List of quarter tone pieces

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Template:Short description A selection of compositions using quarter tones: Template:Inc-musong Template:Compact TOC

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  • Thomas Adès
    • Asyla calls for an upright piano tuned a quarter-tone flat.

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  • Julián Carrillo
    • Capricho for piano in quarter-tones (1959)Template:Sfn
    • Capricho for solo viola in quarter-tones (1926)Template:Sfn
    • Casi-sonatas 1–6 for solo violin, viola or cello in quarter-tones (c.1960s)Template:Sfn
    • Concertino in quarter-, eighth- and sixteenth-tones for violin, cello and harp with orchestra (1926)Template:Sfn
    • Concerto for 1/4-tone and 1/8-tone cello and orchestra (1958)Template:Sfn
    • Concerto No. 1 for quarter-tone violin and orchestra (1963)Template:Sfn
    • Concerto No. 2 for quarter-tone violin and orchestra (1964)Template:Sfn
    • Mass for Pope John XXIII for male chorus in quarter-tones (1920s)Template:Sfn
    • Preludio a Colón for vocalizing soprano, octavina (modified bass guitar, in 8th tones), flute, 16th-tone harp, violin, and guitar (1922)Template:Sfn
    • Serenata for cello in quarter-tones with English horn, harp, and string quartet (1927)Template:Sfn
    • 70 estudios for solo violin in quarter-tones (c. 1927?) {also for solo viola, cello, or double-bass}Template:Sfn
    • Sonata for solo guitar in quarter-tones (c.1924)Template:Sfn
    • Sonata (Amanecer en Berlin 13) for solo harp in quarter-tones (1931)Template:Sfn
    • Sonata casi fantasia for violin, violoncello and guitar in quarter-, eighth- and sixteenth-tones (1925)Template:Sfn
    • String Quartet in quarter-tones (c.1924) {There are also 7 others with some using smaller intervals.}Template:Sfn
    • Suite for solo guitar in quarter-tones (1960)Template:Sfn
    • 3 estudios en forma de sonatina for solo violin in quarter-tones (1927)Template:Sfn
    • Symphony No. 1 (Colombia) for orchestra in quarter-tones (c.1924)Template:Sfn
    • Symphony No. 2 (Colombia) for orchestra in quarter-tones (1926)Template:Sfn
  • Dragutin Čolić
    • Concertino for quarter-tone piano and string sextet (1932)
    • String Quartet No. 1 (1932)
  • Jacob Collier
  • Aaron Copland
  • John Corigliano
  • Mildred Couper
    • Xanadu for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (ca. 1930)Template:Sfn
    • Dirge for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart,Template:Sfn published in New Music quarterly (January 1937)Template:Sfn
    • Rumba for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (ca. 1937)Template:Sfn

