List of quarter tone pieces

A

• Thomas Adès
• *Asyla calls for an upright piano tuned a quarter-tone flat.

B

• Jan Bach
• *Concert Variations for solo euphonium; "each variation is based on different performance techniques of the instrument, including quarter-tones"
• * for violin, viola da gamba, harpsichord
• Clarence Barlow
• *Çoǧluotobüsişletmesi for four pianos. "in which four of the 12 pitches of the chromatic scale are tuned a quarter tone flat"
• *...until' version 7 for guitar.
• *Concerto for Quarter Tone Piano and Quarter Tone Strings
• Béla Bartók
• *String Quartet No. 6; the third movement Burletta contains quarter-tone tuning used for parodistic effect. Quarter tones are also used in Bartók's ballet The Miraculous Mandarin.
• *Sonata for Solo Violin; the fourth movement Presto contains quarter-tones, but they are not "structural features." This movement also calls for third-tones.
• *Violin Concerto No. 2; the cadenza in the first movement requires the use of quarter-tones, but only as an effect.
• John Beckwith
• *Blurred Lines for violin and harpsichord
• Jack Behrens
• *Quarter-Tone Quartet, Op. 20.
• Alban Berg
• *Chamber Concerto, for violin, piano, and 13 winds.
• Luciano Berio
• *E vó.
• Easley Blackwood Jr.
• *Twelve Microtonal Etudes for Electronic Music Media: "24 Notes: Moderato".
• Ernest Bloch
• *Piano Quintet No. 1 ; the first movement features use of quarter-tones in the string parts.
• Pierre Boulez
• *Polyphonie X.
• *Le Visage nuptial.

C

• Julián Carrillo
• *Capricho for piano in quarter-tones
• *Capricho for solo viola in quarter-tones
• *Casi-sonatas 1–6 for solo violin, viola or cello in quarter-tones
• *Concertino in quarter-, eighth- and sixteenth-tones for violin, cello and harp with orchestra
• *Concerto for 1/4-tone and 1/8-tone cello and orchestra
• *Concerto No. 1 for quarter-tone violin and orchestra
• *Concerto No. 2 for quarter-tone violin and orchestra
• *Mass for Pope John XXIII for male chorus in quarter-tones
• *Preludio a Colón for vocalizing soprano, octavina, flute, 16th-tone harp, violin, and guitar
• *Serenata for cello in quarter-tones with English horn, harp, and string quartet
• *70 estudios for solo violin in quarter-tones
• *Sonata for solo guitar in quarter-tones
• *Sonata for solo harp in quarter-tones
• *Sonata casi fantasia for violin, violoncello and guitar in quarter-, eighth- and sixteenth-tones
• *String Quartet in quarter-tones
• *Suite for solo guitar in quarter-tones
• *3 estudios en forma de sonatina for solo violin in quarter-tones
• *Symphony No. 1 for orchestra in quarter-tones
• *Symphony No. 2 for orchestra in quarter-tones
• Dragutin Čolić
• *Concertino for quarter-tone piano and string sextet
• *String Quartet No. 1
• Jacob Collier
• *In the Bleak Midwinter for 10 Vocalists
• Aaron Copland
• *Vitebsk.
• John Corigliano
• *Chiaroscuro for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart
• Mildred Couper
• *Xanadu for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart
• *Dirge for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart, published in New Music quarterly
• *Rumba for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart

D

• Jean-Jacques Débillemont
• * Vercingétorix, cantata
• John Diercks
• *Reminiscences, 1971 for two pianos, one tuned a quarter-tone lower.

E

• John Eaton
• *Sonority Movement, for flute and nine harps.
• Danny Elfman
• *Soundtrack score for A Simple Plan features "very specific quarter tone detunings coming off the Emulator".
• Don Ellis
• *Electric Bath
• George Enescu
• *Œdipe
• *Third Violin Sonata ("In Popular Romanian Style")

F

• Bjørn Fongaard
• *Galaxe, Opus 46.
• John Foulds
• * Cello Sonata, passages in the second movement

G

• Sofia Gubaidulina
• *Quaternion for cello quartet, two of the cellos are tuned down a quarter tone
• *Music for Flute, Strings, and Percussion, the strings are divided into two sections, one of which is tuned a quarter-tone lower than the other.

