List of compositions in just intonation explained

This is a list of a selection of musical compositions in just intonation composed since 1900.

CompositionInstrumentationYear ComposerPrime limitCommentsNotes
Seventeen Lyrics by Li PoVoice, Adapted Viola1930–33Harry Partch11Text by Li Po[1]
Two PsalmsVoice, Adapted Viola, Chromelodeon I, Kithara I1931–32, 1941, 1943Harry Partch11Text from Psalm 23 and Psalm 137
The Potion SceneVoice, 2 high female voices, Adapted Viola, Chromelodeon I, Kithara II, Bass Marimba, Marimba Eroica1931, 1955Harry Partch11Text by Shakespeare
The WaywardVoices, Ensemble of Partch Instruments1941–43, 1955, 1958, 1968Harry Partch11Texts by or collected by Harry Partch
Dark BrotherVoice, Chromelodeon I, Adapted Viola, Kithara I, Bass Marimba1942–43Harry Partch11Text by Thomas Wolfe
Yankee Doodle FantasySoprano, Tin Flutes, Tin Oboe, Flex-A-Tones, Chromelodeon I1944Harry Partch11Text largely collected by Oscar Sonneck
Two Settings from Joyce's Finnegan's WakeSoprano, Kithara I, 2 flutes1944Harry Partch11Text by James Joyce
Two Studies on Ancient Greek ScalesHarmonic Canon II, Bass Marimba1946Harry Partch11Later incorporated into Eleven Intrusions
Eleven IntrusionsEnsemble of Partch instruments1949–50Harry Partch11Texts by Ella Young, Lao-Tse, Willard Motley, George Leite and Giuseppe Ungaretti
Plectra and Percussion DancesVoices, Ensemble of Partch instruments1949–52Harry Partch11Texts by Harry Partch and Arthur Rimbaud
Oedipus – A Music-Dance-DramaVoices, Ensemble of Partch instruments1951, 1952–54, 1967Harry Partch11Text by Harry Partch based on the play by Sophocles
Two Settings from Lewis CarrollVoice, Ensemble of Partch instruments1954Harry Partch11Text by Lewis Carroll
Ulysses at the EdgeVoice, Ensemble of Partch instruments1955Harry Partch11Text by Harry Partch
The Bewitched – A Dance SatireSoprano, Ensemble of Partch instruments1955Harry Partch11
WindsongEnsemble of Partch Instruments1958Harry Partch11
Revelation in the Courthouse Park—After The Bacchae of EuripidesVoices, Partch instruments1960Harry Partch11Text by Harry Partch based on the play by Euripides
Rotate the Body in All Its PlanesEnsemble of Partch instruments1961Harry Partch11Text by Harry Partch
Bless this HomeVoice, oboe, Adapted Viola, Kithara I, Harmonic Canon II, Mazda Marimba1961Harry Partch11Text by Vincenzo Prockelo
And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in PetalumaEnsemble of Partch instruments1963–66Harry Partch11
Sonata for Microtonal PianoRetuned piano1964Ben Johnston5[2]
String Quartet No. 2String quartet1964Ben Johnston
The Well-Tuned PianoRetuned piano1964–nowLa Monte Young7[3]
Delusion of the Fury – A Ritual of Dream and DelusionEnsemble of Partch instruments1965Harry Partch11
String Quartet No. 3String quartet1966/1973Ben Johnston
Daphne of the DunesEnsemble of Partch instruments1967Harry Partch11A rewriting of the earlier Windsong
Stimmung6 singers1968Karlheinz Stockhausen7[4] [5]
The Dreamer That Remains – A Study in LovingEnsemble of Partch instruments1972Harry Partch11Text by Harry Partch
String Quartet No. 4String quartet1973Ben Johnston7[6]
Spectral CANON for CONLON NancarrowRetuned player-piano1974James Tenney[7] [8]
Les espaces acoustiquesViola/ensemble/large orchestra1974–85Gérard Grisey
Harmonium #1Open instrumentation1976James Tenney
Harmonium #22 guitars1977James Tenney
Harmonium #33 harps1978–80James Tenney
Harmonium #4Ensemble and tape-delay system1978James Tenney
Harmonium #5Violin, viola, cello1978James Tenney
Suite for Microtonal PianoRetuned piano1978Ben Johnston19[9]
String Quartet No. 5String quartet1979Ben Johnston13
String Quartet No. 6String quartet1980Ben Johnston
Harmonium #6Flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, sting quartet1981James Tenney
Das AndereViola1983Horatiu Radulescu
String Quartet No. 7String quartet1984Ben Johnston
String Quartet No. 8String quartet1984Ben Johnston
KOAN for String QuartetString quartet1984James Tenney83
Embryo Without TearsOriginal microtonal Instruments1984Kraig Grady11Live music composition and film L.A. Phil's American music weekend[10]
Just ImaginingsSynthesizer1986Wendy Carlos19Beauty in the Beast album (1986)[11]
That's just itSynthesizer1986Wendy Carlos19Beauty in the Beast album (1986)
Yusae-AisaeSynthesizer1986Wendy Carlos19Beauty in the Beast album (1986)
String Quartet No. 9String quartet1987Ben Johnston
Long Gunn But Not FogottenOriginal microtonal Instruments1987Kraig Grady11Live music with multiple films
Mystery Without ClewsOriginal microtonal Instruments1988Kraig Grady11Live music composition and film
Critical BandEnsemble1988/2000James Tenney17
From Ancient WorldsRetuned piano1986–91Michael Harrison7New Albion album (1992)
In a large, open spaceOpen instrumentation (12+ sustaining instruments)1994James Tenney
String Quartet No. 10String quartet1995Ben Johnston
DiapasonChamber orchestra1996James Tenney61
Diaphonic TrioViolin, Retuned piano1997James Tenney
Harmonium #7Open instrumentation (12+ sustaining instruments)2000James Tenney
Revelation: Music in Pure IntonationRetuned piano2001–06Michael Harrison7Cantaloupe album (2007)
Die Kantate, oder Gottes Augenstern bist duEnsemble2002–03Wolfgang von Schweinitz23
Les DuressesViolin/2 violins2004Marc Sabat37[12]
Arbor VitaeString quartet2006James Tenney11[13]
Plainsound Glissando Modulation, op. 49Violin, contrabass2006–07Wolfgang von Schweinitz13RAGA in just intonation
Hairy Hippy HappyHorn, trombone, tuba2006–10Marc Sabat23
Just Ancient LoopsMulti-track cellos2008–12Michael Harrison11Cantaloupe album (2012)
Euler Lattice Spirals SceneryString quartet2011Marc Sabat7
Our Rainy SeasonFlute, bass flute, alto saxophone, contrabass2011Kraig Grady167either/OAR album (2011)[14]
Lying in the grass, river and cloudsPiano, ensemble2012Marc Sabat23chamber concerto
Jaunpuri (Rendition of a Raga)Retuned piano, tabla, tanpura2012–15Michael Harrison3Innova album (2017)
Gioseffo Zarlino2+ instruments2015Marc Sabat13
Harmonic ConstellationsMulti-track violins, electronics2015–16Michael Harrison7New World Records album (2016)
Just ConstellationsRoomful of Teeth vocal octet2015–16Michael Harrison11
Asking oceanString quartet, large ensemble2016Marc Sabat13
For organ and brassMeantone organ, brass trio2016Ellen Arkbro7
Cello ConstellationsMulti-track cellos, electronics2016–17Michael Harrison13Miasmah album (2018)
Prisma Interius IOpen instrumentation2017Catherine Lamb[15]
Prisma Interius IISolo synthesizer2017Catherine Lamb
Prisma Interius IIIViola, voice, synthesizer2017Catherine Lamb
Prisma Interius IVBass flute, 2 violas, gamba, voices, synth2017Catherine Lamb13
Prisma Interius VHarp, clarinet, wine glasses, synthesizer, string orchestra2017Catherine Lamb
Prisma Interius VI (for V.T.)Viola, synthesizer (plus viola, cello)2017Catherine Lamb
HANDS to MOUTHSFixed media installation: female Dhrupad voice, video2018Marc SabatVideo by Mareike Yin-Yee Lee[16]
Prisma Interius VIIViolin, synthesizer2018Catherine Lamb
Prisma Interius VIIIClarinet/tenor recorder, violin/viola, cello, guitar/contrabass, two synthesizers2018Catherine Lamb
Prisma Interius IXFlute, trumpet, bass trombone, guitar, violin, viola, cello/voice, vox/gamba, synthesizer2018Catherine Lamb
The Luminiferous AetherOrchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.2.1/Timp.3/Hrp/Str)2018Marc Sabat
Bercer (to rock)Solo cello2019Thomas Nicholson13[17]
Gliding DronesMixed choir, string orchestra, electronic sine waves2019Matej Sloboda
Monument of DiamondsTrumpet, saxophone, trombone, organ2019Kraig Grady151Another Timbre album (2019)
Port (Rondo for Marcus Pal)SuperCollider2020Thomas Nicholson37
Harmonium (glistening)Open instrumentation2021Thomas Nicholson19
Inner VoiceElectric guitar, string quartet, electronics2021Marc Sabat
NocturneFlute, bass flute, alto saxophone, bass trombone, accordion, electric guitar, harp, violin, cello2022Thomas Nicholson13
To walk in this what came to passFlauto traverso, baroque oboe, theorbo, positive organ, bass flute, harp, Fender Rhodes synth, strings2022Marc Sabat

