List of compositions by Béla Bartók

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

This aspires to be a complete list of compositions by Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók

Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

. The catalogue numbering by András Szőllősy

András Szőllősy

András Szőllősy was the creator of the Szőllősy index , a frequently used index for the works of Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, was born at Szászváros in Transylvania on February 27, 1921. He studied composition under Zoltán Kodály at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music where he was a professor of...

(Sz.), László Somfai

László Somfai

László Somfai is a Hungarian musicologist.He was born in 1934 in Jászladány. He first studied History of Music, graduating in 1959 with a dissertation on the classical string quartet idiom of Joseph Haydn. He went on to earn a PhD in musicology....

(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	Year	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 Kossuth (Bartók) Kossuth, Sz. 75a, BB 31, is a symphonic poem by Béla Bartók inspired by the Hungarian politician Lajos Kossuth.-Musical background:The music of Richard Strauss was an early influence on Bartók, who was studying at the Budapest Royal Academy of Music when he encountered the symphonic poems of...	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 Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bartók) Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 1, BB 48a was written around the years 1907–1908, but only published in 1956, after the composer's death. It was premiered on May 30, 1958 in Basel, Switzerland...	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 String Quartet No. 1 (Bartók) The String Quartet No. 1 in A minor by Béla Bartók was completed in 1909. The score is dated January 27 of that year.The work is in three movements, played without breaks between each:#Lento...	40	52		7 (list 3)	1908–09	String Quartet
Two Elegies	41	49		8b (list 3)	1908–09	Piano
For Children For Children (Bartók) For Children is a cycle of short piano pieces composed by Béla Bartók. The collection was originally started in 1908 and completed in 1909, and comprised 85 pieces which were issued in four volumes. Each piece is based on a folk tune, Hungarian in the first two volumes , and Slovakian in the last... (4 volumes in 2 books)	42	53			1908–09	Piano
Two Romanian Folk Dances Two Romanian Folk Dances The Two Romanian Folk Dances are a piano work written by Béla Bartók, based on Romanian folk music. Written in 1910, they date from the beginning of his interest in folk music — his first work showing strong folk influence, the String Quartet No. 1, is from just two years before...	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 Bluebeard's Castle Duke Bluebeard's Castle is a one-act opera by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. The libretto was written by Béla Balázs, a poet and friend of the composer. It is in Hungarian, based on the French fairy tale "Bluebeard" by Charles Perrault...	48	62		11 (list 3)	1911 rev 1912 & 1917	Voice and Orchestra
Allegro barbaro Allegro barbaro Allegro barbaro, BB 63 , composed in 1911, is one of Béla Bartók's most famous and frequently performed solo piano pieces. The composition is typical of Bartók's style, utilizing folk elements...	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 Sonatina (Bartók) Sonatina, Sz. 55, BB. 69 is a piece for solo piano written in 1915 by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Initially entitled Sonatina on Romanian folk tunes, it is based on folk tunes Bartók collected in his neighbour country Romania, which, even he proclaimed Hungarian folk music was clearly superior,...	55	69			1915	Piano
Romanian Folk Dances Romanian Folk Dances Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, BB 68 is a suite of six short piano pieces composed by Béla Bartók in 1915. He later orchestrated it for small ensemble in 1917 as Sz. 68, BB 76....	56	68			1915	Piano
Romanian Christmas Carols Romanian Christmas Carols Romanian Christmas Carols, Sz, 57, BB 67 is a set of little colinde, typical Christmas songs from Romanian villages, habitually sung by small groups of children, composed in 1915 by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók.- Structure :...	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 The Wooden Prince The Wooden Prince Op. 13, Sz. 60, is a one-act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók in 1914-1916 to a scenario by Béla Balázs... Ballet in One Act	60	74		13 (list 3)	1914–17	Orchestra
The Wooden Prince The Wooden Prince The Wooden Prince Op. 13, Sz. 60, is a one-act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók in 1914-1916 to a scenario by Béla Balázs... Suite		74		13 (list 3)	1921, 1924?	Orchestra
Suite Suite, Op. 14 (Bartók) The Suite, Op. 14, Sz. 62 is a piece for solo piano written by Béla Bartók. It was written in February 1916, published in 1918, and debuted by the composer on April 21, 1919, in Budapest. The Suite is one of Bartók's most significant works for piano, only comparable with his 1926 Piano Sonata...	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 String Quartet No. 2 (Bartók) The String Quartet No. 2 by Béla Bartók was written between 1915 and October 1917 in Rákoskeresztúr in Hungary.The work is in three movements:#Moderato#Allegro molto capriccioso#Lento...	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 Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79 is a collection of short folk melodies arranged for piano by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. It was composed between 1914 and 1918- Structure :...	71	79			1914–18	Piano
„Leszállott a páva”		80			1914	Piano
Studies	72	81		18 (list 3)	1918	Piano
The Miraculous Mandarin The Miraculous Mandarin The Miraculous Mandarin or The Wonderful Mandarin Op. 19, Sz. 73 , is a one act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918–1924, and based on the story by Melchior Lengyel. Premiered November 27, 1926 in Cologne, Germany, it caused a scandal and was subsequently banned... , Pantomime	73	82		19 (list 3)	1918–19, 1924	Orchestra (w. choir)
The Miraculous Mandarin The Miraculous Mandarin The Miraculous Mandarin or The Wonderful Mandarin Op. 19, Sz. 73 , is a one act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918–1924, and based on the story by Melchior Lengyel. Premiered November 27, 1926 in Cologne, Germany, it caused a scandal and was subsequently banned... , Suite	73	82		19 (list 3)	1918, cmpl in 1927	Orchestra
Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20, Sz. 74, BB 83, also known as Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs or simply as Improvisations, is a composition for solo piano by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók...	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 Dance Suite (Bartók) Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86 , sometimes also called Tanz Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86, is an orchestral suite composed in 1923 by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. In 1925, the composer himself wrote a reduction of this piece for piano, which has become also as well-known as the original...	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 Piano Sonata (Bartók) The Piano Sonata BB 88 of Béla Bartók was composed in 1926. It is tonal, but is highly dissonant. It uses the piano in a percussive fashion.The work is in three movements, with the following tempo indications:*Allegro moderato...	80	88			June 1926	Piano
Out of Doors Out of Doors (Bartók) Out of Doors is a set of five piano solo pieces, Sz. 81, BB 89, written by Béla Bartók in 1926. Out of Doors is among the very few instrumental compositions by Bartók with programmatic titles...	81	89			(summer) 1926	Piano
Nine Little Pieces	82	90			1926	Piano
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 1 (Bartók) The Piano Concerto No. 1 , Sz. 83, BB 91 of Béla Bartók was composed in 1926. It is about 23 to 24 minutes long.-Background:For almost three years, Bartók had composed little. He broke that silence with several piano works, one of which was the piano concerto...	83	91			1926	Piano and Orchestra
Three Rondos on Slovak Folk Tunes	84	92			1916, 1927	Piano
String Quartet No. 3 String Quartet No. 3 (Bartók) The String Quartet No. 3 by Béla Bartók was written in September 1926 in Budapest.The work is in one continuous stretch with no breaks, but is divided in the score into four parts:#Prima parte: Moderato#Seconda parte: Allegro...	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 String Quartet No. 4 (Bartók) The String Quartet No. 4 by Béla Bartók was written from July to September, 1927 in Budapest.The work is in five movements:#Allegro#Prestissimo, con sordino#Non troppo lento#Allegretto pizzicato#Allegro molto...	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 Cantata Profana Cantata Profana Sz. 94, is a choral work for tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók... (9 Enchanted Stags)	94	100			1930	2 voices dbl chorus w. orch.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Piano Concerto No. 2 (Bartók) Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101 is one of the composer's more accessible compositions for audiences. It is especially notorious for being one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire....	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 44 Duos for Two Violins 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 is a series of duets composed in 1931 by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók.- Composition :Béla Bartók did not intend this work to be played in performances, but rather to be useful as a work for young students...	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 String Quartet No. 5 (Bartók) The String Quartet No. 5 Sz. 102, BB 110 by Béla Bartók was written between August 6 and September 6, 1934.The work is in five movements:#Allegro#Adagio molto#Scherzo: alla bulgarese#Andante#Finale: Allegro vivace...	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 Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 is one of the best-known compositions by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Commissioned by Paul Sacher to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the score is dated September 7, 1936...	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 Sonata for two pianos and percussion Béla Bartók wrote his Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110, BB 115 for the International Society for Contemporary Music in 1937 and it was premiered by him and his second wife, Ditta Pásztory-Bartók, as the pianists, and percussionists Saul Goodman and Henry Deneke, at the ISCM anniversary...	110	115			1937	Two Pianos and Percussion
Contrasts Contrasts (Bartók) Contrasts is a 1938 composition scored for clarinet-violin-piano trio by Béla Bartók . It is based on Hungarian and Romanian dance melodies and has three movements with a combined duration of 17-20 minutes. Bartók wrote the work in response to a letter from violinist Joseph Szigeti, although it...	111	116			1938	Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 Violin Concerto No. 2 (Bartók) Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117 was dedicated to the Hungarian violin virtuoso, Zoltán Székely, who requested the composition in 1936, and is a prime example of verbunkos style....	112	117			1937–38	Violin and Orchestra
Divertimento Divertimento for String Orchestra BB 118 Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz.113 BB.118 is a three-movement work composed by Béla Bartók in 1939, scored for full orchestral strings. Paul Sacher, a Swiss conductor, patron, impresario, and the founder of the Basel Chamber Orchestra , commissioned Bartók to compose the Divertimento, which...	113	118			1939	Strings
String Quartet No. 6 String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók) The String Quartet No. 6 by Béla Bartók was written from August to November, 1939 in Budapest.The work is in four movements:#Mesto - Vivace#Mesto - Marcia#Mesto - Burletta#Mesto - Molto tranquillo...	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 Concerto for Orchestra (Bartók) Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123, is a five-movement musical work for orchestra composed by Béla Bartók in 1943. It is one of his best-known, most popular and most accessible works. The score is inscribed "15 August – 8 October 1943", and it premiered on December 1, 1944 in Boston Symphony...	116	123			1942–43, rev 1945	Orchestra
Sonata for Solo Violin Sonata for Solo Violin (Bartók) The Sonata for Solo Violin Sz. 117, BB 124, is a sonata for unaccompanied violin composed by Béla Bartók. It was premiered by Yehudi Menuhin, to whom it was dedicated, in New York on 26 November, 1944.-Composition:...	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 Piano Concerto No. 3 (Bartók) Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127 is a musical composition for piano and orchestra. The piece was composed in 1945 by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók during the final months of his life. It consists of three movements.-Context:...	119	127			1945	Piano and Orchestra
Concerto for Viola (sketches only) Viola Concerto (Bartók) Béla Bartók's Viola Concerto, Sz. 120, BB 128 was written in July – August 1945, in Saranac Lake, New York, while he was suffering from the terminal stages of leukemia. It was commissioned by William Primrose. Along with the Piano Concerto No. 3, it is his last work, and he left it incomplete at...	120	128			1945	Viola and Orchestra

