- List of quarter tone pieces
A selection of compositions using
Quarter tone s:
*Jan Bach ::Concert Variations for soloeuphonium ; the euphoniumist frequently creates quarter tones by using alternate "out of tune" valve combinations and subtle embouchure adjustments.*
Clarence Barlow ::"Cogluotobusisletmesi for piano, 2 or more hands. The notes, B, D, E, and F-sharp on the keyboard are lowered in tuning by a quarter tone in all octaves.*
Ernest Bloch ::"Piano Quintet No. 1 ; the first movement features use of quarter-tones in the string parts.*
Bela Bartók ::String Quartet No. 6; the third movement "Burletta" contains quarter-tone tuning used for parodistic effect. Quarter tones are also used in Bartók's ballet "The Miraculous Mandarin ."::Sonata For Solo Violin ; the third movement "Presto" contains quarter-tones, but they are not "structural features." This movement also calls for third-tones.*
Mildred Couper ::"Xanadu" for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (ca. 1930)::"Dirge" for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart, published in "New Music" quarterly (January 1937)::"Dirge" for violin and piano (1937)::"Rumba" for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (ca. 1937)*
Carlo Forlivesi ::"Lux Subtilissima" (2006), "Consort Musicke" for string quartet (1/4 and 1/6 tones are used)::"En la soledat i el silenci" (2007), for hyper-tempered koto and guitar*
Sofia Gubaidulina ::"Quaternion" for cello quartet, two of the cellos are tuned down a quarter tone::"Music for Flute, Strings, and Percussion ", the strings are divided into two sections, one of which is tuned a quarter-tone lower than the other.::"Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten " for flute, harp, and viola includes a quarter-sharp and three-quarter-sharp at one point in the piece.*
Alois Hába ::"Suite for string orchestra " (1917)::"Fantasy" for violin solo in Quarter-tone System::"Fantasy" for violin & quartertone piano, Op. 21::"Sonata" for quarter-tone piano, Op 62::"String Quartet No. 2" ("In quarter-tone system"), Op.12::"String Quartet No. 12" ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 90::"Suite No. 1 (Hába) " for quarter-tone clarinet & quarter-tone piano, Op. 24::"Suite No. 6 (Hába) " for Quarter-Tone Piano, Op 88::"Suite" for 4 trombones in quarter-tone system, Op. 72::"Suite" for violin solo in quarter-tone system, Op. 93*
Charles Ives ::"Quarter-Tone Pieces " (3), for two pianos, one tuned a quarter-tone sharp, S. 128 (K. 3C3) (1923-1924)*
György Ligeti ::"Ramifications" for 12 solo strings (1968-69), divided into two groups tuned a quarter-tone apart*
Krzysztof Penderecki ::"Emanations" (Emanacje, 1959) for two string orchestras tuned a quarter tone apart::"Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima ", for string orchestra, frequently makes use of quarter tones.::"Symphony #1" (1973), commissioned by the British firm Perkins Engines, is heavily quarter-tone, including clusters of such.*
Alfred Schnittke ::"Piano Quintet "*
Ivan Wyschnegradsky ::"Quatre fragments", for 2 pianos in quarter tones (2nd version), Op. 5 (1918)::"Chant douloureux et étude", for violin & piano, Op. 6 (1918)::"Méditation sur deux thèmes de la Journée de l'existence", for cello & piano, Op. 7 (1918-1919)::"L'Évangile Rouge", cycle for voice & 2 pianos in quarter tones (2nd version), Op. 8 (1918-1920)::"Chants sur Nietzsche" (2), for baritone & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 9 (1923)::"Variations sur la note Do", for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 10 (1918-1920)::"Chant nocturne", for violin & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 11 (1927)::"Dithyrambe", for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 12 (1923-1924, revised vers. by Bruce Mather, 1991)::"String Quartet #1", Op. 13 (1923-1924)::"Chœurs" (2, words by A. Pomorsky), for mixed choir, 4 pianos in quarter tones & percussions, Op. 14 (1926)::"Prélude et fugue sur un chant de l'Évangile rouge", for quartertone piano, version for string quartet (lost), Op. 15 (1927)::"Prélude et danse", for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 16 (1926)::"Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra", symphonie, for 4 pianos in quarter tones (sketches for orchestration in Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris), Op. 17 (1929-1930, revised 1936, Ed. L'Oiseau-Lyre)::"String Quartet #2", Op. 18 (1930-1931)::"Études de concert"(2), for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 19 (1931)::"Étude en forme de scherzo", for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 20 (1931)::"Prélude et fugue", for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 21 (1932)::"Pièces" (2), for 2 pianos in quarter tones, without Op. (1934)::"Premier fragment symphonique", for 4 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 23a; for orchestra, Op. 23c (1934, orch. vers. 1967)::"Deuxième fragment symphonique", for 4 pianos in quarter tones, timpani & percussions, Op. 24 (1937)::"Poème", for 2 pianos in quarter tones, without Op. (1937)::"Linnite", pantomime in 1 act & 5 scenes, for 3 voices & 4 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 25 (1937)::"Préludes dans tous les tons de l'échelle chromatique diatonisée à 13 sons" (24), for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 22 (1934, rev. 1960)::"À Richard Wagner", for baritone & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 26 (1934)::"Acte chorégraphique", for bass-baritone, mixed choir, 4 pianos in quarter tones, percussions & ad. lib. instruments (viola, clarinet in C & balalaika), Op. 27 (1937-1940)::"Cosmos", for 4 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 28 (1939-1940)::"Chants russes" (2), for bass-baritone & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 29 (1940-1941)::"Troisième fragment symphonique", for 4 pianos in quarter tones & ad. lib. percussions, Op. 31 (1946)::"Fugues" (2), for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 32 (1951)::"Variations sans thème et conclusion" (5), for orchestra, Op. 33 (1951-1952)::"Sonate en un mouvement", for viola & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 34 (1945-1959)::"Transparence I", for Onde Martenot & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 35 (1953)::"Quatrième fragment symphonique", for 4 Ondes Martenot & 4 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 38c (1956)::"Polyphonies spatiales", for piano, harmonium, Onde Martenot, percussions & string orchestra, Op. 39 (1956)::"Études sur les densités et les volumes", for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 39b (1956)::"Dialogue à deux", for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 41 (1958-1973)::"Dialogue", for 2 pianos in quarter tones, 8 hands, without Op. (1959)::"Composition en quarts de ton" for string quartet Op. 43 (1960)::"Études sur les mouvements rotatoires", for 2 pianos in quarter tones, 8 hands, Op. 45a; for chamber orchestra, Op. 45c (1961)::"Composition II", for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 46b (1960)::"Transparence II", for Onde Martenot & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 47 (1962-1963)::"Intégrations", for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 49 (1962)::"L'Éternel Étranger", opera, for voices, mixed choir, 4 pianos in quarter tones, percussions and orchestra (unfinished orchestration), Op. 50 (1940-1960)::"Symphonie en un mouvement", for orchestra, Op. 51b (1969)::"Composition", for Ondes Martenot quartet, Op. 52 (no date)::"String Trio", Op. 53 (1979, unfinished, completed byClaude Ballif )::"Trauergesang", "Epigrammen", "Ein Stück", for quartertone piano, without Op. (undated, found by M. Smolka in Alois Hába's archives in 1992)
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