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  • Sampo Haapamäki
    • Velinikka, concerto for quarter-tone accordion (2008)Template:Sfn
    • Conception, double concerto for quarter-tone guitar, quarter-tone accordion and orchestra (2012)
    • Quarter-Tone Piano Concerto (2017)Template:Sfn
  • Georg Friedrich Haas
    • 3 Hommages, for piano player on two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart<ref>"Georg Friedrich Haas: 3 Hommages Template:Webarchive", UniversalEdition.com.</ref>
      • "Hommage à Steve Reich" (1982)
      • "Hommage à György Ligeti" (1984)
      • "Hommage à Josef Matthias Hauer" (1982)
  • Alois Hába
    • Children's Play for unaccompanied youth chorus, Op.43 (1932)
    • Chor-Suite for unaccompanied chorus, Op. 13 (1922)
    • 5 Choruses for unaccompanied youth chorus, Op. 42 (1932)
    • 5 Mixed Choruses, Op. 44 (1932)
    • Detské nálady (Children's Moods), 8-song cycle for mid-ranged voice and quartertone guitar, Op.51 (1943)
    • Fantasy No. 1 for quartertone piano, Op. 17 (1923)
    • Fantasy No. 2 for quartertone piano, Op. 19 (1924)
    • Fantasy No. 3 for quartertone piano, Op. 20 (1924)
    • Fantasy No. 4 for quartertone piano, Op. 25 (1925)
    • Fantasy No. 5 for quartertone piano, Op. 26 (1925)
    • Fantasy No. 6 for quartertone piano, Op. 27 (1926)
    • Fantasy No. 7 for quartertone piano, Op. 28 (1926)
    • Fantasy No. 8 for quartertone piano, Op. 29 (1926)
    • Fantasy No. 9 for quartertone piano, Op. 30 (1926)
    • Fantasy No. 10 for quartertone piano, Op. 31 (1926)
    • Fantasy No. 11 for quartertone piano, Op. 89 (1959)
    • Fantasy for unaccompanied violin, Op. 9a (1921)Template:Sfn
    • Fantasy for unaccompanied violoncello, Op. 18 (1924)
    • Fantasy for violin and quartertone piano, Op. 21 (1925)Template:Sfn
    • Fantasy for viola and quartertone piano, Op. 32 (1926)
    • Fantasy for violoncello and quartertone piano, Op. 33 (1927)
    • Já (I) for unaccompanied men's chorus, Op. 36 (1928)
    • Matka (The Mother), quartertone opera in 10 scenes, Op. 35 (1927–29)Template:Sfn
    • Poesie zivota (Poetry of Life), 12-song cycle for soprano and quartertone guitar, Op. 53 (1943)
    • Pracující den (The working day) for unaccompanied male voices, Op. 45 (1932)
    • Solo for violin Op. 93 (1961–62)Template:Sfn
    • Sonata for quartertone piano, Op. 62 (1946–47)Template:Sfn
    • String Quartet No. 2 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 7 (1920)Template:Sfn
    • String Quartet 3 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 12 (1922)
    • String Quartet 4 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 14 (1922)
    • String Quartet 6 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 70 (1950)
    • String Quartet No. 12 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 90 (1959–60)Template:Sfn
    • String Quartet 14 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 94 (1963)
    • Suite No. 1 for quartertone piano, Op. 10 (1922, revised in 1932 as Op. 11a)
    • Suite No. 2 for quartertone piano, Op. 11 (1922, revised in 1932 as Op. 11b)
    • Suite No. 3 for quartertone piano, Op. 16 (1923)
    • Suite No. 4 for quartertone piano, Op. 22 (1924)
    • Suite No. 5 for quartertone piano, Op. 23 (1925)
    • Suite No. 6 for quartertone piano, Op. 88 (1957–59)Template:Sfn
    • Suite for clarinet and quartertone piano, Op. 24 (1925)Template:Sfn
    • 1st Suite for quartertone guitar, Op. 54 (1943)
    • 2nd Suite for quartertone guitar, Op. 63 (1947)
    • Suite for clarinet (unaccompanied), Op. 55 (1943)
    • Suite for quartertone trumpet and trombone, Op. 56 (1944)
    • Suite in quartertones for 4 trombones, Op. 72 (1950)Template:Sfn
  • Fromental Halévy
  • Jonathan Harvey
  • Lejaren Hiller
  • Alan Hovhaness

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  • Frank J. Oteri
    • circles mostly in wood, a quarter-tone wind quintet in five movements (2002)Template:Sfn
    • Fair and Balanced?, a quarter-tone saxophone quartetTemplate:Sfn in four short movements (2004)

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  • Karel Reiner
    • Fantasy for quarter-tone piano (1935-36)
    • Five songs for voice with violin accompaniment in quarter-tones to texts by Karel Hynek Mácha (1936, performed at the 1938 ISCM Festival in Paris)
    • 3 Duos for 2 quarter-tone clarinets (1972)
    • Suite for quarter-tone piano (1935-36)
  • Milan Ristić

