List of dodecaphonic and serial compositions
This is an incomplete list of musical pieces composed in the twelve-tone technique and pieces that use serialism.
List of musical pieces composed in the twelve-tone technique
- Second Viennese School
- * Alban Berg
- ** Kammerkonzert, for piano, violin, and winds
- ** Lyrische Suite, for string quartet
- ** Der Wein, concert aria for soprano and orchestra after a poem by Charles Baudelaire
- ** Lulu, opera after Die Büchse der Pandora by Frank Wedekind
- ** [Violin Concerto (Barraqué)|Concerto (Berg)|Violinkonzert], for violin and orchestra
- * Hanns Eisler
- ** Palmström, song cycle op. 5
- ** Zeitungsausschnitte, song cycle op. 11
- ** "14 Arten den Regen zu beschreiben"
- * Arnold Schoenberg
- ** Waltz from 5 Klavierstücke, op. 23
- ** Serenade, op. 24
- ** Suite for Piano, op. 25
- ** Wind Quintet, op. 26
- ** Four Pieces for mixed voices, op. 27
- ** Suite for piano, piccolo clarinet, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, and cello, op. 29
- ** String Quartet No. 3, op. 30
- ** Variations for Orchestra, op. 31
- ** Von heute auf morgen, op. 32
- ** Klavierstück, op. 33a
- ** Klavierstück, op. 33b
- ** Moses und Aron
- ** Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene, op. 34
- ** Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 36
- ** String Quartet No. 4, op. 37
- ** Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, op. 42
- ** String Trio, op. 45
- ** A Survivor from Warsaw, op. 46
- ** Fantasy for Violin & Piano, op. 47
- * Anton Webern
- ** Three Lieder, op. 17
- ** Three Lieder, for voice, E flat clarinet and guitar, op. 18
- ** Two Lieder, for mixed choir, celesta, guitar, violin, clarinet and bass clarinet, op. 19
- ** String Trio, op. 20
- ** Symphony, op. 21
- ** Quartet for violin, clarinet, tenor saxophone and piano, op. 22
- ** Three Songs on Hildegard Jone's Viae inviae, for voice and piano, op. 23
- ** Concerto for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola and piano, op. 24
- ** Three Lieder on texts by Hildegard Jone, for voice and piano, op. 25
- ** Das Augenlicht, for mixed choir and orchestra, on a text by Hildegard Jone, op. 26
- ** Variations, for solo piano, op. 27
- ** String Quartet, op. 28 – the tone row of this piece is based around the BACH motif
- ** Cantata No. 1, for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, op. 29
- ** Variations, for orchestra, op. 30
- ** Cantata No. 2, for soprano, bass, choir and orchestra, op. 31
- Milton Babbitt
- * Virtually all published works after 1947
- John Cage
- * Sonata for Clarinet
- Carlos Chávez
- * Soli II for wind quintet
- * Variations for Violin and Piano
- Aaron Copland
- * Piano Quartet
- * Piano Fantasy
- * Connotations for orchestra
- * Inscape for orchestra
- Henry Cowell
- * Variations for Orchestra
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- * Virtually all published works after 1942
- Benjamin Frankel
- * Film score for The Curse of the Werewolf
- * His 8 symphonies either use the twelve-tone technique, or serial techniques with other kinds of rows, or both
- Lou Harrison
- * Rapunzel
- * Symphony on G
- Josef Matthias Hauer
- * All works written after August 1919
- * Zwölftonspiele
- Eunice Katunda
- * Quatro Epígrafes for piano
- * Homenagem a Schoenberg for clarinet, viola, cello, and piano
- Ernst Krenek
- * Karl V
- Maurice Le Roux
- * 2 pieces dodecaphoniques, pour piano seul
- Luigi Nono
- * Composizione no.1, for orchestra
- * Variazioni canoniche sulla serie dell’op. 41 di A. Schönberg, for chamber orchestra
- Walter Piston
- *Chromatic Study on the Name of Bach, for organ
- *Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
- *Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
- *Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra
- *Ricercare for Orchestra
- *String Quartet No. 5
- *Symphony No. 1
- *Symphony No. 8
- *Variations for Cello and Orchestra
- Leonard Rosenman
- * The Cobweb
- Humphrey Searle
- *All works from the Intermezzo for eleven instruments, Op. 8, onwards
- Roger Sessions
- * Virtually all published works after 1953
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- * Drei Lieder for alto voice and chamber orchestra, Nr.
