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Stage Works
79 tracks
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Vocal Works
638 tracks
- Choral Works
246 tracks
- Ave Maria, for chorus
1 track
- 150. genfi zsoltar (Geneva Ps cl), for chorus
1 track
- A csikó (The Filly), folksong for high voice or male chorus
2 tracks
- A franciaországi változásokra (To the Changes in France), for male chorus
2 tracks
- A magyarokhoz (Song of Faith), canon for 4 voices
3 tracks
- A nándori toronyor (The Tower Watchman of Nándor), for male chorus
2 tracks
- A szabadság himnusza (La Marseillaise), arrangement for mixed or high voice or male chorus
3 tracks
- Adventi ének (Veni, Veni Emmanuel)
2 tracks
- Akik mindig elkésnek (Too Late), for chorus
1 track
- An Ode for Music, for chorus
2 tracks
- Angyalok es pasztorok (The Angels and the Shepherds), for chorus
1 track
- Arva vagyok (Orphan am I), for chorus
1 track
- Az éneklo ifjúsághoz (To the Singing Youth), for high voice chorus
1 track
- Budavári te Deum (Te Deum of Buda Castle), for soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ ad lib.
2 tracks
- Békességóhajtás: 1801 esztendo (Wish for Peace: 1801), for chorus
1 track
- Ciganysirato (Gypsy lament), for chorus
1 track
- Cohors generosa, for chorus, for chorus
1 track
- Csalfa sugar (False spring), for chorus
1 track
- Dal (Fancy), for chorus
1 track
- 2 Drinking songs, for male chorus
3 tracks
- Egyetem-begyetem (Hippity-hoppity), for chorus
1 track
- Emléksorok Fáy Andrásnak (In András Fáy's Album), for male chorus
2 tracks
- Enek Szent Istvan kiralyhoz (Hymn to St. Stephen), for chorus
3 tracks
- Este (Evening), for soprano and chorus
4 tracks
- Esti Dal (Evening Song), folksong for high voice or mixed or male chorus
4 tracks
- Felszállot a páva (The Peacock), folksong for male or mixed chorus
3 tracks
- Geneva Psalm 114, for chorus and organ
1 track
- Geneva Psalm 121, for chorus
1 track
- Geneva Psalm 50 (Az 50. genfi zsoltár), for chorus
1 track
- Gergelyjárás (St. Gregory's Day), for high voice chorus
2 tracks
- Golya nota (Stork song), for chorus
1 track
- Hegyi ejszakak (Mountain nights), for chorus
5 tracks
- Hejh Büngözsdi Bandi (Hey, Bandi Büngözsdi or The Highwayman), for baritone and male chorus
2 tracks
- Horatii Carmen II. 10, 'Rectius vives', for chorus
2 tracks
- Huszt (The Ruins), for male chorus
2 tracks
- I Will Go Look for Death (Gyászének) for chorus
1 track
- Isten csodája (God's Weeping), for male chorus
2 tracks
- Janos koszonto (Greeting to St. John), for chorus
1 track
- Jelenti magát Jézus (The Voice of Jesus), folksong for high voice or male chorus
2 tracks
- Jelige (Epigraph), for mixed or female or male chorus
3 tracks
- Justum et tenacem (Rendületlenül, Resolutely), for male chorus
2 tracks
- Jézus és a kufárok (Jesus and the Traders)
6 tracks
- Jövel, Szentlélek Uristen (Come, Holy Ghost), for chorus
1 track
- Karádi nóták (Songs from Karád), folksong for male chorus
2 tracks
- Katonadal (Soldier's Song), for male chorus, trumpet and drum
2 tracks
- Kit kéne elvenni (The Bachelor), folksong for male chorus
2 tracks
- 7 Konnyu gyermekkar (7 Easy children's choruses)
8 tracks
- Lengyel lászló (King ladislaus' men or Magyars and Germans), for high voice chorus
1 track
- Liszt ferenchez (Ode to Liszt), for chorus
1 track
- 4 Madrigali, for chorus
4 tracks
- Magyarország cimere (The Arms of Hungary), for chorus
1 track
- Media vita in morte sumus ('Homo perpende fragilis'), for chorus
2 tracks
- Meghalok, meghalok (I shall die, I shall die), for chorus
1 track
- Mez, mez, mez (honey, honey, honey), for chorus
