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Béla Bartók
1881–1945 · Hungary

342 works by Béla Bartók are listed here, spanning a difficulty of 11 to 90 out of 100. The catalogue listed here is mostly modern.

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11/100 Village Song
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12/100 Parallel Motion and Change of Position
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Beginner 0–25 88
Village Song
· 15 tracks
11/100
Parallel Motion and Change of Position
· 15 tracks
12/100
Canon at the Octave
· 15 tracks
12/100
Six Unison Melodies, no. 5
· 15 tracks
12/100
Question and Answer
· 15 tracks
13/100
Imitation and Counterpoint
· 15 tracks
13/100
Imitation and Inversion (2)
· 15 tracks
13/100
Imitation Reflected
· 15 tracks
14/100
Six Unison Melodies, no. 6
· 15 tracks
14/100
Chorale
· 15 tracks
14/100
Change of Position
· 15 tracks
14/100
Imitation and Inversion (1)
· 15 tracks
15/100
Six Unison Melodies, no. 4
· 15 tracks
15/100
Staccato and Legato (1)
· 15 tracks
15/100
No.8 — Repetition (1)
· 15 tracks
15/100
No.1 — Unison Melody
· 15 tracks
15/100
Dotted Notes
· 15 tracks
16/100
In Yugoslav Style
· 15 tracks
16/100
Free Canon
· 15 tracks
17/100
Little Dance in Canon Form
· 15 tracks
17/100
Slow Dance
· 15 tracks
17/100
Accompaniment in Broken Triads
· 15 tracks
17/100
Four Unison Melodies, no. 1
· 15 tracks
17/100
Parallel Motion
· 15 tracks
17/100
No.22 — Imitation and Counterpoint (3)
· 15 tracks
17/100
No.7 — Dotted Notes
· 15 tracks
17/100
No.2 — Imitation and Counterpoint
· 15 tracks
17/100
No.4 — Parallel Motion
· 15 tracks
17/100
Four Unison Melodies, no. 4
· 15 tracks
17/100
Repetition (1)
· 15 tracks
17/100
Reflection
· 15 tracks
17/100
Six Unison Melodies, no. 1
· 15 tracks
17/100
Four Unison Melodies, no. 2
· 15 tracks
18/100
Hungarian Folk Song Op.39 No.3
· Op. 39 no.3 · 15 tracks
18/100
Six Unison Melodies, no. 2
· 15 tracks
18/100
Four Unison Melodies, no. 3
· 15 tracks
18/100
With Alternate Hands
· 15 tracks
18/100
In Three Parts
· 15 tracks
18/100
In Dorian Mode
· 15 tracks
19/100
In Phrygian Mode
· 15 tracks
19/100
Accents
· 15 tracks
19/100
Tick-Tock Dance
· 15 tracks
19/100
Five-tone Scale
· 15 tracks
19/100
Melody in Tenths
· 15 tracks
19/100
Minor Sixths in Parallel Motion
· 15 tracks
19/100
Six Unison Melodies, no. 3
· 15 tracks
19/100
Contrary Motion (1)
· 15 tracks
19/100
Repetition (2)
· 15 tracks
19/100
Syncopation (1)
· 15 tracks
19/100
Canon with Sustained Notes
· 15 tracks
19/100
Waves
· 15 tracks
19/100
No.13 — Change of Position
· 15 tracks
19/100
Big Fair
· 15 tracks
20/100
In Oriental Style
· 15 tracks
20/100
For Children : 85 Teaching Pieces in 4 volumes, BB53, Sz.42
Modern · 15 tracks
20/100
Petits morceaux, for piano, BB38
Modern · 15 tracks
20/100
Syncopation (2)
· 15 tracks
20/100
Dialogue
· 15 tracks
20/100
Little Study
· 15 tracks
20/100
Pentatonic Melody
· 15 tracks
20/100
No.14 — Question and Answer
· 15 tracks
21/100
Thirds against a Single Voice
· 15 tracks
21/100
