Composer

Béla Bartók

1881–1945 · Hungarian

28 catalogued orchestral works — all with instrumentation confirmed against a source.

YearWorkInstrumentationDur.
1903Kossuth (symphonic poem)4[1.2.3.pic] 4 4 4 — 8 4 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2 hp — str20'
1904Scherzo (Burlesque) for Piano and Orchestra, op. 23[1.2.pic] 3 3 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str18'
1905Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, op. 13[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — str21'
1905Suite No. 1, op. 33[1.2.pic] 3 3 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str35'
1907Suite No. 2, op. 43[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str27'
1908Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz. 362[1.2/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str21'
1910Two Pictures (Deux images), op. 104[1.2.3.pic] 3 3 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2 hp — str16'
1911A kékszakállú herceg vára (Duke Bluebeard's Castle), op. 11 (complete opera) · opera4[1.2.3/pic1.4/pic2] 3[1.2.eh] 3[1/Eb.2/Eb.3/bcl] 4[1.2.3.4/cbn] — 4 4 4 1 — tmp+4 — 2hp cel org — str — plus offstage 4tpt 4tbn60'
1911Two Portraits, op. 53[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str15'
1917Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68 (orch.)2[1.2/pic] 0 2 2 — 2 0 0 0 — str6'
1917The Wooden Prince Suite, op. 134[1.2.3.pic] 4 4 4 — 4 4 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2 hp — str22'
1919The Miraculous Mandarin (complete, with chorus) · chorus4[1.2.3.pic] 4 4 4 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2 hp — str33'
1923Dance Suite (1923)2 2 2 2 — 4 2 2 1 — tmp+3 — hp, kbd — str18'
1926Piano Concerto No. 1, Sz. 832[1.2/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 0 — tmp+perc — str24'
1927The Miraculous Mandarin — Suite (Music from the Pantomime), op. 19 (1927)3 3 3 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+6 — hp, kbd — str20'
1928Rhapsody No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra2[1.pic] 2 2 2 — 2 2 0 0 — tmp+perc — hp — str11'
1929Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra2[1.pic] 2 2 2 — 2 2 0 0 — tmp+perc — hp — str10'
1930Cantata Profana · chorus3[1.2.pic] 3 3 3 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str19'
1931Hungarian Sketches2[1.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str11'
1931Piano Concerto No. 2 (1931)3 2 2 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — str25'
1931Transylvanian Dances2[1.pic] 2 2 2 — 2 2 0 0 — tmp+perc — str7'
1933Hungarian Peasant Songs (orch.)2[1.pic] 2 2 2 — 2 2 0 0 — tmp+perc — hp — str9'
1936Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106tmp+3 — hp, cel, pf — double str orch27'
1938Violin Concerto No. 2 (1938)2 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 0 — tmp+2 — hp, kbd — str32'
1939Divertimento for String Orchestra (1939)str orch only26'
1943Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 1163[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.3/Eh] 3[1.2.3/bcl] 3[1.2.3/cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — 2hp — str38'
1945Piano Concerto No. 3 (1945)2 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+2 — str23'
1945Viola Concerto (completed Serly)3[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — str21'

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