List of polytonal pieces

List of pieces using polytonality and/or bitonality.

Symphony No. 2 (1944)
Mikrokosmos Volume 5 number 125: The opening (mm. 1-76) of "Boating", (actually bimodality) in which the right hand uses pitches of the pentatonic scale on E♭ 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]
Sea Interludes (1945)[6]
Fanfare for St Edmundsbury (1959)
Folk Songs of the British Isles, Vol. 1, No. 6[4]


Danzas Argentinas - 1. "Danza del viejo boyero" (1937), RH: white keys, LH: black keys[7]
Symphony No. 2, used for ambiguity[8]
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Patton (1970)
The Omen (1976)[9]
Lincolnshire Posy
The Planets
Terzetto for Flute, Oboe and Viola
Symphony for Strings, III[3]
"What The Hell Happened" (from Halcyon Days, 2004)[10]
Variations on America (1891-1892), polytonal interludes added 1909-1910[11]
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)[12]
Cabaret (1966), in the Finale Ultimo
Concerto for Piano, with Wind Octette Acc. (1928)[13]
Scaramouche, in the first movement "Vif"
Sorocaba, from Saudades Do Brasil
Le Boeuf sur le toit
The Untouchables (1987)
Ein musikalischer Spass[14]
Ein musikalischer Spass  Play 
Lieutenant Kijé Suite (mov. V, "The Burial of Kijé")
Sarcasms, Op. 17. The third movement uses two different key signatures for each hand.[15]
A Festival Prelude
"Gavotte", Suite for Piano Op. 25 (1923)[16]
George Washington Bridge[17]
Petrushka, opening fanfare
Symphony of Psalms - 3rd Movement
Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947), rehearsal No. 11[18]
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.
Star Wars (1977)[9]
Chorale and Shaker Dance
Jesus Christ Superstar - "This Jesus Must Die" (B♭ and E major)[19]
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Sources

  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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 DeLone, et al. (1975). Aspects of 20th Century Music, p.339. ISBN 0-13-049346-5.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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. ↑ Wilkins, Margaret Lucy (2006). Creative Music Composition, p.78. ISBN 9780415974677.
  7. ↑ Hinson, Maurice (2000). Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, p.334. ISBN 9780253336460.
  8. ↑ "Philip Glass : Symphony No. 2", ChesterNovello.com.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Karlin, Fred and Wright, Rayburn (2004). On the Track: A Guide to Contemporary Film Scoring, p.359. ISBN 9780415941365.
  10. ↑ Diton, Robert (September 23, 2011). "Bruce Hornsby to bring the noise to Englewood", Examiner.com.
  11. ↑ Latham, Alison (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Musical Works, p.173. ISBN 9780198610205.
  12. ↑ Ives, Charles. "Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord, Mass., 1840–60'" (PDF). II. The Alcotts. imslp.org.
  13. ↑ Gagné, Nicole V. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music, p.171. ISBN 9780810879621.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Reti, Rudolph (1958). Tonality, Atonality, Pantonality: A study of some trends in twentieth century music, . Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-20478-0.
  15. ↑ | Encyclopædia Britannica, "Polytonality (music)".
  16. ↑ Maconie, Robin (2005). Other Planets, p.71. ISBN 0-8108-5356-6. "Has distinctly polytonal tendencies."
  17. ↑ Swayne, Steve (2011). Orpheus in Manhattan: William Schuman and the Shaping of America's Musical Life, p.244. ISBN 9780195388527.
  18. ↑ Berry, Wallace (1976). Structural Functions in Music, p.183n1. ISBN 0-486-25384-8.
  19. ↑ (1973). Country Life, Volume 154, p.2015.