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  • Tōru Takemitsu
  • James Tenney
    • Bridge for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart (1984)
  • Jukka Tiensuu
    • Kymmari for Decacorde (2016)
    • Anomal Dances Concerto for quarter-tone accordion and orchestra (2015)
    • Kuuhiomo a proludi in quarter tones for any ensemble of melody instruments (2015)
    • Arsenic and Old Lace for micro-tonally tuned harpsichord, string quartet (1990)
    • Narcissus for oboe and tape (1979)
  • Tui St. George Tucker
    • Amoroso for solo clarinetTemplate:Citation needed
    • Indian Summer for 2 baritones with 2 flutes, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, viola, and percussionTemplate:Citation needed
    • Little Pieces for quarter-tone pianoTemplate:Sfn
    • My Melancholy Baby Fantasy for one player performing on two pianos at a right angle tuned a quarter-tone apart
    • Quartertone Carol for recorder trio
    • Quartertone Recorder DuetsTemplate:Sfn
    • Quartertone Lullubies 1–3 for recorder trio
    • Romanza for solo recorder.<ref>Template:Harvnb, "An arrow head pointing down over a note lowers it approximately a quarter step".
      Template:Harvnb, "Both pieces require performing techniques not encountered in traditional music for recorder. The most striking is the production of quarter-tones, notated as pitches in the chromatic scale to be lowered slightly. Charts provided by the composer give fingering for all half- and quarter-tones from the low f' up to a precarious c''''."</ref>
    • Sarabande: Dance for Miriam Cooper, for microtonal harpsichord (1986)<ref>Template:Harvnb, "'V' over a tone lowers it a quartertone … 'V' below a group of tones lowers that group a quartertone".</ref>
    • Sonata No. 1 for Solo Recorder ("The Bullfinch").<ref>Template:Harvnb.
      Template:Harvnb, "An arrow head pointing down over a note lowers it approximately a quarter step".</ref>

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  • Craig Walsh
    • String Quartet No. 1 "Ganga" (2010)
  • Ivan Wyschnegradsky
    • Ainsi Parlait Zarathoustra, for four pianos two of which are tuned a quarter-tone sharp, Op. 17 (1929–1930, revised 1936)
    • 2 Chants sur Nietzsche, for baritone & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 9 (1923)
    • Chant douloureux et étude, for violin and piano, Op. 6 (1918)Template:Sfn
    • Composition, for string quartet, Op. 43 (1960)
    • Cosmos, for 4 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 28 (1939–1940)Template:Sfn
    • Dialogue, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, eight hands, W.o.O. (1959)
    • Dithyrambe, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, Op. 12 (1923–1924)
    • Études sur les mouvements rotatoires, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, eight hands, Op. 45a.; for chamber orchestra, Op. 45c (1961)
    • Études sur les densités et les volumes, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, Op. 39b (1956)
    • Fragment symphonique No. 1, for four pianos two of which are tuned a quarter-tone sharp, Op. 23a; for orchestra, Op. 23c (1934, orch. vers. 1967)
    • Fragment symphonique No. 2, for four pianos two of which are tuned a quarter-tone sharp, timpani & percussions, Op. 24 (1937)
    • Fragment symphonique No. 3, for four pianos two of which are tuned a quarter-tone sharp & ad. lib. percussions, Op. 31 (1946)
    • Prélude et Fugue, Op. 21, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart (1932)
    • Préludes dans tous les tons de l'échelle chromatique diatonisée à 13 sons, Op. 22, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart (1934, revised 1960)
    • String Quartet No. 1, Op. 13 (1923–1924)
    • String Quartet No. 2, Op. 18 (1930–1931)
    • String Trio, Op. 53 (1979, unfinished, completed by Claude Ballif)
    • Variations sans thème et conclusion (five), for orchestra, Op. 33 (1951–52)Template:Sfn

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