List by type of composition

This is a near complete list of compositions by Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók

. Both the more common
András Szöllősy

András Szőllősy

catalogue numbering (Sz.) and the more recent László Somfai

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
Bluebeard's Castle
Duke Bluebeard's Castle is a one-act opera by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. The libretto was written by Béla Balázs, a poet and friend of the composer. It is in Hungarian, based on the French fairy tale "Bluebeard" by Charles Perrault...

(1911, revised 1912 & 1917) Op. 11, Sz. 48, BB 62, opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
The Wooden Prince
The Wooden Prince
The Wooden Prince Op. 13, Sz. 60, is a one-act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók in 1914-1916 to a scenario by Béla Balázs...

(1914–16) Op. 13, Sz. 60, BB 74, ballet
Ballet (music)
Ballet as a music form progressed from simply a complement to dance, to a concrete compositional form that often had as much value as the dance that went along with it. The dance form, originating in France during the 17th century, began as a theatrical dance. It was not until the 19th century that...
The Miraculous Mandarin
The Miraculous Mandarin
The Miraculous Mandarin or The Wonderful Mandarin Op. 19, Sz. 73 , is a one act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918–1924, and based on the story by Melchior Lengyel. Premiered November 27, 1926 in Cologne, Germany, it caused a scandal and was subsequently banned...