1 track
- Miserere (Psalm 51), for double chorus
1 track
- Missa Brevis, for soloists, chorus and organ
48 tracks
- Mohács, for chorus
1 track
- Molnár Anna (Annie Miller), for chorus
1 track
- Mátrai képek (Mátra Pictures)
6 tracks
- Nagyszalontai köszönto (A Birthday Greeting), folksong for high voice chorus or mixed chorus
1 track
- Naphimnusz (Adoration), for chorus
1 track
- Nemzeti dal (National Song), for male chorus
2 tracks
- Norvég leányok (Norwegian Girls), for chorus
1 track
- Pange lingua, for chorus
1 track
- Psalmus Hungaricus, oratorio for tenor, chorus, children's chorus ad lib, orchestra, and organ, Op.13
24 tracks
- Pünkösdölo ('Whitsuntide'), for high voice chorus
2 tracks
- Rabhazának fia (The Son of an Enslaved Country), for male chorus
2 tracks
- Sik Sándor Te Deuma (Sándor Sik's Te Deum), for chorus
1 track
- Stabat mater, for chorus
3 tracks
- Székely keserves (Transylvanian Lament), folksong for chorus
3 tracks
- Tancnota (Dancing song), for chorus
1 track
- The Music Makers, an Ode, for chorus and orchestra
2 tracks
- 6 Trefas kanon (6 Humorous canons), for chorus
6 tracks
- Táncnóta (Dancing Song), for high voice chorus
1 track
- Túrót eszik a cigány (See the Gypsies Munching Cheese), folksong for female chorus or mixed chorus
3 tracks
- Uj esztendot koszonto (A christmas carol), for chorus
2 tracks
- Vejnemojnen uzsikal (Wainamoinen makes music), for chorus
1 track
- Vizkerestz (Epiphany), for chorus
1 track
- 2 Zoborvideki nepdal (2 folksongs from Zobor), for chorus
2 tracks
- Zrínyi szózata (Hymn of Zrínyi; Zrínyi's Appeal) for baritone and chorus
1 track
- Öregek ('The aged'), for chorus
1 track
- Bocsásd meg, Úristen (God, forgive), for chorus
1 track
- Cantio Optima, for chorus
1 track
- Két esztendeje vagy három (For two or three years), for chorus
1 track
- Érik a szoko (The grapes are growing ripe), for chorus
1 track
- Annyi nekem az irigyem (There are so many people who envy me), for chorus
1 track
- Nem messze van Zsombolyától Tömösvár (Tömösvár is not far away from Zsombolya), for chorus
1 track
- Nem hitted, hogy katona leszek én (You did not believe I would become a soldier), for chorus
1 track
- Hej, önkéntesen iratkoztam huszárnak (Hey! I became a Hussar voluntarily), for chorus
1 track
- Sej, huszárgyerek szereti a táncot (Hey, the Hussar boy likes to dance), for chorus
1 track
- Mikor engem a foorvos vizital (When the chief medical officer examines me), for chorus
1 track
- Sej, haj, magos a kaszárnya teteje (Hey, ho, the roof of the army barracks is high), for chorus
1 track
- Esik eso, ázik a heveder (It is raining, the girth is getting wet), for chorus
1 track
- Oroszország határszélén (At the Russian border an acacia is blooming), for chorus
1 track
- Kis pej lovam megérdemli a zabot (My little bay horse deserves its oat), for chorus
1 track
- Garibaldi csárdás kis kalapja (Garibaldi's little jaunty hat), for chorus
1 track
- Ki van tuzve Magyarország zászlója (The Hungarian flag is hoisted), for chorus
1 track
- Semmit ne bánkodjál (Cease Your Bitter Weeping), for male or female or mixed chorus
1 track
- Élet vagy halál (Life or Death), for male chorus
1 track
- Ave Maria, for chorus
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Solo Songs
168 tracks
- Hungarian Folk Music (Magyar népzene), 62 folksongs for voice and piano
108 tracks
- 8 Little Duets, for soprano, tenor and piano
10 tracks
- Two Hungarian Folksongs
2 tracks
- 16 Songs on Hungarian Popular Words, for voice and piano, Op.1
16 tracks
- 3 Songs on poems by Béla Balázs, for voice and piano, Op. Post.
