# List of compositions by Leoš Janáček

This list of compositions by Leoš Janáček can be sorted by their 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 | JW 1/1 | 1887–1888 | Šárka | Šárka | | revised 1919 |
| Opera | JW 1/3 | 1891 | Počátek románu | The Beginning of a Romance | | |
| Opera | JW 1/4 | 1894–1903 | Její pastorkyňa | Jenůfa or "Her Stepdaughter" | | revised 1908, 1915 |
| Opera | JW 1/5 | 1903–1905 | Osud | Destiny (Fate) | | revised 1906–1907 |
| Opera | JW 1/6 JW 1/7 | 1908–1916 1917 | Výlety páně Broučkovy Výlet pana Broučka do měsíceVýlet pana Broučka do XV. století | The Excursions of Mr. Brouček Mr. Brouček’s Excursion to the MoonMr. Brouček’s Excursion to the 15th Century | | |
| Opera | JW 1/8 | 1919–1921 | Káťa Kabanová | Káťa Kabanová | | |
| Opera | JW 1/9 | 1921–1923 | Příhody lišky Bystroušky | The Cunning Little Vixen | | |
| Opera | JW 1/10 | 1923–1925 | Věc Makropulos | The Makropulos Affair | | |
| Opera | JW 1/11 | 1927–1928 | Z mrtvého domu | From the House of the Dead | | |
| Ballet | JW 1/2 | 1891 | Rákós Rákóczy | Rákós Rákóczy | | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/1 | 1875 | Zvuky ku památce Förchtgotta-Tovačovského | Sounds in Memory of Förchtgotta-Tovačovského | string orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/2 | 1877 | Suita | Suite | string orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/3 | 1878 | Idyla | Idyll | string orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/4 | 1889–1891 | Valašské tance | Valachian Dances | orchestra | Op. 2 |
| Orchestral | JW 6/5 | 1890 | Adagio | Adagio | orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/6 | c.1891 | Suita (Serenáda) | Suite (Serenade) | orchestra | Op. 3 |
| Orchestral | JW 6/7 | 1888 | Moravské tance | Moravian Dances | orchestra | 5 folk dances |
| Orchestral | JW 6/8 | 1890 | Hanácké tance | Hanakian Dances | orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/9 | 1893 | České tance, 1. Suita | Czech Dances, Suite I | orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/10 | 1894 | Žárlivost | Jealousy | orchestra | overture to the opera Jenůfa |
| Orchestral | JW 3/6 | 1898 | Smuteční pochod | Funeral March | orchestra | Epilogue from the cantata Amarus |
| Orchestral | JW 6/11 | 1899 | Požehnaný | Požehnaný (Lachian Dance) | orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/12 | 1899 | Kozáček | Kozáček (Russian Dance) | orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/13 | c.1899 | Srbské kolo | Srbské kolo (Serbian Dance) | orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 6/14 | 1912 | Šumařovo dítě | The Fiddler's Child | orchestra | Ballade |
| Orchestral | JW 6/15 | 1915–1918 | Taras bulba | Taras Bulba | orchestra | Rhapsody |
| Orchestral | JW 6/16 | 1920 | Balada Blanická | Ballad of Blaník | orchestra | symphonic poem; original title: Blaničtí rytíři (The Knights of Blaník) |
| Orchestral | JW 6/17 | 1924 | Lašské tance | Lachian Dances | orchestra | new selection and revision of pieces from as early as 1889 |
| Orchestral | JW 6/18 | 1926 | Sinfonietta (Symfonietta vojenská) | Sinfonietta | orchestra | |
| Orchestral | JW 9/7 | 1923–1928 | Dunaj | The Danube | orchestra | symphonic fragment |
| Orchestral | JW 9/11 | 1928 | Trunda a Lajda | Trunda and Lajda | orchestra | incidental music for Gerhart Hauptmann's Schluck und Jau |
| Concertante | JW 7/11 | 1925 | Concertino | Concertino | piano and chamber ensemble | |
| Concertante | JW 7/12 | 1926 | Capriccio „Vzdor“ | Capriccio “Defiance” | piano left-hand and chamber ensemble | |
| Concertante | JW 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 | JW 7/1 | 1875 | Znělka I | Sonnet I | 4 violins | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/2 | 1875 | Znělka II | Sonnet II | 4 violins | incomplete |