(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
Romanian Folk Dances
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, BB 68 is a suite of six short piano pieces composed by Béla Bartók in 1915. He later orchestrated it for small ensemble in 1917 as Sz. 68, BB 76....

for small orchestra (1917) Sz. 68, BB 76
Suite The Miraculous Mandarin Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82
Kossuth
Kossuth (Bartók)
Kossuth, Sz. 75a, BB 31, is a symphonic poem by Béla Bartók inspired by the Hungarian politician Lajos Kossuth.-Musical background:The music of Richard Strauss was an early influence on Bartók, who was studying at the Budapest Royal Academy of Music when he encountered the symphonic poems of...

, 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
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 is one of the best-known compositions by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Commissioned by Paul Sacher to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the score is dated September 7, 1936...

(1936) Sz. 106, BB 114
Divertimento
Divertimento for String Orchestra BB 118
Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz.113 BB.118 is a three-movement work composed by Béla Bartók in 1939, scored for full orchestral strings. Paul Sacher, a Swiss conductor, patron, impresario, and the founder of the Basel Chamber Orchestra , commissioned Bartók to compose the Divertimento, which...

(1939) Sz. 113, BB 118
Concerto for Orchestra
Concerto for Orchestra (Bartók)
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123, is a five-movement musical work for orchestra composed by Béla Bartók in 1943. It is one of his best-known, most popular and most accessible works. The score is inscribed "15 August – 8 October 1943", and it premiered on December 1, 1944 in Boston Symphony...

(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
  Piano Concerto No. 1 (Bartók)
  The Piano Concerto No. 1 , Sz. 83, BB 91 of Béla Bartók was composed in 1926. It is about 23 to 24 minutes long.-Background:For almost three years, Bartók had composed little. He broke that silence with several piano works, one of which was the piano concerto...
  
  (1926) Sz. 83, BB 91
- Piano Concerto No. 2
  Piano Concerto No. 2 (Bartók)
  Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101 is one of the composer's more accessible compositions for audiences. It is especially notorious for being one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire....
  
  (1932) Sz. 95, BB 101
- Piano Concerto No. 3
  Piano Concerto No. 3 (Bartók)
  Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127 is a musical composition for piano and orchestra. The piece was composed in 1945 by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók during the final months of his life. It consists of three movements.-Context:...
  
  (1945) Sz. 119, BB 127
Violin
- Violin Concerto No. 1
  Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bartók)
  Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 1, BB 48a was written around the years 1907–1908, but only published in 1956, after the composer's death. It was premiered on May 30, 1958 in Basel, Switzerland...
  
  (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
  Rhapsody No. 1 (Bartók)
  Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 87, BB 94 is the first of two folk dances for violin and orchestra written by Béla Bartók. It was written in 1928 and dedicated to Hungarian virtuoso violinist Joseph Szigeti, a close friend of Bartók....
  
  (1928–29) Sz. 87, BB 94
- Rhapsody Folk Dances for Violin and Orchestra No. 2
  Rhapsody No. 2 (Bartók)
  Rhapsody No. 2, Sz. 90, BB 96 is the second of two folk dances for violin and orchestra written by Béla Bartók. It was written in 1928 and dedicated to Hungarian chamber violinist Zoltán Székely, a founding member of the Hungarian String Quartet...
  
  (1928, rev. 1935) Sz. 90, BB 96
- Violin Concerto No. 2
  Violin Concerto No. 2 (Bartók)
  Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117 was dedicated to the Hungarian violin virtuoso, Zoltán Székely, who requested the composition in 1936, and is a prime example of verbunkos style....
  
  (1937–38) Sz. 112, BB 117
Viola
- Viola Concerto
  Viola Concerto (Bartók)
  Béla Bartók's Viola Concerto, Sz. 120, BB 128 was written in July – August 1945, in Saranac Lake, New York, while he was suffering from the terminal stages of leukemia. It was commissioned by William Primrose. Along with the Piano Concerto No. 3, it is his last work, and he left it incomplete at...
  
  (completed by Tibor Serly
  Tibor Serly
  Tibor Serly was a Hungarian violist, violinist and composer.He was one of the students of Zoltán Kodály. He greatly admired and became a young apprentice of Béla Bartók. His association with Bartók was for him both a blessing and a curse...
  