- * Sonatine, for violin and piano, Nr.
- Igor Stravinsky, works from 1952 forward:
- * Cantata
- * Three Songs From Shakespeare
- * In Memoriam Dylan Thomas
- * Canticum Sacrum
- * Agon
- * Threni
- * Movements for Piano and Orchestra
- * A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer
- * The Flood
- * The Dove Descending Breaks the Air
- * Variations: Aldous Huxley in memoriam
- * Requiem Canticles
- Van der Graaf Generator
- * "After the Flood" – includes a twelve tone piece arranged by David Jackson
- Egon Wellesz
- * Symphony No. 5, Op. 75
- Charles Wuorinen
- * Most mature works
- Frank Zappa
- *''Waltz for Guitar''
List of pieces that use serialism
Organized by composer:- Tadeusz Baird
- * Cassazione per orchestra
- * String Quartet
- * Four Essays
- * Erotyki
- Jean Barraqué
- * ... Au delà du hasard '' for four instrumental groups and one vocal group
- * Chant après chant for six percussionists, voice and piano
- * Concerto for six instrumental groups and two solo instruments
- * Étude for 3-track tape
- * Séquence for voice, percussion and chamber ensemble
- * Sonata for Piano
- * Le Temps restitué for soprano, chorus and orchestra
- Pierre Boulez
- * Anthèmes, for violin solo
- * Anthèmes II, for violin and live electronics
- * Cummings ist der Dichter, for chorus and ensemble
- * Dérive 1, for six instruments
- * Dérive 2, for eleven instruments
- * Domaines, for clarinet solo or for clarinet and six instrumental groups
- * Études, musique concrète
- * ...explosante-fixe...
- ** for flute, clarinet, and trumpet
- ** for flute, clarinet, trumpet, harp, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello, and electronics
- ** version for vibraphone and electronics
- ** for solo MIDI flute, two "shadow" flutes, chamber orchestra, and electronics
- ** version for vibraphone and electronics
- * Figures—Doubles—Prismes, for orchestra
- * Improvisé—pour le Dr. K, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello
- * Incises, for piano
- * Livre, for string quartet ; two movements reworked for string orchestra
- * Le marteau sans maître
- * Messagesquisse, for solo cello and six cellos
- * Notations
- ** for piano
- ** I–IV and VII for orchestra
- * Poésie pour pouvoir, for tape and 3 orchestras
- * Polyphonie X
- * Sonata No. 1, for piano
- * Sonata No. 2, for piano
- * Sonata No. 3, for piano
- * Pli selon pli
- * Répons, for six soloists, chamber orchestra, and live electronics
- * Rituel in Memoriam Bruno Maderna, for large chamber ensemble in eight groups
- * Sonatine, for flute and piano
- * Structures, book I for two pianos
- * Structures, book II for two pianos
- * Sur incises, for 3 pianos, 3 harps, and 3 mallet percussion instruments
- Jacques Calonne
- * Orbes for orchestra
- Benjamin Frankel
- * Film score for The Prisoner
- Alexander Goehr
- * Piano Sonata
- * The Deluge
- Karel Goeyvaerts
- * Nummer 1, Sonata for two pianos
- * Nummer 2, for thirteen instruments
- * Nummer 3 met gestreken en geslagen tonen, for chamber ensemble
- * Nummer 4 met dode tonen, electronic music
- * Nummer 5 met zuivere tonen, electronic music
- * Nummer 6 met 180 klankvoorwerpen
- * Nummer 7 met convergerende en divergerende niveaus, electronic music
- Ernest Gold
- * Score for On the Beach
- Jerry Goldsmith
- * Freud
- * Planet of the Apes
- * The Illustrated Man
- * Music for Orchestra
- * Christus Apollo
- * The Mephisto Waltz
- * Escape from the Planet of the Apes
- Wojciech Kilar
- * Riff 62
- Gottfried Michael Koenig
- * Zwei Klavierstücke, for piano solo
- * Quintet for Woodwinds, for flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, and bassoon
- * String Quartet 1959
- Ernst Krenek
- * String Quartet No. 6
- Witold Lutosławski
- * Symphony No. 1
- * Five Songs to Words by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna for soprano and piano ; Arrangement with Orchestra
- * Musique funèbre
- * Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux
- * Livre pour orchestre
- * Cello Concerto
- * Mi-parti
- * Grave: Metamorphoses for Cello and Piano
- * Symphony No. 3
- Johnny Mandel
- * Point Blank
- Luigi Nono
- * Canti per tredeci, 13 instruments,
