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 | Year | Instruments/voices used | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walzer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 (list 1) | 1890 | Piano | |
| Changing Piece (Változó 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 | ||
| 'Béla' 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 | ||
| Szöllős Piece (Szöllősi 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 | ||
| Violin 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 | ||
| Pieces (3) | 8 | 45 | 13 (list 2) | 1897 | Piano | ||
| Piano Quintet in C major ♦ | 9 | 46 | 14 (list 2) | 1897 | Piano quintet | ||
| Pieces (2) ♦ | 9 | 47 | 15 (list 2) | 1897 | Piano | ||
| Great Fantasy ♦ | 9 | 48 | 16 (list 2) | 1897 | Piano | ||
| Violin 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 “Opus 1” | 12 | 51 | 19 (list 2) | 1898 | Piano | ||
| Piano Quartet in C minor | 9 | 13 | 52 | 20 (list 2) | 1898 | Piano quartet | |
| Piano Pieces (3 Fantasies) | 6 | 14 | 53 | 21 (list 2) | 1898 | Piano | |
| Songs (3) | 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 and orchestra | |||
| Scherzo in Sonata Form | 19 | 58 | 1899–1900 | String quartet | |||
| Scherzo in B-flat minor | 19 | 59 | 1900? | Piano | |||
| Dances (6) | 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 | |||
| Songs (4) | 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 | |||
| Piano Pieces (4) (Négy zongoradarab) | 22 | 27 | 71 | 1903 | Piano | ||
| Andante in F-sharp major (or A major) | 26 | 71 B14 | 1902 | Violin and piano | |||
| Violin Sonata in E minor | 20 | 28 | 72 | 1903 | Violin and piano | ||
| 'Este' (Evening) for Voice and Piano | 29 | 73 | 1903 | Voice and piano | |||
| 'Este' (Evening) for Male Chorus | 19 | 30 | 74 | 1903 | Male chorus and orchestra | ||
| Kossuth, symphonic poem | 21 | 31 | 75a | 1903 | Orchestra | ||
| Marcia Funèbre (from Kossuth) | 21 | 31 | 75b | 1903 | Piano | ||
| Songs (4) ♦ | 18 | 32 | 76 | 1903 | Voice and piano | ||
| Piano Quintet in C major | 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 BB 37 (No.2) and BB 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', (5) Songs | 32 | 41 | 1905 | Voice and piano | |||
| Hungarian Folksongs, Songs (10) | 33 | 42 | 1906, rev BB97 1928 | Voice and piano | |||
| Hungarian Folksongs, Songs (10) | 33a | 43 | 1906–07 | Voice and piano | |||
| Hungarian Folksongs (2) | 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 | |||
| Hungarian Folksongs from Csík (3) | 35a | 45b | 1907 | Piano | |||
| Four Slovak Folksongs | 35b | 46 | c. 1907[1] | Voice and piano | |||
| Eight Hungarian Folksongs | 64 | 47 | 1907 (No.6–8 1917) | Voice and piano | |||
| Violin Concerto No. 1 | 36 | 48a | 1907–08, publ. 1956 | Violin and orchestra | |||
| Portraits (2) | 37 | 48b | 5 (list 3) | 1907–11 | Violin and orchestra | ||
| Bagatelles (14) | 38 | 50 | 6 (list 3) | 1908 | Piano | ||
| Easy Pieces (10) | 39 | 51 | 1908 | Piano | |||
| String Quartet No. 1 | 40 | 52 | 7 (list 3) | 1908–09 | String quartet | ||
| Elegies (2) | 41 | 49 | 8b (list 3) | 1908–09 | Piano | ||
| For Children (4 volumes in 2 books) | 42 | 53 | 1908–09 | Piano | |||
| Romanian Dances (2) | 43 | 56 | 8a (list 3) | 1910 | Piano | ||
