List of compositions in just intonation

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This is a list of a selection of musical compositions in just intonation composed since 1900.

CompositionInstrumentationYearComposerPrime limitCommentsNotes
Seventeen Lyrics by Li PoVoice, Adapted Viola1930–33 Harry Partch 11Text by Li Po [1]
Two PsalmsVoice, Adapted Viola, Chromelodeon I, Kithara I1931–32, 1941, 1943 Harry Partch 11Text from Psalm 23 and Psalm 137 [1]
The Potion SceneVoice, 2 high female voices, Adapted Viola, Chromelodeon I, Kithara II, Bass Marimba, Marimba Eroica1931, 1955 Harry Partch 11Text by Shakespeare [1]
The WaywardVoices, Ensemble of Partch Instruments1941–43, 1955, 1958, 1968 Harry Partch 11Texts by or collected by Harry Partch [1]
Dark BrotherVoice, Chromelodeon I, Adapted Viola, Kithara I, Bass Marimba1942–43 Harry Partch 11Text by Thomas Wolfe [1]
Yankee Doodle FantasySoprano, Tin Flutes, Tin Oboe, Flex-A-Tones, Chromelodeon I1944 Harry Partch 11Text largely collected by Oscar Sonneck [1]
Two Settings from Joyce's Finnegan's WakeSoprano, Kithara I, 2 flutes1944 Harry Partch 11Text by James Joyce [1]
Two Studies on Ancient Greek ScalesHarmonic Canon II, Bass Marimba1946 Harry Partch 11Later incorporated into Eleven Intrusions [1]
Eleven IntrusionsEnsemble of Partch instruments1949–50 Harry Partch 11Texts by Ella Young, Lao-Tse, Willard Motley, George Leite and Giuseppe Ungaretti [1]
Plectra and Percussion DancesVoices, Ensemble of Partch instruments1949–52 Harry Partch 11Texts by Harry Partch and Arthur Rimbaud [1]
Oedipus – A Music-Dance-DramaVoices, Ensemble of Partch instruments1951, 1952–54, 1967 Harry Partch 11Text by Harry Partch based on the play by Sophocles [1]
Two Settings from Lewis CarrollVoice, Ensemble of Partch instruments1954 Harry Partch 11Text by Lewis Carroll [1]
Ulysses at the EdgeVoice, Ensemble of Partch instruments1955 Harry Partch 11Text by Harry Partch [1]
The Bewitched – A Dance SatireSoprano, Ensemble of Partch instruments1955 Harry Partch 11 [1]
WindsongEnsemble of Partch Instruments1958 Harry Partch 11 [1]
Revelation in the Courthouse Park—After The Bacchae of EuripidesVoices, Partch instruments1960 Harry Partch 11Text by Harry Partch based on the play by Euripides [1]
Rotate the Body in All Its PlanesEnsemble of Partch instruments1961 Harry Partch 11Text by Harry Partch [1]
Bless this HomeVoice, oboe, Adapted Viola, Kithara I, Harmonic Canon II, Mazda Marimba1961 Harry Partch 11Text by Vincenzo Prockelo [1]
And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in PetalumaEnsemble of Partch instruments1963–66 Harry Partch 11 [1]
Sonata for Microtonal Piano Retuned piano1964 Ben Johnston 5 [2]
String Quartet No. 2String quartet1964 Ben Johnston [2]
The Well-Tuned Piano Retuned piano1964–now La Monte Young 7 [3]
Delusion of the Fury – A Ritual of Dream and DelusionEnsemble of Partch instruments1965 Harry Partch 11 [1]
String Quartet No. 3String quartet1966/1973 Ben Johnston [2]
Daphne of the DunesEnsemble of Partch instruments1967 Harry Partch 11A rewriting of the earlier Windsong [1]
Stimmung 6 singers1968 Karlheinz Stockhausen 7 [4] [5]
The Dreamer That Remains – A Study in LovingEnsemble of Partch instruments1972 Harry Partch 11Text by Harry Partch [1]
String Quartet No. 4String quartet1973 Ben Johnston 7 [6]
Spectral CANON for CONLON NancarrowRetuned player-piano1974 James Tenney [7] [8]
Les espaces acoustiquesViola/ensemble/large orchestra1974–85 Gérard Grisey [ citation needed ]
Harmonium #1Open instrumentation1976 James Tenney [7] [8]
Harmonium #22 guitars1977 James Tenney [7] [8]
Harmonium #33 harps1978–80 James Tenney [7] [8]
Harmonium #4Ensemble and tape-delay system1978 James Tenney [7] [8]
Harmonium #5Violin, viola, cello1978 James Tenney [7] [8]
Suite for Microtonal Piano Retuned piano1978 Ben Johnston 19 [9]
String Quartet No. 5String quartet1979 Ben Johnston 13 [6]
String Quartet No. 6String quartet1980 Ben Johnston [6]
Harmonium #6Flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, sting quartet1981 James Tenney [7] [8]
Das AndereViola1983 Horatiu Radulescu [ citation needed ]
String Quartet No. 7String quartet1984 Ben Johnston [6]
String Quartet No. 8String quartet1984 Ben Johnston [6]
KOAN for String QuartetString quartet1984 James Tenney 83 [7] [8]
Embryo Without TearsOriginal microtonal Instruments1984 Kraig Grady 11Live music composition and film L.A. Phil's American music weekend [10]