3 tracks
- 4 Songs, for voice and piano
4 tracks
- Megkésett melódiák (Belated Melodies), 7 songs for voice and piano, Op.6
7 tracks
- A bereknek gyars kaszási, Himfy dal (The Quick Reapers of the Grove, Himfy Song), for voice and piano
1 track
- 2 Songs, for baritone and orchestra (or piano), Op.5
2 tracks
- 5 Songs, for voice and piano, Op.9
5 tracks
- 3 Songs, for voice and piano (or orchestra), Op.14
3 tracks
- Epitaphium Joannis Hunyadi, for voice and piano
1 track
- 5 Folksongs of the Mountain Cheremiss, for voice and piano
5 tracks
- Fáj a szivem (My Heart Aches), song for voice and piano
1 track
- Hungarian Folk Music (Magyar népzene), 62 folksongs for voice and piano
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Becinia hungarica (progressive 2-part songs)
224 tracks
- Mostan kedvem kerekedik (Now I would like to), song
1 track
- Zold erdoben (In the green forest), song
1 track
- Egi buzaszal (Divine wheat stock), song
1 track
- Mely erdon (in the deep forest), song
1 track
- Napsugar a levegoben (Sunbeam in the air), song
1 track
- Arnyak sora ul a reten (Shadows in the meadow), song
1 track
- Van-e szoknya elado (Is there a skirt for sale?), song
1 track
- Reti csiga (Meadow snail), song
1 track
- Sandor napjan (On Alexander day), song
1 track
- Bolygo zapor (Wandering rain), song
1 track
- Rigok dala (Song of the thrush), song
1 track
- Csizmam kopogo (My boots are pattering)
1 track
- Paripam csodaszep pejko (My steed is a beautiful chestnut horse), song
1 track
- Hazam elott egy almafa (An apple tree in front of my house), song
1 track
- Kortefa, kortefa (Pear tree, pear tree), song
1 track
- Itthon-e a gazda? (Is the master at home?), song
1 track
- Volt nekem egy kecskem (I had a goat), song
1 track
- Garibaldi csardas kis kalapja (Garibaldi’s little hat), song
1 track
- Hej, Vargane (Hey, Mrs. Varga), song
1 track
- Erik a szolo (The grapes are ripening), song
1 track
- Ket esztendeje, vagy harom (Two years or three), song
1 track
- Elvesztettem zsebkendomet (I lost my kerchief), song
1 track
- Hej, ket tyukom tavali (Hey, my hens from last year), song
1 track
- Kiskertemben van egy oreg eperfa (There’s an old mulberry tree), song
1 track
- Hess pava, hess pava (Shoo, peacock, shoo), song
1 track
- Felre tolem bubanat (Sorrow, turn away from me), song
1 track
- Reten, reten, sej, a kassai reten (In the meadows), song
1 track
- Egy kicsi madarka hozzam kezde jarni (A little bird began coming to me), song
1 track
- Sej, haj, szulofoldem (Hey, ho, my native land), song
1 track
- Orvendjen az egesz vilag (Karacsonyi enek; Christmas Song)
1 track
- Sej, filipa tancom (Hey, filipa, my dance), song
1 track
- Egy, erik a meggy (Ring Game), song
1 track
- A juhasz (The shepherd), song
1 track
- Kis kacsa furdik fekete toba (Little duck swimming), song
1 track
- Bicinia hungarica, Book 1
39 tracks
- Bicinia hungarica, Book 2
29 tracks
- Bicinia Hungarica, Book 3
13 tracks
- Bicinia Hungarica, Book 4
39 tracks
- Ha hideg szel fut a reten (If the cold wind), song
1 track
- Rajta, rajta jo katonak (Onward, onward good soldiers), song
1 track
- A csosz subaja (The fieldguard’s sheepskin coat), song
1 track
- Bueleszto szello (Sorrow-laiden breeze), song
1 track
- A barnai kertek alatt (In the Barna gardens), song
1 track
- Nincsen apam, nincsen anyam (I have no father, no mother), song
1 track
- Harom gomor nepdal
3 tracks
- Itt a farsang (Carnival is here), song
1 track
- Jertek velem a mezore (Come to the meadow with me)
1 track
- Uttoro indulo (Pioneer March)
1 track
- Komoly, oreg Vejnemojnen (Kalevala) Wainamoinen
1 track
- Van nekunk szup ocsenk (Courting song)
1 track
- Szanko fordul a kapu ele (Going home)
1 track
- Csillog a nap rezgo nyirfa levelen… nem mehetunk haza (We cannot go home)
1 track
- Apacska, mert vagy szomoru, hogy jottem? (My Dad, why are you sad that I have come?)
