List of polytonal pieces

List of pieces using polytonality and/or bitonality.

Symphony No. 2 (1944)
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" – Pet Sounds (1966)[1]
"God Only Knows" – Pet Sounds (1966)[2]
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[3]
Mikrokosmos No. 105, "Playsong"[4]
44 Violin Duets, "Song of the Harvest" (1933)[5]
Bagatelles (1908)[6] 1st Bagatelle, RH: C minor, LH: C Phrygian.[7]
Sea Interludes (1945)[8]
Fanfare for St Edmundsbury (1959)
Folk Songs of the British Isles, Vol. 1, No. 6[6]
Danzas Argentinas - 1. "Danza del viejo boyero" (1937), RH: white keys, LH: black keys[9]
Symphony No. 2, used for ambiguity[10]
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Patton (1970)
The Omen (1976)[11]
Lincolnshire Posy
The Planets
Terzetto for Flute, Oboe and Viola
Symphony for Strings, III[5]
"What The Hell Happened" (from Halcyon Days, 2004)[12]
Variations on "America" (1891-1892), polytonal interludes added 1909-1910[13]
Sixty-seventh Psalm (1898–99)[6]
Piano Sonata No. 2 (Ives) III. The Alcotts, presence of bitonality (right hand in B major and left hand in A major)[14]
Cabaret (1966), in the Finale Ultimo
Concerto for Piano, with Wind Octette Acc. (1928)[15]
Scaramouche, in the first movement "Vif"
Sorocaba, from Saudades Do Brasil
Le Boeuf sur le toit
The Untouchables (1987)
Ein musikalischer Spass[16]
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.[17]
A Festival Prelude
"Gavotte", Suite for Piano Op. 25 (1923)[18]
George Washington Bridge[19]
Petrushka, opening fanfare
Symphony of Psalms - 3rd Movement
Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947), rehearsal No. 11[20]
"Rite of Spring"
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)[11]
Chorale and Shaker Dance
Jesus Christ Superstar - "This Jesus Must Die" (B and E major)[21]
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Sources

  1. "Musician Comments: Lyle Ritz". The Pet Sounds Sessions (Booklet). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records. 1997.
  2. "Comments by Carl Wilson". The Pet Sounds Sessions (Booklet). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records. 1997.
  3. 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.
  4. Kostka, Stefan and Payne, Dorothy (1995). Tonal Harmony, p.495. ISBN 0-07-300056-6.
  5. 1 2 DeLone, et al. (1975). Aspects of 20th Century Music, p.339. ISBN 0-13-049346-5.
  6. 1 2 3 Richardson, John (1999). Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass's Akhnaten, p.73. ISBN 9780819563422.
  7. Ross, Alex (2007). The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, p.83. ISBN 9780374249397.
  8. Wilkins, Margaret Lucy (2006). Creative Music Composition, p.78. ISBN 9780415974677.
  9. Hinson, Maurice (2000). Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, p.334. ISBN 9780253336460.
  10. "Philip Glass : Symphony No. 2", ChesterNovello.com.
  11. 1 2 Karlin, Fred and Wright, Rayburn (2004). On the Track: A Guide to Contemporary Film Scoring, p.359. ISBN 9780415941365.
  12. Diton, Robert (September 23, 2011). "Bruce Hornsby to bring the noise to Englewood", Examiner.com.
  13. Latham, Alison (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Musical Works, p.173. ISBN 9780198610205.
  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.
  16. 1 2 3 Reti, Rudolph (1958). Tonality, Atonality, Pantonality: A study of some trends in twentieth century music, . Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-20478-0.
  17. | Encyclopædia Britannica, "Polytonality (music)".
  18. Maconie, Robin (2005). Other Planets, p.71. ISBN 0-8108-5356-6. "Has distinctly polytonal tendencies."
  19. Swayne, Steve (2011). Orpheus in Manhattan: William Schuman and the Shaping of America's Musical Life, p.244. ISBN 9780195388527.
  20. Berry, Wallace (1976). Structural Functions in Music, p.183n1. ISBN 0-486-25384-8.
  21. (1973). Country Life, Volume 154, p.2015.
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