Just ImaginingsSynthesizer1986 Wendy Carlos 19 Beauty in the Beast album (1986) [11]
That's just itSynthesizer1986 Wendy Carlos 19 Beauty in the Beast album (1986) [11]
Yusae-AisaeSynthesizer1986 Wendy Carlos 19 Beauty in the Beast album (1986) [11]
String Quartet No. 9String quartet1987 Ben Johnston [6]
Long Gunn But Not FogottenOriginal microtonal Instruments1987 Kraig Grady 11Live music with multiple films [10]
Mystery Without ClewsOriginal microtonal Instruments1988 Kraig Grady 11Live music composition and film [10]
Critical BandEnsemble1988/2000 James Tenney 17 [7] [8]
From Ancient WorldsRetuned piano1986–91 Michael Harrison 7New Albion album (1992)[ citation needed ]
In a large, open spaceOpen instrumentation (12+ sustaining instruments)1994 James Tenney [7] [8]
String Quartet No. 10String quartet1995 Ben Johnston [6]
DiapasonChamber orchestra1996 James Tenney 61 [7] [8]
Diaphonic TrioViolin, Retuned piano1997 James Tenney [7] [8]
Harmonium #7Open instrumentation (12+ sustaining instruments)2000 James Tenney [7] [8]
Revelation: Music in Pure IntonationRetuned piano2001–06 Michael Harrison 7Cantaloupe album (2007)[ citation needed ]
Die Kantate, oder Gottes Augenstern bist duEnsemble2002–03 Wolfgang von Schweinitz 23 [2]
Les DuressesViolin/2 violins2004 Marc Sabat 37 [12]
Arbor VitaeString quartet2006 James Tenney 11 [7] [8] [13]
Plainsound Glissando Modulation, op. 49Violin, contrabass2006–07 Wolfgang von Schweinitz 13RAGA in just intonation [2]
Hairy Hippy HappyHorn, trombone, tuba2006–10 Marc Sabat 23 [12]
Just Ancient LoopsMulti-track cellos2008–12 Michael Harrison 11Cantaloupe album (2012)[ citation needed ]
Euler Lattice Spirals SceneryString quartet2011 Marc Sabat 7 [12]
Our Rainy SeasonFlute, bass flute, alto saxophone, contrabass2011 Kraig Grady 167either/OAR album (2011) [14]
Lying in the grass, river and cloudsPiano, ensemble2012 Marc Sabat 23chamber concerto [12]
Jaunpuri (Rendition of a Raga)Retuned piano, tabla, tanpura2012–15 Michael Harrison 3Innova album (2017)[ citation needed ]
Gioseffo Zarlino2+ instruments2015 Marc Sabat 13 [12]
Harmonic ConstellationsMulti-track violins, electronics2015–16 Michael Harrison 7New World Records album (2016)[ citation needed ]
Just Constellations Roomful of Teeth vocal octet2015–16 Michael Harrison 11[ citation needed ]
Asking oceanString quartet, large ensemble2016 Marc Sabat 13 [12]
For organ and brassMeantone organ, brass trio2016 Ellen Arkbro 7 [2]
Cello ConstellationsMulti-track cellos, electronics2016–17 Michael Harrison 13Miasmah album (2018)[ citation needed ]
Prisma Interius IOpen instrumentation2017 Catherine Lamb [15]
Prisma Interius IISolo synthesizer2017 Catherine Lamb [15]
Prisma Interius IIIViola, voice, synthesizer2017 Catherine Lamb [15]
Prisma Interius IVBass flute, 2 violas, gamba, voices, synth2017 Catherine Lamb 13 [15]
Prisma Interius VHarp, clarinet, wine glasses, synthesizer, string orchestra2017 Catherine Lamb [15]
Prisma Interius VI (for V.T.)Viola, synthesizer (plus viola, cello)2017 Catherine Lamb [15]
HANDS to MOUTHSFixed media installation: female Dhrupad voice, video2018 Marc Sabat Video by Mareike Yin-Yee Lee [16] [12]
Prisma Interius VIIViolin, synthesizer2018 Catherine Lamb [15]
Prisma Interius VIIIClarinet/tenor recorder, violin/viola, cello, guitar/contrabass, two synthesizers2018 Catherine Lamb [15]
Prisma Interius IXFlute, trumpet, bass trombone, guitar, violin, viola, cello/voice, vox/gamba, synthesizer2018 Catherine Lamb [15]
The Luminiferous AetherOrchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.2.1/Timp.3/Hrp/Str)2018 Marc Sabat [12]
Bercer (to rock)Solo cello2019Thomas Nicholson13 [17]
Gliding DronesMixed choir, string orchestra, electronic sine waves2019Matej Sloboda[ citation needed ]
Monument of DiamondsTrumpet, saxophone, trombone, organ2019 Kraig Grady 151Another Timbre album (2019)[ citation needed ]
Port (Rondo for Marcus Pal) SuperCollider 2020Thomas Nicholson37 [17]
Harmonium (glistening)Open instrumentation2021Thomas Nicholson19 [17]
Inner VoiceElectric guitar, string quartet, electronics2021 Marc Sabat [12]
NocturneFlute, bass flute, alto saxophone, bass trombone, accordion, electric guitar, harp, violin, cello2022Thomas Nicholson13 [17]
To walk in this what came to passFlauto traverso, baroque oboe, theorbo, positive organ, bass flute, harp, Fender Rhodes synth, strings2022 Marc Sabat [12]

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