| Dirges (4) | 45 | 58 | 9a (list 3) | 1910 | Piano | ||
| Sketches (7) (Vázlatok) | 44 | 54 | 9b (list 3) | 1908–10 | Piano | ||
| Pictures for Orchestra (2) | 46 | 59 | 10 (list 3) | 1910 | Orchestra | ||
| Burlesques (3) (Három burleszk) | 47 | 55 | 8c (list 3) | 1908–11 | Piano | ||
| Romanian Dance (one from 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 | |||
| Old Hungarian Folksongs (4) | 50 | 60 | 1910 rev 1926 | Male chorus w/o orchestra | |||
| Pieces (4) | 51 | 64 | 12 (list 3) | 1912 / orch. in 1921 | Orchestra | ||
| Piano étude (Reschofsky) | 52 | 1913 | Piano | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Romanian Folk Songs (2) | 58 | 57 | c. 1909 | Women choir | |||
| Romanian Folksongs (9) | 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 | |||
| Piano Suite | 62 | 70 | 14 (list 3) | 1916 | Piano | ||
| Songs (5) | 61 | 71 | 15 (list 3) | 1916 | Voice and piano | ||
| Songs (5) | 63 | 72 | 16 (list 3) | 1916 | Voice and piano | ||
| Slovak Folksong | 63a | 73 | 1916? | Voice and piano | |||
| Hungarian Folksong | 65 | 1914/17? | Piano | ||||
| Hungarian Folktunes (3) | 66 | 80b | 1914–18 rev 1941 | Piano | |||
| String Quartet No. 2 | 67 | 75 | 17 (list 3) | 1915–17 | String quartet | ||
| Romanian Folkdances for small orchestra (from BB 68) | 68 | 76 | 1917 | Piano and orchestra | |||
| Slovak Folksongs (5) for Male Chorus | 69 | 77 | 1917 | Male chorus w/o orchestra | |||
| Slovak Folksongs (4) for Mixed Choir | 70 | 78 | 1916 or 1917 | Mixed choir w/o orchestra | |||
| Hungarian Peasant Songs (15) | 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 (with choir) | ||
| The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite | 73 | 82 | 19 (list 3) | 1918, cmpl in 1926 | Orchestra | ||
| Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs (8) | 74 | 83 | 20 (list 3) | 1920 | Piano | ||
| Violin Sonata No. 1 in C-sharp minor | 75 | 84 | 21 (list 3) | 1921 | Violin and piano | ||
| Violin Sonata No. 2 | 76 | 85 | 1922 | Violin and piano | |||
| Dance Suite | 77 | 86 | 1923 | Orchestra | |||
| Dance Suite | 77 | 86 | 1925 | Piano | |||
| Village Scenes (Falún), a.k.a. Slovak Songs (5) | 78 | 87a | 1924 | Female voice and piano | |||
| Village Scenes (Falún) (3) | 79 | 87b | 1926 (May) | 4/8 women choir and chamber orchestra | |||
| Piano Sonata | 80 | 88 | 1926 (June) | Piano | |||
| Out of Doors (Szabadban), Pieces (5) | 81 | 89 | 1926 (Summer) | Piano | |||
| Little Piano Pieces (9) | 82 | 90 | 1926 | Piano | |||
| Piano Concerto No. 1 | 83 | 91 | 1926 | Piano and orchestra | |||
| Rondos on Slovak Folk Tunes (3) | 84 | 92 | 1916, 1927 | Piano | |||
| String Quartet No. 3 | 85 | 93 | 1927 | String quartet | |||
| Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No. 1 | 86 | 94a | 1928 | Violin and piano | |||
| Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 | 87 | 94b | 1929 | Violin and orchestra | |||
| Rhapsody for Cello and Piano | 88 | 94 | 1929 | Cello and piano (transcription of Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No. 1) | |||
| Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No. 2 | 89 | 96a | 1928 rev 1935 or 1944 | Violin and piano | |||
| Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 | 90 | 96b | 1928, rev 1935 or 1944 | Violin and orchestra | |||
