List of polytonal pieces

List of pieces using polytonality and/or bitonality.

Samuel Barber
- Symphony No. 2 (1944)^{[citation needed]}
Béla Bartók
- Mikrokosmos Volume 5 number 125: The opening (mm. 1-76) of "Boating", (actually bimodality) in which the right hand uses pitches of E♭ dorian and the left hand uses those of either G mixolydian or dorian^[1]
- Mikrokosmos No. 105, "Playsong"^[2]
- 44 Violin Duets, "Song of the Harvest" (1933)^[3]
- Bagatelles (1908)^[4] 1st Bagatelle, RH: C♯ minor, LH: C Phrygian.^[5]

Jeff Beal
- Theme from House of Cards^[6]
Benjamin Britten
- Sea Interludes (1945)^[7]
- Fanfare for St Edmundsbury (1959)^{[citation needed]}
- Folk Songs of the British Isles, Vol. 1, No. 6^[4]
Vicente García
- ^{[citation needed]}
Alberto Ginastera
- Danzas Argentinas - 1. "Danza del viejo boyero" (1937), RH: white keys, LH: black keys^[8]
Philip Glass
- Symphony No. 2, used for ambiguity^[9]
Jerry Goldsmith
- Planet of the Apes (1968)^{[citation needed]}
- Patton (1970)^{[citation needed]}
- The Omen (1976)^[10]
Percy Grainger
- Lincolnshire Posy^{[citation needed]}
Gustav Holst
- The Planets (Neptune)^{[citation needed]}
Arthur Honegger
- Symphony for Strings, III^[3]
Bruce Hornsby
- "What The Hell Happened" (from Halcyon Days, 2004)^[11]
Charles Ives
- Variations on "America" (1891-1892), polytonal interludes added 1909-1910^[12]
- Adeste fidelis for organ (1897)^[13]
- Sixty-seventh Psalm (1898–99)^[4]
- Piano Sonata No. 2 (Ives) III. The Alcotts, presence of bitonality (right hand in B♭ major and left hand in A♭ major)^[14]
John Kander
- Cabaret (1966), in the Finale Ultimo^{[citation needed]}
Colin McPhee
- Concerto for Piano, with Wind Octette Acc. (1928)^[15]
Darius Milhaud^[16]
- Scaramouche, in the first movement "Vif"^{[citation needed]}
- Sorocaba, from Saudades Do Brasil^{[citation needed]}
- Le Boeuf sur le toit^{[citation needed]}
- [fr] (1920)^[17]
Ennio Morricone
- The Untouchables (1987)^{[citation needed]}
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ein musikalischer Spass^[16]

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Sergei Prokofiev
- Lieutenant Kijé Suite (mov. V, "The Burial of Kijé")^{[citation needed]}
- Sarcasms, Op. 17. The third movement uses two different key signatures for each hand.^[18]
Alfred Reed
- A Festival Prelude^{[citation needed]}
Julius Röntgen
- Symphony No. 9 "The Bitonal" (Sept 8, 1930)^[19]
Arnold Schoenberg
- "Gavotte", Suite for Piano Op. 25 (1923)^[20]
William Schuman
- George Washington Bridge^[21]
Igor Stravinsky^[16]
- Petrushka, opening fanfare^{[citation needed]}
- Symphony of Psalms - 3rd Movement^{[citation needed]}
- Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947), rehearsal No. 11^[22]
- "Rite of Spring"
Karol Szymanowski
- String Quartet No. 1 in C major Movement 3 (1917). Each part has its own key: Cello, C; Viola, 3 flats; Violin 2, 6 sharps; Violin 1, 3 sharps. See score.
Jeff Wayne
- The War of the Worlds - "The Red Weed (Parts 1 & 2)" (B and G major)^[23]

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John Williams
- Star Wars (1977)^[10]
John Zdechlik
- Chorale and Shaker Dance^{[citation needed]}

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Sources[]

