List of compositions in just intonation

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

Composition Instrumentation Year Composer Prime limit Comments Notes
Seventeen Lyrics by Li Po Voice, Adapted Viola 1930–33 Harry Partch 11 Text by Li Po [1]
Two Psalms Voice, Adapted Viola, Chromelodeon I, Kithara I 1931–32, 1941, 1943 Harry Partch 11 Text from Psalm 23 and Psalm 137 [1]
The Potion Scene Voice, 2 high female voices, Adapted Viola, Chromelodeon I, Kithara II, Bass Marimba, Marimba Eroica 1931, 1955 Harry Partch 11 Text by Shakespeare [1]
The Wayward Voices, Ensemble of Partch Instruments 1941–43, 1955, 1958, 1968 Harry Partch 11 Texts by or collected by Harry Partch [1]
Dark Brother Voice, Chromelodeon I, Adapted Viola, Kithara I, Bass Marimba 1942–43 Harry Partch 11 Text by Thomas Wolfe [1]
Yankee Doodle Fantasy Soprano, Tin Flutes, Tin Oboe, Flex-A-Tones, Chromelodeon I 1944 Harry Partch 11 Text largely collected by Oscar Sonneck [1]
Two Settings from Joyce's Finnegan's Wake Soprano, Kithara I, 2 flutes 1944 Harry Partch 11 Text by James Joyce [1]
Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales Harmonic Canon II, Bass Marimba 1946 Harry Partch 11 Later incorporated into Eleven Intrusions [1]
Eleven Intrusions Ensemble of Partch instruments 1949–50 Harry Partch 11 Texts by Ella Young, Lao-Tse, Willard Motley, George Leite and Giuseppe Ungaretti [1]
Plectra and Percussion Dances Voices, Ensemble of Partch instruments 1949–52 Harry Partch 11 Texts by Harry Partch and Arthur Rimbaud [1]
Oedipus – A Music-Dance-Drama Voices, Ensemble of Partch instruments 1951, 1952–54, 1967 Harry Partch 11 Text by Harry Partch based on the play by Sophocles [1]
Two Settings from Lewis Carroll Voice, Ensemble of Partch instruments 1954 Harry Partch 11 Text by Lewis Carroll [1]
Ulysses at the Edge Voice, Ensemble of Partch instruments 1955 Harry Partch 11 Text by Harry Partch [1]
The Bewitched – A Dance Satire Soprano, Ensemble of Partch instruments 1955 Harry Partch 11 [1]
Windsong Ensemble of Partch Instruments 1958 Harry Partch 11 [1]
Revelation in the Courthouse Park—After The Bacchae of Euripides Voices, Partch instruments 1960 Harry Partch 11 Text by Harry Partch based on the play by Euripides [1]
Rotate the Body in All Its Planes Ensemble of Partch instruments 1961 Harry Partch 11 Text by Harry Partch [1]
Bless this Home Voice, oboe, Adapted Viola, Kithara I, Harmonic Canon II, Mazda Marimba 1961 Harry Partch 11 Text by Vincenzo Prockelo [1]
And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma Ensemble of Partch instruments 1963–66 Harry Partch 11 [1]
Sonata for Microtonal Piano Retuned piano 1964 Ben Johnston 5 [2]
String Quartet No. 2 String quartet 1964 Ben Johnston [2]
The Well-Tuned Piano Retuned piano 1964–now La Monte Young 7 [3]
Delusion of the Fury – A Ritual of Dream and Delusion Ensemble of Partch instruments 1965 Harry Partch 11 [1]
String Quartet No. 3 String quartet 1966/1973 Ben Johnston [2]
Daphne of the Dunes Ensemble of Partch instruments 1967 Harry Partch 11 A rewriting of the earlier Windsong [1]
Stimmung 6 singers 1968 Karlheinz Stockhausen 7 [4][5]
The Dreamer That Remains – A Study in Loving Ensemble of Partch instruments 1972 Harry Partch 11 Text by Harry Partch [1]
String Quartet No. 4 String quartet 1973 Ben Johnston 7 [6]
Spectral CANON for CONLON Nancarrow Retuned player-piano 1974 James Tenney [7][8]
Les espaces acoustiques Viola/ensemble/large orchestra 1974–85 Gérard Grisey [citation needed]
Harmonium #1 Open instrumentation 1976 James Tenney [7][8]
Harmonium #2 2 guitars 1977 James Tenney [7][8]
Harmonium #3 3 harps 1978–80 James Tenney [7][8]
Harmonium #4 Ensemble and tape-delay system 1978 James Tenney [7][8]
Harmonium #5 Violin, viola, cello 1978 James Tenney [7][8]
Suite for Microtonal Piano Retuned piano 1978 Ben Johnston 19 [9]
String Quartet No. 5 String quartet 1979 Ben Johnston 13 [6]
String Quartet No. 6 String quartet 1980 Ben Johnston [6]
Harmonium #6 Flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, sting quartet 1981 James Tenney [7][8]
Das Andere Viola 1983 Horatiu Radulescu [citation needed]
String Quartet No. 7 String quartet 1984 Ben Johnston [6]
String Quartet No. 8 String quartet 1984 Ben Johnston [6]
KOAN for String Quartet String quartet 1984 James Tenney 83 [7][8]
Embryo Without Tears Original microtonal Instruments 1984 Kraig Grady 11 Live music composition and film L.A. Phil's American music weekend [10]
Just Imaginings Synthesizer 1986 Wendy Carlos 19 Beauty in the Beast album (1986) [11]
That's just it Synthesizer 1986 Wendy Carlos 19 Beauty in the Beast album (1986) [11]
Yusae-Aisae Synthesizer 1986 Wendy Carlos 19 Beauty in the Beast album (1986) [11]
String Quartet No. 9 String quartet 1987 Ben Johnston [6]
