List of quarter tone pieces

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A selection of compositions using quarter tones:
• Aphex Twin
Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994); the track "02 [radiator]" features a quarter tone tuning in
the basso ostinato.[citation needed]
• Jan Bach
Concert Variations for solo euphonium; the euphoniumist frequently creates quarter tones by using
alternate "out of tune" valve combinations and subtle embouchure adjustments.[citation needed]
• Clarence Barlow
Çoǧluotobüsişletmesi 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.[citation needed]
• Hans Barth
Concerto for Quarter Tone Piano and Quarter Tone Strings (1930)[1]
• Béla Bartók
String Quartet No. 6; the third movement Burletta contains quarter-tone tuning used for parodistic
effect.[2] Quarter tones are also used in Bartók's ballet The Miraculous Mandarin.[citation needed]
Sonata for Solo Violin; the fourth movement Presto contains quarter-tones, but they are not
"structural features."[3][4][page needed] This movement also calls for third-tones.
Violin Concerto no. 2; the cadenza in the final movement requires the use of quarter-tones, but only
as an effect.[5][4][page needed]
• Alban Berg
Chamber Concerto, for violin, piano, and 13 winds.[6]
• Luciano Berio
E vó (1972).[4][page needed]
• Ernest Bloch
Piano Quintet No. 1 (1923); the first movement features use of quarter-tones in the string
parts.[7][4][page needed]
• Pierre Boulez
Le visage nuptial (1946).[4][page needed]
• Julian Carrillo
Capricho for piano in quarter-tones (1959)[8]
Capricho for solo viola in quarter-tones (1926)[8]
Casi-sonatas 1-6 for solo violin, viola or cello in quarter-tones (c.1960s)[8]
Concertino in quarter-, eighth- and sixteenth-tones for violin, cello and harp with orchestra (1926)[8]
Concerto for 1/4-tone and 1/8-tone cello and orchestra (1958)[8]
Concerto No. 1 for quarter-tone violin and orchestra (1963)[8]
Concerto No. 2 for quarter-tone violin and orchestra (1964)[8]
Mass for Pope John XXIII for male chorus in quarter-tones (1920s)[8]
Preludio a Cristobol Colón for vocalizing soprano, octavina, flute, harp, violin, and guitar (1922)[8]
Serenata for cello in quarter-tones with English horn, harp, and string quartet (1927)[8]
70 estudios for solo violin in quarter-tones (c. 1927?) {also for solo viola, cello, or double-bass}[8]
Sonata for solo guitar in quarter-tones (c.1924)[8]
Sonata (Amanecer en Berlin 13) for solo harp in quarter-tones (1931)[8]
Sonata casi fantasia for violin, violoncello and guitar in quarter-, eighth- and sixteenth-tones
(1925)[8]
String Quartet in quarter-tones (c.1924) {There are also 7 others with some using smaller
intervals.}[8]
Suite for solo guitar in quarter-tones (1960)[8]
3 estudios en forma de sonatina for solo violin in quarter-tones (1927)[8]
Symphony No. 1 (Colombia) for orchestra in quarter-tones (c.1924)[8]
Symphony No. 2 (Colombia) for orchestra in quarter-tones (1926)[8]
• Aaron Copland
Vitebsk (1928).[4][page needed]
• John Corigliano
Chiaroscuro for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (1997)[4][page needed]
Piece for Two Quarter-Tone Pianos[9]
• Mildred Couper
Xanadu for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (ca. 1930)[4][page needed]
Dirge for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart,[10] published in New Music quarterly (January
1937)[11]
Dirge for violin and piano (1937)[citation needed]
Rumba for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (ca. 1937)[citation needed]
• John Diercks
Reminiscences, 1971 for two pianos, one tuned a quarter-tone lower.[12]
• John Eaton
Sonority Movement, for flute and nine harps.[13]
• Danny Elfman
Soundtrack score for A Simple Plan features quarter-tones[citation needed]
• Bjørn Fongaard
Galaxe [Galaxy] (For 3 Quarter-Tone Guitars), Opus 46.[14]
• Carlo Forlivesi
Lux Subtilissima (2006), "Consort Musicke" for string quartet (1/4 and 1/6 tones are used)[citation
needed]

En la soledat i el silenci (2007), for hyper-tempered koto and guitar[citation needed]

• Jerry Goldsmith
Soundtrack score for Alien features quarter-tones[citation needed]
• Sofia Gubaidulina
Quaternion for cello quartet, two of the cellos are tuned down a quarter tone[citation needed]
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.[15]
Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten for flute, harp, and viola includes a quarter-sharp and three-
quarter-sharp at one point in the piece.[citation needed]
In Erwartung for quartet of saxophones and six percussionists includes quarter-tone and three-
quarter tone accidentals in saxophone parts.[citation needed]
Hommage à T. S. Eliot, microintervals are used in the parts of bassoon and clarinet[citation needed]
• Sampo Haapamäki
Velinikka, concerto for quarter-tone accordion (2008)[citation needed]
• Georg Friedrich Haas
Hommage à Steve Reich, for piano player on two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (1983)[citation
needed]

