List of compositions by Leoš Janáček

This list of compositions by Leoš Janáček can be sorted by genre, catalogue number (JW), date composed, Czech title, and English title. Click on the column headings.

JW numbers are from Nigel Simeone, John Tyrrell, and Alena Němcová, Janáček's Works: A Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leoš Janáček (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997). The correct format for JW numbers is Roman numeral (for the genre) before the slash and Arabic numeral (for the work) after the slash. Arabic numerals have been used throughout here for sortability.

Genre JW Date composed Czech title English title Scoring Notes
Opera 1-01JW 1/1 1887–1888 SarkaŠárka SarkaŠárka revised 1919
Opera 1-03JW 1/3 1891 Pocatek romanuPočátek románu Beginning of a RomanceThe Beginning of a Romance
Opera 1-04JW 1/4 1894–1903 Její pastorkyňa Jenůfa or "Her Stepdaughter" revised 1908, 1915
Opera 1-05JW 1/5 1903–1905 Osud Destiny (Fate) revised 1906–1907
Opera 1-06
JW 1/6
JW 1/7
1908–1916
1917		 Vylety pane BrouckovyVýlety páně Broučkovy
  1. Výlet pana Broučka do měsíce
  2. Výlet pana Broučka do XV. století
 Excursions of Mr. BroucekThe Excursions of Mr. Brouček
  1. Mr. Brouček’s Excursion to the Moon
  2. Mr. Brouček’s Excursion to the 15th Century
Opera 1-08JW 1/8 1919–1921 Kata KabanovaKáťa Kabanová Kata KabanovaKáťa Kabanová
Opera 1-09JW 1/9 1921–1923 Prihody lisky BystrouskyPříhody lišky Bystroušky Cunning Little VixenThe Cunning Little Vixen
Opera 1-10JW 1/10 1923–1925 Vec MakropulosVěc Makropulos Makropulos AffairThe Makropulos Affair
Opera 1-11JW 1/11 1927–1928 Z mrtvého domu From the House of the Dead
Ballet 1-02JW 1/2 1891 Rakos RakoczyRákós Rákóczy Rakos RakoczyRákós Rákóczy
Orchestral 6-01JW 6/1 1875 Zvuky ku památce Förchtgotta-Tovačovského   string orchestra
Orchestral 6-02JW 6/2 1877 Suita Suite string orchestra
Orchestral 6-03JW 6/3 1888 Idyla Idyll string orchestra
Orchestral 6-04JW 6/4 1889–1891 Valašské tance Valachian Dances orchestra Op. 2
Orchestral 6-05JW 6/5 1890 Adagio Adagio orchestra
Orchestral 6-06JW 6/6 1891c.1891 Suita (Serenáda) Suite (Serenade) orchestra Op. 3
Orchestral 6-07JW 6/7 Moravské tance Moravian Dances orchestra folk dances 55 folk dances
Orchestral 6-08JW 6/8 1890 Hanácké tance Hanakian Dances orchestra
Orchestral 6-09JW 6/9 1893 Ceske tance, 1. SuitaČeské tance, 1. Suita Czech Dances, Suite I orchestra
Orchestral 6-10JW 6/10 1894 ZarlivostŽárlivost Jealousy orchestra overture to the opera Jenůfa
Orchestral 3-06JW 3/6 1898 Smuteční pochod Funeral March orchestra Epilogue from the cantata Amarus
Orchestral 6-11JW 6/11 1899 PozehnanyPožehnaný Požehnaný (Lachian Dance) orchestra
Orchestral 6-12JW 6/12 1899 Kozáček Kozáček (Russian Dance) orchestra
Orchestral 6-13JW 6/13 1899c.1899 Srbské kolo Srbské kolo (Serbian Dance) orchestra
Orchestral 6-14JW 6/14 1912 Sumarovo diteŠumařovo dítě Fiddler's ChildThe Fiddler's Child orchestra Ballade
Orchestral 6-15JW 6/15 1915–1918 Taras bulba Taras Bulba orchestra Rhapsody
Orchestral 6-16JW 6/16 1920 Balada Blanická Ballad of Blaník orchestra symphonic poem; original title: Blaničtí rytíři (The Knights of Blaník)
Orchestral 6-17JW 6/17 1924 Lašské tance Lachian Dances orchestra
Orchestral 6-18JW 6/18 1926 Sinfonietta (Symfonietta vojenská) Sinfonietta orchestra
Orchestral 9-07JW 9/7 1923–1928 Dunaj DanubeThe Danube orchestra symphonic fragment