Canon at the Lower Fifth
· 15 tracks
21/100
Melody against Double Notes
· 15 tracks
21/100
No.39 — Staccato and Legato
· 15 tracks
22/100
Contrary Motion (2)
· 15 tracks
22/100
Staccato and Legato (2, Canon)
· 15 tracks
22/100
Crescendo - Diminuendo
· 15 tracks
22/100
Buzzing
· 15 tracks
22/100
Sixths and Triads
· 15 tracks
22/100
Minuetto
· 15 tracks
22/100
Dance Op.27 No.4
· Op. 27 no.4 · 15 tracks
22/100
Two Major Pentachords
· 15 tracks
23/100
Bear Dance from For Children Vol.1
· 15 tracks
23/100
Peasant Dance from For Children Vol.1
· 15 tracks
23/100
Pastorale
· 15 tracks
23/100
Monody Divided
· 15 tracks
24/100
Triplets
· 15 tracks
24/100
In Mixolydian Mode
· 15 tracks
24/100
Increasing - Diminishing
· 15 tracks
24/100
In Hungarian Style
· 15 tracks
24/100
Melody with Accompaniment
· 15 tracks
24/100
Chromatic
· 15 tracks
24/100
In Lydian Mode
· 15 tracks
24/100
Melody Divided
· 15 tracks
24/100
Folk Dance Op.17 No.3
· Op. 17 no.3 · 15 tracks
24/100
Hungarian Peasant Song No.42
· 15 tracks
24/100
No.51 — Waves
· 15 tracks
25/100
Elementary 25–45 124
Mikrokosmos: 153 Progressive Piano Pieces in 6 volumes, BB105, Sz.107
Modern · 15 tracks
25/100
10 Easy Pieces, BB51, Sz.39
Modern · 15 tracks
25/100
Romanian Christmas Carols, 20 pieces in 2 series, BB67, Sz.57
Modern · 15 tracks
25/100
Méditation
· 15 tracks
26/100
In Transylvanian Style
· 15 tracks
26/100
Hungarian Song
· 15 tracks
26/100
3. Maestoso
· 15 tracks
26/100
No.44 — Contrary Motion
· 15 tracks
27/100
No.74 — Hungarian Song
· 15 tracks
27/100
Thumb Under
· 15 tracks
27/100
Broken Chords
· 15 tracks
27/100
Melody from For Children Vol.1 No.8
· 15 tracks
27/100
No.37 — In Lydian Mode
· 15 tracks
28/100
No.43 — In Hungarian Style
· 15 tracks
28/100
Duet for Pipes
· 15 tracks
29/100
Song of the Fox
· 15 tracks
29/100
No.66 — Melody Divided
· 15 tracks
29/100
Diminished Fifths
· 15 tracks
29/100
Chord Study
· 15 tracks
29/100
Hungarian Folk Song from For Children Vol.1
· 15 tracks
29/100
1. Andante tranquillo
· 15 tracks
30/100
Sash Dance BB 68,2
· 15 tracks
30/100
Melody in the Mist
· 15 tracks
30/100
In Four Parts (2)
· 15 tracks
30/100
2. Allegro non troppo
· 15 tracks
30/100
Sonatina over themes of peasants from Transsylvania
Modern · 15 tracks
30/100
For Children Vol.2 (Slovakian folktunes)
· 15 tracks
30/100
Mikrokosmos Vol.1 No.1-36
· 15 tracks
30/100
Pastorale for keyboard in C
Modern · 15 tracks
30/100
3 Klavierstucke, BB8
Modern · 15 tracks
30/100
9 Little Piano Pieces, BB90, Sz.82
Modern · 15 tracks
30/100
First Term at the Piano, BB66, Sz.53
Modern · 15 tracks
30/100
For Children Vol.1 (Hungarian folktunes)
· 15 tracks
30/100
Line and Point
· 15 tracks
30/100
No.75 — Triplets
· 15 tracks
31/100
8. Allegro
· 15 tracks
31/100
In the Style of a Folksong
· 15 tracks
31/100
No.55 — Triplets in 9/8 Time
· 15 tracks
31/100
Poco rubato BB 79,3
· 15 tracks
31/100
Andante BB 79,4
· 15 tracks
31/100
Dance in 3/4 Time
· 15 tracks
32/100
Unison
· 15 tracks
32/100
Variations
· 15 tracks
32/100
Hungarian Dance
· 15 tracks
32/100
Merriment
