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B�la Bart�k - List of Works

Works with Opus Numbers

• Op.1
  Rhapsody, ?1904
  Piano, Orch.

• Op.2
  Scherzo (Burlesque), 1904
  Piano, Orch.

• Op.3
  Suite No. 1, 1905 (revised c1920)
  Orch.

• Op.4
  Suite No. 2, 1905-7 (revised 1920, 1943)
  small Orch.

• Op.5
  Two Portraits (K�t portr�), 1907-11
  Orch.
  1. One ideal (Egy ide�lis)
  2. One grotesque (Egy torz)

• Op.7
  String Quartet No.1, 1908

• Op.10
  Two Pictures (K�t k�p), 1910
  Orch.
  1. In full flower (Vir�gz�s)
  2. Village dance (A falu t�nca)

• Op.11
  Duke Bluebeard's Castle (A K�kszak�ll� herceg v�ra), 1911 (rev.1912,1918)
  Opera

• Op.12
  Four Pieces, 1912, Orchestrated 1921
  Orch.
  1. Preludio
  2. Scherzo
  3. Intermezzo
  4. Marcia funebre

• Op.13
  The Wooden Prince (A f�b�l faragott kir�lyfi), 1914-6, Orchestrated 1916-7
  Ballet

• Op.17
  String Quartet No.2, 1915-7

• Op.19
  The Miraculous Mandarin (A csod�latos mandarin), 1918-9, Orchestrated 1923, Rev.1924,1926-31
  Pantomime
  A Suite derived from this work also exists.

Works without Opus Numbers

• Kossuth, 1903
  Symphonic Poem

• Violin Concerto (No.1), 1907-8
  The first movement was revised as No.1 of Op.5; the first performance was in 1958.

• Allegro Barbaro, 1911
  Piano

• Romanian Folkdances (Rom�n n�pi t�ncok), 1917
  Orch.

• Violin Sonata No.1, 1921
  Vln., Piano

• Violin Sonata No.2, 1922
  Vln., Piano

• Dance Suite (T�ncszvit), 1923

• Piano Concerto No.1, 1926

• Sonata, 1926
  Piano

• Three Village Scenes (Tri dedinsk� sc�ny), 1926
  4-8 Female Voices, Chamber Orch.

• Mikrokosmos, 1926 1932-9
  Progressive Pieces for Piano in 6 Volumes

• String Quartet No.3, 1927

• Rhapsody No.1, 1928
  Vln., Piano
  Also Orchestrated
  Also Arrangement for Cello, Piano

• Rhapsody No.2, 1928 Rev.1944
  Vln., Piano
  Also Orchestrated

• String Quartet No.4, 1928

• Cantata profana (A kilenc csodaszarvas), 1930
  T, Bar., Double Chorus, Orch.

• Piano Concerto No.2, 1930-1

• 44 Duos for Two Violins, 1931

• Transylvanian Dances (Erd�lyi t�ncok), 1931
  Orch.

• Hungarian Sketches (Magyar k�pek), 1931
  Orch.

• Hungarian Peasant Songs (Magyar parasztdalok), 1933
  Orch.

• 5 Hungarian Folksongs (Magyar n�pdalok), 1933
  Solo Voice, Orch.

• String Quartet No.5, 1934

• Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, 1936

• Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion, 1937

• Violin Concerto (No.2), 1937-8

• Contrasts, 1938
  for Vln., Cl., Piano

• Divertimento, 1939
  String Orch.

• String Quartet No.6

• Concerto for 2 Pianos, 1940
  Arrangement of the Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion.

• Concerto for Orchestra, 1943 Rev.1945

• Sonata for Violin (Solo Sonata), 1944

• Piano Concerto No.3, 1945

• Viola Concerto, 1945
  Bartok died before finishing this work; Tibor Serly completed it from sketches.