List of quarter tone pieces

A selection of compositions using quarter tones:

A

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

B

Jan Bach
Concert Variations for solo euphonium;{{sfn|Saito|2008|p=12}} "each variation is based on different performance techniques of the instrument, including quarter-tones"Bach, "[http://www.janbach.com/page74.html Concert Variations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528052456/http://www.janbach.com/page74.html |date=2015-05-28 }}", JanBach.com.
[https://janosbali.com János Bali]
[https://janosbali.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/22%2010%2014%20P.O.N.S.%20BALI%20master.mp3 Aiolos ajándéka] (Gift of Aiolos) for violin, viola da gamba (tuned 1/4 tone lower), harpsichord (upper manual tuned 1/4 tone lower)
Clarence Barlow
Çoǧluotobüsişletmesi for four pianos.{{harvnb|Op de Coul|2012}}, "Uses quarter tones." "in which four of the 12 pitches of the chromatic scale are tuned a quarter tone flat"{{sfn|Clements|2008}}
...until' version 7 for guitar (1980).{{sfn|Couture|[2001]}}
{{ill|Hans Barth|fi}}
Concerto for Quarter Tone Piano and Quarter Tone Strings (1930){{sfn|Gagné|2012|p=26}}
Béla Bartók
String Quartet No. 6; the third movement Burletta contains quarter-tone tuning used for parodistic effect.{{sfn|Read|1990|p=51}} Quarter tones are also used in Bartók's ballet The Miraculous Mandarin.{{harvnb|Somfai|1996|p=269}}; {{harvnb|Bayley|2001|p=168}}
Sonata for Solo Violin; the fourth movement Presto contains quarter-tones, but they are not "structural features."{{harvnb|Riley|1996|p=275}}; {{harvnb|Gagné|2012|p=217}} 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.{{harvnb|Gagné|2012|p=217}}; {{harvnb|Read|1990|p=52}}
John Beckwith
Blurred Lines for violin and harpsichord (1997){{harvnb|Johnston|2013}}; {{harvnb|Michaels|2013}}
Jack Behrens
Quarter-Tone Quartet, Op. 20.{{sfn|Skinner|2007|p=vii}}
Alban Berg
Chamber Concerto, for violin, piano, and 13 winds.{{sfn|Read|1964|pp=143–144}}
Luciano Berio
E vó (1972).{{sfn|Gagné|2012|p=217}}
Easley Blackwood Jr.
Twelve Microtonal Etudes for Electronic Music Media: "24 Notes: Moderato" (1980).{{sfn|Skinner|2007|p=45}}
Ernest Bloch
Piano Quintet No. 1 (1923); the first movement features use of quarter-tones in the string parts.{{harvnb|Gagné|2012|p=217}}; {{harvnb|Read|1990|p=58}}
Pierre Boulez
Polyphonie X (1951).{{sfn|Boulez|1986|pp=129–131}}
Le Visage nuptial (1946).{{sfn|Gagné|2012|p=217}}

C

Jacob Collier
In the Bleak Midwinter for 10 Vocalists (2016){{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-nRv0uQvH0 | title=Jacob Collier - in the Bleak Midwinter (Transcription) | website=YouTube | access-date=2022-08-18 | archive-date=2022-08-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818111650/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-nRv0uQvH0 | url-status=live }}
Julián Carrillo
Capricho for piano in quarter-tones (1959){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Capricho for solo viola in quarter-tones (1926){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Casi-sonatas 1–6 for solo violin, viola or cello in quarter-tones (c.1960s){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Concertino in quarter-, eighth- and sixteenth-tones for violin, cello and harp with orchestra (1926){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Concerto for 1/4-tone and 1/8-tone cello and orchestra (1958){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Concerto No. 1 for quarter-tone violin and orchestra (1963){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Concerto No. 2 for quarter-tone violin and orchestra (1964){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Mass for Pope John XXIII for male chorus in quarter-tones (1920s){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Preludio a Colón for vocalizing soprano, octavina (modified bass guitar, in 8th tones), flute, 16th-tone harp, violin, and guitar (1922){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Serenata for cello in quarter-tones with English horn, harp, and string quartet (1927){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
70 estudios for solo violin in quarter-tones (c. 1927?) {also for solo viola, cello, or double-bass}{{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Sonata for solo guitar in quarter-tones (c.1924){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Sonata (Amanecer en Berlin 13) for solo harp in quarter-tones (1931){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Sonata casi fantasia for violin, violoncello and guitar in quarter-, eighth- and sixteenth-tones (1925){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
String Quartet in quarter-tones (c.1924) {There are also 7 others with some using smaller intervals.}{{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Suite for solo guitar in quarter-tones (1960){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
3 estudios en forma de sonatina for solo violin in quarter-tones (1927){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Symphony No. 1 (Colombia) for orchestra in quarter-tones (c.1924){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Symphony No. 2 (Colombia) for orchestra in quarter-tones (1926){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Aaron Copland
Vitebsk (1928).{{sfn|Gagné|2012|p=217}}
John Corigliano
Chiaroscuro for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (1997){{harvnb|Gagné|2012|p=217}}; {{harvnb|Latham|2008|p=11}}
Mildred Couper
Xanadu for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (ca. 1930){{sfn|Gagné|2012|p=217}}
Dirge for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart,{{sfn|Hinson|1983|p=42}} published in New Music quarterly (January 1937){{sfn|Couper|1937}}
Rumba for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (ca. 1937){{sfn|Saffle|2000|p=230}}