H

• Sampo Haapamäki
• *Velinikka, concerto for quarter-tone accordion
• *Conception, double concerto for quarter-tone guitar, quarter-tone accordion and orchestra
• * Quarter-Tone Piano Concerto
• Georg Friedrich Haas
• *3 Hommages, for piano player on two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart
• **"Hommage à Steve Reich"
• **"Hommage à György Ligeti"
• **"Hommage à Josef Matthias Hauer"
• Alois Hába
• *Children's Play for unaccompanied youth chorus, Op.43
• *Chor-Suite for unaccompanied chorus, Op. 13
• *5 Choruses for unaccompanied youth chorus, Op. 42
• *5 Mixed Choruses, Op. 44
• *Detské nálady, 8-song cycle for mid-ranged voice and quartertone guitar, Op.51
• *Fantasy No. 1 for quartertone piano, Op. 17
• *Fantasy No. 2 for quartertone piano, Op. 19
• *Fantasy No. 3 for quartertone piano, Op. 20
• *Fantasy No. 4 for quartertone piano, Op. 25
• *Fantasy No. 5 for quartertone piano, Op. 26
• *Fantasy No. 6 for quartertone piano, Op. 27
• *Fantasy No. 7 for quartertone piano, Op. 28
• *Fantasy No. 8 for quartertone piano, Op. 29
• *Fantasy No. 9 for quartertone piano, Op. 30
• *Fantasy No. 10 for quartertone piano, Op. 31
• *Fantasy No. 11 for quartertone piano, Op. 89
• *Fantasy for unaccompanied violin, Op. 9a
• *Fantasy for unaccompanied violoncello, Op. 18
• *Fantasy for violin and quartertone piano, Op. 21
• *Fantasy for viola and quartertone piano, Op. 32
• *Fantasy for violoncello and quartertone piano, Op. 33
• *Já for unaccompanied men's chorus, Op. 36
• *Matka, quartertone opera in 10 scenes, Op. 35
• *Poesie zivota, 12-song cycle for soprano and quartertone guitar, Op. 53
• *Pracující den for unaccompanied male voices, Op. 45
• *Solo for violin Op. 93
• *Sonata for quartertone piano, Op. 62
• *String Quartet No. 2, Op. 7
• *String Quartet 3, Op. 12
• *String Quartet 4, Op. 14
• *String Quartet 6, Op. 70
• *String Quartet No. 12, Op. 90
• *String Quartet 14, Op. 94
• *Suite No. 1 for quartertone piano, Op. 10
• *Suite No. 2 for quartertone piano, Op. 11
• *Suite No. 3 for quartertone piano, Op. 16
• *Suite No. 4 for quartertone piano, Op. 22
• *Suite No. 5 for quartertone piano, Op. 23
• *Suite No. 6 for quartertone piano, Op. 88
• *Suite for clarinet and quartertone piano, Op. 24
• *1st Suite for quartertone guitar, Op. 54
• *2nd Suite for quartertone guitar, Op. 63
• *Suite for clarinet, Op. 55
• *Suite for quartertone trumpet and trombone, Op. 56
• *Suite in quartertones for 4 trombones, Op. 72
• Fromental Halévy
• *Prométhée enchaîné
• Jonathan Harvey
• *Valley of Aosta for chamber ensemble of 13 players and electronics
• Lejaren Hiller
• *String Quartet No. 5.
• Alan Hovhaness
• *O Lord, Bless Thy Mountains, Op. 276, for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart

I

• Charles Ives
• *Three Quarter-Tone Pieces, for two pianos, one tuned a quarter-tone sharp, S. 128
• *''Symphony No. 4''

K

• Jeronimas Kačinskas
• *String Quartet No. 2
• *Trio for trumpet, viola, and harmonium
• Gideon Klein
• *Duo for violin and viola in the Quartertone System
• György Kurtág
• *Lebenslauf, Op. 32

L

• Dongryul Lee
• *Goethe’s Garden for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart
• Michael A. Levine
• *Divination by Mirrors for Saw and Strings. Strings are divided into two groups of 13 tuned 1/4 step apart. Each group plays only in its own pitch "universe". The featured bowed saw freely moves from standard tuning to pitches a 1/4 step away. Premiered at Merkin Concert Hall, New York City, 1998 by the New York Virtuosi and Dale Stuckenbruck saw soloist.
• György Ligeti
• *Clocks and Clouds for 12-voiced women's choir and orchestra.
• *Quartet No. 2 for strings.
• *Ramifications for 12 solo strings, divided into two groups tuned a quarter-tone apart.
• Arthur Lourié
• *Prelude for piano "with higher chromatism", Op.12 No.2.
• Alain Louvier
• *Anneaux de Lumière for two pianos, one tuned a quarter-tone apart

M

• *Street Cries for solo B♭ clarinet features extensive use of quarter tones in all three movements.
• Henry Mancini
• *Soundtrack score for Wait Until Dark features extensive use of quarter-tones including two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart
• *The Night Visitor
• Steve Mackey
• *Indigenous Instruments
• *On All Fours
• Andrew March
• *Aeolian Rustling for alto flute and harp, with Kingma System alto flute ossia.
• *XXIX—in Perpetuum for solo Kingma System quarter-tone alto flute.
• *Water Lilies for solo alto flute and harp, with Kingma System quarter-tone alto flute ossia.
• *Memoriam for Kingma System quarter-tone alto flute, vibraphone, marimba, harp and strings.
• Rytis Mažulis
• *Quartertone Canon for two piano tuned a quarter-tone apart
• *Sans Pause for string quartet
• Olivier Messiaen
• *Deux monodies en quarts de ton.