| String Quartet No. 4 | 91 | 95 | 1928 | String quartet | |||
| Hungarian Folksongs (5) (revision of BB 42) | 33 | 97 | 1928 | Voice and piano | |||
| Hungarian Folksongs (20) | 92 | 98 | 1929 | Voice and piano | |||
| Hungarian Folksongs for Mixed Chorus (4) | 93 | 99 | 1932 | Mixed chorus | |||
| Cantata Profana (9 Enchanted Stags) | 94 | 100 | 1930 | 2 Voices, double chorus and orchestra | |||
| Piano Concerto No. 2 | 95 | 101 | 1930/31 | Piano and orchestra | |||
| Sonatina for Violin and Piano (arr. of Sonatina Sz. 55, BB 69) | 55 | 102a | 1930 appr | Violin and piano (arr. André Gertler) | |||
| Transylvanian Dances (3) (orch. of Sonatina Sz. 55, BB 69) | 96 | 102b | 1931 | Orchestra | |||
| Hungarian Sketches (arr. parts BB 51,53,55,58) | 97 | 103 | 1931 | Orchestra | |||
| Duos for 2 Violins (44), Book 1-4 | 98 | 104 | 1931 | Two violins | |||
| Székely Songs for Male Chorus | 99 | 106 | 1932 (and 1938?) | Male chorus | |||
| Hungarian Peasant Songs (arr. BB 79/6–15) | 100 | 107 | 1933 | Orchestra | |||
| Hungarian Folksongs (5) (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 | |||
| Choruses with Orchestral Accompaniment (7) | 103 | 111 | 1935/36, w. orch 1937/41 | Children and women choir w. and w/o orchestra | |||
| From Olden Times | 104 | 112 | 1935 | Male chorus | |||
| Petite Suite (arr. BB 104) | 105 | 113 | 1936 | Piano | |||
| Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta | 106 | 114 | 1936 | Percussion, celesta and string orchestra | |||
| Mikrokosmos | 107 | 105 | 1926 and 1932–39 | Piano | |||
| Pieces from Mikrokosmos (7) (BB 105) | 108 | 120 | 1939–1940 | Two pianos | |||
| Hungarian Folksong | 109 | 109 | 1934 c. | ||||
| Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion | 110 | 115 | 1937 | Two pianos and percussion; orch 1940 as the Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra | |||
| Contrasts (3) | 111 | 116 | 1938 | Violin, clarinet and piano | |||
| Violin Concerto No. 2 | 112 | 117 | 1937–38 | Violin and orchestra | |||
| Divertimento for Strings | 113 | 118 | 1939 | String orchestra | |||
| String Quartet No. 6 | 114 | 119 | 1939 | String quartet | |||
| 115 | 121 | 1940 | Two pianos, percussion and orchestra; orch of the Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion | ||||
| Suite (arr. BB 40) | 115a | 122 | 4b (list 3) | 1941 | Two pianos | ||
| Concerto for Orchestra | 116 | 123 | 1942–43, rev 1945 | Orchestra | |||
| Violin Solo Sonata | 117 | 124 | 1944 | Solo violin | |||
| 'A férj keserve' ("The Husband's Grief") | 125 | 1945 | Voice and piano | ||||
| Ukrainian Folksongs (3) | 118 | 126 | 1945 | Voice and piano | |||
| Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major | 119 | 127 | 1945 | Piano and orchestra | |||
| Viola Concerto (sketches only) | 120 | 128 | 1945 | Viola and orchestra (completed by Tibor Serly) |
This is a near complete list of compositions by Béla Bartók. Both the more common András Szőllősy 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.
See also: List of string quartets by Béla Bartók.
There are also piano works that are from Bartók's first and second set of opus numbers. Some are lost, some have been published and are listed above, and some are not and are unpublished.