| Chamber music | JW 7/3 | 1879 | Romance | Romance | violin and piano | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/4 | 1880 | Dumka | Dumka | violin and piano | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/5 | 1910 | Pohádka | Fairy Tale, 4 Pieces | cello and piano | revised 1912, 1923 |
| Chamber music | JW 7/6 | 1910 | Presto | Presto | cello and piano | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/7 | 1914 | Houslová sonáta | Violin Sonata | violin and piano | revised 1921 |
| Chamber music | JW 7/8 | 1923 | Smyčcový kvartet č. 1 „Z podnětu Tolstého Kreutzerovy sonáty“ | String Quartet No. 1 “Inspired by Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata” | 2 violins, viola and cello | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/9 | 1924 | Pochod modráčků | March of the Blue Boys | piccolo and piano | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/10 | 1924 | Mládí | Youth | wind sextet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn) | |
| Chamber music | JW 7/13 | 1928 | Smyčcový kvartet č. 2 „Listy důvěrné“ | String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters” | 2 violins, viola and cello | |
| Organ | JW 8/2 | 1875 | Předehra | Overture | organ | |
| Organ | JW 8/3 | 1875 | Varyto | Lyre | organ | |
| Organ | JW 8/4 | 1875 | Chorální fantasie | Choralfantasie | organ | |
| Organ | JW 8/7 | 1884 | Dvě skladby pro varhany | 2 Pieces for Organ | organ | |
| Organ | JW 2/11 | 1902? | Svatý Václave | Saint Wenceslas | organ | organ accompaniment for an old Czech hymn |
| Piano | JW 8/6 | 1880 | Tema con variazioni – Zdeňčiny variace | Zdenka Variations in B♭ major | piano | Op. 1 |
| Piano | JW 8/8 | 1885 | Dymák | Dymák | piano | folk dance arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/9 | 1887? | Na památku | In Remembrance | piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/10 | 1888–1889 | Národní tance na Moravě | Folk Dances of Moravia | piano 2- or 4-hands, with cimbalom or voice ad libitum | 21 folk arrangements |
| Piano | JW 8/11 | 1888 | Srňátko | Srňátko | piano | folk dance arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/12 | 1893 | Ej, danaj! | Hey, come on! | piano | folk dance arrangement; combined with JW 8/18 as 3 Moravské tance (3 Moravian Dances) |
| Piano | JW 8/13 | 1893 | Hudba ke kroužení kužely | Music for Club-swinging Exercises | piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/14 | 1893? | Řezníček | Řezníček | piano | folk dance arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/15 | 1893? | Zezulenka | Zezulenka | piano | folk dance arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/16 | 1894 | Žárlivost | Jealousy | piano 4-hands | piano transcription of JW 6/10 |
| Piano | JW 8/17 | 1901–1908 | Po zarostlém chodníčku | On an Overgrown Path | piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/18 | c.1904 | 2 Moravské tance | 2 Moravian Dances | piano | folk dance arrangements; combined with JW 8/12 as 3 Moravské tance (3 Moravian Dances) |
| Piano | JW 8/19 | 1905 | Sonáta pro klavír „I. X. 1905, Z ulice“ | Piano Sonata “1 October 1905, From the Street” in E♭ minor | piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/20 | 1909 | Narodil se Kristus Pán | Christ, the Lord, Is Risen | piano with voice ad libitum | Czech Christmas song arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/21 | 1911 | Moderato | Moderato | piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/22 | 1912 | V mlhách | In the Mists | piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/23 | 1922 | Moravské lidové písně | Moravian Folk Songs | piano with voice ad libitum | 15 folk song arrangements |
