List of quarter tone pieces

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A selection of compositions using quarter tones:

Contents

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

W

Y

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Saito 2008, p. 12.
  2. ↑ Bach, "Concert Variations", JanBach.com.
  3. ↑ Op de Coul 2012, "Uses quarter tones."
  4. ↑ Clements 2008.
  5. ↑ Couture & [2001].
  6. ↑ Gagné 2012, p. 26.
  7. ↑ Read 1990, p. 51.
  8. ↑ Somfai 1996 , p. 269; Bayley 2001 , p. 168
  9. ↑ Riley 1996 , p. 275; Gagné 2012 , p. 217
  10. ↑ Gagné 2012 , p. 217; Read 1990 , p. 52
  11. ↑ Johnston 2013; Michaels 2013
  12. ↑ Skinner 2007, p. vii.
  13. ↑ Read 1964, pp. 143–144.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gagné 2012, p. 217.
  15. ↑ Skinner 2007, p. 45.
  16. ↑ Gagné 2012 , p. 217; Read 1990 , p. 58
  17. ↑ Boulez 1986, pp. 129–131.
  18. ↑ "Jacob Collier - in the Bleak Midwinter (Transcription)". YouTube .
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Read 1990, p. 2.
  20. ↑ Gagné 2012 , p. 217; Latham 2008 , p. 11
  21. ↑ Hinson 1983, p. 42.
  22. ↑ Couper 1937.
  23. ↑ Saffle 2000, p. 230.
  24. ↑ Hinson 1983, pp. 52–53.
  25. ↑ Keislar 1991 , p. 185, "The nine harps are divided into three groups of three and tuned in sixth-tones, and the flute plays in quarter-steps"
  26. ↑ Lanser and Monahan & [1999].
  27. ↑ Oteri 2004 , n. 12, "At some point, he outfitted his entire trumpet section with four-valved trumpets whose additional valve allowed them to play quarter-tones"
  28. ↑ Bentoiu 2010, pp. 242–244.
  29. ↑ Patterson 2009, pp. 38–39.
  30. ↑ Anon. 2011.
  31. ↑ Anon. 2001 , p. 347; Anon. 2007 , p. 106
  32. ↑ Kurtz 2007, p. 232.
  33. ↑ Lhermet 2016.
  34. ↑ Fiilin 2020.
  35. ↑ "Georg Friedrich Haas: 3 Hommages", UniversalEdition.com.
  36. ↑ Macdonald 2001.
  37. ↑ Gagné 2012 , p. 217; Rosner and Wolverton 2001 , [ page needed ]
  38. ↑ Pappastavrou 1974; Sherwood 2002 , pp. 123–126
  39. ↑ Borchert 2015.
  40. ↑ "The Legendary Microtonal Trio by Jeronimas Kačinskas – a challenge for performers". Music Information Centre Lithuania. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  41. ↑ "Classical Music". The New Yorker . Vol. 74, no. 1–10. p. 23.
  42. ↑ Steinitz 2003 , p. 201. However, Duchesneau (2011 , p. 135) states that Ramifications is Ligeti's "only work in quarter tones".
  43. ↑ Steinitz 2003 , p. 183. However, Duchesneau (2011 , p. 135) states that Ramifications is Ligeti's "only work in quarter tones".
  44. ↑ Clendinning 1993 , p. 219; Duchesneau 2011 , p. 135; Griffiths 2001; Roig-Francolí 1995 , p. 244; Steinitz 2003 , pp. 179–180; Toop 1999 , pp. 134–135.
  45. ↑ Richards 1992, [ page needed ].
  46. ↑ Benedetti, Brown, Laramie, and Williams 2004, p. 134.
  47. ↑ Brown 1994, pp. 177–178.
  48. 1 2 Froom 1994, p. 135.
  49. 1 2 Fether 2005, pp. 5, 36, and 51.
  50. ↑ Fether 2005, p. 36.
  51. ↑ Fether 2005, pp. 36, and 105.
  52. ↑ Gagné 2012, p. 172.
  53. ↑ Oteri n.d.
  54. ↑ Anon. 2015.
  55. ↑ He et al. 2006, [ page needed ].
  56. ↑ Benson 2007, p. 228.
  57. ↑ Brotbeck 2004, pp. 56–57.
  58. ↑ Stockhausen 1964 , p. 15, "Konträr-Klangräume: 6 Pauken, deren Stimmung ganztönig, und zur Klavierstimmung vierteltönig verschoben [Contrasting sound spaces: 6 timpani, the whole tone of which is tuned and quarter-tone shifted to the piano tuning]".
  59. ↑ Everett, Walter (2009). The Foundations of Rock: From "Blue Suede Shoes" to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes". Oxford University Press, USA. p. 32. ISBN   978-0-19-531023-8.
  60. 1 2 Hansen 2005, p. 285.
  61. ↑ Tucker 1970 , p. 7, "An arrow head pointing down over a note lowers it approximately a quarter step".
    Hettrick 1971, "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''''."
  62. ↑ Tucker 1986 , pp. 2–3, "'V' over a tone lowers it a quartertone … 'V' below a group of tones lowers that group a quartertone".
  63. ↑ Hettrick 1971.
    Tucker 1970 , p. 4, "An arrow head pointing down over a note lowers it approximately a quarter step".
  64. ↑ Anon. 1997, p. 921.
  65. ↑ Maxwell 1993, p. 103.
  66. ↑ Read 1990, p. 76.
  67. ↑ Ysaÿe 1924, pp. 24, 26, 39, and 43.

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