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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.
| Name | Sz. | BB | DD | Opus[1] | Year[2] | Instruments/voices used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walczer | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Three Pieces | 8 | 45 | 13 (list 2) | 1897 | Piano | |
| Piano Quintet in C major * | 9 | 46 | 14 (list 2) | 1897 | Piano Quintet | |
| Two Pieces * | 9 | 47 | 15 (list 2) | 1897 | Piano | |
| Great Fantasy * | 9 | 48 | 16 (list 2) | 1897 | Piano | |
| 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 “Op. 1” | 12 | 51 | 19 (list 2) | 1898 | Piano | |
| Piano Quartet in C minor | 9 | 13 | 52 | 20 (list 2) | 1898 | Piano Quartet |
| Three Piano Pieces (fantasies) | 6 | 14 | 53 | 21 (list 2) | 1898 | Piano |
| Three Songs | 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 w. Orchestra | ||
| Scherzo in Sonata Form | 19 | 58 | 1899–1900 | String Quartet | ||
| Scherzo in B Flat minor | 19 | 59 | 1900? | Piano | ||
| Six Dances | 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 | ||
| Four Songs | 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 | ||
| Four Piano Pieces (Négy zongoradarab) | 22 | 27 | 71 | 1903 | Piano | |
| Andante in F Sharp or A major | 26 | 71 B14 | 1902 | Violin and Piano | ||
| Violin Sonata in E minor | 20 | 28 | 72 | 1903 | Violin and Piano | |
| Est (Evening) for Voice and Piano | 29 | 74 | 1903 | Voice and Piano | ||
| Est (Evening) for Male Chorus | 19 | 30 | 74 | 1903 | Male Chorus w. Orchestra | |
| Kossuth, symphonic poem | 21 | 31 | 75a | 1903 | Orchestra | |
| Marcia Funèbre (from Kossuth) | 21 | 31 | 75b | 1903 | Piano | |
| Four Songs * | 18 | 32 | 76 | 1903 | Voice and Piano | |
| Piano Quintet | 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 BB37(no.2) and 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', Five Songs | 32 | 41 | 1905 | Voice and Piano | ||
| Hungarian Folksongs, Ten Songs | 33 | 42 | 1906, rev BB97 1928 | Voice and Piano | ||
| Hungarian Folksongs, Ten Songs | 33 | 43 | 1906–07 | Voice and Piano | ||
| Two Hungarian Folksongs | 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 | ||
| Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csik | 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 | ||
| Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 | 36 | 48a | 1907–08 pub 1956 | Violin and Orchestra | ||
| Two Portraits for Orchestra | 37 | 48b | 5 (list 3) | 1907–11 | Violin and Orchestra | |
| Fourteen Bagatelles | 38 | 50 | 6 (list 3) | 1908 | Piano | |
| Ten Easy Pieces | 39 | 51 | 1908 | Piano | ||
| String Quartet No. 1 | 40 | 52 | 7 (list 3) | 1908–09 | String Quartet | |
| Two Elegies | 41 | 49 | 8b (list 3) | 1908–09 | Piano | |
| For Children (4 volumes in 2 books) | 42 | 53 | 1908–09 | Piano | ||
| Two Romanian Folk Dances | 43 | 56 | 8a (list 3) | 1910 | Piano | |
| Two Romaninan folk songs | 57 | 1909 appr. | Women choir | |||
| Four Dirges | 45 | 58 | 9a (list 3) | 1910 | Piano | |
| Seven Sketches (Vázlatok) | 44 | 54 | 9b (list 3) | 1908–10 | Piano | |
| Two Pictures for Orchestra | 46 | 59 | 10 (list 3) | 1910 | Orchestra | |
| Three Burlesques (Három burleszk) | 47 | 55 | 8c (list 3) | 1908–11 | Piano | |
| Romanian Dance (one of 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 | ||
| Four Old Hungarian Folksongs | 50 | 60 | 1910 rev 1926 | Male Chorus w/o Orchestra | ||
| Four Pieces | 51 | 64 | 12 (list 3) | 1912, orch in 1921 | Piano / Orchestra | |
| Piano etude (Reschofsky) | 52 | 1913 | Pian | |||
| 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 | ||
| Two Romanian Folksongs | 58 | 1915 | Female Chorus | |||
| Nine Romanian Folksongs | 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 | ||
| Suite | 62 | 70 | 14 (list 3) | 1916 | Piano | |
| Five Songs | 61 | 71 | 15 (list 3) | 1916 | Voice and Piano | |
| Five Songs | 63 | 72 | 16 (list 3) | 1916 | Voice and Piano | |
| Slovak Folksong | 63a | 73 | 1916? | Voice and Piano | ||
| Hungarian Folksong | 65 | 1914–17? | Piano | |||
| Three Hungarian Folksongs | 66 | 80b | 1914–18 rev 1941 | Piano | ||
| String Quartet No. 2 | 67 | 75 | 17 (list 3) | 1915–17 | String Quartet | |
| Romanian Folkdances small orch.(fromBB68) | 68 | 76 | 1917 | Piano / Orchestra | ||