- * Il canto sospeso
- * Cori di Didone, for chorus and percussion
- * Diario polacco: Composizione no. 2
- * Due espressioni, for orchestra
- * Incontri, for 24 instruments
- * Polifonica—monodia—ritmica, for seven instrumentalists
- * Varianti, for violin, woodwinds, and strings
- Krzysztof Penderecki
- * St Luke Passion (Penderecki)
- Henri Pousseur
- * Apostrophe et six Réflexions for piano
- * Aquarius-Mémorial
- ** I. Les Litanies d'Icare for piano
- ** II. Danseurs Gnidiens cherchant la Perle clémentine for chamber orchestra
- ** III. Les Fouilles de Jéruzona for orchestra
- ** IV. Icare au Jardin du Verseau for piano and chamber orchestra
- ** La Guirlande de Pierre for soprano, baritone and piano
- * At Moonlight, Dowland's Shadow passes along Ginkaku-Ji for shakuhachi, shamisen, and koto
- * Ballade berlinoise for piano solo
- * Canines for voice and piano
- * Caractères for piano
- * Chroniques berlinoises for piano and string quartet with baritone ad lib.
- * Chroniques canines for two pianos with soprano ad lib
- * Chroniques illustrées for large orchestra with baritone ad lib.
- * Couleurs croisées for large orchestra
- * Crosses of Crossed Colors for vocal soloist, two to five pianos, six tape-recorder operators, two turntablists, and two radio operators
- * Déclarations d'Orage for reciter, soprano, baritone, three improvising instruments, large orchestra and tape
- * Dichterliebesreigentraum for soprano, baritone, two solo pianos, choir and orchestra
- * Les Éphémérides d'Icare 2 for a soloist, three-part concertino, and four instrumental quartets
- * Die Erprobung des Petrus Hebraïcus chamber opera in three acts, libretto by Léo Wintgens after Michel Butor. Several "satellite" works are related to this opera:
- * Flexions IV for viola solo
- * Humeurs du Futur quotidien for two reciters and chamber orchestra
- * Les Icare africains for solo voices, ad lib. choir, and orchestra
- * Leçons d'Enfer music theatre for 2 actors, 3 singers, 7 instruments, tape, and live electronics; texts by Arthur Rimbaud and Michel Butor
- * Madrigal I for clarinet
- * Madrigal II for 4 early instruments
- * Madrigal III for clarinet, violin, cello, 2 percussionists, and piano
- * Mnémosyne monody solo voice or instrument, or unison choir
- * Mnémosyne II for variable media
- * Mobile for two pianos
- * Navigations for harp
- * Ode for string quartet
- * La Paganania for solo violin
- * La Paganania seconda for solo cello
- * Paraboles-Mix electronic music
- * Pédigrée for female voice and seven instruments
- * Phonèmes pour Cathy for mezzo-soprano solo
- * Prospection for three pianos tuned in sixths of a tone
- * Quintette à la memoire d'Anton Webern for clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
- * Rimes pour différentes sources sonores for orchestra and tape
- * Scambi electronic music
- * Séismogrammes electronic music
- * Seize Paysages planétaires ethno-electroacoustical music
- * Sept Versets des Psaumes de la Pénitence for four vocal soloists or mixed choir
- * Symphonies à 15 Solistes
- * Tales and Songs from the Bible of Hell four singers with real-time electronic transformation and pre-recorded 4 track tape
- * Trois Visages à Liège electronic music
- * Votre Faust, opera for five actors, four singers, twelve instruments, and electronic music, libretto by Michel Butor. Plus related "satellite" works:
- ** Miroir de Votre Faust for solo piano and soprano,
- ** Jeu de Miroirs de Votre Faust for piano, soprano and tape
- ** Echos de Votre Faust for mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, and piano,
- ** Les Ruines de Jéruzona for mixed choir and "rhythm section",
- ** La Passion selon Guignol for amplified vocal quartet and orchestra,
- ** Parade de Votre Faust for orchestra
- ** Aiguillages au carrefour des immortels for 16 or 17 instruments
- ** Il sogno di Leporello: Parade 2 for orchestra
- * Vue sur les Jardins interdits for saxophone quartet
- Miklós Rózsa
- * King of Kings
- David Shire
- * The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- * Adieu, for wind quintet, Nr. 21
- * Alphabet für Liège, Nr. 36
- ** Am Himmel wandre ich, Nr.