| Piano | JW 8/24 | 1911 | Ej, duby, duby | Ej, duby, duby | piano with voice ad libitum | folk song arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/25 | 1922-23? | Budem tady stat | Budem tady stat (We Will Stay Here) | piano with voice ad libitum | folk song arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/26 | 1923 | Con moto | Con moto | piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/27 | 1924 | Skladba bez názvu | Untitled Piece | piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/28 | 1925 | Bratřím Mrštíkům | To the Mrštík Brothers | piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/29 | 1926? | Skladba bez názvu | Untitled Piece | piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/30 | 1926? | Na starém hradě hukvalském | In the Old Castle at Hukvaldy | piano | folk dance arrangement |
| Piano | JW 8/31 | 1927 | Andante | Andante | piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/32 | 1928 | Vzpomínka | A Recollection | piano | |
| Piano | JW 8/33 | | Skladby v památníku Kamily Stösslové | Pieces in the Kamila Stösslová Album | piano and harmonium | 13 pieces |
| Choral | JW 4/1 | 1873 | Orání | Ploughing | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/2 | 1873 | Válečná [1] | War Song [1] | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/3 | 1873 | Válečná [2] | War Song [2] | male chorus, trumpet, 3 trombones and piano | |
| Choral | JW 4/4 | 1873 | Nestálost lásky | Inconsistency in Love | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/5 | 1873–1876 | Divím se milému | How Strange My Lover Is | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/6 | 1873–1876 | Vínek stonulý | | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/7 | 1874 | Osamělá bez těchy [1] | Forsaken [1] | male chorus | revised in 1898 as JW 4/26 |
| Choral | JW 2/1 | 1874 | Graduale „Speciosus forma“ | Graduale “Speciosus forma” | chorus and organ | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/2 | 1875 | Introitus in festo Ss. Nominis Jesu | Introitus in festo Ss. Nominis Jesu | chorus and organ | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/3 | 1875 | Exaudi Deus [1] | Exaudi Deus [1] | chorus and organ | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/4 | 1875 | Exaudi Deus [2] | Exaudi Deus [2] | chorus and organ | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/5 | 1875 | Benedictus | Benedictus | chorus and organ | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/6 | 1875 | Communio „Fidelis servus“ | Communio “Fidelis servus” | chorus | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/7 | 1875–1878 | Regnum mundi | Regnum mundi | chorus | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/8 | 1875–1879 | Exsurge Domine | Exsurge Domine | chorus | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/9 | 1875?–1879 | Graduale in festo purificationis BVM „Suscepimus“ | Graduale in festo purificationis BVM “Suscepimus” | chorus | motet |
| Choral | JW 4/8 | 1876 | Láska opravdivá | True Love | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/9 | 1876 | Osudu neujdeš | You Will Not Escape Fate | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/10 | 1876 | Zpěvná duma | | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/11 | 1876? | Na košatej jedli dva holubi seďá | Two Pigeons Sitting in a Fir Tree | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/12 | 1877 | Slavnostní sbor (k položení základního kamene ústavu ku vzdělání učitelů) | Festival Chorus (to lay the foundation of the Institute for the Education of Teachers) | 4 male voices and chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/13 | 1878? | Slavnostní sbor ku svěcení nové budovy c. k. slovanského ústavu ku vzdělání učitelů v Brně | Ceremonial Chorus for the Consecration of the New Building of the C.K. Slavic Institute for Teacher Education in Brno | baritone, male chorus and piano | |
