List of polytonal pieces

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List of pieces using polytonality and/or bitonality.

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  14. ↑ One of "2 Organ Pieces" (@IMSLP), published 1949
  15. ↑ Ives, Charles. "Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord, Mass., 1840–60'" (PDF). II. The Alcotts. imslp.org.
  16. ↑ "Frownland by Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band: Analysis". YouTube .
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  19. ↑ See . Opens with themes in A, B♭ modal (or F?) and C simultaneously, for example.
  20. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica, "Polytonality (music)".
  21. ↑ Gaudeamus. The life of Julius Röntgen (1855-1932). Composer and musician. Dr Jurjen Vis, Waanders Uitgevers Zwolle, 2007, Appendix 4, p.449
  22. ↑ Maconie, Robin (2005). Other Planets, p.71. ISBN   0-8108-5356-6. "Has distinctly polytonal tendencies."
  23. ↑ Swayne, Steve (2011). Orpheus in Manhattan: William Schuman and the Shaping of America's Musical Life, p.244. ISBN   9780195388527.
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  25. ↑ Anatomy of a Musical: An Analysis of the Structure of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
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