List of pieces using polytonality and/or bitonality.
Samuel Barber Symphony No. 2 (1944) Béla Bartók Mikrokosmos Volume 5 number 125: The opening (mm. 1-76) of "Boating", (actually bimodality) in which the right hand uses pitches of E dorian and the left hand uses those of either G mixolydian or dorianStein, Deborah (2005). "Introduction to Musical Ambiguity" in Engaging Music: Essays in Music Analysis, p.82-3. New York: Oxford University Press. . Mikrokosmos No. 105, "Playsong"Kostka, Stefan and Payne, Dorothy (1995). Tonal Harmony, p.495. . Bagatelles (1908) 1st Bagatelle, RH: C minor, LH: C Phrygian.Ross, Alex (2007). The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, p.83. . Jeff Beal Theme from House of Cards Heinrich Biber Battalia à 10 (1673) Benjamin Britten Sea Interludes (1945)Wilkins, Margaret Lucy (2006). Creative Music Composition, p.78. . Fanfare for St Edmundsbury (1959) Folk Songs of the British Isles, Vol. 1, No. 6Richardson, John (1999). Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass's Akhnaten, p.73. . Vicente García San Bá Alberto Ginastera Danzas Argentinas - 1. "Danza del viejo boyero" (1937), RH: white keys, LH: black keysHinson, Maurice (2000). Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, p.334. . Philip Glass Symphony No. 2, used for ambiguity"Philip Glass : Symphony No. 2", ChesterNovello.com. Jerry Goldsmith Planet of the Apes (1968) Patton (1970) The Omen (1976) Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy Gustav Holst The Planets (Neptune) Terzetto for flute, oboe and viola Arthur Honegger Symphony for Strings, IIIDeLone, et al. (1975). Aspects of 20th Century Music, p.339. . Bruce Hornsby "What The Hell Happened" (from Halcyon Days, 2004)Diton, Robert (September 23, 2011). "Bruce Hornsby to bring the noise to Englewood", Examiner.com. Charles Ives Variations on "America" (1891-1892), polytonal interludes added 1909-1910Latham, Alison (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Musical Works, p.173. . Adeste fidelis for organ (1897)One of "2 Organ Pieces" (@IMSLP), published 1949 Sixty-seventh Psalm (1898–99) Piano Sonata No. 2 (Ives) III. The Alcotts, presence of bitonality (right hand in B major and left hand in A major) Captain Beefheart Frownland, from Trout Mask Replica (1969) Hair Pie: Bake Two, from Trout Mask Replica (1969) Petrified Forest, from Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1970) Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee, from Doc At The Radar Station (1980) John Kander Cabaret (1966), in the Finale Ultimo Colin McPhee Concerto for Piano, with Wind Octette Acc. (1928)Gagné, Nicole V. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music, p.171. . Darius MilhaudReti, Rudolph (1958). Tonality, Atonality, Pantonality: A study of some trends in twentieth century music, . Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. . Scaramouche, in the first movement "Vif" Sorocaba, from Saudades Do Brasil Le Boeuf sur le toit (1920)See . Opens with themes in A, B modal (or F?) and C simultaneously, for example. Ennio Morricone The Untouchables (1987) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ein musikalischer Spass
Sergei Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite (mov. V, "The Burial of Kijé") Sarcasms, Op. 17. The third movement uses two different key signatures for each hand. Encyclopædia Britannica, "Polytonality (music)". Symphony No. 3 Alfred Reed A Festival Prelude Julius Röntgen Symphony No. 9 "The Bitonal" (Sept 8, 1930)Gaudeamus. The life of Julius Röntgen (1855-1932). Composer and musician. Dr Jurjen Vis, Waanders Uitgevers Zwolle, 2007, Appendix 4, p.449 Arnold Schoenberg "Gavotte", Suite for Piano Op. 25 (1923)Maconie, Robin (2005). Other Planets, p.71. . "Has distinctly polytonal tendencies." William Schuman George Washington BridgeSwayne, Steve (2011). Orpheus in Manhattan: William Schuman and the Shaping of America's Musical Life, p.244. . Igor Stravinsky Petrushka, opening fanfare Symphony of Psalms - 3rd Movement Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947), rehearsal No. 11Berry, Wallace (1976). Structural Functions in Music, p.183n1. . "Rite of Spring" Karol Szymanowski 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. Jeff Wayne The War of the Worlds - "The Red Weed (Parts 1 & 2)" (B and G major)Anatomy of a Musical: An Analysis of the Structure of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds Country Life, Volume 154, p.2015. John Williams Star Wars (1977)Karlin, Fred and Wright, Rayburn (2004). On the Track: A Guide to Contemporary Film Scoring, p.359. . Jaws (1975) John Zdechlik Chorale and Shaker Dance
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