ||
| Vocal | JW 8/23 | 1922 | Moravské lidové písně | Moravian Folk Songs | for piano and voice ad libitum | 15 folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 8/24 | 1911 | Ej, duby, duby | for piano and voice ad libitum | folk song arrangement | |
| Vocal | JW 8/25 | Budem tady stat | for piano and voice ad libitum | folk song arrangement |