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. 33aHorace Reisberg, "The Vertical Dimension in Twentieth Century Music", Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music, edited by Gary Wittlich, 362–72, citation on 370–71 (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1975). . 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)Robert L. Parker, "Carlos Chávez's Opus Ultimum: The Unfinished Cello Concerto". American Music 11, no. 4 (Winter 1993): 473–87. Citation on p. 479. 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)Dimitri Kennaway, notes for recording, Naxos 8.557850, "credited with being the first British feature film score to employ the method [twelve-tone serialism] almost entirely." 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 bothBritish Library Frankel Biography – Middle Years 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 organHoward Pollack, Walter Piston (Ann Arbor, Mich: UMI Research Press, 1982): 35, 72–73. . Concerto for Clarinet and OrchestraBruce Archibald, "Reviews of Records: Walter Piston: Symphony No. 7, Symphony No. 8, Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester; Walter Piston: Symphony No. 5, Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney; Walter Piston: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Paul Doktor, viola, Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney; Walter Piston: The Incredible Flutist, Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester", The Musical Quarterly 64, no. 2 (1978): 263–68 (citation on 267). Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra Ricercare for Orchestra String Quartet No. 5Donald Chittum, Liner notes to Walter Piston: String Quartet No. 5, in American String Quartets, Volume II: 1900–1950, Kohon String Quartet, 3-LP set, Vox SVBX 5305 (New York: Vox, 1974). Symphony No. 1Elliott Carter, "Walter Piston", The Musical Quarterly 32, no. 3 (July 1946): 354–75 (citation on 364–65). 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), onwardsColin Mason, Hugo Cole, and David C.F. Wright, "Searle, Humphrey", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). 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. (1950) Sonatine, for violin and piano, Nr. (1951)Robin Maconie, Other Planets: The Complete Works of Karlheinz Stockhausen, 1950–2007, updated edition (Lanham, Maryland; Boulder, Colorado; New York; London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016): 23, 35–36 ; ; Michael Kurtz, Stockhausen: A Biography, translated by Richard Toop (London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1992): 30 (cloth); (pbk). Igor Stravinsky, works from 1952 forward:Joseph N. Straus, Stravinsky's Late Music, Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), 4. (cloth) . 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)
List of pieces that use serialism Organized by composer:
Tadeusz Baird Cassazione per orchestra (1956) String Quartet (1957) Four Essays (1958) Erotyki (1961) Jean Barraqué ... Au delà du hasard (premier "commentaire" de "Affranchi du hasard" et du "Temps restitué") for four instrumental groups and one vocal group (1958–59) Chant après chant for six percussionists, voice and piano (1966) Concerto for six instrumental groups and two solo instruments (vibraphone and clarinet) (1962–68) Étude for 3-track tape (1952–53) Séquence for voice, percussion and chamber ensemble (1950–55) Sonata for Piano (1950–52) Le Temps restitué for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1956–68) Pierre Boulez Anthèmes, for violin solo (1991/94) Anthèmes II, for violin and live electronics (1997) Cummings ist der Dichter, for chorus and ensemble (1970/1986) Dérive 1, for six instruments (1984) Dérive 2, for eleven instruments (1988/2002/2006) Domaines, for clarinet solo or for clarinet and six instrumental groups (1968) Études (2), musique concrète (1951–52) ...explosante-fixe... for flute, clarinet, and trumpet (1971–72) for flute, clarinet, trumpet, harp, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello, and electronics (1973–74) version for vibraphone and electronics (1986) for solo MIDI flute, two "shadow" flutes, chamber orchestra, and electronics (1991–93) version for vibraphone and electronics (1986) Figures—Doubles—Prismes, for orchestra (1957–58/1964/1968) Improvisé—pour le Dr. K, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello (1969; revised 2005) Incises, for piano (1994/2001) Livre, for string quartet (1948); two movements reworked for string orchestra (1968/1989) Le marteau sans maître (1955–57) Messagesquisse, for solo cello and six cellos (1976) Notations for piano (1945) I–IV and VII for orchestra (1978–1984/1997) Poésie pour pouvoir, for tape and 3 orchestras (1955/58, withdrawn) Polyphonie X (1950–51) Sonata No. 1, for piano (1946) Sonata No. 2, for piano (1947–48) Sonata No. 3, for piano (1958–63, unfinished) Pli selon pli (1957–62) Répons, for six soloists, chamber orchestra, and live electronics (1981–84) Rituel in Memoriam Bruno Maderna, for large chamber ensemble in eight groups (1974–75) Sonatine, for flute and piano (1946) Structures, book I for two pianos (1952) Structures, book II for two pianos (1961) Sur incises, for 3 pianos, 3 harps, and 3 mallet percussion instruments (1996/1998) Jacques Calonne Orbes for orchestra (1965) Jacques Calonne, "Aspects d'un resume (Apropos d' Orbes pour orchestre)", Revue d'Esthetique 21 (1968), nos. 2–4 ("Musiques nouvelles"): 59–103. Benjamin Frankel Film score for The Prisoner (1955, starring Alec Guinness)Dimitri Kennaway, notes for recording, Naxos 8.557850, "his [Frankel's] first published experimentation with serial technique" Alexander Goehr Piano Sonata (1952)Gagné (2012), p.116. The Deluge (1958) Karel Goeyvaerts Nummer 1, Sonata for two pianos (1950–51) Nummer 2, for thirteen instruments (1951) Nummer 3 met gestreken en geslagen tonen, for chamber ensemble (1952) Nummer 4 met dode tonen, electronic music (1952) Nummer 5 met zuivere tonen, electronic music (1953) Nummer 6 met 180 klankvoorwerpen (1954) Nummer 7 met convergerende en divergerende niveaus, electronic music (1955) Ernest Gold Score for On the Beach (1959)Nicole V. Gagné, Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music, Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts (Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2012): 98. . Jerry Goldsmith Freud (1962) Planet of the Apes (1968) The Illustrated Man (1969) Music for Orchestra (1969) Christus Apollo (1970) The Mephisto Waltz (1971) Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) Wojciech Kilar Riff 62 (1962) Gottfried Michael Koenig Zwei Klavierstücke, for piano solo (1957) Quintet for Woodwinds, for flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, and bassoon (1958–59) String Quartet 1959 (1959) Ernst Krenek String Quartet No. 6 (for example) Witold Lutosławski Symphony No. 1 (1947) Five Songs to Words by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna for soprano and piano (1957); Arrangement with Orchestra (1958) Musique funèbre (1958) Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux (1963) Livre pour orchestre (1968) Cello Concerto (1970) Mi-parti (1976) Grave: Metamorphoses for Cello and Piano (1981) Symphony No. 3 (1983) Johnny Mandel Point Blank (1967) Luigi Nono Canti per tredeci, 13 instruments, (1954–55) Il canto sospeso (1955–56) Cori di Didone, for chorus and percussion (1958) Diario polacco: Composizione no. 2 (1958–59) Due espressioni, for orchestra (1953) Incontri, for 24 instruments (1955) Polifonica—monodia—ritmica, for seven instrumentalists (1951) Varianti, for violin, woodwinds, and strings (1957) Krzysztof Penderecki