Orchestral 9-11JW 9/11 1928 Trunda a Lajda Trunda and Lajda orchestra incidental music for Gerhart Hauptmann's Schluck und Jau
Concertante 7-11JW 7/11 1925 Concertino Concertino piano and chamber ensemble
Concertante 7-12JW 7/12 1926 Capriccio „Vzdor“ Capriccio “Defiance” piano left-hand and chamber ensemble
Concertante 9-10JW 9/10 1926 Houslový Koncert „Putování dušičky“ The Wandering of a Little Soul, Concerto violin and orchestra also known in English as "Pilgrimage of a Little Soul"
Chamber music 7-01JW 7/1 1875 Znělka I Sonnet I violins 44 violins
Chamber music 7-02JW 7/2 Znělka II Sonnet II violins 44 violins incomplete
Chamber music 7-03JW 7/3 1879 Romance Romance violin and piano
Chamber music 7-04JW 7/4 1880 Dumka Dumka violin and piano
Chamber music 7-05JW 7/5 1910 Pohádka Fairy Tale, 4 Pieces cello and piano revised 1912, 1923
Chamber music 7-06JW 7/6 1910 Presto Presto cello and piano
Chamber music 7-07JW 7/7 1914 Houslová sonáta Violin Sonata violin and piano revised 1921
Chamber music 7-08JW 7/8 1923 Smyčcový kvartet č. 1 „Z podnětu Tolstého Kreutzerovy sonáty“ String Quartet No. 1 “Inspired by Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata” violins 2, viola and cello2 violins, viola and cello
Chamber music 7-09JW 7/9 1924 Pochod modráčků March of the Blue Boys piccolo and piano
Chamber music 7-10JW 7/10 1924 Mládí Youth wind sextet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn)
Chamber music 7-13JW 7/13 1928 Smyčcový kvartet č. 2 „Listy důvěrné“ String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters” violins 2, viola and cello2 violins, viola and cello
Organ 8-02JW 8/2 1875 PredehraPředehra Overture organ
Organ 8-03JW 8/3 Varyto organ
Organ 8-04JW 8/4 Chorální fantasie Choralfantasie organ
Organ 8-07JW 8/7 1884 Dve skladby pro varhanyDvě skladby pro varhany Pieces 2 for Organ2 Pieces for Organ organ
Organ 2-11JW 2/11 1902? Svatý Václave Saint Wenceslas organ organ accompaniment for an old Czech hymn
Piano 8-06JW 8/6 1880 Tema con variazioni – Zdeňčiny variace Zdenka Variations in B♭ major piano Op. 1
Piano 8-08JW 8/8 1885 Dymák Dymák piano folk dance arrangement
Piano 8-09JW 8/9 1887? Na památku In Remembrance piano
Piano 8-10JW 8/10 1888–1889 Narodni tance na MoravěNárodní tance na Moravě Folk Dances of Moravia piano 2- or 4-hands, with cimbalom or voice ad libitum folk arrangements 2121 folk arrangements
Piano 8-11JW 8/11 1888 SrnatkoSrňátko Srňátko piano folk dance arrangement
Piano 8-12JW 8/12 1893 Ej, danaj! piano folk dance arrangement; combined with JW 8/18 as 3 Moravské tance (3 Moravian Dances)
Piano 8-13JW 8/13 1893 Hudba ke kroužení kužely Music for Club-swinging Exercises piano
Piano 8-14JW 8/14 1893? ReznicekŘezníček ReznicekŘezníček piano folk dance arrangement
Piano 8-15JW 8/15 1893? Zezulenka Zezulenka piano folk dance arrangement
Piano 8-16JW 8/16 1894 ZarlivostŽárlivost Jealousy piano 4-hands piano transcription of JW 6/10
Piano 8-17JW 8/17 1901–1908 Po zarostlém chodníčku On an Overgrown Path piano
Piano 8-18JW 8/18 1904c.1904 Moravské tance 22 Moravské tance Moravian Dances 22 Moravian Dances piano folk dance arrangements; combined with JW 8/12 as 3 Moravské tance (3 Moravian Dances)
Piano 8-19JW 8/19 1905 Sonáta pro klavír „I. X. 1905, Z ulice“ Piano Sonata “1 October 1905, From the Street” in E♭ minor piano
Piano 8-20JW 8/20 1909 Narodil se Kristus Pán Christ, the Lord, Is Risen piano with voice ad libitum Czech Christmas song arrangement