  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
  Sonata for two pianos and percussion
  Béla Bartók wrote his Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110, BB 115 for the International Society for Contemporary Music in 1937 and it was premiered by him and his second wife, Ditta Pásztory-Bartók, as the pianists, and percussionists Saul Goodman and Henry Deneke, at the ISCM anniversary...
  
  )

Choral works

With Orchestral Accompaniment
- 3 Village Scenes Falun Sz. 79, BB 87b
- 5 Hungarian Folksongs Sz. 101, BB 108
- 27 Choruses with Orchestral Accompaniment Sz. 103, BB 111
- Cantata Profana
  Cantata Profana
  Cantata Profana Sz. 94, is a choral work for tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók...
  
  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
Contrasts (Bartók)
Contrasts is a 1938 composition scored for clarinet-violin-piano trio by Béla Bartók . It is based on Hungarian and Romanian dance melodies and has three movements with a combined duration of 17-20 minutes. Bartók wrote the work in response to a letter from violinist Joseph Szigeti, although it...

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
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
Sonata for two pianos and percussion
Béla Bartók wrote his Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110, BB 115 for the International Society for Contemporary Music in 1937 and it was premiered by him and his second wife, Ditta Pásztory-Bartók, as the pianists, and percussionists Saul Goodman and Henry Deneke, at the ISCM anniversary...

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 violin Sz. 117, BB 124
Suite Op. 4b (arranged for two pianos), Sz. 115a, BB 122
String Quartets
- String Quartet No. 1
  String Quartet No. 1 (Bartók)
  The String Quartet No. 1 in A minor by Béla Bartók was completed in 1909. The score is dated January 27 of that year.The work is in three movements, played without breaks between each:#Lento...
  
  Op. 7, Sz. 40, BB 52
- String Quartet No. 2
  String Quartet No. 2 (Bartók)
  The String Quartet No. 2 by Béla Bartók was written between 1915 and October 1917 in Rákoskeresztúr in Hungary.The work is in three movements:#Moderato#Allegro molto capriccioso#Lento...
  
  Op. 17, Sz. 67, BB 75
- String Quartet No. 3
  String Quartet No. 3 (Bartók)
  The String Quartet No. 3 by Béla Bartók was written in September 1926 in Budapest.The work is in one continuous stretch with no breaks, but is divided in the score into four parts:#Prima parte: Moderato#Seconda parte: Allegro...
  
  Sz. 85, BB 93
- String Quartet No. 4
  String Quartet No. 4 (Bartók)
  The String Quartet No. 4 by Béla Bartók was written from July to September, 1927 in Budapest.The work is in five movements:#Allegro#Prestissimo, con sordino#Non troppo lento#Allegretto pizzicato#Allegro molto...
  
  Sz. 91, BB 95
- String Quartet No. 5
  String Quartet No. 5 (Bartók)
  The String Quartet No. 5 Sz. 102, BB 110 by Béla Bartók was written between August 6 and September 6, 1934.The work is in five movements:#Allegro#Adagio molto#Scherzo: alla bulgarese#Andante#Finale: Allegro vivace...
  
  Sz. 102, BB 110
- String Quartet No. 6
  String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók)
  The String Quartet No. 6 by Béla Bartók was written from August to November, 1939 in Budapest.The work is in four movements:#Mesto - Vivace#Mesto - Marcia#Mesto - Burletta#Mesto - Molto tranquillo...
  
  Sz. 114, BB 119

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
Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is best known internationally as the creator of the Kodály Method.-Life:Born in Kecskemét, Kodály learned to play the violin as a child....

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
Suite paysanne hongroise
The Suite Paysanne Hongroise is an arrangement of music by Béla Bartók, by Paul Arma.The suite consists of folk song arrangements originally written for piano, and was transcribed for flute and piano by Paul Arma; later he also arranged it for flute and orchestra. It is based on folk songs that...

(arranged by Paul Arma, for flute and piano or orchestra)
Rumanian Folk Dances (arranged by Frederick Charlton for The Hutchins Consort)
Allegro barbaro
Allegro barbaro
Allegro barbaro, BB 63 , composed in 1911, is one of Béla Bartók's most famous and frequently performed solo piano pieces. The composition is typical of Bartók's style, utilizing folk elements...

arranged by Jenő Kenessey for orchestra (1946)

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