D

Jean-Jacques Débillemont
Vercingétorix, cantata (1863, lost){{Cite journal |last=Reinisch |first=Frank |date=1984 |title=Französische Vierteltonmusik in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41119138 |journal=Die Musikforschung |language=de |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=117–122 |doi=10.2307/41119138 |issn=0027-4801 |jstor=41119138}}
John Diercks
Reminiscences, 1971 for two pianos, one tuned a quarter-tone lower.{{sfn|Hinson|1983|pp=52–53}}

E

John Eaton
Sonority Movement, for flute and nine harps.{{harvnb|Keislar|1991|p=185}}, "The nine harps are divided into three groups of three and tuned in sixth-tones, and the flute plays in quarter-steps"
Danny Elfman
Soundtrack score for A Simple Plan features "very specific quarter tone detunings coming off the Emulator".{{sfn|Lanser and Monahan|[1999]}}
Don Ellis
Electric Bath{{harvnb|Oteri|2004|loc=n. 12}}, "At some point, he outfitted his entire trumpet section with four-valved trumpets whose additional valve allowed them to play quarter-tones"
George Enescu
Œdipe (opera){{sfn|Bentoiu|2010|pp=242–244}}
Third Violin Sonata ("In Popular Romanian Style"){{sfn|Patterson|2009|pp=38–39}}

F

Bjørn Fongaard
Galaxe [Galaxy] (for three quarter-tone guitars), Opus 46.{{sfn|Anon.|2011}}
John Foulds
Cello Sonata (1905, rev. 1927), passages in the second movement

G

Sofia Gubaidulina
Quaternion for cello quartet, two of the cellos are tuned down a quarter tone{{harvnb|Anon.|2001|p=347}}; {{harvnb|Anon.|2007|p=106}}
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.{{sfn|Kurtz|2007|p=232}}