Piano 8-21JW 8/21 1911 Moderato Moderato piano
Piano 8-22JW 8/22 1912 V mlhách In the Mists piano
Piano 8-23JW 8/23 1922 Moravské lidové písně Moravian Folk Songs piano with voice ad libitum folk song arrangements 1515 folk song arrangements
Piano 8-24JW 8/24 1911 Ej, duby, duby Ej, duby, duby piano with voice ad libitum folk song arrangement
Piano 8-25JW 8/25 Budem tady stat Budem tady stat (We Will Stay Here) piano with voice ad libitum folk song arrangement
Piano 8-26JW 8/26 1923 Con moto Con moto piano
Piano 8-27JW 8/27 1924 Skladba bez názvu Untitled Piece piano
Piano 8-28JW 8/28 1925 Bratřím Mrštíkům To the Mrštík Brothers piano
Piano 8-29JW 8/29 1926? Skladba bez názvu Untitled Piece piano
Piano 8-30JW 8/30 1926? Na starém hradě hukvalském In the Old Castle at Hukvaldy piano folk dance arrangement
Piano 8-31JW 8/31 1927 Andante Andante piano
Piano 8-32JW 8/32 1928 Vzpomínka RecollectionA Recollection piano
Piano 8-33JW 8/33 Skladby v památníku Kamily Stösslové Pieces in the Kamila Stösslová Album piano and harmonium pieces 1313 pieces
Choral 4-01JW 4/1 1873 Orání Ploughing male chorus
Choral 4-02JW 4/2 1873 Valecna 1Válečná [1] War Song [1] male chorus
Choral 4-03JW 4/3 1873 Valecna 2Válečná [2] War Song [2] male chorus, trumpet, 3 trombones and piano
Choral 4-04JW 4/4 1873 Nestálost lásky Inconsistency in Love male chorus
Choral 4-05JW 4/5 1873–1876 Divím se milému How Strange My Lover Is male chorus
Choral 4-06JW 4/6 1873–1876 Vínek stonulý male chorus
Choral 4-07JW 4/7 1874 Osamělá bez těchy [1] Forsaken [1] male chorus revised in 1898 as JW 4/26
Choral 2-01JW 2/1 1874 Graduale „Speciosus forma“ Graduale “Speciosus forma” chorus and organ motet
Choral 2-02JW 2/2 1875 Introitus in festo Ss. Nominis Jesu Introitus in festo Ss. Nominis Jesu chorus and organ motet
Choral 2-03JW 2/3 1875 Exaudi Deus [1] Exaudi Deus [1] chorus and organ motet
Choral 2-04JW 2/4 1875 Exaudi Deus [2] Exaudi Deus [2] chorus and organ motet
Choral 2-05JW 2/5 1875 Benedictus Benedictus chorus and organ motet
Choral 2-06JW 2/6 1875 Communio „Fidelis servus“ Communio “Fidelis servus” chorus motet
Choral 2-07JW 2/7 1875–1878 Regnum mundi Regnum mundi chorus motet
Choral 2-08JW 2/8 1875–1879 Exsurge Domine Exsurge Domine chorus motet
Choral 2-09JW 2/9 1875?–1879 Graduale in festo purificationis BVM „Suscepimus“ Graduale in festo purificationis BVM “Suscepimus” chorus motet
Choral 4-08JW 4/8 1876 Laska opravdivaLáska opravdivá True Love male chorus
Choral 4-09JW 4/9 1876 Osudu neujdeš You Will Not Escape Fate male chorus
Choral 4-10JW 4/10 1876 Zpěvná duma male chorus
Choral 4-11JW 4/11 1876? Na košatej jedli dva holubi seďá male chorus
Choral 4-12JW 4/12 1877 Slavnostní sbor (k položení základního kamene ústavu ku vzdělání učitelů) Festival Chorus male voices 44 male voices and chorus
Choral 4-13JW 4/13 1878? Slavnostní sbor ku svěcení nové budovy c. k. slovanského ústavu ku vzdělání učitelů v Brně baritone, male chorus and piano
Choral 4-14JW 4/14 1880 Pisen v jeseniPíseň v jeseni Autumn Song chorus
Choral 4-15JW 4/15 1880–1885 Na prievoze At the Ferry male chorus
Choral 2-10JW 2/10 1881 Ceske cirkevni zpevy z Lehnerova mesniho kancionaluČeské církevní zpěvy z Lehnerova mešního kancionálu chorus and organ
Choral 4-16JW 4/16 1883 Ave Maria Ave Maria male chorus
Choral 4-17JW 4/17 1885 Ctverice muzskych sboruČtveřice mužských sborů Male Choruses 44 Male Choruses male chorus
Choral 4-18JW 4/18 1885 Kacena divokaKačena divoká Wild DuckThe Wild Duck chorus