Hommage à György Ligeti, for piano player on two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (1985)[citation
needed]

• Alois Hába
Suite for string orchestra (1917)[8][16]
Fantasy for violin solo in Quarter-tone System[8]
Fantasy for violin & quarter-tone piano, Op. 21[8]
Matka (The Mother), opera in quarter-tones for soloists, chorus, and orchestra (1930)[8]
Sonata for quarter-tone piano, Op 62[8]
String Quartet No. 2 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op.12[8]
String Quartet No. 12 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 90[8]
Suite No. 1 (Hába) for quarter-tone clarinet & quarter-tone piano, Op. 24[8]
Suite No. 6 (Hába) for quarter-tone piano, Op. 88[8]
Suite for 4 trombones in quarter-tone system, Op. 72[8]
Suite for violin solo in quarter-tone system, Op. 93[8]
• Fromental Halévy
Prométhée enchaîné (1849)[17]
• Lejaren Hiller
String Quarter No. 5 (1962).[4][page needed]
• Alan Hovhaness
O Lord, Bless Thy Mountains, Op. 276, for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (1974)[18][4][page
needed]

• Charles Ives
Quarter-Tone Pieces (3), for two pianos, one tuned a quarter-tone sharp, S. 128 (K. 3C3) (1923-
1924)[19][20]
• Veli Kujala
Hyperchromatic Counterpoint for quarter-tone accordion and 5.0 surround tape (2006-2009)[citation
needed]

• Michael A. Levine
"Divination By Mirrors for Saw and Strings" (1998). Two string groups tuned a quarter-step apart
with a musical saw soloist playing in both pitch universes.[citation needed]
• György Ligeti
Clocks and Clouds for 12-voiced women's choir and orchestra.[21]
Quartet No. 2 for strings.[22]
Ramifications for 12 solo strings (1968-69), divided into two groups tuned a quarter-tone
apart.[23][24][25][26][27][28]
Sonata for Solo Viola, includes 1/4, 1/6, and 1/8 tones.[29]
• Henry Mancini
Soundtrack score for Wait Until Dark (1967) features extensive use of quarter-tones including two
pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart[30]
The Night Visitor[31]
• Olivier Messiaen
Deux monodies en quarts de ton (1938).[4][page needed]
• Frank J. Oteri
Circles Mostly in Wood, a quarter-tone wind quintet in five movements (2002)[citation needed]
Fair and Balanced, a quarter-tone saxophone quartet in four short movements (2004)[citation needed]
• Krzysztof Penderecki
Emanations (Emanacje, 1959) for two string orchestras tuned a semitone apart[citation needed]
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, for string orchestra, frequently makes use of quarter tones.[32]
Symphony No. 1 (1973), heavily quarter-tone, including clusters.[citation needed]
• Leonard Rosenman
Soundtrack score for Sybil (1976) features quarter-tones[citation needed]
• Alfred Schnittke
Piano Quintet[citation needed]
• Richard Stein
Zwei Konzertstücke, Op. 26, 1906[16]
• Karlheinz Stockhausen
Pietà, for soprano, quarter-tone flugelhorn, and electronic music, from the opera Dienstag aus
Licht[33]
Schlagquartett, for piano and 3 x 2 timpani (1952)[34]
• Toufic Succar
Prélude[citation needed]
Suite, Op. 56, No. 1 Mode Bayati: mijana-errêdde-hida-ala'mayyem-oumi thaddare ya Zêna-'al
yadi[citation needed]
Suite, Op. 56, No. 2 Mode Huzam: marmar zamani-al'of mach'al-ya hnayyina-a'rrozana-ya
laylu'ssabi-meshta'erja'adday'a[citation needed]
Suite, Op. 59, No. 1 Mode Iraqi: takassim-remmanâ ya habibi-Idi widak'al wadi-ah ya asmar el
lawn-bouzzoulof-ya ghzayel[citation needed]
Remmanâk yâ habîbi[citation needed]
Jamlo[citation needed]
Sâfar Zamâni[citation needed]
Idi w'iadk 'al wadi[citation needed]
Ala 'mayyam[citation needed]
Yal laylous'sabi[citation needed]
Bellazi askar[citation needed]
Suite populaire libanaise en ré rast, Op. 17, for string quartet[citation needed]
Fantaisie orientale en ☺ré saba, Op. 52. for cello[citation needed]
Suite en la bayali, Op. 80, for solo violin[citation needed]
Quatre morceaux, for voice and piano, Op. 44[citation needed]
• Toru Takemitsu
Bryce (1976).[4][page needed]
• Tui St. George Tucker
The Angelus (words by Dennis Corbett) for baritone & quartertone piano or keyboard[citation needed]
Hot Cross Buns for quarter-tone pianos[citation needed]
Little Pieces for quarter-tone pianos[citation needed]
Quartertone Carol for high voice with alto, tenor, and bass recorders[citation needed]
Quartertone Lullabies 1 and 2 for alto, tenor, and bass recorder[citation needed]
Quartertone Lullaby 3 (Midnight Microtone) for alto recorder, flute, and clarinet[citation needed]
Quartertone Recorder Duets[35][volume & issue needed]
Romanza for solo recorder.[36][37]
Sarabande: Dance for Miriam Cooper, for microtonal harpsichord (1986)[38]
Sonata No. 1 for Solo Recorder ("The Bullfinch").[39][37]
Vigils 1 and 2 for quarter-tone organ[citation needed]
• Ivan Wyschnegradsky
Quatre fragments, for 2 pianos in quarter tones (2nd version), Op. 5 (1918)[citation needed]
Chant douloureux et étude, for violin & piano, Op. 6 (1918)[citation needed]
Méditation sur deux thèmes de la Journée de l'existence, for cello & piano, Op. 7 (1918-1919)[citation
needed]