H

Sampo Haapamäki
Velinikka, concerto for quarter-tone accordion (2008){{sfn|Lhermet|2016}}
Conception, double concerto for quarter-tone guitar, quarter-tone accordion and orchestra (2012)
Quarter-Tone Piano Concerto (2017){{sfn|Fiilin|2020}}
Georg Friedrich Haas
3 Hommages, for piano player on two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart"[http://www.universaledition.com/3-Hommages-for-2-pianos-tuned-quarter-tone-apart-2-hands-Georg-Friedrich-Haas/composers-and-works/composer/278/work/13352 Georg Friedrich Haas: 3 Hommages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211447/http://www.universaledition.com/3-Hommages-for-2-pianos-tuned-quarter-tone-apart-2-hands-Georg-Friedrich-Haas/composers-and-works/composer/278/work/13352 |date=2016-03-03 }}", UniversalEdition.com.
"Hommage à Steve Reich" (1982)
"Hommage à György Ligeti" (1984)
"Hommage à Josef Matthias Hauer" (1982)
Alois Hába
Children's Play for unaccompanied youth chorus, Op.43 (1932)
Chor-Suite for unaccompanied chorus, Op. 13 (1922)
5 Choruses for unaccompanied youth chorus, Op. 42 (1932)
5 Mixed Choruses, Op. 44 (1932)
Detské nálady (Children's Moods), 8-song cycle for mid-ranged voice and quartertone guitar, Op.51 (1943)
Fantasy No. 1 for quartertone piano, Op. 17 (1923)
Fantasy No. 2 for quartertone piano, Op. 19 (1924)
Fantasy No. 3 for quartertone piano, Op. 20 (1924)
Fantasy No. 4 for quartertone piano, Op. 25 (1925)
Fantasy No. 5 for quartertone piano, Op. 26 (1925)
Fantasy No. 6 for quartertone piano, Op. 27 (1926)
Fantasy No. 7 for quartertone piano, Op. 28 (1926)
Fantasy No. 8 for quartertone piano, Op. 29 (1926)
Fantasy No. 9 for quartertone piano, Op. 30 (1926)
Fantasy No. 10 for quartertone piano, Op. 31 (1926)
Fantasy No. 11 for quartertone piano, Op. 89 (1959)
Fantasy for unaccompanied violin, Op. 9a (1921){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Fantasy for unaccompanied violoncello, Op. 18 (1924)
Fantasy for violin and quartertone piano, Op. 21 (1925){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Fantasy for viola and quartertone piano, Op. 32 (1926)
Fantasy for violoncello and quartertone piano, Op. 33 (1927)
Já (I) for unaccompanied men's chorus, Op. 36 (1928)
Matka (The Mother), quartertone opera in 10 scenes, Op. 35 (1927–29){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Poesie zivota (Poetry of Life), 12-song cycle for soprano and quartertone guitar, Op. 53 (1943)
Pracující den (The working day) for unaccompanied male voices, Op. 45 (1932)
Solo for violin Op. 93 (1961–62){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Sonata for quartertone piano, Op. 62 (1946–47){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
String Quartet No. 2 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 7 (1920){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
String Quartet 3 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 12 (1922)
String Quartet 4 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 14 (1922)
String Quartet 6 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 70 (1950)
String Quartet No. 12 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 90 (1959–60){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
String Quartet 14 ("In quarter-tone system"), Op. 94 (1963)
Suite No. 1 for quartertone piano, Op. 10 (1922, revised in 1932 as Op. 11a)
Suite No. 2 for quartertone piano, Op. 11 (1922, revised in 1932 as Op. 11b)
Suite No. 3 for quartertone piano, Op. 16 (1923)
Suite No. 4 for quartertone piano, Op. 22 (1924)
Suite No. 5 for quartertone piano, Op. 23 (1925)
Suite No. 6 for quartertone piano, Op. 88 (1957–59){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Suite for clarinet and quartertone piano, Op. 24 (1925){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
1st Suite for quartertone guitar, Op. 54 (1943)
2nd Suite for quartertone guitar, Op. 63 (1947)
Suite for clarinet (unaccompanied), Op. 55 (1943)
Suite for quartertone trumpet and trombone, Op. 56 (1944)
Suite in quartertones for 4 trombones, Op. 72 (1950){{sfn|Read|1990|p=2}}
Fromental Halévy
Prométhée enchaîné (1849){{sfn|Macdonald|2001}}
Jonathan Harvey
Valley of Aosta for chamber ensemble of 13 players and electronics (1988){{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
Lejaren Hiller
String Quartet No. 5 (1962).{{sfn|Gagné|2012|p=217}}
Alan Hovhaness
O Lord, Bless Thy Mountains, Op. 276, for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart (1974){{harvnb|Gagné|2012|p=217}}; {{harvnb|Rosner and Wolverton|2001|loc={{Page needed|date=November 2011}}}}

I

Charles Ives
Three Quarter-Tone Pieces, for two pianos, one tuned a quarter-tone sharp, S. 128 (K. 3C3) (1923–24){{harvnb|Pappastavrou|1974}}; {{harvnb|Sherwood|2002|pp=123–126}}
Symphony No. 4 (1910–1924){{sfn|Borchert|2015}}

K

Jeronimas Kačinskas
String Quartet No. 2 (1931) (lost? withdrawn?)
Trio for trumpet, viola, and harmonium (1933) {{cite web|url=https://www.mic.lt/en/news/2018/01/18/legendary-microtonal-trio-by-jeronimas-kacinskas/|title=The Legendary Microtonal Trio by Jeronimas Kačinskas – a challenge for performers|website=Music Information Centre Lithuania|access-date=June 3, 2021|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603203840/https://www.mic.lt/en/news/2018/01/18/legendary-microtonal-trio-by-jeronimas-kacinskas/|url-status=live}}
Gideon Klein
Duo for violin and viola in the Quartertone System (1940){{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
György Kurtág
Lebenslauf, Op. 32 (1992)