- * Amour, 5 pieces for clarinet, flute, or saxophone Nr. 44
- * Atmen gibt das Leben, choral opera with orchestra, Nr. 39
- * Aus den sieben Tagen, 15 texts for intuitive music, Nr. 26
- * Bassetsu-Trio, for basset horn, trumpet, and trombone, Nr. 3. ex 70 . Arranged from Mittwoch aus Licht, scene 4: Michaelion
- * Carré, for 4 orchestras and choirs, Nr. 10
- * Dr K–Sextett, for flute, bass clarinet, percussionist, piano, viola, and cello, Nr. 28
- * Konkrete Etüde, musique concrète, Nr.
- * Europa-Gruss, Nr. 72
- * Expo, for 3 players or singers with 3 short-wave receivers, Nr. 31
- * Formel, for small orchestra, Nr. 1/6
- * Fresco, for 4 orchestral groups, Nr. 29
- * Für kommende Zeiten, 17 texts for intuitive music, Nr. 33
- * Gesang der Jünglinge, electronic and concrete music, Nr. 8
- * Gruppen, for 3 orchestras, Nr. 6
- * Harlekin, for clarinet, Nr. 42
- ** Der kleine Harlekin, for clarinet, Nr.
- * Helikopter-Streichquartett, for string quartet and 4 helicopters, Nr. 69
- * Herbstmusik, musical theatre for 4 performers, Nr. 40
- ** Laub und Regen, duet for clarinet and viola, Nr.
- * Hymnen, 4-channel electronic and concrete music, Nr. 22
- * In Freundschaft, for clarinet, Nr. 46
- * Inori, adorations for 1 or 2 soloists and large orchestra, Nr. 38
- ** Vortrag über HU, for a singer, Nr.
- * Jubiläum, for orchestra, Nr. 45
- * Klang, Nr. 81–
- ** First Hour: Himmelfahrt, for organ, soprano, and tenor, Nr. 81
- ** Second Hour: Freude, for 2 harps, Nr. 82
- ** Third Hour: Natürliche Dauern 1–24, for piano, Nr. 83
- ** Fourth Hour: Himmels-Tur, for a percussionist and a little girl, Nr. 84
- ** Fifth Hour: Harmonien, Nr. 85, versions for:
- *** bass clarinet, Nr. 85.1
- *** flute, Nr. 85.2
- *** trumpet, Nr. 85.3
- ** Sixth Hour: Schönheit, for flute, bass clarinet, and trumpet, Nr. 86
- ** Seventh Hour: Balance, for flute, English horn, and bass clarinet, Nr. 87
- ** Eighth Hour: Glück, for oboe, English horn, and bassoon, Nr. 88
- ** Ninth Hour: Hoffnung, for violin, viola, and cello, Nr. 89
- ** Tenth Hour: Glanz, for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and viola, Nr. 90
- ** Eleventh Hour: Treue, for E-flat clarinet, basset horn, and bass clarinet, Nr. 91
- ** Twelfth Hour: Erwachen, for soprano saxophone, trumpet, and cello, Nr. 92
- ** Thirteenth Hour: Cosmic Pulses, electronic music, Nr. 93
- ** Fourteenth Hour: Havona, for bass voice and electronic music, Nr. 94
- ** Fifteenth Hour: Orvonton, for baritone and electronic music, Nr. 95
- ** Sixteenth Hour: Uversa, for basset-horn and electronic music, Nr. 96
- ** Seventeenth Hour: Nebadon, for horn and electronic music, Nr. 97
- ** Eighteenth Hour: Jerusem, for tenor and electronic music, Nr. 98
- ** Nineteenth Hour: Urantia, for soprano and electronic music, Nr. 99
- ** Twentieth Hour: Edentia, for soprano saxophone and electronic music, Nr. 100
- ** Twenty-first Hour: Paradies, for flute and electronic music, Nr. 101
- * Klavierstücke
- ** Klavierstücke I–IV, Nr. 2
- ** Klavierstücke V–X, Nr. 4
- ** Klavierstück XI, Nr. 7
- ** Klavierstück XII, ex Nr.