| Choral | JW 4/14 | 1880 | Píseň v jeseni | Autumn Song | chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/15 | 1880–1885 | Na prievoze | At the Ferry | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 2/10 | 1881 | České církevní zpěvy z Lehnerova mešního kancionálu | Czech Church Hymns From Lehner's Mass Canon | chorus and organ | |
| Choral | JW 4/16 | 1883 | Ave Maria | Ave Maria | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/17 | 1885 | Čtveřice mužských sborů | 4 Male Choruses | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/18 | 1885 | Kačena divoká | The Wild Duck | chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/19 | 1888 | Tři sbory mužské | 3 Male Choruses | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/20 | 1889? | Královničky. „Staré národní tance obřadné se zpěvy“ | | unison chorus and piano | 10 folk songs and dances |
| Choral | JW 3/1 | 1890 | Naše píseň [1] | Our Song [1] | chorus and orchestra | |
| Choral | JW 3/1 | 1890 | Sivý sokol zaletěl | The Grey Falcon Flew | chorus and orchestra | |
| Choral | JW 4/21 | 1890 | Naše píseň [2] | Our Song [2] | chorus | |
| Choral | JW 3/2 | 1891 | Komáři se ženili | The Mosquitoes Got Married | chorus and orchestra | folk song arrangement |
| Choral | JW 3/3 | 1892 | Zelené sem seła | | chorus and orchestra | folk song arrangement |
| Choral | JW 3/4 | 1893 | Keď zme šli na hody | When We Went to the Feast | chorus and orchestra | folk song arrangement |
| Choral | JW 4/22 | 1893 | Což ta naše bříza | Our Birch Tree | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/23 | 1894 | Už je slúnko z téj hory ven | | baritone, chorus and piano | |
| Choral | JW 4/24 | 1894? | Odpočiň si | Get Some Rest | male chorus | funeral chorus |
| Choral | JW 3/5 | 1896 | Hospodine! | Hear Me, O Lord! | soloists, chorus, brass, harp and organ | cantata |
| Choral | JW 4/25 | 1897–1898 | Slavnostní sbor k svěcení praporu Svatojosefské jednoty | Festival Chorus for the Consecration of St. Joseph's Banner | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 3/6 | 1897 | Amarus | Amarus | soloists, chorus and orchestra | cantata; revised 1901, 1906 |
| Choral | JW 4/26 | 1898 | Osamělá bez těchy [2] | Forsaken [2] | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/27 | 1899 | Ukvalské písně | Hukvaldy Songs | chorus | 6 folk song arrangements |
| Choral | JW 4/28 | 1900,1906 | Čtvero mužských sborů moravských | 4 Moravian Choruses | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/29 | 1901, 1906 | Otče náš | Our Father | tenor, chorus and piano (harmonium) or harp and organ | cantata |
| Choral | JW 2/11 | 1902? | Svatý Václave | Saint Wenceslas | chorus and organ | organ accompaniment for an old Czech hymn |
| Choral | JW 2/12 | 1903 | Constitues | Constitues | male chorus and organ | motet |
| Choral | JW 2/13 | 1903 | Veni Sancte Spiritus | Veni Sancte Spiritus | male chorus | motet |
| Choral | JW 4/30 | 1903, 1904 | Elegie na smrt dcery Olgy | Elegy on the Death of My Daughter Olga | tenor, chorus and piano | cantata |
| Choral | JW 2/14 | 1904 | Zdrávas Maria | Ave Maria | tenor (or soprano), chorus, violin and organ or piano | |
| Choral | JW 4/31 | 1904–1906 | Vínek | | male chorus | folk song arrangement |
| Choral | JW 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 | 7 folk song arrangements |
| Choral | JW 4/33 | 1906 | Kantor Halfar | Kantor Halfar | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/34 | 1906 | Maryčka Magdónova [1] | Maryčka Magdónova [1] | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/35 | 1907 | Maryčka Magdónova [2] | Maryčka Magdónova [2] | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/36 | 1909 | 70.000 (Sedmdesát tisíc) | Seventy-thousand | male chorus | revised 1912 |