Long Gunn But Not Fogotten Original microtonal Instruments 1987 Kraig Grady 11 Live music with multiple films [10]
Mystery Without Clews Original microtonal Instruments 1988 Kraig Grady 11 Live music composition and film [10]
Critical Band Ensemble 1988/2000 James Tenney 17 [7][8]
From Ancient Worlds Retuned piano 1986–91 Michael Harrison 7 New Albion album (1992) [citation needed]
In a large, open space Open instrumentation (12+ sustaining instruments) 1994 James Tenney [7][8]
String Quartet No. 10 String quartet 1995 Ben Johnston [6]
Diapason Chamber orchestra 1996 James Tenney 61 [7][8]
Diaphonic Trio Violin, Retuned piano 1997 James Tenney [7][8]
Harmonium #7 Open instrumentation (12+ sustaining instruments) 2000 James Tenney [7][8]
Revelation: Music in Pure Intonation Retuned piano 2001–06 Michael Harrison 7 Cantaloupe album (2007) [citation needed]
Die Kantate, oder Gottes Augenstern bist du Ensemble 2002–03 Wolfgang von Schweinitz 23 [2]
Les Duresses Violin/2 violins 2004 Marc Sabat 37 [12]
Arbor Vitae String quartet 2006 James Tenney 11 [7][8][13]
Plainsound Glissando Modulation, op. 49 Violin, contrabass 2006–07 Wolfgang von Schweinitz 13 RAGA in just intonation [2]
Hairy Hippy Happy Horn, trombone, tuba 2006–10 Marc Sabat 23 [12]
Just Ancient Loops Multi-track cellos 2008–12 Michael Harrison 11 Cantaloupe album (2012) [citation needed]
Euler Lattice Spirals Scenery String quartet 2011 Marc Sabat 7 [12]
Our Rainy Season Flute, bass flute, alto saxophone, contrabass 2011 Kraig Grady 167 either/OAR album (2011) [14]
Lying in the grass, river and clouds Piano, ensemble 2012 Marc Sabat 23 chamber concerto [12]
Jaunpuri (Rendition of a Raga) Retuned piano, tabla, tanpura 2012–15 Michael Harrison 3 Innova album (2017) [citation needed]
Gioseffo Zarlino 2+ instruments 2015 Marc Sabat 13 [12]
Harmonic Constellations Multi-track violins, electronics 2015–16 Michael Harrison 7 New World Records album (2016) [citation needed]
Just Constellations Roomful of Teeth vocal octet 2015–16 Michael Harrison 11 [citation needed]
Asking ocean String quartet, large ensemble 2016 Marc Sabat 13 [12]
For organ and brass Meantone organ, brass trio 2016 Ellen Arkbro 7 [2]
Cello Constellations Multi-track cellos, electronics 2016–17 Michael Harrison 13 Miasmah album (2018) [citation needed]
Prisma Interius I Open instrumentation 2017 Catherine Lamb [15]
Prisma Interius II Solo synthesizer 2017 Catherine Lamb [15]
Prisma Interius III Viola, voice, synthesizer 2017 Catherine Lamb [15]
Prisma Interius IV Bass flute, 2 violas, gamba, voices, synth 2017 Catherine Lamb 13 [15]
Prisma Interius V Harp, clarinet, wine glasses, synthesizer, string orchestra 2017 Catherine Lamb [15]
Prisma Interius VI (for V.T.) Viola, synthesizer (plus viola, cello) 2017 Catherine Lamb [15]
HANDS to MOUTHS Fixed media installation: female Dhrupad voice, video 2018 Marc Sabat Video by Mareike Yin-Yee Lee[16] [12]
Prisma Interius VII Violin, synthesizer 2018 Catherine Lamb [15]
Prisma Interius VIII Clarinet/tenor recorder, violin/viola, cello, guitar/contrabass, two synthesizers 2018 Catherine Lamb [15]
Prisma Interius IX Flute, trumpet, bass trombone, guitar, violin, viola, cello/voice, vox/gamba, synthesizer 2018 Catherine Lamb [15]
The Luminiferous Aether Orchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.2.1/Timp.3/Hrp/Str) 2018 Marc Sabat [12]
Bercer (to rock) Solo cello 2019 Thomas Nicholson 13 [17]
Gliding Drones Mixed choir, string orchestra, electronic sine waves 2019 Matej Sloboda [citation needed]
Monument of Diamonds Trumpet, saxophone, trombone, organ 2019 Kraig Grady 151 Another Timbre album (2019) [citation needed]
Port (Rondo for Marcus Pal) SuperCollider 2020 Thomas Nicholson 37 [17]
Harmonium (glistening) Open instrumentation 2021 Thomas Nicholson 19 [17]
Inner Voice Electric guitar, string quartet, electronics 2021 Marc Sabat [12]
Nocturne Flute, bass flute, alto saxophone, bass trombone, accordion, electric guitar, harp, violin, cello 2022 Thomas Nicholson 13 [17]
To walk in this what came to pass Flauto traverso, baroque oboe, theorbo, positive organ, bass flute, harp, Fender Rhodes synth, strings 2022 Marc Sabat [12]

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  3. ^ Young, La Monte (1987). "Notes on The-Well Tuned Piano". The Well-Tuned Piano: 81 x 25 6:17:50-11:18:59 PM NYC (Media notes).
  4. ^ Toop, Richard (2005). "Stimmung", p. 39. In Richard Toop, Six Lectures from the Stockhausen Courses Kürten 2002, pp. 39–71. Kürten: Stockhausen-Verlag. ISBN 3-00-016185-6.
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  16. ^ "singsong". www.mareikelee.com. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
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