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List of dodecaphonic and serial compositions

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This is an incomplete list of musical pieces composed in the twelve-tone technique and pieces that use serialism.

List of musical pieces composed in the twelve-tone technique Second Viennese School Alban Berg Kammerkonzert, for piano, violin, and winds (1923–25) Lyrische Suite, for string quartet (1925/26) Der Wein, concert aria for soprano and orchestra after a poem by Charles Baudelaire (1929) Lulu, opera after Die Büchse der Pandora by Frank Wedekind (1928–35) Violinkonzert, for violin and orchestra (1935) Hanns Eisler Palmström, song cycle op. 5 (1923/24) Zeitungsausschnitte (Newspaper Clippings), song cycle op. 11 (1926) "14 Arten den Regen zu beschreiben" (1940, for the 1929 short documentary Regen) Arnold Schoenberg Waltz from 5 Klavierstücke, op. 23 Serenade, op. 24 Suite for Piano, op. 25 Wind Quintet, op. 26 Four Pieces for mixed voices, op. 27 Suite for piano, piccolo clarinet, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, and cello, op. 29 String Quartet No. 3, op. 30 Variations for Orchestra, op. 31 Von heute auf morgen, op. 32 Klavierstück, op. 33a Klavierstück, op. 33b Moses und Aron (incomplete) Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene [Accompanying music to a film scene], op. 34 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 36 String Quartet No. 4, op. 37 Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, op. 42 String Trio, op. 45 A Survivor from Warsaw, op. 46 Fantasy for Violin & Piano, op. 47 Anton Webern Three Lieder, op. 17 (1924–1925) Three Lieder, for voice, E flat clarinet and guitar, op. 18 (1925) Two Lieder, for mixed choir, celesta, guitar, violin, clarinet and bass clarinet, op. 19 (1926) String Trio, op. 20 (1927) Symphony, op. 21 (1928) Quartet for violin, clarinet, tenor saxophone and piano, op. 22 (1930) Three Songs on Hildegard Jone's Viae inviae, for voice and piano, op. 23 (1934) Concerto for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola and piano, op. 24 (1934) Three Lieder on texts by Hildegard Jone, for voice and piano, op. 25 (1934–35) Das Augenlicht, for mixed choir and orchestra, on a text by Hildegard Jone, op. 26 (1935) Variations, for solo piano, op. 27 (1936) String Quartet, op. 28 (1937–38) – the tone row of this piece is based around the BACH motif Cantata No. 1, for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, op. 29 (1938–39) Variations, for orchestra, op. 30 (1940) Cantata No. 2, for soprano, bass, choir and orchestra, op. 31 (1941–43)

Milton Babbitt Virtually all published works after 1947 John Cage Sonata for Clarinet (1933) Carlos Chávez Soli II for wind quintet (1961) Variations for Violin and Piano (1961) Aaron Copland Piano Quartet (1950) Piano Fantasy (1957) Connotations for orchestra (1961) Inscape for orchestra (1967) Henry Cowell Variations for Orchestra (1959) Luigi Dallapiccola Virtually all published works after 1942 Benjamin Frankel Film score for The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) His 8 symphonies (see e.g. the article on Symphony No.1 (Op.33, 1958)) either use the twelve-tone technique, or serial techniques with other kinds of rows, or both Lou Harrison Rapunzel (1952) Symphony on G (1952) Josef Matthias Hauer All works written after August 1919 (though the twelve-tone technique used is not Schoenberg's system) Zwölftonspiele (approximately one thousand works) (after 1940) Eunice Katunda Quatro Epígrafes (1948) for piano Homenagem a Schoenberg (1949) for clarinet, viola, cello, and piano Ernst Krenek Karl V Maurice Le Roux 2 pieces dodecaphoniques, pour piano seul (1945/46) Luigi Nono Composizione no.1, for orchestra (1951) Variazioni canoniche sulla serie dell’op. 41 di A. Schönberg, for chamber orchestra (1950) Walter Piston Chromatic Study on the Name of Bach, for organ Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra Ricercare for Orchestra String Quartet No. 5 Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 8 Variations for Cello and Orchestra Leonard Rosenman The Cobweb (1955) Humphrey Searle All works from the Intermezzo for eleven instruments, Op. 8 (1946), onwards Roger Sessions Virtually all published works after 1953 (exceptions include his Mass, and the twelve-tone technique used rarely follows Schoenberg's system) Karlheinz Stockhausen Drei Lieder for alto voice and chamber orchestra, Nr. 1⁄10 (1950) Sonatine, for violin and piano, Nr. 1⁄8 (1951) Igor Stravinsky, works from 1952 forward: Cantata (1952) Three Songs From Shakespeare (1953) In Memoriam Dylan Thomas (1954) Canticum Sacrum (1955) Agon (1957) Threni (1958) Movements for Piano and Orchestra (1958–59) A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer (1961) The Flood (1962) The Dove Descending Breaks the Air (1962) Variations: Aldous Huxley in memoriam (1963–64) Requiem Canticles (1966) Van der Graaf Generator "After the Flood" (1970, from the album The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other) – includes a twelve tone piece arranged by David Jackson Egon Wellesz Symphony No. 5, Op. 75 (1955–56) Charles Wuorinen Most mature works Frank Zappa Waltz for Guitar (1958)

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This is an incomplete list of musical pieces composed in the twelve-tone technique and pieces that use serialism. List of musical pieces composed in the twelve-tone technique Second Viennese School Alban Berg Kammerkonzert, for piano, violin, and winds (1923–25) Lyrische Suite, for string quartet (…

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