· 15 tracks
32/100
In Four Parts (1)
· 15 tracks
32/100
No.69 — Chord Study
· 15 tracks
32/100
No.64 — Line and Point
· 15 tracks
33/100
Stumblings
· 15 tracks
33/100
Melody with Interruptions
· 15 tracks
33/100
No.36 — Free Canon
· 15 tracks
33/100
Children's Song
· 15 tracks
33/100
Song of the Vagabonds from For Children Vol.2 No.28
· 15 tracks
33/100
New Hungarian Folk Song
· 15 tracks
34/100
No.60 — Canon with Sustained Notes
· 15 tracks
34/100
No.100 — In the Style of a Folk Song
· 15 tracks
34/100
No.77 — Little Study
· 15 tracks
34/100
Wandering
· 15 tracks
34/100
Thirds
· 15 tracks
34/100
3 Klavierstucke, BB14
Modern · 15 tracks
35/100
Sonatina, BB69, Sz.55
Modern · 15 tracks
35/100
Playsong (with two pentatonic scales)
· 15 tracks
35/100
Allegretto BB 79,8
· 15 tracks
35/100
In One Spot BB 68,3
· 15 tracks
35/100
Triplets in 9/8 Time
· 15 tracks
35/100
Melody
· 15 tracks
35/100
Stick Dance BB 68,1
· 15 tracks
36/100
Wandering through the Keys
· 15 tracks
36/100
Dragons' Dance
· 15 tracks
36/100
In Russian Style
· 15 tracks
36/100
No.96 — Stumblings
· 15 tracks
36/100
Major and Minor
· 15 tracks
36/100
No.125 — Boating
· 15 tracks
36/100
No.119 — Dance in 3/4 Time
· 15 tracks
36/100
Assai moderato BB 79,11
· 15 tracks
37/100
Tale
· 15 tracks
37/100
Peasant Dance
· 15 tracks
37/100
Merry Andrew
· 15 tracks
37/100
Theme and Inversion
· 15 tracks
37/100
Dance of Buchum BB 68,4
· 15 tracks
37/100
Chromatic Invention (1)
· 15 tracks
37/100
Intermezzo from For Children Vol.2 No.36
· 15 tracks
37/100
No.97 — Notturno
· 15 tracks
37/100
Sonatina BB 69
· 15 tracks
38/100
No.123 — Staccato and Legato (2)
· 15 tracks
38/100
Bulgarian Rhythm (1)
· 15 tracks
39/100
No.83 — Melody with Interruptions
· 15 tracks
39/100
Romanian Polka BB 68,5
· 15 tracks
39/100
Fast Dance BB 68,6
· 15 tracks
40/100
6. Andante
· 15 tracks
40/100
Román népi táncok, BB68, Sz.56
Modern · 15 tracks
40/100
3 Hungarian Folk Tunes, BB80b, Sz.66
Modern · 15 tracks
40/100
Bulgarian Rhythm (2)
· 15 tracks
40/100
No.121 — Two-Part Study
· 15 tracks
41/100
No.80 — Hommage à R. Sch.
· 15 tracks
41/100
Major Seconds Broken and Together
· 15 tracks
41/100
Staccato
· 15 tracks
41/100
Bourée
· 15 tracks
41/100
Allegro BB 79,14
· 15 tracks
42/100
Toccata from Mikrokosmos Vol.4 No.115
· 15 tracks
42/100
Variations on a Folk Tune
· 15 tracks
42/100
Sonatina
· 15 tracks
42/100
Intermezzo
· 15 tracks
42/100
Notturno
· 15 tracks
42/100
From the Island of Bali
· 15 tracks
42/100
Two-part Study
· 15 tracks
42/100
Studies in Double Notes
· 15 tracks
42/100
Hommage à J. S. B.
· 15 tracks
42/100
No.122 — Chords Together and in Opposition
· 15 tracks
43/100
Bear Dance from Mikrokosmos Vol.2 No.10
· 15 tracks
43/100
Night Wind from Mikrokosmos Vol.4 No.108
· 15 tracks
43/100
3. Andante
· 15 tracks
43/100
Fourths
· 15 tracks
43/100
Boating
· 15 tracks
43/100
No.89 — In 4 Parts
· 15 tracks
43/100
1. Molto moderato
· 15 tracks
43/100
5. Moderato
· 15 tracks
44/100
Andante BB 79,2
· 15 tracks
44/100
2. Moderato
· 15 tracks
44/100
Hommage à R. Sch.