| Choral | JW 3/7 | 1911 | Na Soláni čarták | | tenor, male chorus and orchestra | cantata |
| Choral | JW 3/8 | 1914 | Věčné evangelium | The Eternal Gospel | soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra | cantata |
| Choral | JW 4/37 | 1912?, 1916-1917 | Pět národních písní (26 Balad lidových IV.) | 5 Folk Songs (26 Folk Ballads, Part IV) | tenor, male chorus and piano or harmonium | folk song arrangements |
| Choral | JW 4/38 | 1914 | Perina | The Featherbed | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/39 | 1916 | Vlčí stopa | Wolf Tracks | female chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/40 | 1916 | Hradčanské písničky | Songs of Hradčany | soprano, female chorus, flute and harp | 3 choruses |
| Choral | JW 4/41 | 1916 | Kašpar Rucký | Kašpar Rucký | soprano, 4 solo female voices and female chorus | |
| Choral | JW 5/12 | 1917–1919 | Zápisník zmizelého | The Diary of One Who Disappeared | tenor, alto, 3 female voices and piano | song cycle; revised 1920 |
| Choral | JW 4/42 | 1918 | Česká legie | The Czech Legion | male chorus | |
| Choral | JW 4/43 | 1922 | Potulný šílenec | The Wandering Madman | male chorus with soprano solo | |
| Choral | JW 5/16 | 1924 | Říkadla [1] | Nursery Rhymes [1] | 1 to 3 mezzo-sopranos, clarinet and piano | 8 songs |
| Choral | JW 4/44 | 1925–1926 | Naše vlajka | Our Flag | male chorus and 2 solo sopranos | |
| Choral | JW 5/17 | 1926 | Říkadla [2] | Nursery Rhymes [2] | chamber choir and chamber ensemble | introduction and 18 songs |
| Choral | JW 3/9 | 1926–1927 | Glagolská mše (Mša glagolskaja) | Glagolitic Mass | soloists, double chorus, orchestra and organ | |
| Choral | JW 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 | JW 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 | JW 5/2 | 1892–1901 | Moravská lidová poesie v písních | Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs | voice and piano | 53 folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 5/3 | 1897–1898 | Jarní píseň | Spring Song | | revised 1905 |
| Vocal | JW 5/4 | 1898 | Ukvalská lidová poezie v písních | Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs | voice and piano | 13 folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 5/6 | 1908–1912 | Pět moravských tanců | 5 Moravian Dances | voice and piano | folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 5/7 | 1908–1912 | Čtyři balady | 4 Ballads | voice and piano | folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 5/8 | 1908–1912 | Dvě balady | 2 Ballads | voice and piano | folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 5/9 | 1909 | Šest národních písní, jež zpívala Gabel Eva (26 Balad lidových I.) | 6 Folk Songs (26 Folk Ballads, Part I) | voice and piano | |
| Vocal | JW 5/10 | 1911 | Podme, milá, podme! | | voice and piano | folk song arrangement |
| Vocal | JW 5/11 | 1916 | Písně detvanské, zbojnické balady (26 Balad lidových III.) | Detva Songs, Robber’s Ballads (26 Folk Ballads, Part III) | voice and piano | 8 folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 5/13 | 1918 | Slezské písně (ze sbírky Heleny Salichové) | Silesian Songs (from the collection of Helena Salichové) | voice and piano | 10 folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 5/14 | 1920 | Ukolébavka | Lullaby | voice and piano | folk song arrangement |
| Vocal | JW 5/15 | 1923 | Úpravy lidových písní v článku „Starosta Smolík“ | | voice and unspecified instrument | |
| Vocal | JW 8/23 | 1922 | Moravské lidové písně | Moravian Folk Songs | piano and voice ad libitum | 15 folk song arrangements |
| Vocal | JW 8/24 | 1911 | Ej, duby, duby | | piano and voice ad libitum | folk song arrangement |
| Vocal | JW 8/25 | 1922-23? | Budem tady stat | We Will Stand Here | piano and voice ad libitum | folk song arrangement |