L'Évangile Rouge, cycle for voice & 2 pianos in quarter tones (2nd version), Op. 8 (1918-
1920)[citation needed]
Chants sur Nietzsche (2), for baritone & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 9 (1923)[citation needed]
Variations sur la note Do, for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 10 (1918-1920)[citation needed]
String Quarter No. 1 (1924)[4][page needed]
Chant nocturne, for violin & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 11 (1927)[citation needed]
Dithyrambe, for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 12 (1923-1924, revised vers. by Bruce Mather,
1991)[citation needed]
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 13 (1923-1924)[citation needed]
Chœurs (2, words by A. Pomorsky), for mixed choir, 4 pianos in quarter tones & percussions, Op.
14 (1926)[citation needed]
Prélude et fugue sur un chant de l'Évangile rouge, for quartertone piano, version for string quartet
(lost), Op. 15 (1927)[citation needed]
Prélude et danse, for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 16 (1926)[citation needed]
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)[4][page needed]
String Quartet No 2, Op. 18 (1930-1931)[citation needed]
Études de concert(2), for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 19 (1931)[citation needed]
Étude en forme de scherzo, for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 20 (1931)[citation needed]
String Quarter No. 2 (1931)[4][page needed]
Prélude et fugue, for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 21 (1932)[citation needed]
Pièces (2), for 2 pianos in quarter tones, without Op. (1934)[citation needed]
Premier fragment symphonique, for 4 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 23a; for orchestra, Op. 23c
(1934, orch. vers. 1967)[citation needed]
Deuxième fragment symphonique, for 4 pianos in quarter tones, timpani & percussions, Op. 24
(1937)[citation needed]
Poème, for 2 pianos in quarter tones, without Op. (1937)[citation needed]
Linnite, pantomime in 1 act & 5 scenes, for 3 voices & 4 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 25
(1937)[citation needed]
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)[citation needed]
À Richard Wagner, for baritone & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 26 (1934)[citation needed]
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)[citation needed]
Cosmos, for 4 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 28 (1939-1940)[4][page needed]
Chants russes (2), for bass-baritone & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 29 (1940-1941)[citation needed]
Troisième fragment symphonique, for 4 pianos in quarter tones & ad. lib. percussions, Op. 31
(1946)[citation needed]
Fugues (2), for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 32 (1951)[citation needed]
Variations sans thème et conclusion (5), for orchestra, Op. 33 (1951-1952)[40]
Sonate en un mouvement, for viola & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 34 (1945-1959)[citation needed]
Transparence I, for Onde Martenot & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 35 (1953)[4][page needed]
Quatrième fragment symphonique, for 4 Ondes Martenot & 4 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 38c
(1956)[citation needed]
Polyphonies spatiales, for piano, harmonium, Ondes Martenot, percussion & string orchestra, Op.
39 (1956)[citation needed]
Études sur les densités et les volumes, for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 39b (1956)[citation needed]
Dialogue à deux, for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 41 (1958-1973)[citation needed]
Dialogue, for 2 pianos in quarter tones, 8 hands, without Op. (1959)[citation needed]
Composition en quarts de ton for string quartet Op. 43 (1960)[citation needed]
Études sur les mouvements rotatoires, for 2 pianos in quarter tones, 8 hands, Op. 45a; for chamber
orchestra, Op. 45c (1961)[citation needed]
Composition II, for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 46b (1960)[citation needed]
Transparence II, for Onde Martenot & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 47 (1962-1963)[citation needed]
Intégrations, for 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 49 (1962)[citation needed]
L'Éternel Étranger, opera, for voices, mixed choir, 4 pianos in quarter tones, percussions and
orchestra (unfinished orchestration), Op. 50 (1940-1960)[citation needed]
Symphonie en un mouvement, for orchestra, Op. 51b (1969)[citation needed]
Composition, for Ondes Martenot quartet, Op. 52 (no date)[citation needed]
String Trio, Op. 53 (1979, unfinished, completed by Claude Ballif)[citation needed]
Trauergesang, Epigrammen, Ein Stück, for quartertone piano, without Op. (undated, found by M.
Smolka in Alois Hába's archives in 1992)[citation needed]
• Eugène Ysaÿe
Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 (1924), Nos 3 & 5[41]