· 15 tracks
44/100
No.113 — Bulgarian Rhythm (1)
· 15 tracks
44/100
Rubato BB 79,1
· 15 tracks
44/100
Syncopation (3)
· 15 tracks
45/100
Fifth Chords
· 15 tracks
45/100
Intermediate 45–65 81
Mikrokosmos Vol.5 No.122-139
· 15 tracks
45/100
3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csík, BB45b, Sz.35a
Modern · 15 tracks
45/100
14 Bagatelle, op. 6, BB50
Modern · Op. 6 · 15 tracks
45/100
Tre Correnti
Modern · 15 tracks
45/100
Mikrokosmos Vol.2 No.37-66
· 15 tracks
45/100
Mikrokosmos Vol.3 No.67-96
· 15 tracks
45/100
Mikrokosmos Vol.4 No.97-121
· 15 tracks
45/100
Mikrokosmos Vol.6 No.140-153
· 15 tracks
45/100
No.139 — March
· 15 tracks
45/100
Allegro BB 79,7
· 15 tracks
45/100
7. Andante
· 15 tracks
46/100
I. Molto moderato
· 15 tracks
46/100
Crossed Hands
· 15 tracks
46/100
Allegretto BB 79,12
· 15 tracks
46/100
Chromatic Invention (2)
· 15 tracks
46/100
Scherzo
· 15 tracks
46/100
6. Andante (concert version)
· 15 tracks
46/100
Allegretto BB 79,9
· 15 tracks
46/100
7. Variante della precedente
· 15 tracks
46/100
4. Andante
· 15 tracks
46/100
No.115 — Bulgarian Rhythm (2)
· 15 tracks
46/100
No.101 — Diminished Fifth
· 15 tracks
46/100
Intermezzo in A major from Mikrokosmos Vol.4 No.118
· 15 tracks
46/100
L'istesso tempo BB 79,10
· 15 tracks
46/100
Poco più vivo BB 79,13
· 15 tracks
46/100
10. Più allegro
· 15 tracks
46/100
Staccato and Legato (3)
· 15 tracks
47/100
Whole-tone Scale
· 15 tracks
47/100
Village Joke
· 15 tracks
47/100
Harmonics
· 15 tracks
47/100
Clashing Sounds
· 15 tracks
48/100
Alternating Thirds
· 15 tracks
48/100
Divided Arpeggios
· 15 tracks
48/100
Ballade (Tema con variazioni) BB 79,6
· 15 tracks
49/100
No.126 — Change of Time
· 15 tracks
50/100
Allegro barbaro, BB63, Sz.49
Modern · 15 tracks
50/100
2 Romanian Dances, op. 8a, BB56
Modern · Op. 8a · 15 tracks
50/100
Magyar nepdalok, BB109
Modern · 15 tracks
50/100
Change of Time
· 15 tracks
50/100
Sonata for Recorder and Continuo in B flat major, SF. 775
Modern · 15 tracks
50/100
15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, BB79, Sz.71
Modern · 15 tracks
50/100
Stamping Dance from Mikrokosmos Vol.4 No.108
· 15 tracks
50/100
No.108 — Wrestling
· 15 tracks
51/100
Albumblatt, for violin and piano, BB26b
Modern · 15 tracks
51/100
1. Allegro
· 15 tracks
51/100
5. Allegro moderato
· 15 tracks
51/100
3. Allegro
· 15 tracks
51/100
2. Allegro
· 15 tracks
51/100
Six Bulgarian Dances No.1 from Mikrokosmos Vol.6
· 15 tracks
51/100
No.128 — Peasant Dance
· 15 tracks
52/100
Perpetuum mobile
· 15 tracks
52/100
8. Allegretto
· 15 tracks
52/100
9. Allegretto
· 15 tracks
52/100
2. Moderato (concert version)
· 15 tracks
52/100
No.109 — From the Island of Bali
· 15 tracks
52/100
9. Allegro
· 15 tracks
53/100
8. Allegro (concert version)
· 15 tracks
53/100
No.138 — Bagpipe
· 15 tracks
53/100
Wrestling
· 15 tracks
53/100
10. Allegro
· 15 tracks
54/100
Scherzo BB 79,5
· 15 tracks
55/100
En plein air
Modern · 15 tracks
55/100
3 Rondos on Slovak Folktunes, BB92, Sz.84
Modern · 15 tracks
55/100
7 Pieces from Mikrokosmos, for 2 pianos, Sz.108, BB120
Modern · 15 tracks
55/100
No.131 — Fourths
· 15 tracks
55/100
Allegro BB 79,15
· 15 tracks
55/100
Chords Together and Opposed
· 15 tracks
56/100
No.141 — Subject and Reflection
· 15 tracks
57/100
No.144 — Minor Sixths in Parallel Motion
· 15 tracks
58/100
No.135 — Perpetuum mobile
· 15 tracks
59/100
No.140 — Free Variations
· 15 tracks
60/100
Two Portraits, for violin and orchestra, op. 5, BB48b, Sz.37
Modern · Op. 5 · 15 tracks
60/100