L

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.{{cite magazine|magazine=The New Yorker|volume=74|issue=1–10|page=23|title=Classical Music}}
György Ligeti
Clocks and Clouds for 12-voiced women's choir and orchestra.{{harvnb|Steinitz|2003|p=201}}. However, {{harvtxt|Duchesneau|2011|p=135}} states that Ramifications is Ligeti's "only work in quarter tones".
Quartet No. 2 for strings.{{harvnb|Steinitz|2003|p=183}}. However, {{harvtxt|Duchesneau|2011|p=135}} states that Ramifications is Ligeti's "only work in quarter tones".
Ramifications for 12 solo strings (1968–69), divided into two groups tuned a quarter-tone apart.{{harvnb|Clendinning|1993|p=219}}; {{harvnb|Duchesneau|2011|p=135}}; {{harvnb|Griffiths|2001}}; {{harvnb|Roig-Francolí|1995|p=244}}; {{harvnb|Steinitz|2003|pp=179–180}}; {{harvnb|Toop|1999|pp=134–135}}.
Arthur Lourié
Prelude for piano "with higher chromatism", Op.12 No.2 (1912).
Alain Louvier
Anneaux de Lumière (1983) for two pianos, one tuned a quarter-tone apart (1 player)

M

{{ill|Drake Mabry|de||fr||nl|Wilson Drake Mabry}}
Street Cries (11.10.83) for solo B♭ clarinet features extensive use of quarter tones in all three movements.{{sfn|Richards|1992|loc={{Page needed|date=January 2013}}}}
Henry Mancini
Soundtrack score for Wait Until Dark (1967) features extensive use of quarter-tones including two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart{{sfn|Benedetti, Brown, Laramie, and Williams|2004|p=134}}
The Night Visitor{{sfn|Brown|1994|pp=177–178}}
Steve Mackey
Indigenous Instruments{{sfn|Froom|1994|p=135}}
On All Fours{{sfn|Froom|1994|p=135}}
Andrew March
Aeolian Rustling (2001) for alto flute (Boehm system) and harp, with Kingma System alto flute ossia.{{sfn|Fether|2005|pp=5, 36, and 51}}
XXIX—in Perpetuum (2001) for solo Kingma System quarter-tone alto flute.{{sfn|Fether|2005|pp=5, 36, and 51}}
Water Lilies (2001) for solo alto flute and harp, with Kingma System quarter-tone alto flute ossia.{{sfn|Fether|2005|p=36}}
Memoriam (2002) for Kingma System quarter-tone alto flute, vibraphone, marimba, harp and strings.{{sfn|Fether|2005|pp=36, and 105}}
Rytis Mažulis
Quartertone Canon for two piano tuned a quarter-tone apart (2010){{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
Sans Pause for string quartet (2001){{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
Olivier Messiaen
Deux monodies en quarts de ton (1938).{{sfn|Gagné|2012|p=172}}

N

Per Nørgård
String Quartet No. 5 'Inscape' (1969){{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

O

Frank J. Oteri
Circles Mostly in Wood, a quarter-tone wind quintet in five movements (2002){{sfn|Oteri|n.d.}}
Fair and Balanced, a quarter-tone saxophone quartet{{sfn|Anon.|2015}} in four short movements (2004)

P

Krzysztof Penderecki
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, for string orchestra, frequently makes use of quarter tones.{{sfn|He et al.|2006|loc={{Page needed|date=November 2011}}}}

R

Karel Reiner
Fantasy for quarter-tone piano (1935-36)
Five songs for voice with violin accompaniment in quarter-tones to texts by Karel Hynek Mácha (1936, performed at the 1938 ISCM Festival in Paris)
3 Duos for 2 quarter-tone clarinets (1972)
Suite for quarter-tone piano (1935-36)
Milan Ristić
Duo for violin and violoncello, Op. 11 (1938){{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
Septet for clarinet, 2 trombones, string trio, and doublebass, Op. 9 (1938){{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
Suite for unaccompanied violin, Op. 6 (1938){{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
Suite for ten strings, Op. 10 (1938){{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
Suite for four trombones, Op. 8 (1938, scheduled for performance during the 1939 ISCM Festival in Warsaw but the performance could not take place){{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

