Zoltan Kodaly's earliest compositions date from the 1890s and his last were composed in 1966. During this long and productive life he created hundreds of compositions in a variety of media and genres. His style was profoundly influenced by his collecting and study of Hungarian folk music and by the works of Debussy. Among Kodaly's compositions are:

STAGE WORKS
Hary Janos, Op. 15 (1926)
Szekely Fono (The Spinning Room) (1924-32)

ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Summer Evening (1906), Revised (1929)
Variations on a Hungarian Folksong 'Folszallott a pava' [Peacock] (1939)
Dances of Marosszek (1930) [also for piano solo]
Dances of Galanta (1933)
Concerto for Orchestra (1939-40)
Symphony (1930s-1961)

UNACCOMPANIED CHORAL WORKS
Approximately 147 works:
- 24 for a cappella male chorus
- 45 for mixed chorus
- 78 for children's and women's choruses
- Educational compositions (333 Singing Exercises, Bicinia Hungarica I-IV, Tricinia, 77/66/55/44/33/22 Two-Part Singing Exercises, etc.)

ACCOMPANIED CHORAL WORKS
Psalmus Hungaricus, Op. 13 (1923)
Ot Tantum ergo (1928)
Pange lingua (for mixed voices (1929)
Te Deum of Budavar (1936)
Laudes organi (1966)

CHAMBER WORKS
Intermezzo for String Trio (1905)
First String Quartet, Op. 2 (1908-9)
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 4 (1909-10)
Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 (1914)
Second String Quartet, Op. 10 (1916-March 1918)
Serenade for Two Violins and Viola , Op. 12 (1919-March 1920)

SOLO INSTRUMENTAL WORKS
Solo Cello Sonata, Op. 8 (1915)
Prelude (for organ) (1931) (orig. for choral work Pange lingua)

MASSES
Organ Mass (1942)
Missa brevis (organ version-1942; orchestral version-1948)

SONGS
Four Songs for Voice and Piano (1907-1917)
Sixteen Songs on Popular Words for Voice and Piano, Op. 1 (1907-1909)
Two Songs for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 5 (1913-1916)
Belated Melodies, Op. 6 (Seven Songs for Voice and Piano) (1912-1916)
Five Songs, Op. 9 for Voice and Piano (1915-1918)
Three Songs, Op. 14 for Voice and Piano (1918-1923)
Himfy Song for Voice and Piano (1925)
Epitaphium Joannis Hunyadi for Voice and Piano (1965)