3 Burlesques, op. 8c, BB55, Sz.47
Modern · Op. 8c · 15 tracks
60/100
Out of Doors, BB89
Modern · 15 tracks
60/100
4 Piano Pieces, BB27, DD71
Modern · 15 tracks
60/100
Bagpipe
· 15 tracks
60/100
No.146 — Ostinato
· 15 tracks
62/100
Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths
· 15 tracks
62/100
7. Variante della precedente (concert version)
· 15 tracks
62/100
Bulgarian Dance No.1 from Mikrokosmos Vol.6
· 15 tracks
63/100
Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, No. 1
· 15 tracks
64/100
Advanced 65–80 41
2 Elegies, op. 8b, BB49, Sz.41
Modern · Op. 8b · 15 tracks
65/100
4 Dirges, op. 9a, BB58, Sz.45
Modern · Op. 9a · 15 tracks
65/100
Petite Suite, BB113, Sz.105
Modern · 15 tracks
65/100
Subject and Reflection
· 15 tracks
66/100
No.142 — From the Diary of a Fly
· 15 tracks
66/100
No.145 — Chromatic Invention (1)
· 15 tracks
66/100
5. Allegro moderato (concert version)
· 15 tracks
67/100
3. Allegro (concert version)
· 15 tracks
67/100
Chromatic Invention (3)
· 15 tracks
68/100
Suite for Piano, op. 14, BB70, Sz.62
Modern · Op. 14 · 15 tracks
68/100
Free Variations
· 15 tracks
69/100
Ostinato
· 15 tracks
70/100
Ciaia Sonata in G
Modern · 15 tracks
70/100
Piano Sonata, BB88
Modern · 15 tracks
70/100
Fugue in G minor, for organ and strings
Modern · 15 tracks
70/100
Violin Concerto no. 1, BB48a, Sz.36
Modern · 15 tracks
70/100
Andante
Modern · 15 tracks
70/100
IV. Allegretto scherzando
· 15 tracks
71/100
VII. Sostenuto, rubato
· 15 tracks
71/100
March
· 15 tracks
71/100
II. Molto capriccioso
· 15 tracks
72/100
No.148 — Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (1)
· 15 tracks
72/100
No.153 — Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (6)
· 15 tracks
72/100
No.149 — Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (2)
· 15 tracks
72/100
III. Lento, rubato
· 15 tracks
73/100
No.152 — Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (5)
· 15 tracks
74/100
No.150 — Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (3)
· 15 tracks
74/100
No.151 — Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (4)
· 15 tracks
74/100
V. Allegro molto
· 15 tracks
74/100
Scherzo in B major, BB11
Modern · 15 tracks
75/100
Toccata no. 1 for keyboard
Modern · 15 tracks
75/100
8 Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, op. 20, BB83, Sz.74
Modern · Op. 20 · 15 tracks
75/100
Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, BB117, Sz.112
Modern · 15 tracks
75/100
Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, BB94c, Sz.88
Modern · 15 tracks
75/100
Violin Sonata in E minor, BB28
Modern · 15 tracks
76/100
Toccata no. 2 for keyboard
Modern · 15 tracks
76/100
Allegro barbaro
· 15 tracks
76/100
VIII. Allegro
· 15 tracks
76/100
VI. Allegro moderato, molto capriccioso
· 15 tracks
78/100
Piano Sonata (1926)
· 15 tracks
78/100
Rhapsody for Violin and Piano no. 1, BB94a, Sz.86
Modern · 15 tracks
80/100
Great repertoire 80+ 8
Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra no. 1, BB94b, Sz.87
Modern · 15 tracks
80/100
Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra no. 2, BB96b, Sz.90
Modern · 15 tracks
80/100
Toccata in G
Modern · 15 tracks
80/100
Rhapsody for Violin and Piano no. 2, BB96a, Sz.89
Modern · 14 tracks
81/100
Violin Sonata no. 2 in C major, BB85, Sz.76
Modern · 12 tracks
83/100
Violin Sonata no. 1 in C sharp minor, op. 21, BB84, Sz.75
Modern · Op. 21 · 12 tracks
83/100
Sonata for Violin Solo, BB124, Sz.117
Modern · 8 tracks
89/100
3 Studies, op. 18, BB81, Sz.72
Modern · Op. 18 · 13 tracks
90/100