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== Examples of quartal pieces == ===Classical=== *[[William Albright (musician)|William Albright]] *:Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano{{sfn|Lewis|1985|loc=443}} *[[Alban Berg]] *:Sonata for Piano, Op. 1{{sfn|Lambert|1996|loc=118}} *:''[[Wozzeck]]''{{sfn|Lambert|1996|loc=118}}{{sfn|Reisberg|1975|loc=344–46}} *[[Carlos Chávez]] *:''[[Sinfonía de Antígona]]'' (Symphony No. 1), uses quartal harmony throughout{{sfn|Orbón|1987|loc=83}} *:''[[Sinfonía india]]'' (Symphony No. 2), the A-minor Sonora melody beginning in b. 183 is accompanied by quartal harmonies{{sfn|Leyva|2010|loc=56}} *[[Aaron Copland]] *:''Of Mice and Men''{{sfn|Bick|2005|loc=446, 448, 451}} [[File:Parallel fourths evoking organum in Debussy's "The Sunken Cathedral" opening 01.wav|thumb|upright=2|Parallel fourths evoking organum in Debussy's ''La cathédrale engloutie'' opening]] *[[Claude Debussy]] *:"[[La cathédrale engloutie]]", beginning and ending{{sfn|Reisberg|1975|loc=343–344}} *[[Norman Dello Joio]] *:Suite for Piano{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} *[[Caspar Diethelm]] *:Piano Sonata No. 7{{sfn|Kroeger|1969}} *[[Alberto Ginastera]] *:''12 American Preludes'', Prelude #7{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} *[[Carlos Guastavino]] *:"Donde habite el olvido"{{sfn|Kulp|2006|loc=207}} *[[Howard Hanson]] *:[[Symphony No. 2 (Hanson)|Symphony No. 2 ("Romantic")]]{{sfn|Perone|1993|loc=8}} *[[Walter Hartley]] *:''Bacchanalia for Band''{{sfn|Spieth|1978}} *[[Charles Ives]] *:"The Cage" (1906){{sfn|Carr|1989|loc=135}}{{sfn|Lambert|1990|loc=44}}{{sfn|Lambert|1996|loc=118}}{{sfn|Murphy|2008|loc=179, 181, 183, 185–186, 190–191}}{{sfn|Reisberg|1975|loc=344–345}}{{sfn|Scott|1994|loc=458}} *:''Central Park in the Dark''{{sfn|Scott|1994|loc=458}} *:"Harpalus"{{sfn|Scott|1994|loc=458}} *:Psalm 24, verse 5{{sfn|Lambert|1990|loc=67}}{{sfn|Scott|1994|loc=458}} *:Psalm 90{{sfn|Scott|1994|loc=458}} *:"Walking"{{sfn|Scott|1994|loc=458}} *[[Aram Khachaturian]] *:[[Toccata (Khachaturian)|Toccata]]{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} *[[Benjamin Lees]] *:String Quartet No. 2, Adagio{{sfn|Cowell|1956|loc=243}} *[[Darius Milhaud]] *:Sonatina for flute & piano, Op. 76{{sfn|Cardew-Fanning|n.d.}} *[[Walter Piston]] *:Clarinet Concerto{{sfn|Archibald|1969|loc=825}} *:''Ricercare for Orchestra''{{sfn|Archibald|1969|loc=825}} *[[Einojuhani Rautavaara]] *:"Kvartit" (Fourths), Op. 42, [[Études (Rautavaara)]]{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}} *[[Maurice Ravel]] *:''[[Ma mère l'oye]]'' : "Mouvt de Marche" of "Laideronnette"{{sfn|Murphy, Melcher, and Warch|1973|p={{Page needed|date=April 2012}}}} *[[Ned Rorem]] *:''King Midas'', cantata{{sfn|Sjoerdsma|1972}} *[[Erik Satie]] *:''[[Le Fils des étoiles]]''{{sfn|Carpenter|n.d.}}{{sfn|Reisberg|1975|loc=347}} *[[Arnold Schoenberg]] *:''[[The Book of the Hanging Gardens]]''{{sfn|Domek|1979|loc=112–113, 117}} *:''[[Chamber Symphony No. 1|Chamber Symphony]]'', Op. 9{{sfn|Reisberg|1975|loc=344–345}}{{sfn|Sanderson|n.d.}}) slow section,{{sfn|Rubin|2005}} b. 1–3{{sfn|Lambert|1990|loc=68}} *:[[Wind Quintet (Schoenberg)|Wind Quintet]], Op. 26{{sfn|Corson and Christensen|1984}} *[[Cyril Scott]] *:''Diatonic Study'' (1914){{sfn|Stein|1979|loc=18}} *[[Nikos Skalkottas]] *:Suite No. 3 for Piano{{sfn|Dickinson|1963}} *[[Stephen Sondheim]] *:Piano Sonata{{sfn|Swayne|2002|loc=285–287, 290}} *[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] *:''[[Klavierstücke (Stockhausen)#Klavierstück IX|Klavierstück IX]]''{{sfn|Reisberg|1975|loc=349–350}}<!--[0 5 6 11]--> *[[Howard Swanson]] *:"Saw a Grave"{{sfn|Moe|1981–82|loc=70}} *[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] *:[[Nonet (Villa-Lobos)|Nonet]] (1923){{sfn|Béhague|1994|loc=70, 72}} *[[Anton Webern]] *:[[Variations for piano (Webern)|Variations for Piano]], Op. 27{{sfn|Reisberg|1975|loc=348}}<!--Viennese trichord--> *[[John Williams]] *:[[Star Wars (Main Title)|Star Wars - Main Title]] (1977){{sfn|Richards|2013a}} *:[[Superman music|Superman - Main Title]] (1978){{sfn|Richards|2013b}} ===Jazz=== *[[Miles Davis]] *:''[[Kind of Blue]]''{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} *[[Herbie Hancock]] *:"[[Maiden Voyage (composition)|Maiden Voyage]]"{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} *[[Eddie Harris]] *:"Freedom Jazz Dance"{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} *[[McCoy Tyner]] *:"Contemplation"{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} *:"[[Passion Dance]]"{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} ===Folk=== On her 1968 debut album ''[[Song to a Seagull]]'', [[Joni Mitchell]] used quartal and quintal harmony in "Dawntreader", and she used quintal harmony in the title track ''Song to a Seagull''.{{sfn|Whitesell|2008|loc=131, 202–203}} ===Rock=== * [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]] *: ''[[Tarkus]]''{{sfn|Macan|1997|loc=55}} *[[Frank Zappa]] *:"[[Zoot Allures]]"{{sfn|Mermikides|2014|loc=31}} *[[XTC]] *:"Rook" (composed by [[Andy Partridge]], from the album ''[[Nonsuch (album)|Nonsuch]]''){{sfn|Anon.|n.d.}}
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