Chronological list of Bartók’s works

BB numbers refer to the numbering within László Somfai’s forthcoming catalog of Bartók’s works, see Somfai, Béla Bartók: Composition, Concepts, and Autograph Sources (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1996), 297ff.

CE numbers refer to the numbering of the Complete Edition volumes.

BB	Work title	Composed	CE
1	Early piano pieces, opp. 1–31 [first opus numbering]	1890–1894	34
2a	Sonata No. 1 for piano (G minor), op. 1 [second opus numbering]	1894	35
2b	Scherzo (G minor), for piano	1894	35
3	Fantasia for piano (A minor), op. 2	1895	35
4	Sonata No. 2 for piano (F major), op. 3	1895	35
5	Capriccio for piano (B minor), op. 4	1895	35
6	Sonata for Violin and Piano (C minor), op. 5	1895	27
7	(Lost works, opp. 6–12)	1895–1897	–
8	Drei Klavierstücke, op. 13	1897	35
9	(Lost works, opp. 14–16)	1897	–
10	Sonata for Violin and Piano (A major), op. 17	1897	27
11	Scherzo oder Fantasie for piano (B major), op. 18	1897	35
12	Sonata for piano (A flat major), op. 19 (“op. 1”)	1898	35
13	Piano Quartet (C minor), op. 20	1898	27
14	Drei Klavierstücke, op. 21 (“op. 5”)	1898	35
15	Drei Lieder for voice and piano	1898	11
16	Scherzo for piano (B minor)	1898	35
17	String Quartet (F major)	1898	27
18	Tiefblaue Veilchen for voice and orchestra	1899	8
19	Studies in composition	1899–1901	47
20	Liebeslieder for voice and piano	1900	11
21	Scherzo (F.F.B.B.) for piano	1900	35
22	Variations for piano	1900–1901	35
23	Tempo di minuet for piano	1901	35
24	Four Songs to Texts by Lajos Pósa for voice and piano	1902	11
25	Symphony for orchestra (fragment)	1902	12
26a	Duo for two violins	1902	27
26b	Andante (A major) for violin and piano	1902	27
27	Four Piano Pieces	1903	35
28	Sonata for Violin and Piano	1903	27
29	Evening for voice and piano	1903	11
30	Evening for men’s voices	1903	9
31	Kossuth Symphonic Poem for orchestra	1903	12
31	Marche funèbre for piano	1903	42
32	Four Songs for voice and piano (lost)	1903	–
33	Piano Quintet	1903–1904	28
34	Székely Folk Song for voice and piano	1904	10
35	Scherzo for orchestra and piano, op. 2 [final opus numbering]	1904	13
35	Scherzo for orchestra and piano, op. 2, reduction for two pianos		45
36a	Rhapsody for piano, op. 1	1904	35
36b	Rhapsody for piano and orchestra, op. 1	1905	13
36b	Rhapsody for piano and orchestra, op. 1, reduction for two pianos		45
37	Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano	1904–1905	10
38	Petits morceaux for piano	1905	35
39	Suite No. 1 for orchestra, op. 3	1905	14
40	Suite No. 2 for orchestra, op. 4	1905–1907	15
41	Children’s Songs for voice and piano	1905	11
42	Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano, [Volume I], Nos. 1–10	1906	10
43	Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano, Volume II	1906–1907	10
44	Two Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano	1907	10
45a	From Gyergyó for recorder and piano	1907	27
45b	Three Hungarian Folk Songs from Csík for piano	1907	36
46	Four Slovak Folk Songs for voice and piano	1907?	10
47	Eight Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano	1907–1917	10
48a	Violin Concerto (No. 1)	1907–1908	16
48a	Violin Concerto (No. 1), piano reduction		46
48b	Two Portraits for orchestra, op. 5	1907–1911	16
49	Two Elegies for piano, op. 8b	1908–1909	36
50	Fourteen Bagatelles for piano, op. 6	1908	36
51	Ten Easy Piano Pieces	1908	36
52	String Quartet No. 1, op. 7	1908–1909	29, 30
53	For Children for piano	1908–1910	37
53add	Béla Bartók–Joseph Szigeti: Hungarian Folk Tunes for violin and piano	1926	32
54	Seven Sketches for piano, op. 9b	1908–1910	36
55	Three Burlesques for piano, op. 8c	1908–1911	36
56	Two Romanian Dances for piano, op. 8a	1909–1910	36
57	Two Romanian Folk Songs for women’s voices	1909?	9
58	Four Dirges for piano, op. 9a	c1909–1910	36
59	Two Pictures for orchestra, op. 10	1910	16
59	Two Pictures for orchestra, op. 10, piano transcription		42
60	Four Old Hungarian Folk Songs for men’s voices	1910, rev. 1926	9
61	Romanian Dance for orchestra	1911	26
62	Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, op. 11	1911	1, 2
62	Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, op. 11, vocal-piano score	1911	43
63	Allegro barbaro for piano	1911	36
64	Four Orchestral Pieces, op. 12	1912, 1921	17
64	Four Orchestral Pieces, op. 12, piano version		42
65	Nine Romanian Folk Songs for voice and piano	1912?	10