S

Ezra Sims
String Quartet No. 3 (1962){{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
Richard Stein
Zwei Konzertstücke, Op. 26, 1906.{{sfn|Benson|2007|p=228}}
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Pietà, for soprano, quarter-tone flugelhorn, and electronic music, from the opera Dienstag aus Licht{{sfn|Brotbeck|2004|pp=56–57}}
Schlagquartett, for piano and 3 x 2 timpani (1952){{harvnb|Stockhausen|1964|p=15}}, "Konträr-Klangräume: 6 Pauken, deren Stimmung ganztönig, und zur Klavierstimmung vierteltönig verschoben [Contrasting sound spaces: 6 timpani, the whole tone of which is tuned and quarter-tone shifted to the piano tuning]".
Billy Strange
These Boots Are Made for Walkin', 1966 popular song, sung by Nancy Sinatra, with a prominent quarter tone double bass riff.{{cite book |last1=Everett |first1=Walter |author1-link=Walter Everett (musicologist) |title=The Foundations of Rock: From "Blue Suede Shoes" to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" |date=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-531023-8 |page=32 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PH88DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA32 |language=en |access-date=2023-03-21 |archive-date=2023-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222032245/https://books.google.com/books?id=PH88DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA32 |url-status=live }}

T

Tōru Takemitsu
Bryce (1976).{{sfn|Gagné|2012|p=217}}
James Tenney
Bridge for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart (1984)
Jukka Tiensuu
Kymmari for Decacorde (2016)
Anomal Dances Concerto for quarter-tone accordion and orchestra (2015)
Kuuhiomo a proludi in quarter tones for any ensemble of melody instruments (2015)
Arsenic and Old Lace for micro-tonally tuned harpsichord, string quartet (1990)
Narcissus for oboe and tape (1979)
Tui St. George Tucker
Amoroso for solo clarinet{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
Indian Summer for 2 baritones with 2 flutes, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, viola, and percussion{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
Little Pieces for quarter-tone piano{{sfn|Hansen|2005|p=285}}
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{{sfn|Hansen|2005|p=285}}
Quartertone Lullubies 1–3 for recorder trio
Romanza for solo recorder.{{harvnb|Tucker|1970|p=7}}, "An arrow head pointing down over a note lowers it approximately a quarter step".
{{harvnb|Hettrick|1971}}, "Both pieces require performing techniques not encountered in traditional music for recorder. The most striking is the production of quarter-tones, notated as pitches in the chromatic scale to be lowered slightly. Charts provided by the composer give fingering for all half- and quarter-tones from the low f' up to a precarious c."
Sarabande: Dance for Miriam Cooper, for microtonal harpsichord (1986){{harvnb|Tucker|1986|pp=2–3}}, "'V' over a tone lowers it a quartertone … 'V' below a group of tones lowers that group a quartertone".
Sonata No. 1 for Solo Recorder ("The Bullfinch").{{harvnb|Hettrick|1971}}.
{{harvnb|Tucker|1970|p=4}}, "An arrow head pointing down over a note lowers it approximately a quarter step".

W

Craig Walsh
String Quartet No. 1 "Ganga" (2010)
Ivan Wyschnegradsky
Ainsi Parlait Zarathoustra, for four pianos two of which are tuned a quarter-tone sharp, Op. 17 (1929–1930, revised 1936)
2 Chants sur Nietzsche, for baritone & 2 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 9 (1923)
Chant douloureux et étude, for violin and piano, Op. 6 (1918){{sfn|Anon.|1997|p=921}}
Composition, for string quartet, Op. 43 (1960)
Cosmos, for 4 pianos in quarter tones, Op. 28 (1939–1940){{sfn|Maxwell|1993|p=103}}
Dialogue, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, eight hands, W.o.O. (1959)
Dithyrambe, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, Op. 12 (1923–1924)
Études sur les mouvements rotatoires, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, eight hands, Op. 45a.; for chamber orchestra, Op. 45c (1961)
Études sur les densités et les volumes, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, Op. 39b (1956)
Fragment symphonique No. 1, for four pianos two of which are tuned a quarter-tone sharp, Op. 23a; for orchestra, Op. 23c (1934, orch. vers. 1967)
Fragment symphonique No. 2, for four pianos two of which are tuned a quarter-tone sharp, timpani & percussions, Op. 24 (1937)
Fragment symphonique No. 3, for four pianos two of which are tuned a quarter-tone sharp & ad. lib. percussions, Op. 31 (1946)
Prélude et Fugue, Op. 21, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart (1932)
Préludes dans tous les tons de l'échelle chromatique diatonisée à 13 sons, Op. 22, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart (1934, revised 1960)
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 13 (1923–1924)
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 18 (1930–1931)
String Trio, Op. 53 (1979, unfinished, completed by Claude Ballif)
Variations sans thème et conclusion (five), for orchestra, Op. 33 (1951–52){{sfn|Read|1990|p=76}}

Y

Eugène Ysaÿe
Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 (1924), Nos. 3 and 5{{sfn|Ysaÿe|1924|pp=24, 26, 39, and 43}}

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