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

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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''