Choral 4-19JW 4/19 1888 Tri sbory muzskeTři sbory mužské Male Choruses 33 Male Choruses male chorus
Choral 4-20JW 4/20 1889? Královničky. „Staré národní tance obřadné se zpěvy“ unison chorus and piano folk songs and dances 1010 folk songs and dances
Choral 3-01JW 3/1 1890 Naše píseň [1] Our Song [1] chorus and orchestra
Choral 3-01JW 3/1 1890 Sivý sokol zaletěl chorus and orchestra
Choral 4-21JW 4/21 1890 Naše píseň [2] Our Song [2] chorus
Choral 3-02JW 3/2 1891 Komáři se ženili chorus and orchestra folk song arrangement
Choral 3-03JW 3/3 1892 Zelené sem seła chorus and orchestra folk song arrangement
Choral 3-04JW 3/4 1893 Ked zme sli na hodyKeď zme šli na hody chorus and orchestra folk song arrangement
Choral 4-22JW 4/22 1893 Což ta naše bříza Our Birch Tree male chorus
Choral 4-23JW 4/23 1894 Uz je slunko z tej hory venUž je slúnko z téj hory ven baritone, chorus and piano
Choral 4-24JW 4/24 1894? Odpočiň si male chorus funeral chorus
Choral 3-05JW 3/5 1896 Hospodine! Hear Me, O Lord! soloists, chorus, brass, harp and organ cantata
Choral 4-25JW 4/25 1897–1898 Slavnostní sbor k svěcení praporu Svatojosefské jednoty Festival Chorus male chorus
Choral 3-06JW 3/6 1897 Amarus Amarus soloists, chorus and orchestra cantata; revised 1901, 1906
Choral 4-26JW 4/26 1898 Osamělá bez těchy [2] Forsaken [2] male chorus
Choral 4-27JW 4/27 1899 Ukvalské písně Hukvaldy Songs chorus folk song arrangements 066 folk song arrangements
Choral 4-28JW 4/28 1900,1906 Ctvero muzskych sboru moravskychČtvero mužských sborů moravských Moravian Choruses 44 Moravian Choruses male chorus
Choral 4-29JW 4/29 1901, 1906 Otče náš Our Father tenor, chorus and piano (harmonium) or harp and organ cantata
Choral 2-11JW 2/11 1902? Svatý Václave Saint Wenceslas chorus and organ organ accompaniment for an old Czech hymn
Choral 2-12JW 2/12 1903 Constitues Constitues male chorus and organ motet
Choral 2-13JW 2/13 1903 Veni Sancte Spiritus Veni Sancte Spiritus male chorus motet
Choral 4-30JW 4/30 1903, 1904 Elegie na smrt dcery Olgy Elegy on the Death of My Daughter Olga tenor, chorus and piano cantata
Choral 2-14JW 2/14 1904 Zdrávas Maria Ave Maria tenor (or soprano), chorus, violin and organ or piano
Choral 4-31JW 4/31 1904–1906 Vínek male chorus folk song arrangement
Choral 4-32JW 4/32 1906 Lidová nokturna. Večerní zpěvy slovenského lidu z Rovného (26 Balad lidových II.) Folk Nocturne. Evening Songs of the Slovak People of Rovné (26 Folk Ballads, Part II) female vocal duo and piano folk song arrangements 077 folk song arrangements
Choral 4-33JW 4/33 1906 Kantor Halfar Kantor Halfar male chorus
Choral 4-34JW 4/34 1906 Maryčka Magdónova [1] Maryčka Magdónova [1] male chorus
Choral 4-35JW 4/35 1907 Maryčka Magdónova [2] Maryčka Magdónova [2] male chorus
Choral 4-36JW 4/36 1909 70.000 (Sedmdesát tisíc) Seventy-thousand male chorus revised 1912
Choral 3-07JW 3/7 1911 Na Soláni čarták tenor, male chorus and orchestra cantata
Choral 3-08JW 3/8 1914 Vecne evangeliumVěčné evangelium Eternal GospelThe Eternal Gospel soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra cantata
Choral 4-37JW 4/37 1912?,
1916-1917 		Pet narodnich pisniPět národních písní (26 Balad lidových IV.) Folk Songs 55 Folk Songs (26 Folk Ballads, Part IV) tenor, male chorus and piano or harmonium folk song arrangements
Choral 4-38JW 4/38 1914 Perina FeatherbedThe Featherbed male chorus
Choral 4-39JW 4/39 1916 Vlčí stopa Wolf Tracks female chorus