| Five Slovak Folksongs for Male Chorus | 69 | 77 | 1917 | Male Chorus w/o Orchestra | ||
| Four Slovak Folksongs for Mixed Choir | 70 | 78 | 1916 or 1917 | Mixed Choir w/o Orchestra | ||
| Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs | 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 1927 | Orchestra | |
| Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs | 74 | 83 | 20 (list 3) | 1920 | Piano | |
| Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 | 75 | 84 | 21 (list 3) | 1921 | Violin and Piano | |
| Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 | 76 | 85 | 1922 | Violin and Piano | ||
| Dance Suite | 77 | 86 | 1923, piano 1925 | Orchestra / piano | ||
| Village Scenes (Falún), Five Slovak Songs | 78 | 87a | 1924 | Female Voice and Piano | ||
| Three Village Scenes (Falún) | 79 | 87b | May 1926 | 4/8 women choir w. chmb.orch. | ||
| Sonata for Piano | 80 | 88 | June 1926 | Piano | ||
| Out of Doors | 81 | 89 | (summer) 1926 | Piano | ||
| Nine Little Pieces | 82 | 90 | 1926 | Piano | ||
| Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 | 83 | 91 | 1926 | Piano and Orchestra | ||
| Three Rondos on Slovak Folk Tunes | 84 | 92 | 1916, 1927 | Piano | ||
| String Quartet No. 3 | 85 | 93 | 1927 | String Quartet | ||
| Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No. 1 | 87, 88 | 94 | 1928 (Cello transcription 1929) | Violin (or Cello) and Piano | ||
| Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 | 86 | 94 | 1929 | Violin and Orchestra | ||
| Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No. 2 | 89 | 96 | 1928 rev 1935 or 1944 | Violin and Piano | ||
| Rhapsody for Violin and Orch. No.2 | 90 | 96 | 1928, rev 1935 or 1944 | Violin and Orch. | ||
| String Quartet No. 4 | 91 | 95 | 1928 | String Quartet | ||
| Five Hungarian Folksongs (revision of BB 42) | 33 | 97 | 1928 | Voice and Piano | ||
| Twenty Hungarian Folksongs | 92 | 98 | 1929 | Voice and Piano | ||
| Four Hungarian Folksongs for Mixed Chorus | 93 | 99 | 1932 | Mixed Chorus | ||
| Cantata Profana (9 Enchanted Stags) | 94 | 100 | 1930 | 2 voices dbl chorus w. orch. | ||
| Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 | 95 | 101 | 1930–31 | Piano and Orchestra | ||
| Sonatina for violin and piano (arr. BB 69) | 55 | 102a | 1930 appr | Violin and Piano | ||
| Transylvanian Dances | 96 | 102b | 1931 | Orchestra | ||
| Hungarian Sketches arr.parts BB51,53,55,58 | 97 | 103 | 1931 | Orchestra | ||
| 44 Duos for Two Violins | 98 | 104 | 1931–32 | Two Violins | ||
| Székely Songs for Male Chorus | 99 | 106 | 1932 (and 1938?) | Male Chorus | ||
| Hungarian Peasant Songs arr. BB79/6–15 | 100 | 107 | 1933 | Orchestra | ||
| Five Hungarian Folksongs 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 | ||
| 27 Choruses | 103 | 111 | 1935–36, w. orch 1937–41 | Children and women choir w.&w/o orch | ||
| From Olden Times for Male Chorus | 104 | 112 | 1935 | Male Chorus | ||
| Petite suite arr. BB 104 | 105 | 113 | 1936 | Piano | ||
| Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta | 106 | 114 | 1936 | Strings, Percussion and Celesta | ||
| Mikrokosmos | 107 | 105 | 1926 and 1932–39 | Piano | ||
| Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos (BB 105) | 108 | 120 | 1939–1940 | Two Pianos | ||
| Hungarian Folksong | 109 | 109 | 1934 approx. | |||
| Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion | 110 | 115 | 1937 | Two Pianos and Percussion | ||
| Contrasts | 111 | 116 | 1938 | Violin, Clarinet and Piano | ||
| Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 | 112 | 117 | 1937–38 | Violin and Orchestra | ||
| Divertimento | 113 | 118 | 1939 | Strings | ||
| String Quartet No. 6 | 114 | 119 | 1939 | String Quartet | ||
| Concerto for Two Pianos | 115 | 121 | 1940 | Two Pianos and orchestra | ||
| Suite arr. BB 40 | 115a | 122 | 4b (list 3) | 1941 | Two Pianos | |
| Concerto for Orchestra | 116 | 123 | 1942–43, rev 1945 | Orchestra | ||
| Sonata for Solo Violin | 117 | 124 | 1944 | Solo Violin | ||
| A férj keserve (goat song) | 125 | 1945 | Voice and Piano | |||
| Three Ukrainian Folksongs | 118 | 126 | 1945 | Voice and Piano | ||
| Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 | 119 | 127 | 1945 | Piano and Orchestra | ||
| Concerto for Viola (sketches only) | 120 | 128 | 1945 | Viola and Orchestra |
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.