Principal Works of Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Works with Opus Numbers
- Rhapsody for piano and orchestra, Op. 1, 1904
- Scherzo (Burlesque), Op. 2, orchestra 1904
- Suite No. 1, Op. 3, orchestra, 1905 (revised c. 1920)
- Suite No. 2, Op. 4, orchestra, 1905-7 (revised 1920, 1943)
- Two Portraits, Op. 5, orchestra, 1907
- 14 Bagatelles for piano, Op. 6, 1908
- String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, 1908-09
- Two Rumanian Dances, Op. 8a, 1910
- Two Elegies, Op. 8b, piano, 1908-09
- Seven Sketches (Esquisses), Op. 9, piano, 1911
- Two Pictures, Op. 10, orchestra, 1910
- Duke Bluebeard's Castle, 1-act opera, Op. 11, 1911
- Four Pieces for orchestra, Op. 12, 1912, orchestrated 1921
- The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, 1-act ballet, 1914-16
- Suite for piano, Op. 14, 1916
- Five Songs for voice and piano, Op. 15, 1915-16
- Five Songs for voice and piano, Op. 16, 1916
- String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, 1915-17
- Three Studies for piano, Op. 18, 1918
- The Miraculous Mandarin, 1-act pantomime, Op. 19, 1918-19 (revised 1924, 1935)
- Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs for piano, Op. 20, 1920
Works without Opus Numbers
- The Danube, piano, 1892
- Piano Quartet, 1898
- Piano Sonata, 1898
- Three Songs, 1898
- Quartet, 1898-99
- Four Songs (texts by Lajos Posa), 1902
- Symphony, 1902
- Violin Sonata, 1903
- Kossuth, symphonic poem, 1903
- Evening, piano, 1903
- Quatre Morceaux, piano, 1903
- Quintet, piano and strings, 1904
- Five Songs for a child, 1905
- Scherzo for piano and orchestra, 1904
- 20 Hungarian Folksongs for voice and piano, 1906
- Trios chansons populaires (Hungarian), piano, 1907
- Violin Concerto (No. 1), 1907-08
- 8 Hungarian Folksongs for voice and piano, 1907-17
- Ten Easy Pieces (and “Dedication”), 1908
- Allegro barbaro for piano, 1911
- Four Old Hungarian Folk Songs, 4-part male chorus, 1912
- For Children for piano (85 pieces), 1908-09
- First Term at the Piano (18 pieces), 1913
- 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, piano, 1914-17 (transcribed for orchestra, 1933)
- Three Hungarian Folk Tunes, piano, 1914-17 (transcribed for orch. As “Dances of Transylvania, 1931)
- Sonatine, piano, 1915
- Rumanian Folk Dances (6), piano, 1915 (transcribed for orchestra, 1917)
- Rumanian Christmas Songs (20), piano, 1915
- Rumanian Folk Songs (9), voice and piano, 1915
- Rumanian Folk Songs (2), 4-part women’s chorus, 1915
- Five Slovak Folk Songs, 4-part male chorus, 1917
- Five Slovak Folk Songs, 4-part mixed chorus and piano, 1917
- Eight Hungarian Folk Songs, voice and piano, 1917
- Violin Sonata No. 1, 1921
- Violin Sonata No. 2, 1922
- Dance Suite for orchestra, 1923
- Five Village Scenes (Slovak Folk Songs), voice and piano, 1924
- Piano Sonata, 1926
- Out of Doors for piano, 1926
- Piano Concerto No. 1, 1926
- Nine Little Piano Pieces, 1926
- Three Rondos, piano, 1916-27
- Mikrokosmos for piano (progressive pieces in six volumes, 153 works), 1926, 1932-39
- String Quartet No. 3, 1927
- String Quartet No. 4, 1928
- Rhapsodies Nos. 1-2 for violin and orchestra, 1928
- 20 Hungarian Folksongs for voice and piano, 1929
- Cantata Profana: the Nine Enchanted Stags, 1930
- Piano Concerto No. 2, 1930-31
- Five Hungarian Folk Songs, 4-part male chorus, 1930
- 44 Duos for two violins, 1931
- Transylvanian Dances, orchestra, 1931
- Szekely Songs (5), male chorus, 1932
- Hungarian Sketches (orchestrations of various piano pieces), 1931
- Hungarian Peasant Songs, orchestra, 1933
- Five Hungarian Folk Songs, solo voice, orchestra, 1933
- String Quartet No. 5, 1934
- 27 Choruses for children's or women's voices, 1935
- Three Choruses, 3-part men’s voices (“From Times Past”), 1931
- Petite Suite, piano, 1936
- Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, 1936
- Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, 1937
- Violin Concerto No. 2, 1937-38
- Contrasts (clarinet, violin, piano), 1938
- String Quartet No. 6, 1939
- Divertimento for string orchestra, 1939
- Concerto for Two Pianos (arrangement of Sonata for 2 pianos and percussion), 1940
- Concerto for Orchestra, 1943, rev. 1945
- Sonata for solo violin, 1944
- I Bought Barley (Ukranian Folk Song), voice and piano, 1945
- Piano Concerto No. 3, 1945
- Viola Concerto, 1945, completed by Tibor Serly from Bartók’s sketches, published posthumously