Choral 4-40JW 4/40 1916 Hradčanské písničky Songs of Hradčany soprano, female chorus, flute and harp choruses 33 choruses
Choral 4-41JW 4/41 1916 Kaspar RuckyKašpar Rucký Kaspar RuckyKašpar Rucký soprano, 4 solo female voices and female chorus
Choral 5-12JW 5/12 1917–1919 Zapisnik zmizelehoZápisník zmizelého The Diary of One Who Disappeared tenor, alto, 3 female voices and piano song cycle; revised 1920
Choral 4-42JW 4/42 1918 Ceska legieČeská legie Czech LegionThe Czech Legion male chorus
Choral 4-43JW 4/43 1922 Potulný šílenec Wandering MadmanThe Wandering Madman male chorus with soprano solo
Choral 5-16JW 5/16 1924 {{{1}}}Rikadla 1Říkadla [1] Nursery Rhymes [1] mezzo-sopranos 1-31 to 3 mezzo-sopranos, clarinet and piano songs 88 songs
Choral 4-44JW 4/44 1925–1926 Naše vlajka Our Flag male chorus and 2 solo sopranos
Choral 5-17JW 5/17 1926 Rikadla 2Říkadla [2] Nursery Rhymes [2] chamber choir and chamber ensemble introduction and 18 songs
Choral 3-09JW 3/9 1926–1927 Glagolská mše (Mša glagolskaja) Glagolitic Mass soloists, double chorus, orchestra and organ
Choral 4-45JW 4/45 1928 Sbor při kladení základního kamene Masarykovy university v Brně Chorus Composed for the Occasion of the Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Masaryk University in Brno male chorus
Vocal 5-01JW 5/1 1871–1875? Když mě nechceš, což je víc? If You Don't Love Me, What Do I Care? tenor (or chorus) and piano
Vocal 5-02JW 5/2 1892–1901 Moravská lidová poesie v písních Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs voice and piano folk song arrangements 5353 folk song arrangements
Vocal 5-03JW 5/3 1897–1898 Jarní píseň Spring Song revised 1905
Vocal 5-04JW 5/4 1898 Ukvalská lidová poezie v písních Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs voice and piano folk song arrangements 1313 folk song arrangements
Vocal 5-06JW 5/6 1908–1912 {{{1}}}Pet moravskych tancuPět moravských tanců Moravian Dances 55 Moravian Dances voice and piano folk song arrangements
Vocal 5-07JW 5/7 1908–1912 Ctyri baladyČtyři balady Ballads 44 Ballads voice and piano folk song arrangements
Vocal 5-08JW 5/8 1908–1912 Dve baladyDvě balady Ballads 22 Ballads voice and piano folk song arrangements
Vocal 5-09JW 5/9 1909 Sest narodnich pisni, jez zpivala Gabel EvaŠest národních písní, jež zpívala Gabel Eva (26 Balad lidových I.) Folk Songs 66 Folk Songs (26 Folk Ballads, Part I) voice and piano
Vocal 5-10JW 5/10 1911 Podme, milá, podme! voice and piano folk song arrangement
Vocal 5-11JW 5/11 1916 Pisne detvanske, zbojnicke baladyPísně detvanské, zbojnické balady (26 Balad lidových III.) Detva Songs, Robber’s Ballads (26 Folk Ballads, Part III) voice and piano folk song arrangements 088 folk song arrangements
Vocal 5-13JW 5/13 1918 Slezské písně (ze sbírky Heleny Salichové) voice and piano folk song arrangements 1010 folk song arrangements
Vocal 5-14JW 5/14 1920 Ukolébavka Lullaby voice and piano folk song arrangement
Vocal 5-15JW 5/15 1923 Upravy lidovych pisni v clankuÚpravy lidových písní v článku „Starosta Smolík“ voice and unspecified instrument
Vocal 8-23JW 8/23 1922 Moravské lidové písně Moravian Folk Songs piano and voice ad libitum folk song arrangements 1515 folk song arrangements
Vocal 8-24JW 8/24 1911 Ej, duby, duby piano and voice ad libitum folk song arrangement
Vocal 8-25JW 8/25 Budem tady stat piano and voice ad libitum folk song arrangement

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