List of compositions in just intonation

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]

See also

• List of quarter tone pieces