N

• Per Nørgård
• *String Quartet No. 5 'Inscape'

O

• Frank J. Oteri
• *circles mostly in wood, a quarter-tone wind quintet in five movements
• *Fair and Balanced?, a quarter-tone saxophone quartet in four short movements

P

• Krzysztof Penderecki
• *Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, for string orchestra, frequently makes use of quarter tones.

R

• Karel Reiner
• *Fantasy for quarter-tone piano
• *Five songs for voice with violin accompaniment in quarter-tones to texts by Karel Hynek Mácha
• *3 Duos for 2 quarter-tone clarinets
• *Suite for quarter-tone piano
• Milan Ristić
• *Duo for violin and violoncello, Op. 11
• *Septet for clarinet, 2 trombones, string trio, and doublebass, Op. 9
• *Suite for unaccompanied violin, Op. 6
• *Suite for ten strings, Op. 10
• *Suite for four trombones, Op. 8

S

• Ezra Sims
• * String Quartet No. 3
• Richard Heinrich Stein
• *Zwei Konzertstücke, Op. 26, 1906.
• Karlheinz Stockhausen
• *Pietà, for soprano, quarter-tone flugelhorn, and electronic music, from the opera Dienstag aus Licht
• *Schlagquartett, for piano and 3 x 2 timpani
• Billy Strange
• *These Boots Are Made for Walkin', 1966 popular song, sung by Nancy Sinatra, with a prominent quarter tone double bass riff.

T

• Tōru Takemitsu
• *Bryce.
• James Tenney
• *Bridge for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart
• Jukka Tiensuu
• *Kymmari for Decacorde
• *Anomal Dances Concerto for quarter-tone accordion and orchestra
• *Kuuhiomo a proludi in quarter tones for any ensemble of melody instruments
• *Arsenic and Old Lace for micro-tonally tuned harpsichord, string quartet
• *Narcissus for oboe and tape
• Tui St. George Tucker
• *Amoroso for solo clarinet
• *Indian Summer for 2 baritones with 2 flutes, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, viola, and percussion
• *Little Pieces for quarter-tone piano
• *My Melancholy Baby Fantasy for one player performing on two pianos at a right angle tuned a quarter-tone apart
• *Quartertone Carol for recorder trio
• *Quartertone Recorder Duets
• *Quartertone Lullubies 1–3 for recorder trio
• *Romanza for solo recorder.
• *Sarabande: Dance for Miriam Cooper, for microtonal harpsichord
• *Sonata No. 1 for Solo Recorder.

W

• Craig Walsh
• *String Quartet No. 1 "Ganga"
• Ivan Wyschnegradsky
• *Ainsi Parlait Zarathoustra, for four pianos two of which are tuned a quarter-tone sharp, Op. 17
• *2 Chants sur Nietzsche, for baritone & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 9
• *Chant douloureux et étude, for violin and piano, Op. 6
• *Composition, for string quartet, Op. 43
• *Cosmos, for 4 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 28
• *Dialogue, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, eight hands, W.o.O.
• *Dithyrambe, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, Op. 12
• *Études sur les mouvements rotatoires, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, eight hands, Op. 45a.; for chamber orchestra, Op. 45c
• *Études sur les densités et les volumes, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, Op. 39b
• *Fragment symphonique No. 1, for four pianos two of which are tuned a quarter-tone sharp, Op. 23a; for orchestra, Op. 23c
• *Fragment symphonique No. 2, for four pianos two of which are tuned a quarter-tone sharp, timpani & percussions, Op. 24
• *Fragment symphonique No. 3, for four pianos two of which are tuned a quarter-tone sharp & ad. lib. percussions, Op. 31
• *Prélude et Fugue, Op. 21, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart
• *Préludes dans tous les tons de l'échelle chromatique diatonisée à 13 sons, Op. 22, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart
• *String Quartet No. 1, Op. 13
• *String Quartet No. 2, Op. 18
• *String Trio, Op. 53
• *Variations sans thème et conclusion, for orchestra, Op. 33

Y

• Eugène Ysaÿe
• *Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, Nos. 3 and 5