1 track
- Egyik se szol, masik se szol (Strange village)
1 track
- Szoke legeny, nyalka legeny (Fair lad, dashing lad)
1 track
- Kicsiny madar sarga csore (Little bird, its beak is yellow)
1 track
- Erdo, csupa fa, nem jutok ki belole … akit senki sem szeret (Forest, full of trees, I’ll never get out of it … whom no-one loves)
1 track
- Vettel egy kalacsot ( … kalacs; You’ve bought a milk-loaf)
1 track
- Furj szol pitypalatty ( … pitypalatty; Quail sings, The rye has been reaped)
1 track
- A reten megpihenek ( … senkim sincs; In the meadow I rest myself, I stand and grieve ( … I am lonely))
1 track
- Mentem, mentem bazsarozsas kertbe ( … ki a kertbol!; I’ve gone, I’ve gone to a peony garden
1 track
- Van e pallo a patakon at (…bot es utitars; Is there a plank over the brook? ( … stick and travelling mate)
1 track
- Reten varom a pajtasom ( … banat; In the meadow I’m waiting for my pal)
1 track
- Kendovel takarom halvany arcomat ( … nincsen senkim; Behold, here stands this sledge, it’s black)
1 track
- Apatlan gyermeket nincsen aki megved ( … az arva sorsa; There’s nobody to protect a fatherless child)
1 track
- Szep szal nyírfa ( … szovonota; Fine upstanding birch, a good weaving loom)
1 track
- Szarvasgomba van a volgyben (There is truffle in the valley, come with me there)
1 track
- Szep ez a muzsika, tancra hiv (This music is so beautiful, it’s calling us to dance)
1 track
- Koszonom atyam, teneked – Menyasszony bucsuztato (I thank you, my father … The Bride’s Farewell)
1 track
- A mi cicank ferjhez akar menni (Our cat wants to get married)
1 track
- Faj a kutyamnak a laba (My dog has a soar leg)
1 track
- Kihajtom a ludam a retre (I'm driving my geese out)
1 track
- Tricinia
30 tracks
- Cantio Optima (Cantio Optima)
1 track
- Mikor a fogsagbol (When God from captivity; Psalm 126)
1 track
- Bocsasd meg Uristen (Forgive, oh Lord)
1 track
- Magas fenyo all a hegyen (A tall pine stands on the hill)
1 track
- Mostan kedvem kerekedik (Now I would like to), song
- Choral Works
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Chamber Works
337 tracks
- Adagio, for violin and piano
18 tracks
- Capriccio for Cello
3 tracks
- 3 Chorale Preludes, transcriptions for cello and piano (after Bach's spurious BWV743, 762, 747)
9 tracks
- Duo for Violin and Cello, Op.7
84 tracks
- Epigrammák (Epigrams), 9 pieces for 2 instruments (or voices) and piano (arr.from vocal work)
46 tracks
- Gavotte for 3 Violins and Cello
1 track
- Hungarian (Magyar), rondo for cello and piano (trans. from Old Hungarian Soldier's Songs)
2 tracks
- Intermezzo, for string trio
1 track
- Kállai kettos (Kállo double dance), for violin and piano (Kodály authorized arr. by Fejgin)
8 tracks
- Prelude and Fugue for Cello and Piano (arr. by Kodaly from J.S. Bach)
4 tracks
- Romance lyrique, for cello and piano
5 tracks
- Serenade, for 2 violins and viola, Op.12
16 tracks
- Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op.4
21 tracks
- Sonata for Solo Cello, Op.8
76 tracks
- Sonatina for Cello and Piano
7 tracks
- String Quartet No.1, Op.2
16 tracks
- String Quartet No.2, Op.10
19 tracks
- Sonata Movement, for cello and piano
1 track
- Adagio, for violin and piano
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Orchestral Works
372 tracks
- Ballet Music ('Dance of the Dragoons' omitted from 'Háry János')
1 track
- Concerto for Orchestra, K.115
18 tracks
- Dances of Galánta (Galánti táncok)
58 tracks
- Háry János, suite from the opera
144 tracks
- Minuetto serio (version of piece from 'Czinka Panna')
1 track
- Summer Evening (Nyári este)
5 tracks
- Symphony in C
15 tracks
- Theatre Overture (Szinházi nyitány; originally for 'Háry János')
3 tracks
- Variations on a Hungarian folksong, 'The Peacock' (Felszállott a páva)
120 tracks
- Czinka Panna, incidental music (for B. Balázs' Singspiel)
4 tracks
- Dances of Marosszék (Marosszéki táncok), for orchestra (transcribed from piano work)
3 tracks
- Ballet Music ('Dance of the Dragoons' omitted from 'Háry János')
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Piano Works
214 tracks
- Dances of Marosszék (Marosszéki táncok)
28 tracks
- Gyermektancok (Children's Dances)
24 tracks
- Meditation sur un motif de Claude Debussy
5 tracks
- Organoeida ad missam lectam, for organ (revision of Mass for organ)
8 tracks
- 7 Pieces for Piano, Op.11
72 tracks
- 9 Pieces for Piano, Op.3
42 tracks
- Prelude for Organ (originally intended as part of 'Pange Lingua')
1 track
- Valsette, for piano
3 tracks
- 24 Kis kanon a fekete billentyukon (24 Little canons on the black keys), for piano
24 tracks
- Hary Janos Suite, for piano (arr. A. Foldes)
6 tracks
- Galantai tancok (Dances of Galanta; arr. J. Kenessey), for piano
1 track
- Dances of Marosszék (Marosszéki táncok)
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Chamber Works
6 tracks
- Duo for Violin and Cello, Op.7
6 tracks
- Duo for Violin and Cello, Op.7
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