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: His Music . 2023-01-18 . harrypartch . en.
  2. "http://www.plainsound.org"
  3. The Well-Tuned Piano: 81 x 25 6:17:50-11:18:59 PM NYC. 1987 . Notes on The-Well Tuned Piano . La Monte . Young. La Monte Young.
  4. [Toop, Richard]
  5. Stuppner, Hubert. 1974. "Serialità e misticismo in Stimmung di K. Stockhausen". (Nuova) Rivista Musicale Italiana 8, no. 1 (January–March): 83–98.
  6. Web site: Ben Johnston : Music & Writings . 2023-01-18 . www.plainsound.org.
  7. Web site: James Tenney Works . 2023-01-14 . www.plainsound.org.
  8. Web site: 2016-07-14 . Works List . 2023-01-14 . James Tenney Estate . en-US.
  9. [Ben Johnston (composer)|Johnston, Ben]
  10. "http://www.anaphoria.com/resume89-80.pdf"
  11. Web site: Wendy Carlos, WC's BitB Notes . 2023-04-22 . www.wendycarlos.com.
  12. Web site: Marc Sabat : Music & Writings . 2023-01-14 . www.marsbat.space.
  13. Winter . Michael . 2008-02-01 . On James Tenney's Arbor Vitae for string quartet . Contemporary Music Review . 27 . 1 . 131–150 . 10.1080/07494460701671566 . 191559064 . 0749-4467.
  14. Web site: Our Rainy Season, by Kraig Grady . 2023-01-14 . Anaphoria . en.
  15. Web site: sr/cl::works . 2023-01-14 . www.sacredrealism.org.
  16. Web site: singsong . 2023-01-14 . www.mareikelee.com.
  17. Web site: Thomas Nicholson: Music . 2023-01-14 . superparticular.com.

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