66	Béla Bartók–Sándor Reschofsky: Piano Method	1913	36
66	The First Term at the Piano	1929	36
67	Romanian Christmas Songs for piano	1915	38
68	Romanian Folk Dances for piano	1915	38
69	Sonatina for piano	1915	38
70	Suite for piano, op. 14	1916	38
71	Five Songs for voice and piano, op. 15	1916	11
72	Five Songs to Texts by Endre Ady for voice and piano, op. 16	1916	11
73	Slovak Folk Song for voice and piano	1916	10
74	The Wooden Prince, op. 13	1914–1917	3, 4
74	The Wooden Prince, op. 13, piano reduction		43
75	String Quartet No. 2, op. 17	1914–1917	29, 30
76	Romanian Folk Dances for small orchestra	1917	26
77	Four Slovak Folk Songs for mixed voices and piano accompaniment	1916	9
78	Slovak Folk Songs for four-part men’s chorus	1917	9
79	Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs for piano	1914–1918	38
80a	“Leszállott a páva” for piano	1914	38
80b	Three Hungarian Folk Tunes for piano	1914–1918, rev. 1941	38
81	Studies for piano, op. 18	1918	38
82	The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19	1918–1919, 1924	5, 6
82	The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19, piano reduction	1923–1924	43
83	Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs for piano, op. 20	1920	38
84	Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1	1921	31
85	Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2	1922	31
86	Dance Suite for orchestra	1923	17
86	Dance Suite for orchestra, version for piano solo	1925	42
87a	Five Village Scenes for a female voice and piano	1924	10
87b	Three Village Scenes for 4 or 8 female voices and chamber orchestra	1926	8
87b	Three Village Scenes for 4 or 8 female voices and chamber orchestra, vocal-piano score		44
88	Sonata for piano	1926	39
89	Out of Doors. Five Piano Pieces	1926	39
90	Nine Little Piano Pieces	1926	39
91	Piano Concerto No. 1	1926	18
91	Piano Concerto No. 1, reduction for two pianos		45
92	Three Rondos on Folk Tunes for piano	1916–1927	39
93	String Quartet No. 3	1927	29, 30
94a	Rhapsody No. 1 for violin and piano	1928	32
94b	Rhapsody No. 1 for violin and orchestra	1928–1929	19
94c	Rhapsody No. 1 for violoncello and piano	1928–1929	32
95	String Quartet No. 4	1928	29, 30
96a	Rhapsody No. 2 for violin and piano	1928, rev. 1935	32
96b	Rhapsody No. 2 for violin and orchestra	1928–1929, rev. 1935	19
97	Five Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano	1928	10
98	Twenty Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano	1929	10
99	Hungarian Folk Songs for mixed voices	1930	9
100	Cantata profana for tenor, baritone, double chorus, and orchestra	1930	7
100	Cantata profana for tenor, baritone, double chorus, and orchestra, vocal-piano score		44
101	Piano Concerto No. 2	1930–1931	20
101	Piano Concerto No. 2, reduction for two pianos		45
102a	Béla Bartók–Endre Gertler: Sonatina for violin and piano	c1930	32
102b	Dances from Transylvania for orchestra	1931	26
103	Hungarian Sketches for orchestra	1931	26
104	Forty-four Duos for two violins	1931–1932	32
105	Mikrokosmos for piano	1926, 1932–1939	40, 41
106	Székely Folk Songs for men’s voices	1932	9
107	Hungarian Peasant Songs for orchestra	1933	26
108	Five Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and orchestra	1933	8
109	Béla Bartók–Tivadar Országh: Hungarian Folk Songs for violin and piano	1934	32
110	String Quartet No. 5	1934	29, 30
111a	Twenty-Seven Two- and Three-Part Choruses for children’s and women’s voices	1935–1936	9
111b	Seven Choruses with Orchestra	1937–1941	8
112	From Olden Times for men’s voices	1935	9
113	Petite Suite for piano	1936	39
114	Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta	1936	21
115	Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion	1937	33
116	Contrasts for violin, clarinet, and piano	1938	33
117	Violin Concerto (No. 2)	1937–1938	22
117	Violin Concerto (No. 2), piano reduction		46
118	Divertimento for string orchestra	1939	21
119	String Quartet No. 6	1939	29, 30
120	Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos for two pianos	1940	42
121	Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra	1940	23
122	Suite for Two Pianos, op. 4b	1941	42
123	Concerto for Orchestra	1943	24
123	Concerto for Orchestra, piano transcription	1944	42
124	Sonata for Solo Violin	1944	33
125	The Husband’s Lament (Goat Song) for voice and piano	1945	10
126	Three Ukrainian Folk Songs for voice and piano	1945	10
127	Piano Concerto No. 3	1945	25
128	Viola Concerto	1945	25