^ Stein, Deborah (2005). "Introduction to Musical Ambiguity" in Engaging Music: Essays in Music Analysis, p.82-3. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-517010-5.
^ Kostka, Stefan and Payne, Dorothy (1995). Tonal Harmony, p.495. ISBN 0-07-300056-6.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b DeLone, et al. (1975). Aspects of 20th Century Music, p.339. ISBN 0-13-049346-5.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Richardson, John (1999). Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass's Akhnaten, p.73. ISBN 9780819563422.
^ Ross, Alex (2007). The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, p.83. ISBN 9780374249397.
^ [1]
^ Wilkins, Margaret Lucy (2006). Creative Music Composition, p.78. ISBN 9780415974677.
^ Hinson, Maurice (2000). Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, p.334. ISBN 9780253336460.
^ "Philip Glass : Symphony No. 2", ChesterNovello.com.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Karlin, Fred and Wright, Rayburn (2004). On the Track: A Guide to Contemporary Film Scoring, p.359. ISBN 9780415941365.
^ Diton, Robert (September 23, 2011). "Bruce Hornsby to bring the noise to Englewood", Examiner.com.
^ Latham, Alison (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Musical Works, p.173. ISBN 9780198610205.
^ One of "2 Organ Pieces" (@IMSLP), published 1949
^ Ives, Charles. "Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord, Mass., 1840–60'" (PDF). II. The Alcotts. imslp.org.
^ Gagné, Nicole V. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music, p.171. ISBN 9780810879621.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Reti, Rudolph (1958). Tonality, Atonality, Pantonality: A study of some trends in twentieth century music,^{[page needed]}. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-20478-0.
^ See [2]. Opens with themes in A, B♭ modal (or F?) and C simultaneously, for example.
^ Encyclopædia Britannica, "Polytonality (music)".
^ Gaudeamus. The life of Julius Röntgen (1855-1932). Composer and musician. Dr Jurjen Vis, Waanders Uitgevers Zwolle, 2007, Appendix 4, p.449
^ Maconie, Robin (2005). Other Planets, p.71. ISBN 0-8108-5356-6. "Has distinctly polytonal tendencies."
^ Swayne, Steve (2011). Orpheus in Manhattan: William Schuman and the Shaping of America's Musical Life, p.244. ISBN 9780195388527.
^ Berry, Wallace (1976). Structural Functions in Music, p.183n1. ISBN 0-486-25384-8.
^ Anatomy of a Musical: An Analysis of the Structure of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
^ Country Life, Volume 154, p.2015.

[1] Stein, Deborah (2005). "Introduction to Musical Ambiguity" in Engaging Music: Essays in Music Analysis, p.82-3. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-517010-5.

[2] Kostka, Stefan and Payne, Dorothy (1995). Tonal Harmony, p.495. ISBN 0-07-300056-6.

[20th-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b DeLone, et al. (1975). Aspects of 20th Century Music, p.339. ISBN 0-13-049346-5.

[Arch-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Richardson, John (1999). Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass's Akhnaten, p.73. ISBN 9780819563422.

[5] Ross, Alex (2007). The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, p.83. ISBN 9780374249397.

[6] [1]

[7] Wilkins, Margaret Lucy (2006). Creative Music Composition, p.78. ISBN 9780415974677.

[8] Hinson, Maurice (2000). Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, p.334. ISBN 9780253336460.

[9] "Philip Glass : Symphony No. 2", ChesterNovello.com.

[Track-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b Karlin, Fred and Wright, Rayburn (2004). On the Track: A Guide to Contemporary Film Scoring, p.359. ISBN 9780415941365.

[11] Diton, Robert (September 23, 2011). "Bruce Hornsby to bring the noise to Englewood", Examiner.com.

[12] Latham, Alison (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Musical Works, p.173. ISBN 9780198610205.

[13] One of "2 Organ Pieces" (@IMSLP), published 1949

[14] Ives, Charles. "Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord, Mass., 1840–60'" (PDF). II. The Alcotts. imslp.org.

[15] Gagné, Nicole V. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music, p.171. ISBN 9780810879621.

[Reti-16] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Reti, Rudolph (1958). Tonality, Atonality, Pantonality: A study of some trends in twentieth century music,^{[page needed]}. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-20478-0.

[17] See [2]. Opens with themes in A, B♭ modal (or F?) and C simultaneously, for example.

[18] Encyclopædia Britannica, "Polytonality (music)".

[19] Gaudeamus. The life of Julius Röntgen (1855-1932). Composer and musician. Dr Jurjen Vis, Waanders Uitgevers Zwolle, 2007, Appendix 4, p.449

[20] Maconie, Robin (2005). Other Planets, p.71. ISBN 0-8108-5356-6. "Has distinctly polytonal tendencies."

[21] Swayne, Steve (2011). Orpheus in Manhattan: William Schuman and the Shaping of America's Musical Life, p.244. ISBN 9780195388527.

[22] Berry, Wallace (1976). Structural Functions in Music, p.183n1. ISBN 0-486-25384-8.

[23] Anatomy of a Musical: An Analysis of the Structure of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

[24] Country Life, Volume 154, p.2015.

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