- ** Klavierstück XIII, Nr.
- ** Klavierstück XIV, ex Nr.
- ** Synthi-Fou (Klavierstück XV), ex Nr.
- ** Klavierstück XVI, Nr.
- ** Klavierstück XVII, ex Nr. 64
- ** Klavierstück XVIII, Nr.
- ** Klavierstück XIX, Nr. 80
- * Kontakte, for electronic sounds, Nr. 12 ; Kontakte, for electronic sounds, piano, and percussion, Nr. ; Originale, musical theatre with Kontakte, Nr.
- * Kontra-Punkte, for 10 instruments, Nr. 1
- * Kreuzspiel, for oboe, bass clarinet, piano, and 3 percussionists, Nr.
- * Kurzwellen, for 6 players with live electronics, plus sound director, Nr. 25
- * Licht, Nr. 47–80
- * Licht-Ruf, Nr. 67
- * Litanei 97, Nr. 74
- * Mantra, for 2 pianists and electronics, Nr. 32
- * Mikrophonie I, for tamtam, 2 microphones, 2 filters with potentiometers, and 4 pair of loudspeakers, Nr. 15
- * Mikrophonie II, for 12 voices, Hammond organ, 4 ring modulators, and tape, Nr. 17
- * Mixtur, for orchestra, 4 sinewave generators, and 4 ring-modulators, Nr. 16
- * Musik im Bauch, for 6 percussionists and music boxes, Nr. 41
- * Momente, for soprano solo, 4 choirs, and 13 instrumentalists, Nr. 13
- * Oktophonie electronic music of Tuesday from Light
- * Plus-Minus, 2 x 7 pages for realization, Nr. 14
- * Pole, for 2 players or singers with 2 short-wave radios, Nr. 30
- * Prozession, for 6 players with live electronics, Nr. 23
- * Punkte, for orchestra, Nr.
- * Quitt, for alto flute, clarinet, and trumpet, Nr. 1 ex 59
- * Refrain, for piano, vibraphone, and celesta, Nr. 11
- * Rotary Wind Quintet, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn, Nr.
- * Schlagtrio, for piano and 2 x 3 timpani, Nr.
- * Sirius, electronic music with trumpet, soprano, bass clarinet, and bass voice, Nr. 43
- * Solo, for a melody instrument and feedback, Nr. 19
- * Spiel, for orchestra, Nr.
- * Spiral, for a soloist with short-wave receiver and live electronics with sound director, Nr. 27
- * Sternklang, park music for five groups, Nr. 34
- * Stimmung, for 6 vocalists, Nr. 24
- * Stop, for small orchestra in 6 groups, Nr. 18
- * Strahlen, for a percussionist and ten-channel sound recording, Nr.
- * Studie I, electronic music, Nr. 3/I
- * Studie II, electronic music, Nr. 3/II
- * Sukat, for alto flute and basset-horn, Nr. 2 ex 60
- * Telemusik, electronic and concrete music, Nr. 20
- * Thinki, for flute, Nr. 1 ex 70
- * Tierkreis, 12 melodies of the star signs, for a melody and/or chording instrument, Nr.
- * Trans, for orchestra and tape, Nr. 35
- * Traum-Formel, for basset-horn, Nr.
- * Trumpetent, for 4 trumpeters, Nr. 73
- * Türin, for Tür, rin, and speaker, with electronics
- * Unsichtbare Chöre, 16-channel recording of a cappella choir, for 8-channel playback, ex Nr. 79
- * Vibra-Elufa, for vibraphone, Nr. ex 64
- * Xi, for a melody instrument with microtones, Nr. 1 ex 55
- * Ylem, for 19 players, Nr. 37
- * Ypsilon, for a melody instrument with microtones, Nr. 2 ex 59
- * Zeitmaße, for oboe, flute, cor anglais, clarinet, and bassoon, Nr. 5
- * Zyklus, for a percussionist, Nr. 9
- Gilles Tremblay
- * ''Cantique de durées''